On Thursday 23 June 2005 12:38 pm, Mr. Geek wrote: > Dennis Myers wrote: > > On Thursday 23 June 2005 11:16 am, Mr. Geek wrote: > >>Dennis Myers wrote: > >>>On a HP Presario zv5360us with 768mb of ram and intel cpu, onboard > >>>wireless and I have been through 3 or 4 tutorials or howto's and using > >>>ndiswrapper my wireless built in nic is recognized but won't access the > >>>router. Says "no networks detected". Kwifimanager says I have 54mbps and > >>>100% signal but not connected. So has anyone else fought this fight and > >>>won, and if so, any ideas what I might be doing wrong. I am nearly > >>>incoherent with this. Oh, maybe that is my normal state, anyway, help is > >>>appreciated. > >> > >>Dennis; Did you try looking at www.zd7000forums.com ? The site is all > >>about the Z-Series HP laptops and your situation has been asked and > >>answered about 20 or 30 times. > >> > >>There's a good thread on this exact situation here; > >> > >> > >>http://www.zd7000forums.com/viewtopic.php?t=3575&highlight=linux > >> > >>If that doesn't do it for you, get back to the list or to me directly. > >>The guy who posted that solution actually had a few minor things > >>missing, but a few follow-ups in that thread solved the rest of the > >> issues. > >> > >>If you have to resort to ndiswrapper, make sure that the verion matches > >>your kernel as closely as possible or compile one from source - it takes > >>about 30 seconds to do and the ndiswrapper site has detailed > >> instructions. > >> > >>My HP laptop didn't come equipped with the wireless card installed (it's > >>the exact same one you have now), which is a mini-pci card that is > >>installed in the same compartment as your ram. Instead, I picked up a > >>DLink DWL-AG660 CardBus (PCMCIA) card instead, which works fine with the > >>linuxant package. > >> > >>Your wireless card is probably the Broadcom 94306 Mini-PCI wireless 'G' > >>card, and a lot of people on the site above have it working like a > >>charm, so it's definitely a workable card. > >> > >>HTH's > > > > That did it, thankyou,thankyou,thankyou. I have been trying for a week > > with various different configurations and the sample ifcfg-wlan0 that was > > in the forum link did it. Were smokin' at 54mbs and no umbilical. Thanks > > again. > > Glad it worked for you Dood! I'm planning on taking another run at > ndiswrapper before my linuxant subscription runs out. Apparently, they > also have a bunch of extra things in that site that you might want to > look at as well, like getting your multi-media buttons working and your > onboard modem. There's a lot of Linux people on the forum as well, who > can offer specific help regarding your laptop. > > One word of advice though. Whether you're running an AMD or Intel CPU, I > strongly suggest that you carefully remove your CPU fans, clean the heat > sink on the CPU and put a layer of good thermal grease on the CPU. This > will run your system about 25 degrees cooler than it does now. > > Check the forum for other good suggestions. Thanks, I will do as you suggest, should be an interesting dismantlement. -- Dennis M. linux user #180842
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