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Wireless for Inspiron 8600 with 8.10

Asked by Pete

I have an inspiron 8600 that I loaded Ubuntu 8.10 successfully. I am able to access internet by network cable but cannot connect with wireless. The network manager is there but no wireless networks appear available. I don't think I'm supposed to need to download drivers (based on my reading through the documentation on ubuntu site and the following site that helped
http://linux-laptop.net/hosted/Dell_Inspiron_8600_Ubuntu_5_04.html )
but I could be wrong. If so, please point me toward the drivers.
I have searched and read through many similar questions here with no success.
I am completely new to linux so explainations may need to take that into account.
Thanks in advance for the help and patience.

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Best Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#1

Hi,

Maybe you just need to create a new connection in the Network Manager applet...

Please try the following:

Right click on the network manager applet,choose "new connection", then try each interface (for example: eth1, wlan0) until you find one that shows a list of wifi connections available in your area....

If this does not help, please follow this procedure:

Step 1: Open Terminal from "Applications->Accessories->
Terminal"

Step 2: Run the following commands (type each then hit <enter>)

nm-tool
iwconfig
ping -c 4 google.com
ifconfig
netstat -r
sudo lshw -C network
lspci
uname -a

Step 3: Post results (cut/paste terminal output from each command) here

Regards,

Mark

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Pete (joetownroaster) said : 		#2

Problem solved
forgive my ignorance. I began to try step one when I noticed a prompt in the lower right to installthe driver. Hadn't seen it before. Don't know if it was there or not but I'm on now. Thanks for your help and patience.
Pete