Thanks Estelle,

Before we talk about wifi, here is my take on some of your other questions:

A) All modern USB's are compatible, and 4GB is more than enough. (I booted 12.04 on 2GB). I think the application process might have been wrong though. What did you use to "burn" the iso image? I would/have used pendrivelinux. ( at http://www.pendrivelinux.com/ ) (I think that was the program, that was about a year ago for me.) Follow the instructions and you're good to go.

Now on to wifi

1) In my humble opinion, I would drop wifi radar, and let the wifi client in Unity (your default wifi client) work by itself. Wifi Radar's JOB is to find any and all wifi signals. (Which would explain the interference) Unity's wifi client is probably a bit more refined. (Windows is FAR more refined, explaining why this problem does not occur on 7).

So hopefully, Wifi radar is the problem as it's finding TOO MANY wifi signals, and not your OS/system.

And by the way, about that slow learning, 60 year old mind: you made ME Bing at least three things that you knew already. So, I don't think you get to claim that piece of grey matter as slow.

Have a good day. (Or night, whatever really. lol.)
Izzy

Mfillpot, some help please.

Mfillpot, some help please

Hi Estelle,

Ok, so this is probably out of my area of knowledge, but I'll give it a go anyway. (If I can't help, a moderator should be able to.)

So, first things first, can Ubuntu connect to a wi-fi signal on its native wi-fi client? (On the Unity interface). Also, what kind of modem are you using? it may be a compatibility problem with Wifi Radar. (Though, I do doubt that option). And, lastly, is everything updated?

Please give me as many details as humanly possible about your OS, modem, related apps, etc. The more we know, the faster this can get solved.

Thank You,
Izzy

"But seeing as I can't get it connected to the net to update/download/install anything, I guess you'll be seeing me post a bit asking random questions."

Yeah, that should have clued me in that you weren't trying to connect to the internet. LOL

Also, for lower end laptops, you may want to run a distro that goes off of LXDE or Xfce, it will just plain run better. If you are going to upgrade your system then it probably won't be a big deal. But if you plan to use your current setup as is for a while, then LXDE or Xfce is a good call.

LXDE version of Ubuntu: http://lubuntu.net/

Xfce version of Ubuntu: http://xubuntu.org/

And the worst Ubuntu based distro for system resources (but arguable the best looking):

KDE version of Ubuntu: http://www.kubuntu.org/