I can't seem to get my wireless card to connect (or even show up for that matter) when running unbuntu. Do I need to download a driver or something to make this work? Thanks in advance I really appreciate any help. While I'm here I also can't seem to access my external drive either, which is strange to me since I installed unbuntu on the external. Any ideas? Thanks again.

Do you know anything about your wireless card? Make, model, chipset? Open a terminal and input the command: lspci What do you get?

I'm not able to get to my computer right now, but I'll tell you what I can. The computer is a Dell Inspiration laptop with a built-in wireless card (don't know info), which I usually use to connect to a router (2wire is the brand I think) that is plugged into cable internet. I haven't really tried anything to get it working yet, being a first time linux user I thought I would get help to avoid causing any damage. All I know is I can't access the internet. Any idea about the external? I would like to now what's going on with that as well. Thanks a lot.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/WirelessTroubleShootingGuide "Best Practices", Event viewer, host file, perfmon, are in my top 10

Thanks jefro looks like that should be all the information I need, and I guess I can always come back if I have specific questions. Pseudocode is code to demonstrate a concept, not designed to be run. Like certain Microsoft software.

That will cost you $5 more then. "Best Practices", Event viewer, host file, perfmon, are in my top 10

Do you accept Canadian Dollars? Pseudocode is code to demonstrate a concept, not designed to be run. Like certain Microsoft software.