installed ubuntu 8.4 and could not connect to my wirelss net work

[Catalin David]

hassan haleem wrote:
> I newly installed Ubuntu 8.4 for my laptop, but i could not connect to 
> my wireless Internet network. I tried a,ll in 'help' but it didn't work.
> Can anyone help ma please?
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What type of wireless security does it have? I know that default 
NetworkManager in Gnome has some problems with the WPA and WPA2 
encryption and that's why I use (and recommend) Wicd. Very easy to use, 
yet, very configurable if you want.

Cheers,
Catalin David