I'm seeing the same problem on my laptop (Acer Aspire 5749 Core I-3 4GB RAM 500GB HDD) with Ubuntu Precise 12.04 (64bit).
# lspci | grep -i ethernet
ian@LAPTOP:~$ lspci | grep -i ethernet 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR8152 v2.0 Fast Ethernet (rev c1) ian@LAPTOP:~$
# uname -r
ian@LAPTOP:~$ uname -r 3.2.0-32-generic ian@LAPTOP:~$
Strangely, when I *do* have a wireless network connection, the system tray icon shows the icon for a "Wired" connection and not a "Wireless" connection.
I'm seeing the same problem on my laptop (Acer Aspire 5749 Core I-3 4GB RAM 500GB HDD) with Ubuntu Precise 12.04 (64bit).
# lspci | grep -i ethernet
ian@LAPTOP:~$ lspci | grep -i ethernet
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR8152 v2.0 Fast Ethernet (rev c1)
ian@LAPTOP:~$
# uname -r
ian@LAPTOP:~$ uname -r
3.2.0-32-generic
ian@LAPTOP:~$
Strangely, when I *do* have a wireless network connection, the system tray icon shows the icon for a "Wired" connection and not a "Wireless" connection.