Newb from Ohio

[rokytnji]

Howdy and Welcome greg. As far as  getting you onboard network gear working. Is it turned on in Bios?
Also. Sometimes you just got to bite the bullet and spend a few bucks to make up for lack of skill .

It is just cheaper in the long wrong to fix something in 5 minutes vs 5 days . Even if the cost is a six pack of beer.
Just the way I roll. That is all I am gonna say about that.

If the hardware is enabled in bios.
What is the output of this. So we know if you are 32bit or 64 bit.

Code:

uname -m

nexit. The all network hardware readouts from

Code:

lspci -v

mine for example

Code:

00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82577LM Gigabit Network Connection (rev 05)
    Subsystem: Dell Device 0410
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 25
    Memory at f5400000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
    Memory at f5480000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
    I/O ports at 6040 [size=32]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: e1000e
    Kernel modules: e1000e

Code:

02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6200 (rev 35)
    Subsystem: Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6200 2x2 AGN
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 27
    Memory at f2c00000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi
    Kernel modules: iwlwifi

Check out your manual while you are learning this stuff also. It is in the menu. Good Luck.