[driverloader] Help with HP Pavilion ze5600

[Steve Friis]

OK, Checked that, and I have had it set to managed, and the SSID is set 
manually. Only thing that is auto is rate.

Thanks.

Steve

Linuxant support (Jonathan) wrote:

> Hi,
>
> the error message '8B06' is probably generated because the wireless 
> interface is not correctly configured with the network configuration 
> tool. If you want to connect to an access point, please make sure that 
> you have set the mode to 'Managed' (it is possible that it is set to 
> 'Auto' right now) and if you do not use WEP, please make sure that the 
> WEP key text box is really empty.
>
> If you require more assistance, please send at support at linuxant.com 
> the output of 'dumpdiag'. Type the following in a root shell:
>
> ---
> dldrconfig --dumpdiag
> ---
>
> Just send us the generated file located in /tmp 
> ('driverloaderdiag.txt'). It'll help us solve the problem.
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Jonathan
> Technical specialist / Linuxant
> www.linuxant.com
> support at linuxant.com
>
>
> Steve Friis wrote:
>
>> We have an HP Pavilion ze5600 laptop with built in WI-FI. It has the 
>> following.
>> Bios revision KH.F.23
>> Memory         447MB
>>
>> It seems that driverloader worked and loaded the windows driver OK. 
>> dldrloader shows
>> MAC address 00:90:4B:49:81:FD
>> Device Instance PCI-0000:00:90.0-14E4:4320-DE11:00E7
>> Device driver BCM43xx
>> License owner (my email address)
>> License key (The numbers sent via email)
>>
>> I tried to set it up with the network configure tool, and it seems to 
>> be there. However, it is unable to aquire an IP address. Therefore 
>> nothing works. An error message 8B06 shows up when trying to activate 
>> the device. Any help would be appreciated.
>>
>> GKrellM does show that there is a WI-FI signal. I did check that the 
>> firewall recognizes the eth1. Eth0 is turned off during boot.
>>
>> I am new to linux, so be very basic how you tell me to modify 
>> whatever I need to do to make this work. I do have my other laptop 
>> working, a Dell D800 and it came to life without a hitch, so am 
>> really puzzled.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Steve
>>
>>
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