I'm not connected to my wireless connection but doesn't do anything

What kind of wireless card are you using?

I'm using an Atheros AR5005G Wireless Card on a Toshiba Satellite Laptop

Maybe for your model it is different, but on my wife's laptop (with an Atheros AR5003EG) I had to disable the ath_pci module and use ndiswrapper.
Apparently there are some compatibility issues between the restricted ath_hal module and hal.
To start debugging, can you open a terminal and paste here the output of these commands:

ifconfig
iwconfig
sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
ping 192.168.1.100
ping 192.168.1.1
ping 82.211.81.211

My previous installations of UBUNTU all had similar problems with the WIRELESS CONNECTION. On first installation they worked fine after the codes were put in. After updates were installed, it seems the information on all the connections disappears, as though a virus had destroyed them. Even if I re-registered the connection WAP codes and OPTUS SSID they MIGHT work for a while, and then the bug sets in, and no matter what you try, it seems memory of those settings disappears. I am using a NETGEAR Wireless USB dongle WG111v2. However, it works good on the WIN-XP system (I have 2 systems option) - so when it disappears I have to use WinXP to get on the net. I worry about downloading the updates, as they seem to be faulty, or create faults like memory of saved data. A Wireless Wizard like Windows would be great, where any data to be saved has a "SAVE" button, and it does exactly THAT. (Maybe you can call it "Wireless Connection Magician" or something.) It seems the current program is not stable enough. Ex-Windows users like me cannot understand the DOS language you use, so it needs a user-friendly program system.

I gave up with trying wireless in UBUNTU, so either I use WinXP on the other half of my HDD, or use cable LAN. My wireless stuffed up every time the new updates were included from a fresh re-install of HH.

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sorry i am having the same problem with internet connection/setting wireles/thing for internet

I am not the smartest person on earth with computers...sorry so i do need help in a a=b=c way!!!!!
  abc instructions.....
so far what i did is the following
I call bt: no results
read all this info: getting worse
on the computer i went to: system/administration/network/wireless connection and then i got confuse because i don't what are the wireless settings???so i when for wpa personal and in configuration settings i did the automatic configuration and ok. The result is the internet is still not working.......:(

@eilyn
Please don't append a new question on a marked as solved question.
Please make new question from here: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+addquestion
you will get better chance to get right answer on a fresh tagged "open" question.
Solved question are usually not read from answering people.

Thank you