How do I get the wireless working on an HP Pavilion dv6?

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I got a HP Pavilion dv6 which has a broadcom wifi module which worked fine the day before I upgraded to 13.04 (Kubuntu). The driver is still installed and it tries to establish a connection (all wifi networks around are correctly detected). However, I cannot further than "setting up network address".

We need more hardware information to help you, can you look at this question and then edit your question adding the information. — Jorge Castro, Apr 27 '13 at 14:18
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score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 12 '20 at 14:37

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http://www.kubuntuforums.net/showthread.php?62541-Wifi-no-longer-working-after-update-to-13-04 this solved my problem (disable 3rd party drivers):

Check your additional drivers, if the proprietary driver is active try deactivating it and reboot.

This fixed my wifi problem.

edited Jun 12 '20 at 14:37

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answered Apr 27 '13 at 14:07

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this worked but the wifi speed is really slow without using the proprietary driver. – kapad May 06 '13 at 14:46

How do I get the wireless working on an HP Pavilion dv6?

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