cant get wireless internet as an option in networks

For now, until you get the wireless to work, it'd be advisable to access the net via an ethernet connection if at all possible.

Without internet, setting up Ubuntu and/or installing software can be quite a hassle.

Connect via cable, set up wireless first thing, configure the rest while wirelessly connected.

As for the wireless itself, can you post the outputs of 'sudo lshw -C network' and 'iwconfig'? Thank you.

"can you post the outputs of 'sudo lshw -C network' and 'iwconfig'?" not sure what these are, i am a novice at this.

more info on the comp, it is apparently an abgn 802.11 blue tooth enabled wlan card.

as for now , i could not get the direct conection to work so i am going to try the usb wireless off of this computer and also order my windows system recover from hp ( they have decided this was the best option ugg). Any ways thanks to all who have and will help with this problem.

Navigate to "Applications > Accessories > Terminal"

Copy/paste

sudo lshw -C network

Hit Enter. Copy/paste output here.
Doe the same for

iwconfig

lappy486@lappy486:~$ sudo lshw -c network
Hardware Lister (lshw) - B.02.12.01
usage: lshw [-format] [-options ...]
       lshw -version

 -version print program version (B.02.12.01)

format can be
 -html output hardware tree as HTML
 -xml output hardware tree as XML
 -short output hardware paths
 -businfo output bus information

options can be
 -class CLASS only show a certain class of hardware
 -C CLASS same as '-class CLASS'
 -disable TEST disable a test (like pci, isapnp, cpuid, etc. )
 -enable TEST enable a test (like pci, isapnp, cpuid, etc. )
 -quiet don't display status
 -sanitize sanitize output (remove sensitive information like serial numbers, etc.)

lappy486@lappy486:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

lappy486@lappy486:~$

there you go. thanks

Your second output tells us that there is no wireless network setup yet.

The Linux shell is case sensitive how ever and thus the first output is only an error message, notice the capital C in

sudo lshw -C network

sorry about the error. how's this?

lappy486@lappy486:~$ sudo lshw -C network
[sudo] password for lappy486:
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: MCP67 Ethernet
       vendor: nVidia Corporation
       physical id: a
       bus info: pci@0000:00:0a.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: a2
       serial: 00:1d:72:59:0f:8a
       capacity: 100MB/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 66MHz
       capabilities: pm msi ht bus_master cap_list ethernet physical mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=forcedeth driverversion=0.61 latency=0 link=no maxlatency=20 mingnt=1 module=forcedeth multicast=yes port=MII
  *-network UNCLAIMED
       description: Network controller
       product: BCM4328 802.11a/b/g/n
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:04:00.0
       version: 03
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
       configuration: latency=0
lappy486@lappy486:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

Okay.

The Broadcom BCM4328 chipset does not yet have a dedicated linux driver.

Install ndiswrapper and run it with the Windows driver.

Run

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-common ndiswrapper-utils-1.9 ndiswrapper-modules-1.9 ndisgtk

Then add the windows driver via ndisgtk

Thanks Johannes Pilkahn, that solved my question.

ran ndis wrapper and it didnt work after the driver was installed. sorry to open this up again. am i possibly not turning the driver on after installing it with ndis wrapper or something?

through manager i found my hardy heron actually had the wrapper program installed all ready and it was an automated process. it claimed the driver was installed . and here i am . maybe i am not understanding the last part of your last post clearly enough ( i am an extreme novice to programing/linux)

Don't worry, if it ain't working, the question should be open.

First off, I read through my answer and I think,
ndiswrapper-modules-1.9
is a virtual package.

For the 4328 you can still follow this tutorial:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/bcm43xx/Feisty_No-Fluff#head-079fa9ceecfe235b6150966744c4094ef0862956

The 4328 is still blacklisted for the b43 driver.

using a usb wireless card to update the computer i finally got it to work. i am now using the internal card thanks to updates