Wireless net book won't work

[Tony Pursell]

On Tue, 2010-07-13 at 12:00 -0400, Douglas Pollard wrote:
> I upgraded my Wifes dell netbook to Ubuntu 10.4 LTS couldn't get ubuntu 
> to open, gave up on it and reinstalled using a CD.  With 9.4  a little 
> anteni icon came up and I clicked on it found the wireless connection My 
> desktop is using and the wireless connection was made. I never have had 
> to do anything to get the connection so I have no idea what to do to 
> create one.  Been looking for some help on line. Can someone help or 
> give me a link to some help.  Thanks  Doug
> 

You should have a fan shaped icon in the notification area (top right).
Just clicking on it should show available Wireless Networks. 

If necessary, right click on it, make sure Enable
Networking/Wireless/Notifications are checked.  Set up connections with
Edit Connections... 

You may also need to ensure networking is enabled at the hardware level.
My EEEPC has a Function Key to switch it on and off.  Some laptops need
it enabling in the BIOS setup.

Give all this a try and come back if it doesn't work.

Tony
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