I have tried the method outlined here without any success. After editing the files as indicated, saving and rebooting, I still don't have a connection. Mousing over the network connections on the task bar indicates "eth0: Link is down" and "wlan0: Not associated."
If someone would be able to point me in the right direction, that would be super. I would have just commented on the linked question, but I can't do so as a new user.