How To Connect to Wireless Network in Lubuntu?

Question

Im new to lubuntu have used ubuntu before there is no nm-applet in lubuntu. So how to connect? Pls help

Answer 1

Try this. Install Network Manager. To do that, just press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open Terminal. When it opens, run the command(s) below:

sudo apt-get install network-manager-gnome

Once done, you can setup the wireless network. type the following command to start the manager:

nm-applet

Answer 2

Another (easier) way to have the network manager in the panel (bottom right) is this:

I am quoting from this article: Fix Lubuntu / Xubuntu 14.04 Network Manager Missing From The Panel.

To fix the Network Manager not showing up on the panel issue, from the Lubuntu menu select Preferences > Default applications for LXSession, then click on the Autostart tab and under "Manual autostarted applications" type "nm-applet", then click the "+ Add" button on the left.

Then log out and log back in. The new icon should be present in the panel - bottom right. Use that icon to manage network connections.

If this doesn't work have a look at the link above, there is more to it.

Answer 3

In a terminal issue the command

sudo ifconfig wlan0 up

In the GUI

Go to Preferences-> Network Connections -> Add

Click the down arrow next to Ethernet and select Wi-Fi

In the window that opens; on the WiFi Tab, type your routers SSID in the box labelled SSID

Go to the General Tab and make sure the top two boxes are checked (you can modify these to meet your needs)

Go to the security tab and choose your routers security type (in my case WPA/WPA2 Personal)

Enter your password in the box labelled password

Save and close the window

Back in the terminal issue the command

sudo dhclient

Crank up your browser to confirm.

Full disclosure: This approach is known to work on Lubuntu 14.04 on An Asus F55A Tested and confirmed by me.

Answer 4

The other answers may take care of things, but the thing that seemed to be important for me is to go to the main menu ("start menu") then Preferences -> Additional Drivers, and check to see if your wifi driver is available. Mine, a broadcom driver, was available but not enabled as it is proprietary