Wi fi not working

I have just installed Ubuntu Mate on a Dell Computer which was running Windows XP. My WI FI does not work. I can't find the wireless adaptor. The Wi-Fi was working when running Windows XP.

Welcome
I connect to Internet with WiFi hotspot so I may be totally wrong in the following image. If so no problem. In image after 6 a new screen will pop up where you can enter it.

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Hi jsknight100,
As I understand, you don't know the name of your wireless adapter.
For the beginning, read and try this , step by step.

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I have done that but nothing happens!

inxi -N should list the network drivers.

lsusb is another way.

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Thanks for your comment. I run lsusb & no network drivers were shown!

I assume that Dell laptop has internal wireless card.
In this case, lsusb is wrong command. It is correct for usb adapters.
For the internal card, correct command:
lspci

There are two Ethernet controllers & a Communication Controller Data/Fax modem

John ...
post the output of inxi -N or the output of inxi -F (use </> to format it)
What's the DELL laptop model ?

When I typed inxi -N I received command inxi not found but can be installed with : sudo apt install inxi
then received message password for john

Is it possible to copy text from the terminal?

I managed to copy & paste.

john@john-Dell-DM051:~$ inxi -n

Command 'inxi' not found, but can be installed with:

sudo apt install inxi

john@john-Dell-DM051:~$ sudo apt install inxi
[sudo] password for john:
Sorry, try again.
[sudo] password for john:
Sorry, try again.
[sudo] password for john:

sudo: 3 incorrect password attempts

Hi is it possible on your initial input of inxi -N you left out the space between the i and the -?

wi1

According to my notes UM 22.04 has inxi installed by default. So which UM did you install?

also I keep asking about the laptop model.

My computer is a desktop Dimension 5150
I installed Mate 1.24.0

No I just checked too make sure!

This was the result of running lsusb Thanks for your help.
john@john-Dell-DM051:~$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0644:0200 TEAC Corp. All-In-One Multi-Card Reader CA200/B/S
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 04b3:310c IBM Corp. Wheel Mouse
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 413c:2003 Dell Computer Corp. Keyboard
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

As @mendy wrote, try lspci | grep Wireless and paste output.

Wasn't me. :grinning:

This was the result of lspci
john@john-Dell-DM051:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ/P/PL Memory Controller Hub (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ/P/PL PCI Express Root Port (rev 02)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 1 (rev 01)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01)
00:1d.3 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev e1)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR (ICH7 Family) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family SATA Controller [IDE mode] (rev 01)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family SMBus Controller (rev 01)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RV370 [Radeon X300]
01:00.1 Display controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RV370 [Radeon X300 SE]
03:02.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Marvell W8300 802.11 Adapter (rev 07)
03:03.0 Communication controller: Conexant Systems, Inc. HSF 56k Data/Fax Modem
03:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family LAN Controller (rev 01)
john@john-Dell-DM051:~$

Nothing seemed to happen!
lspci | grep Wireless
This is what I typed.