[QCLUG] Wireless card for my laptop

[Robert Jones]

Hi Chris, It is a Pavilion dv7-1245dx Entertainment PC. It has an 
Atheros AR5007 802.11b/g WiFi Adapter. I have tried both the default 
drivers and the madwifi driver, that in Ubuntu is in the "Hardware 
Drivers", but they both do the same thing. In Ubuntu 8.10 I uses 
NDISWrapper and the linux-backports-modules-intrepid-generic and didn't 
have any problems. I tried to load these into 9.04 but it wouldn't do 
it. I don't think it could find it.

I thought if I could buy a plug in wifi card that would solve the 
problem and I wouldn't have to fight with it :-)

Thanks for getting back to me.
Bob Jones

Chris Cooper wrote:
> Which dv 7 is it?  Specifically, do you know what wireless card is
> installed?  It could very well be an issue with the driver.  If it is
> atheros-based, Ubuntu 9.04 defaults to using the ath5k driver, which
> has some known compatibility problems.  They include the madwifi
> drivers, but don't use them as default do to the licensing.
>
> Somewhere in the settings (I can't recall at this second and am away
> from my laptop), there is an icon for "Alternate Drivers" or something
> of the like.  That should show you if there are any alternate drivers
> for your wireless card you can use.
>
> Cooper
>
> On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 11:47 AM, Robert Jones <Robert@rm-jones.com> wrote:
>   
>> My HP Pavilion dv7 wireless adapter doesn't like Ubuntu 9.04. It finds it
>> and works fine except that about every minute or two it will disconnect (or
>> go down to about 25%) and then it will reconnect automatically. Bummer.
>>
>> I thought it might be my router so I replaced it with a new "N" dual band
>> router but that doesn't help.
>>
>> Do any of you know a wireless card for a "Express" slot that will work with
>> Linux? I would prefer a "N" card not a "G" if possible.
>>
>> Thanks for the help.
>> Bob Jones
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