UPDATE: The solution to the problem is in #63
I recently bought a new computer (hp Pavilion g6) and haven't been able to connect it to my wifi. I've been a user for 2 years and have already installed in a few laptops (with the typical wireless problems - thank you forum gurus), but still I consider myself a noob.
At first I tried to install 10.04, but that didn't work. Now I installed 11.04, but still cannot fond a solution to my problem.
I ran this first
Code:
lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net
The results were:
Code:
01:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller [10ec:8136] (rev 05)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1693]
Kernel driver in use: r8169
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02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter [168c:0032] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1785]
Kernel modules: ath9k
Then
resulting in:
Code:
1: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
2: hp-bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
4: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
But when I tried
wlan0 was a no-show
Code:
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
The occured with
Code:
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 78:e3:b5:5a:cd:d7
inet addr:192.168.0.102 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::7ae3:b5ff:fe5a:cdd7/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:63833 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:43550 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:91705458 (91.7 MB) TX bytes:3619756 (3.6 MB)
Interrupt:40 Base address:0xe000
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:284 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:284 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:23336 (23.3 KB) TX bytes:23336 (23.3 KB)
I searched for linux drivers and couldn't find them... but I also tried to use Windows Wireless drivers, I found the driver and applied the .inf but the wireless stayed dead. I rebooted a couple of times and tried to turn on and off the wireless button.
Thank you in advance.
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