<div dir="ltr"><div>If you cannot go into the top panel to ensure that <Enable Wi-Fi> is activated, and function keys do not work, then go into the Settings Manager->Users and Groups->Advanced Settings (enter computer's password)->User Privileges. Check each and every option and then accept. (If you do not see an Apply or Accept button at the bottom, click on Tab, then click on Right Arrow, then hit Enter.) Close the Advanced Settings by hitting Enter, then go back in to make sure that your changes were accepted. If they are, close out everything, restart your computer, and see if you then have Wi-Fi connectivity and/or the option to activate same.<br>
<br></div>If all this does not work, then I'm afraid I am at a loss to help you. Someone a lot smarter than I will have to step in. But I can tell you that there is probably some simple solution to this problem (EVERYTHING in Linux is simple once you know the answer!) so do not give up. There is certainly a way to have your computer connect to the Internet using Wi-Fi.<br>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 6:05 PM, Ryan Thompson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ryandmsthompson@gmail.com" target="_blank">ryandmsthompson@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">Unfortunately, I don't even have the option to activate wifi in my network options. I've tried manually creating one but no luck there. Any thoughts?</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On 2013-07-22 6:08 PM, "Lawrence H. Bulk" <<a href="mailto:lhbcomm@gmail.com" target="_blank">lhbcomm@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">I should also mention that you should go to the top panel and open the network connection icon. Make sure that <Enable Wi-Fi> is activated.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 8:41 AM, Ryan Thompson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ryandmsthompson@gmail.com" target="_blank">ryandmsthompson@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div>On 13-07-22 09:35 AM, Lawrence H. Bulk
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<div>It is possible that your netbook has a <FN + {key}>
(may be F11) combination necessary to activate its Wi-Fi; both
of my netbooks do. Try looking it up for your particular
netbook or just try all the combinations to see if one works.
Also make certain that your BIOS is set to its default
settings.<br>
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Hope that helps ...<br>
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