No wireless internet for laptop

[nforcer]

Ok, so I have an HP Pavilion ze2000 laptop that I just loaded Ubuntu 8.10 onto. I have no idea how to go about getting the wireless internet to work. The on/off light for the wireless doesn't come on or anything. I even tried hard wiring to the computer but that doesn't work either. I believe it has a Broadcom 54G wireless card currently in it.

What process should I go about doing in order to get my wireless internet to work? Sorry, I am really new to ubuntu and not really knowledgeable about computer specifics, so please describe things in a way I can understand them.

Thanks

[jmadero]

you aren't getting net from hardwire? That's a bigger deal than not having wireless....usually that works out of the box.

What kind of net are you using, DSL, cable, dial up?

[nforcer]

I have cable comcast high speed

[stevie_b]

I've found this method to work reliably when setting up a wireless connection in Ubuntu.

But I agree with jmadero: usually a hardwire connection "just works", and if it doesn't it might indicate a more fundamental problem. What happens when you type "ifconfig" in a terminal window?

[jmadero]

are you able to ping? Open up a terminal and do this

ping www. goo gle. com (there are no spaces, it auto converts to Google if I don't do that)

[bryansmith]

To build on jmadero, do you get an IP? Execute the following at the Terminal and post the results:

/sbin/ifconfig

If it says you don't have permissions, put "sudo" (w/o the quotes) in front of the command and enter your password.

[nforcer]

Are you talking about when I have it hard wired. If so, I can do that real quick.

Ok, now I ran into another problem. I am currently using Windows to post messages, so I tried saving a screenshot of the /sbin/ifconfig to a flash drive. As you know, it doesn't work. So I don't know what I can do to provide a screen shot.