[driverloader] Help with HP Pavilion ze5600

[Steve Friis]

BTW, still no access.

Steve Friis wrote:

> 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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>>
>>
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