12.04 and Wireless

Can you give the output of:

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

Do you dual boot the system too?

Thanks

Dear 'actionparsnip',
I am so sorry for late reply, I could swear I sent one.

here is the info you asked for:

 *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller
       vendor: Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 12
       serial: 90:e6:ba:3e:c0:35
       capacity: 1Gbit/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm vpd msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=sky2 driverversion=1.30 firmware=N/A latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair
       resources: irq:44 memory:fe9fc000-fe9fffff ioport:c800(size=256) memory:fe9c0000-fe9dffff
  *-network:0
       description: Wireless interface
       product: RT2800 802.11n PCI
       vendor: Ralink corp.
       physical id: 1
       bus info: pci@0000:05:01.0
       logical name: wlan0
       version: 00
       serial: 00:1f:1f:59:30:63
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rt2800pci driverversion=3.2.0-26-generic firmware=0.34 ip=192.168.1.65 latency=64 link=yes maxlatency=4 mingnt=2 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn
       resources: irq:17 memory:febf0000-febfffff
  *-network:1
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: 88E8001 Gigabit Ethernet Controller
       vendor: Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
       physical id: 2
       bus info: pci@0000:05:02.0
       logical name: eth1
       version: 14
       serial: 90:e6:ba:3e:cd:47
       capacity: 1Gbit/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 66MHz
       capabilities: pm vpd bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=skge driverversion=1.14 firmware=N/A latency=64 link=yes maxlatency=31 mingnt=23 multicast=yes port=twisted pair
       resources: irq:18 memory:febec000-febeffff ioport:e800(size=256) memory:febc0000-febdffff
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Release: 12.04
Codename: precise
Linux linux 3.2.0-26-generic #41-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jun 14 17:49:24 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no

And no I don't dual boot. That means more than one OS on hdd, right?

This happened when I reverted from gnome-shell back to unity on fresh 12.04 install. Everything was working just fine, after an upgrade/update I could no longer get the info from clicking on the top right wifi icon for 'connection information' and in the 'edit connections' also is completely empty. Even though I do have a wifi connection - there's nothing in the box's.

Also I found I could go into 'network' using 'Dash Home' and see my wifi connection speed and all. I really do want this fixed. It's a bit frustrating and I would anything to avoid a format, because installing 12.04 on my system was hard and a bit tricky!

The wireless has an IP. If you run:

echo "nameserver 8.8.8.8" | sudo tee /etc/resolv.conf > /dev/null

Do you get web access ok?

typing all that up there: echo "nameserver 8.8.8.8" | sudo tee /etc/resolv.conf > /dev/null

does absolutely nothing in my terminal besides asking for my password. Yes I connect to the internet. Connecting is not the issue, bringing up my connections and informations is what the problem is. Sometimes I click and click and nothing happens. I have internet connecting, just the software so I can 'manage' and 'edit' does not work/respond.

IP address: 172.20.10.9 (I am currently using my iPhone).

Using mobile to connect computer to the net via usb. I mean.

Try installing wicd and uninstall network manager, it may work nicer for you

Hello,
Just letting you know I ended up formatting. I stupidly uninstalled the network-manager in attempt to re-installing in order to fix the problem. Little did I know I would have completely crippled my chances of gaining internet access. Tried my best to reinstalling it using CD Rom and files from a USB stick but all was at a fail.

Did fresh format and that has fixed my problem completely.

Thank you for your help, sorry if I had been an inconvenience.