New PC, New Mint, No WiFi

[Viajerozz]

Hi, I am as new as new can be, just a few hours into the Linux challenge. I am excited to try the new Linux distros as I have been a Windows user since Windows 1.0. I think this Mint KDE is a beautiful piece of work but am disappointed it is still seemingly not ready for a total newbie like me out of the package.
The problem is I have a brand new HP DM4T laptop and a fresh load of Mint KDE booted off a CD. Sad to say there is no WiFi connection and conclude it must be a driver issue or lack of driver. Forget that the webcam doesn't work, WiFi capability should be a given out of the box, yes? Anyway, the WiFi adapter is an Intel Centrino Advanced N6250 AGN card.
I know there is a little utility in the Mint package, I forget the name, that lets you load an .inf Windows driver file. However, the Intel site and many other driver sites package their drivers in executable .exe packages, so good luck finding any .inf files to load in the utility. Can anyone give me some guidance on how to get my WiFi driver loaded without spending hours and hours learning command line jargon and combing the internet? Thanks!

[chattr]

the WiFi adapter is an Intel Centrino Advanced N6250 AGN card.

According to http://www.intellinuxwireless.org/ this card uses the iwlwifi driver. To see if that driver is loaded, please post here the output in terminal of

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lsmod | grep iwlwifi

If you get no output from that command, then the driver is not loaded, and it will need to be loaded.

If you get output from that command, then the driver is loaded, and we need more information from your machine. To troubleshoot, posting here the output from this terminal command will be helpful:

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ifconfig -a