Use WLAN under 11.1 with a HP dv6500

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I have a HP dv6500 with Broadcom Chip set.
The dialog in YAST was found by me and i used it. The problem: I have no internet connection. (Konquerer found no website).
No icon in Plasma show me, that is an internet connection. Help me please.

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Have a read of the stickies at the start of this section, should help you out. Any problems, just post the required info & we will see what we can do

Andy

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ok
HP dv6500
Broadcom Chip set
OpenSUSE 11.1
WEP(Say nothing about security, i know>:()
That is all, what i thing, that i shoud write.

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Hmmm, which broadcom chipset ? there are quite a few out there. Until we know these things, it is difficult to help

Andy

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Typ: BCM4311
USing driver(Kernel-modul): ssb

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You got the firmware installed ? in a console type

dmesg | grep b43

& see what the output is

Andy

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b43-pci-bridge 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LK4E] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
b43-pci-bridge 0000:03:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
b43-phy0: Broadcom 4311 WLAN found
input: b43-phy0 as /devices/virtual/input/input8
firmware: requesting b43/ucode13.fw
b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file “b43/ucode13.fw” not found
b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to b43 - Linux Wireless and download the latest firmware (version 4).
input: b43-phy0 as /devices/virtual/input/input9
firmware: requesting b43/ucode13.fw
b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file “b43/ucode13.fw” not found
b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to b43 - Linux Wireless and download the latest firmware (version 4).
input: b43-phy0 as /devices/virtual/input/input10
firmware: requesting b43/ucode13.fw
b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file “b43/ucode13.fw” not found
b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to b43 - Linux Wireless and download the latest firmware (version 4).
input: b43-phy0 as /devices/virtual/input/input11
firmware: requesting b43/ucode13.fw
b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file “b43/ucode13.fw” not found
So i think, i know, what to do.

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Quoting myself from another thread, you might want to try:

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Yep, as it says on the tin, install the firmware & see if that helps :wink:

Andy