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I am new to Ubuntu and have the 13.10 on a Dell inspiron 2200.

I can't access the wireless capability at all. I don't see its icon. I know there's an adaptor because it worked on Windows XP. When I run sudo lshw -C network I get the following:

  *-network:0             
       description: Network controller
       product: BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 3
       bus info: pci@0000:02:03.0
       version: 02
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: bus_master
       configuration: driver=wl latency=64
       resources: irq:19 memory:dfdfe000-dfdfffff


  *-network:1
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: 82562ET/EZ/GT/GZ - PRO/100 VE (LOM) Ethernet Controller Mobile
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 8
       bus info: pci@0000:02:08.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 03
       serial: 00:12:3f:1d:ad:66
       size: 100Mbit/s
       capacity: 100Mbit/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=e100 driverversion=3.5.24-k2-NAPI duplex=full ip=192.168.1.101 latency=64 link=yes maxlatency=56 mingnt=8 multicast=yes port=MII speed=100Mbit/s
       resources: irq:20 memory:dfdfd000-dfdfdfff ioport:df40(size=64)

So I know there's a wireless controller there, but it's just not working. I tried installing drivers on the software updates section but there was nothing there.

Jacob Vlijm
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press CTRL + ALT + T to open a terminal window and type the following to run the network manager:

nm-applet &
TenPlus1
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