The top bar of ubuntu on the right hand side there should be an icon
of two monitors (one overlaps the other).
If you right click on that you should have 'enable networking' and
'enable wireless' ticked.
Left clicking on the icon should show the wifi networks in the area
amongst other things.

If you don't see the wifi networks then that means that ubuntu does
not come with the drivers for your usb wifi adapter probably because
the drivers are proprietary.

I did the right click and enable networking
but did not see a enable wireless option (using 7.10 on cd). Also check
hardware components and didn't see my usb adapter as being used.

Can anyone give tell me a good USB wireless adapter to use, oh I will
be going to Bestbuy to get one if available.

Here is a list of adapters that work, you
should get one that is shown as YES in 'Works out of the box' coloumn:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/WirelessCardsSupported

If you want "Linux friendly" avoid USB wireless. Their lack of support
in Linux is wide-ranging, very dependent upon the chipset and slight
chipset changes dependent upon time of manufacture.

If you have slots in a desktop PC, get an Atheros chipset PCI card.
Netgear NG311T is one such example that works with included Windows
driver and native Linux drivers. Change the model number just a bit or
buy one too new, after the manufacturer changed the chipset to a Linux
incompatible one while keeping the same FORMERLY good model
number...and you get an idea of the troubles facing wireless users.

I just found this complete list of useable network devices, and
driver links.....

http://linux-wless.passys.nl/query_alles.php?

from the bottom link at..

http://linux-wless.passys.nl/

You will need to look on the D-Link site for a Linux driver.

Ok, I picked up a D-Link WDA-2320(according to the list works with
Ubuntu). I also downloaded Madwifi driver(per the list) and being
totally dumb on Ubuntu (i guess to much windows), how do I install the
madwifi driver to get the pci going? This is my last shot, if I can't
get it going, I will shoot myself, well not really but I will go back
to windows. HELP!!!!
I do need it step by step.

Ok I got it going, and not sure what I did other then restart the
system in windows, loaded the windows drivers, and then restarted in
Ubuntu, and it took off. I downloaded all the updates for Hardy Heron
and it went fast.

Now I downloaded using Wubi, and I have a dual-boot. Can I use it like
this forever or would it be better if I installed it?

I am not sure but yes I think you can keep it like this.

I think Wubi is a fantastic idea espcially for people testing the waters as
it is so easy to do but if I understand Wubi correctly it installs itself
like an application under Windows. So you have a very stable secure system
running off an insecure weak operating system.
My gut instinct is that that is a bad idea.

I think once you become more used to Linux you should install Ubuntu in its
own right on its own partition and not as a windows application.

Not if you have Panda protection on the Windows. It is only insecure if
not used properly and protected like any other system.

And Wubi it not meant just to be a live demo.

You can use it for ever like that. I have it like that on an XP computer
and full installed on an older computer by itself.

I asked that question before here but never got an answer so like
you I wait in awe for the kind reply.

Not so by my understanding, Windows is not used to run the linux program
but only when you install it!

It runs under it's own steam and has it's own protection, so you can get
a refund for all your additional Windows protection as it is not being used.

It works like any other independent OS only inside an ntfs file instead
of a separate partition.

That is rather strange advice. XP is the main system it needs Panda
protection. Ubuntu in one folder on the C: root does not but I am not
likely to ditch protection just cause Ubuntu it there.

Wubi runs outside of Windows. The installer uses the Windows file
system to create the file(s), but then it mounts it as a device when you re-boot
and it has the same effect as booting on another drive. Once it boots, you are
in Ubuntu. This is similar (but not the same) as using a virtualization. The
difference is that virtual machines need the host file system to run on. Wubi
does not need the host OS to run on since there is no program such as VirtualBox
or VMware. Instead, it relies on mounting the file as a loopback device. What
Windows does is setup the the file and supply the space initially. The rest is
up to Wubi and Ubuntu.

What remains to be seen is if the container can be contaminated by virii, etc.
from when you are in Windows. You can delete the file from inside Windows, and
as everybody knows Windows security is not the best, so I would be careful not
to rely on it for anything too important. Also in Windows you can corrupt the
file system if the system crashes and this has been known to happen.

This is true only if you are in Windows. Panda will protect because it is
installed and monitors action only when Windows is running.

In Wubi, Windows is not running. Wubi accesses a file on the C:\ drive that is
put there while you are in Windows, but it is mounted as a device before Windows
boots, similar to a partition except that it is not a partition but a file that
is treated as one. This is what a loopback device does. It could just as easily
be used to mount an ISO file.

See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loop_device

You are right that Panda will protect the file while you are in Windows, but it
is unclear about how useful this is since it can be damaged in other ways due to
the nature of the Windows file system and the sheer size of the file(s) which
rests on the NTFS file system. Files can be truncated and corrupted in a number
of ways. Viruses may be the least of your worries if you are relying on Windows
to protect your files.

I know that you are not of the same mind on this as I am. However, no file
system is perfect and as systems go, NTFS is better than FAT32, but not as
durable as a fully journalled fs, such as ext3 or Reiser. And while Windows
crashes are much reduced over the past, they still happen.

I personally would be hesitant about using Wubi installed Ubuntu for anything
other than the novelty and simplicity in test driving it. I have had enough
experience with NTFS and with VMs to know that when everything is stored in a
very large container, problems can become magnified. If you damage the file, you
don't lose one file, but everything!

Protection in this way is only about outside interference, not the
corruption of the system that you seem to be getting into Roy.

Panda is only for that type of attack.

With Ubuntu running in its loopback ext3 partition, it is not as
vulnerable to those outside attacks and the mother system.