Wifi Connecion

[Peeyush.Varshney]

Dear All,

I am new to Ubuntu, I have installed the Ubuntu 10.04 recently and i do have the Wifi Connection in my home.

But i am not able to access the internet in ubuntu. and it is working fine with Windows Vista.

tell me the necessary steps to be taken.

Thanks,
Peeyush

[kaustavdm]

Hi,
Have you been able to connect to your Wifi network? Is network manager able to detect your wireless networks? Are you able to connect to your wireless networks and not being able to access any webpages? Are you able to ping any website?

You may check these pages
http://ubuntugeek.com/forum/index.php?topic=268.0
https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/internet/C/troubleshooting-wireless.html
or for more details, check https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs

[barry.yarl]

If you want to connect to wifi from a laptop u need the drivers generally same might be the case with desktop also. u c ubuntu doesnt give u propreitary drivers along with the OS

[tushar maroo]

install wifi drivers needed for your pc/laptop.........:popcorn:

[vasistabhat]

I have Hp G42 laptop. I cannot install driver (These package contains Broadcom 802.11 Linux STA wireless driverfor use with Broadcom's BCM4311-, BCM4312-, BCM4321-, andBCM4322-based hardware.) for wifi. But if i try it in ubuntu 10.10 cd directly using try ubuntu option, it works fine. get the following error for last few parts of the update installation in update manager.
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Kindly help to solve the issue

[gauth91]

In order to use the WIFI you need the Drivers to be installed inorder to do it do the following:System->Administration->Additional drivers.All you need is a Internet connection.The setup will do the rest!
Regards
Gautham