[DonC]

with the wired network disconnected, I get:
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.3
Copyright 2004-2009 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit https://www.isc.org/software/dhcp/

Listening on LPF/pan0/ea:7e:aa:a9:45:3e
Sending on LPF/pan0/ea:7e:aa:a9:45:3e
Listening on LPF/eth0/00:24:e8:c6:cf:60
Sending on LPF/eth0/00:24:e8:c6:cf:60
Listening on LPF/eth1/00:23:08:9e:c6:ba
Sending on LPF/eth1/00:23:08:9e:c6:ba
Sending on Socket/fallback
DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 5
DHCPDISCOVER on pan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 13
DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8
DHCPDISCOVER on pan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 13
DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 13
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 15
DHCPDISCOVER on pan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7
DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 19
DHCPDISCOVER on pan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 17
DHCPDISCOVER on pan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 12
DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 13
DHCPDISCOVER on pan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 14
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 11
No DHCPOFFERS received.
No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.

[DonC]

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[Markess]

Don, probably doesn't apply to you since you say Ubuntu reports that it can "see" your wireless network, but you may want to check that WLAN is "Enabled" in BIOS. I had a random reset in BIOS to "disabled" when upgrading Ubuntu, and when trial installing Kubuntu as well. I hadn't been in the BIOS, but the change somehow appatrntly happened on two occasions.

I was able to install the corrrect packages via wired connecgtion, but still couldn't detect networks in Network Manager. I was able to manually enter the SSID and password, system would say it connected, but no internet and no ping. Turned out that WLAN was "disabled" in BIOS when I checked it after all else failed. I enabled it, rebooted, and all was good. Just a thought.

[DonC]

Thanks, I tried adjusting the BIOS, no luck.

The wireless system reports that it is connected, but I cannot send IP traffic, and I don't have a valid IP assigned through the wireless. (checked through ifconfig)