HP Pavilion G6 Network Card Problem

Can you give the output of:

sudo lshw -C network; lsb_release -a; uname -a; sudo rfkill list

Thanks

sudo lshw -C network; lsb_release -a; uname -a;
output:

DMI
  *-network
       description: Wireless interface
       product: AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter
       vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
       logical name: wlan0
       version: 01
       serial: d0:df:9a:df:f0:f7
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath9k driverversion=3.0.0-12-generic firmware=N/A ip=192.168.2.3 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn
       resources: irq:16 memory:f0200000-f027ffff memory:f0500000-f050ffff
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 05
       serial: 44:1e:a1:da:87:a7
       size: 10Mbit/s
       capacity: 100Mbit/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=half firmware=rtl_nic/rtl8105e-1.fw latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=MII speed=10Mbit/s
       resources: irq:41 ioport:2000(size=256) memory:f0004000-f0004fff memory:f0000000-f0003fff
^[[ANo LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 11.10
Release: 11.10
Codename: oneiric
Linux HPG6 3.0.0-12-generic #20-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 7 14:56:25 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

sudo rfkill list
output:

0: phy0: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
1: hci0: Bluetooth
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
2: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no

The wireless has an IP. Can you run:

ping -c 4 8.8.8.8

Does it ping ok?

Output:

PING 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_req=1 ttl=52 time=95.4 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_req=2 ttl=52 time=73.1 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_req=3 ttl=52 time=91.2 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_req=4 ttl=52 time=79.4 ms

--- 8.8.8.8 ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 3004ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 73.102/84.821/95.492/8.976 ms

The wireless indicator on the keyboard works
The upper right indicator on the screen works too, but cant find a network.

ok run:

gksudo gedit /etc/resolv.conf

delete ALL text and add these 2 lines:

nameserver 8.8.8.8
nameserver 8.8.4.4

Save the new file, close gedit and try the web. Is it ok?

yes it worked... but how? the wireless indicator didn't work i did a restart and then i runned gksudo gedit /etc/resolv.conf again and saw it has changed again...

Yes, thats because the file is generated by network manager. If you use this guide it will make the change survive past a reboot

http://code.google.com/speed/public-dns/docs/using.html

yes but, is the wireless indicator going to work? i cant use any of the network options, what if i want to connect to another wireless naetwork?

i suggest submit a bug report after u upgrade @ the latest packages.

Editing the connection information on your wireless link will not affect any other wireless connections. To recap my understanding of your issue:
you experienced DNS problems with your assigned DNS from (your accesspoint? ISP?), solved then by manually using the Google DNS servers, then to make the Google DNS servers permanent, edited the connection to your wireless access point and changed the DHCP connection to "adresses only", and added the Google DNS servers to the DNS fields.
Did this not solve your problem? You should still have full functionality in network-manager in connecting to any other access point.
When you enter:
sudo iwlist scan
do you see many other access points on your channel? Switch channels if possible, shield your antenna if not to try and block out competing access points, etc.

wired network and wireless network are disabled. See here: http://i.imgur.com/vrhss.jpg

with sudo iwlist scan i do see other access points!

also ubuntu is installed with alternative install cd so i gave the password and SSID on install, not when ubuntu booted.

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