I just installed a stand-alone Ubuntu version 8.10 on my dell latitude d600 and I cannot get wireless connectivity. At first I didn't have a wired connection either, until I went into system bios and enabled it. Is there anyone who can help my resolve this issue?

We need more info. A quick google and it looks like the D600 has the Intel PRO Wireless 2200 chipset, but to be sure, please open a terminal, type "lspci" (without quotes) and post the output here. Assuming that is the chipset, it should work without fuss with Ubuntu 8.10. Can you also type "iwconfig" into a terminal and post the output of that?

carlin@carlin-laptop:~$ lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82855PM Processor to I/O Controller (rev 03) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82855PM Processor to AGP Controller (rev 03) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01) 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01) 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01) 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 81) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01) 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) IDE Controller (rev 01) 00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 01) 00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 01) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon RV250 [Mobility FireGL 9000] (rev 02) 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5705M Gigabit Ethernet (rev 01) 02:01.0 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ711EC1 SmartCardBus Controller (rev 20) 02:01.1 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ711EC1 SmartCardBus Controller (rev 20) 02:03.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4309 802.11a/b/g (rev 03) carlin@carlin-laptop:~$ iwconfig lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. wmaster0 no wireless extensions. wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=27 dBm Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B Power Management:off Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0 Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 pan0 no wireless extensions.

Your wireless chipset is here: 02:03.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4309 802.11a/b/g (rev 03) An easy thing to try: http://www.l-exp.com/m/feed/show/278031 Here's a how to: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=405552 And Community Doc for Ubuntu Hardy, but should still be applicable: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/bcm43xx/Hardy

i still can't seem to get it. I have the driver installed and it says that it is active but i am not picking up any wireless networks. Also, I keep hearing about going to system>administration>network to turn roaming on... I dont have 'network' under administration. I have 'network-tools' but that has nothing about roaming in it.

hey i got it! it was just the physical button on the computer...as much as I hate to admit that. thanks for all your help!!! you are the best!

I'm sure most of us have done that once. I got called in to fix a family member's PC and she had the wireless turned off.