no WiFi on 14.04

[O. Sinclair]

On 19/05/2014 08:15, Doug wrote:
>
> On 05/18/2014 10:39 PM, Uriah Heep wrote:
>> Windows 8 gave me incentive to try Linux again. I have an old
>> "5-6years" Acer laptop that I put 14.04 on and all seems well except
>> that I get nothing on WiFi. Any simple suggestions for me would be
>> appreciated.
>>
>> stan
>>
>>
> There is likely to be a switch on the laptop that must be turned on.
> In addition, it's possible that the wireless "card"--may not be an actual
> card, but part of the mobo--may be obsolete for the version of
> software you're running. That is, there may not be a driver for
> a 6-year-old Broadcom, or whatever it is, in Windows 8.
> The first you can check on and fix. I don't know about the second.
>
It could be that you have a wifi that is not supported by open source 
software. Hopefully you have a "cable ethernet" socket and can connect 
to internet using that.

Then in System Settings try the "Driver Manager" to see if you get the 
option to install software for your wifi hardware