amd64/120243: can't get work Broadcom 802.11b/g WLAN on HP Pavilion DV8000 with DeskTopBSD 1.6

[Scot Hetzel]

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From: "Scot Hetzel" <swhetzel at gmail.com>
To: ross <rostyslav at optonline.net>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: amd64/120243: can't get work Broadcom 802.11b/g WLAN on HP Pavilion DV8000 with DeskTopBSD 1.6
Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2008 16:57:43 -0600

 On Sun, Feb 3, 2008 at 2:05 PM, ross <rostyslav at optonline.net> wrote:
 >
 > >Number:         120243
 > >Category:       amd64
 > >Synopsis:       can't get work  Broadcom 802.11b/g WLAN on HP Pavilion DV8000 with DeskTopBSD 1.6
 
 > the system shows interface -Broadcom 802.11b/g WLAN- as -fwe0-, but it does not work at all. Help me please.
 > i turned on in loader.conf "if_fwe_load="YES" and in KERNEL device fwe, device firewire is uncomment. i don't know what to do else.
 
 To get the wireless working on the dv8000 systems, you need to
 download the Windows XP driver:
 
 4.40.19.0. - ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp33001-33500/sp33008.exe
 
 extract the files using archivers/cabextract, then use ndisgen to
 build the ndis driver for your wireless adapter.
 
 Scot