Ubuntu 12.04 cannot connect to wireless network (wireless card unspecified)

Question

I have just recently installed 12.04 and I can't seem to get it to hook up to my wireless network. I tried plugging it in directly and it worked. Any suggestions?

Solution

Wireless support can be dependent on your wireless chip. I would recommend using lspci (terminal command) to find your wireless chipset and then google around using that information to see if others have theirs working. good luck!

Comments

[cprofitt]

We need to find out what wireless card you have. please run the following command - lspci | grep Network this should result in a two lines such as this - 03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Ultimate N WiFi Link 5300 With that information we should be able to help you.

[Giselle Colon]

Thanks! Yeah It is just weird cause on Windows it works fine. I've been googling around but I haven't found anything that I either understood or that worked.