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I am new to Ubuntu & just installed it on my DELL mini laptop, when I open the network tab, it does not show the wireless networks around me, neither does it show mine, I have enabled networking but it still does not pick up any wireless. I am pretty sure my wireless network is not hidden, since I can connect and see it on my other laptop, anyone have any idea on what it could be?

It worked once when I was running Ubuntu on my USB, but when I installed it to the hard drive as the main OS it did not list any wireless networks.

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Did you install the driver? – wojox Dec 18 '12 at 3:15
Which driver, again i am new to Ubuntu so i would not know anything about using drivers... – user114772 Dec 18 '12 at 3:43
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What wireless card is in you Dell? Can you open the menu System -> Administration -> Hardware Drivers and tell if it offers you some drivers to install? – qbi Dec 18 '12 at 7:12

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Open the Dash Alt+F2and enter software-properties Click on Additional Drivers

add_driver

If it's not clear what driver you need, run this and see:

lspci | grep -i net
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And then? It is not clear what to do after clicking Additional Drivers. I believe that, if a proprietary driver is installed, it is already checked by default. – mastazi Dec 18 '12 at 12:57
We are not really sure if this is the problem. Lets start here and see. Also I've never seen Ubuntu install any proprietary drivers by default. You, the user, have to download and install them. – wojox Dec 18 '12 at 15:33
No i dont see this driver on the Additionals tab, though i dont know where i cant install the driver. Thnx tho – user114772 Dec 18 '12 at 20:52
This should have been a comment to improve the question – LeoR Feb 11 at 3:10

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