My wireless internet connection

[John Toliver]

jherald wrote:
> Hello... I recently downloaded ubuntu for desktop and installed it on my
>  laptop. My laptop is an Emachines M6805. Once I installed Ubuntu, I
> tried to get the wireless to work. I couldn't. Then I realized that the
>  "radio" for my wireless wasn't turned on, and to do so, I have to press
>  the function button and the F2 button at the same time. Well, under
>  Ubuntu, this didn't work. I don't know if the drivers in Ubuntu wouldn't
> work with my keyboard, or they wouldn't work with my internal wireless
> card. Could you possibly look into this and let me know how I might be
> able to get my laptop to connect wireless under ubuntu?
> 

How do you know your wireless card is not recognized and working?  What 
type of wireless card is it?