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Wifi wont work hp compaq 6715b

Post by johnryan465 »

I bought my first laptop on Saturday and I'm 12(please go easy on me :) )
I put Linux Mint 14 on it I got graphics, sound and trackpad to work but no Internet (I need it for wednesday)

john@john-HP-Compaq-6715b-KE065EA-ABB ~ $ sudo /usr/lib/linuxmint/mintWifi/mintWifi.py[sudo] password for john:
john@john-HP-Compaq-6715b-KE065EA-ABB ~ $ sudo /usr/lib/linuxmint/mintWifi/mintWifi.py
[sudo] password for john:
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* I. scanning WIFI PCI devices...
-- Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11a/b/g (rev 02)
==> PCI ID = 14e4:4312 (rev 02)
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* II. querying ndiswrapper...
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* III. querying iwconfig...
eth0 no wireless extensions.

lo no wireless extensions.

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* IV. querying ifconfig...
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1f:29:a8:62:fa
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
Interrupt:16

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:76 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:76 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:5600 (5.6 KB) TX bytes:5600 (5.6 KB)

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* V. querying DHCP...
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* VI. querying nslookup google.com...
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached

john@john-HP-Compaq-6715b-KE065EA-ABB ~ $
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Re: Wifi wont work hp compaq 6715b

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Ok will try not to be harsh :) Take at look at http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... 11#p652018 for an answer.
[Edit] your original post and add [SOLVED] once your question is resolved.

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Re: Wifi wont work hp compaq 6715b

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Thanks that worked for a while now it is
john@john-HP-Compaq-6715b-KE065EA-ABB ~ $ sudo /usr/lib/linuxmint/mintWifi/mintWifi.py
[sudo] password for john:
-------------------------
* I. scanning WIFI PCI devices...
-------------------------
* II. querying ndiswrapper...
-------------------------
* III. querying iwconfig...
eth0 no wireless extensions.

lo no wireless extensions.

-------------------------
* IV. querying ifconfig...
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1f:29:a8:62:fa
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
Interrupt:16

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:76 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:76 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:5600 (5.6 KB) TX bytes:5600 (5.6 KB)

-------------------------
* V. querying DHCP...
-------------------------
* VI. querying nslookup google.com...
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached

john@john-HP-Compaq-6715b-KE065EA-ABB ~ $
And now wifi wont work in windows either please help
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Re: Wifi wont work hp compaq 6715b

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Please post the output of:

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rfkill list
and:

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inxi -N
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Re: Wifi wont work hp compaq 6715b

Post by johnryan465 »

Network: Card: Broadcom NetLink BCM5787M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express driver: tg3
0: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: yes
1: hp-bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked:yes
Hard blocked:yes
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Re: Wifi wont work hp compaq 6715b

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Ok, it says the wifi is blocked - probably you need to turn on the wifi switch (which may be a "touch" button above the keyboard, or a physical switch at the front of the laptop). If that doesn't work, try using HP Wireless Assistant on Windows to enable wifi.
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I installed aircrack and now there is no wlan0
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Re: Wifi wont work hp compaq 6715b

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Please post these outputs again:

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inxi -N
rfkill list
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Re: Wifi wont work hp compaq 6715b

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john@john-HP-Compaq-6715b-KE065EA-ABB ~ $ inxi -N
Network: Card-1: Broadcom BCM4311 802.11a/b/g
Card-2: Broadcom NetLink BCM5787M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express driver: tg3
john@john-HP-Compaq-6715b-KE065EA-ABB ~ $ rfkill list
0: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
2: hp-bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
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Re: Wifi wont work hp compaq 6715b

Post by AlbertP »

Did you perhaps install the Broadcom STA driver? That one often doesn't work on 4311/4312, and, it doesn't support using aircrack. Please run this to uninstall the driver, in case you installed it:

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apt remove bcmwl-kernel-source
sudo rm /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-bcm43.conf
You were on the b43 driver and with that one it should work.
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john@john-HP-Compaq-6715b-KE065EA-ABB ~ $ apt remove bcmwl-kernel-source
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Package 'bcmwl-kernel-source' is not installed, so not removed
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libaspell-dev libasprintf0c2:i386 libcroco3:i386 libgettextpo0:i386
  libgomp1:i386 libunistring0:i386
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 169 not upgraded.
john@john-HP-Compaq-6715b-KE065EA-ABB ~ $ sudo rm /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-bcm43.conf
rm: cannot remove `/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-bcm43.conf': No such file or directory
I get this when I run that command
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