Hello,
I have a Dell XPS 420 with Ubuntu 10.10 (2.6.35-23-generic x86_64).
My internet used to work (out of the box) without any problems, but after install of Windows Vista (Home Ed. 32bit), I am unable to use the internet in Ubuntu. The network card is a Linksys WMP600N Wireless-N PCI Adapter. In Windows it works without problems.
In ubuntu, the network manager indicates that I am connected to the network, and I have an IP address in the 192.168.* range. I am able to ping the router, but unable to ping outside addresses. I have not changed anything, but still my wireless connections has stopped working. Does anyone know how to fix this?

Code:
jd@JonathanD:~$ lspci -nn | grep "Network"
00:19.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82566DC-2 Gigabit Network Connection [8086:294c] (rev 02)
04:04.0 Network controller [0280]: RaLink RT2800 802.11n PCI [1814:0601]

jd@JonathanD:~$ iwconfig wlan0 
wlan0     IEEE 802.11abgn  ESSID:"SpeedTouchA5CD36"  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: 00:11:F5:DC:9B:64   
          Bit Rate=1 Mb/s   Tx-Power=14 dBm   
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=70/70  Signal level=43 dBm  
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

jd@JonathanD:~$ lsmod | grep "rt" 
parport_pc             30086  0 
rt2860sta             559618  0 
rt2800pci              10233  0 
rt2800lib              31970  1 rt2800pci
rt2x00usb              11316  1 rt2800lib
rt2x00pci               6993  1 rt2800pci
crc_ccitt               1699  2 rt2860sta,rt2800pci
rt2x00lib              31575  4 rt2800pci,rt2800lib,rt2x00usb,rt2x00pci
led_class               3393  1 rt2x00lib
mac80211              266657  3 rt2x00usb,rt2x00pci,rt2x00lib
cfg80211              170293  2 rt2x00lib,mac80211
eeprom_93cx6            1789  1 rt2800pci
parport                37032  3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp

jd@JonathanD:~$ dmesg | grep "wlan"
[   19.593810] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[   33.360723] wlan0: authenticate with 00:11:f5:dc:9b:64 (try 1)
[   33.362434] wlan0: authenticated
[   33.362460] wlan0: associate with 00:11:f5:dc:9b:64 (try 1)
[   33.365539] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:11:f5:dc:9b:64 (capab=0x411 status=0 aid=1)
[   33.365543] wlan0: associated
[   33.366302] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready
[   43.700035] wlan0: no IPv6 routers present

jd@JonathanD:~$ sudo lshw -C network
  *-network               
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: 82566DC-2 Gigabit Network Connection
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 19
       bus info: pci@0000:00:19.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 02
       serial: 00:1d:09:18:ac:a7
       capacity: 1GB/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=e1000e driverversion=1.0.2-k4 firmware=1.1-1 latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair
       resources: irq:43 memory:fdfe0000-fdffffff memory:fdfdb000-fdfdbfff ioport:eca0(size=32)
  *-network
       description: Wireless interface
       product: RT2800 802.11n PCI
       vendor: RaLink
       physical id: 4
       bus info: pci@0000:04:04.0
       logical name: wlan0
       version: 00
       serial: 00:25:9c:0d:4e:9a
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rt2800pci driverversion=2.6.35-23-generic firmware=N/A ip=192.168.1.68 latency=64 link=yes maxlatency=4 mingnt=2 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11abgn
       resources: irq:16 memory:f9ef0000-f9efffff

jd@JonathanD:~$ iwlist scan
lo        Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0      Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0     Scan completed :
          Cell 01 - Address: 00:11:F5:DC:9B:64
                    Channel:1
                    Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
                    Quality=70/70  Signal level=43 dBm  
                    Encryption key:on
                    ESSID:"SpeedTouchA5CD36"
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
                              24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
                    Mode:Master
                    Extra:tsf=000003ae575fdbc7
                    Extra: Last beacon: 40130ms ago
                    IE: Unknown: 00105370656564546F756368413543443336
                    IE: Unknown: 010882848B962430486C
                    IE: Unknown: 030101
                    IE: Unknown: 2A0100
                    IE: Unknown: 2F0100
                    IE: Unknown: 32040C121860
                    IE: Unknown: DD06001018020000


jd@JonathanD:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart wlan0
 * Reconfiguring network interfaces...    

jd@JonathanD:~$ nm-tool 
NetworkManager Tool

State: connected

- Device: eth0 -----------------------------------------------------------------
  Type:              Wired
  Driver:            e1000e
  State:             unavailable
  Default:           no
  HW Address:        00:1D:09:18:AC:A7

  Capabilities:
    Carrier Detect:  yes

  Wired Properties
    Carrier:         off


- Device: wlan0  [Auto SpeedTouchA5CD36] ---------------------------------------
  Type:              802.11 WiFi
  Driver:            rt2800pci
  State:             connected
  Default:           no
  HW Address:        00:25:9C:0D:4E:9A

  Capabilities:
    Speed:           24 Mb/s

  Wireless Properties
    WEP Encryption:  yes
    WPA Encryption:  yes
    WPA2 Encryption: yes

  Wireless Access Points (* = current AP)
    SpeedTouch2AEC96:Infra, 00:90:D0:DE:AE:E7, Freq 2462 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 100 WPA WPA2
    *SpeedTouchA5CD36: Infra, 00:11:F5:DC:9B:64, Freq 2412 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 100 WEP
    print server 2CE210: Ad-Hoc, 02:48:B7:E0:0E:B9, Freq 2462 MHz, Rate 11 Mb/s, Strength 100
    Some more...
    
  IPv4 Settings:
    Address:         192.168.1.68
    Prefix:          24 (255.255.255.0)
    Gateway:         0.0.0.0

    DNS:             192.168.1.254

jd@JonathanD:~$ ping 147.83.195.55
connect: Network is unreachable

jd@JonathanD:~$ cat /etc/resolv.conf 
nameserver 192.168.1.254
domain lan
search lan

jd@JonathanD:~$ ping -c 3 192.168.1.254
PING 192.168.1.254 (192.168.1.254) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 192.168.1.254: icmp_req=1 ttl=64 time=1.68 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.254: icmp_req=2 ttl=64 time=0.764 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.254: icmp_req=3 ttl=64 time=0.802 ms

--- 192.168.1.254 ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2000ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.764/1.084/1.687/0.427 ms

jd@JonathanD:~$ route -n 
Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
192.168.1.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 wlan0