howto switch driver: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG

[nas123]

No wireless on HP nw9440 since 11.04 install.
ubuntu amd64



rfkill list

0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
1: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
2: hp-bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
5: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no





lspci -v | less

10:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection (rev 02)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Compaq 6710b or nx9420 Notebook
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 46
Memory at f4000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: iwl3945
Kernel modules: iwl3945



https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Ha...workCardsIntel

wiki page reports possible working with driver: ipw3945

How do I change the driver ?
Thanks

[nas123]

Or maybe get this iwl3945 working instead of course.
Thanks

[nas123]

OK SOLVED.

I have a LAN/WAN switcher in the BIOS turned on !

In other words unplug the cable and wireless turns on, plug cable back in and it turns off.

Thanks Ubuntu for working properly.

[Nubnut]

I have this very same proble. Except I dont have a lan/wan swithcher in the bios turned on. Im on a dell d430

lspci gives

0c:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection (rev 02)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 1021
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 44
Memory at efdff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: iwl3945
Kernel modules: iwl3945


Ronan