ubuntu wont boot

Dont mean to bump an old thread, but i am really stoked. After 3 multihundred paged books and a crap load of online research, i figured out how to enable wireless in Ubuntu. Much simpler that many references suggested.
tlarkin said:
depending on what wifi chipset is on your laptop depends on how you set it up.

1) go to sourceforge.net and look for any updated firmware or drivers for your wireless card for linux

2) follow the instructions on how to set it up

3) Make sure your wifi is not disabled through the OS or through a key on your laptop

4) Try the ndwis wrapper driver for linux. This allows you to use windows drivers for wireless nics. You may lack some features but it offers basic connectivity.

You can probably find way more info at the ubuntu forums
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It was way simpler, just a matter of configuring the network settings. I believe i did this correct initially, but 2 things messed me up. The page took longer than suposed usuall, and i didnt know i was connected because the wireless was not in the panel.If someone in all the books i read would have just said that.
 
if you run kde you can install an app called knetworks which gives you the wifi like icon in your system tray like windows. I don't really use gnome but I have to think there would be something out there like it.
 
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