After ending up in a kernel panic boot loop this morning until I disabled the wifi in the BIOS, I have now installed the kernel linked to by Andy Whitcroft (2.6.38-8-generic), and am happy to report that I can now connect to my home wifi without any problems at all.
After ending up in a kernel panic boot loop this morning until I disabled the wifi in the BIOS, I have now installed the kernel linked to by Andy Whitcroft (2.6.38-8-generic), and am happy to report that I can now connect to my home wifi without any problems at all.