Can't connect to wireless

[Hockley]

Hi,

I have just installed Ubuntu 11.04 and am having trouble connecting to the wireless.
The weird thing is that it did detect my SSID and prompted me for a password but would not connect. (password is definitely correct).

I have been searching for info for the last hour or two but not had much luck.
Here is some info the terminal is showing:

- Device: wlan0 ----------------------------------------------------------------
  Type:              802.11 WiFi
  Driver:            rtl8187
  State:             disconnected
  Default:           no
  HW Address:        00:16:44:FA:0F:93

  Capabilities:

  Wireless Properties
    WEP Encryption:  yes
    WPA Encryption:  yes
    WPA2 Encryption: yes

  Wireless Access Points 


*-network DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface
       physical id: 3
       bus info: usb (at symbol) 1:1
       logical name: wlan0
       serial: 00:16:44:fa:0f:93
       capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rtl8187 driverversion=2.6.38-11-generic firmware=N/A link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg

If you need any more info please do let me know and your help is much appreciated.

Thanks.

[MikeTbob]

Hello and Welcome.
Is this a laptop? If yes, the first thing to check is a "kill" switch on the laptop for the wireless card. It may be one key or it may be a combinations of keys.

[Hockley]

It's a laptop that previously run Vista.

Thanks

[MikeTbob]

It's a laptop that previously run Vista.

Thanks

Do you not see or have a "kill" switch on the machine?

[Hockley]

[QUOTE=MikeTbob;859223]Do you not see or have a "kill" switch on the machine?[/QUOTE

No

[jayd512]

Might be a silly question... but are you able to connect to any networks, at all?

[Hockley]

No other SSID's showing up including my home one now - connected via ethernet at the moment.

[Hockley]

This is really silly. I unticked 'Enable Wireless' and then ticked it and it worked. Although it droped 20secs later and then about 1minute after asked me for the password.

[MikeTbob]

So, an hour later, what is your symptoms now? Still working properly? Intermittently?