Sorry for the typo, it should be ipw2200bg as I am sure you saw in the lspci output.
Anyway I have installed the restricted packages and I still cannot connect, as before the two gray connecting dots do not even turn green at all when I try and connect. -- Centrino wireless networking does not connect (herd 5) https://launchpad.net/bugs/89493 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs