Running Ubuntu 10.10 on an HP Pavilion dv 2000 and it has been suggested
> All you should need to do is name a wireless connection in the
> connection manager - little icon up top.

The connection manager icon brings up Network connections/ wireless
screen that allows me to enter the ssid
for my home network (the very one I am using now, on my Windows box).

I am in the "infrastructure" mode and MTU is automatic but the BSSID,
Device MAC and cloned MAC address
spaces are not filled in. They are blank because I have no idea what to
put there.

No matter which way the "wireless" slider switch on the front of the
machine is configured, a little orange (not blue)
light remains lit and every attempt to reach the internet fails,
although my windows machine sitting next to the
HP can detect the signal.

Driver? If so, which one and where should I seek it?
If not, what else should I try?