I´ve installed Ubuntu 11.10 on my Acer Aspire Laptop and can´t get any Wireless connection. Where is my problem? My wireless card is an Acer Nplify(TM) 802.11b/g/n.

Thanks in Advance

@mikewhatever:

nic@ubuntu:~$ lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net 
Kernel driver in use: tg3 
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02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM57785 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe [14e4:16b5] (rev 10) 
    Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:0504] 

    Kernel driver in use: sdhci-pci 

02:00.1 SD Host controller [0805]: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM57765 Memory Card Reader [14e4:16bc] (rev 10) 
    Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:0504] 

03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM43227 802.11b/g/n [14e4:4358] 
    Subsystem: Foxconn International, Inc. Device [105b:e040]
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Can you add the output of lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net to the question. – mikewhatever Feb 20 at 22:52
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Try a

sudo modprobe -r acer_wmi
sudo rfkill unblock wifi
sudo rfkill unblock all

And be sure that you have your Laptop's wifi-switch on.

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@phlb: i tried it but it didn´t work... :-( i´m new in working with ubuntu, so could i get a complete explanation in the setup, please? – Nicolas Feb 21 at 15:10
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