Questions tagged [wifi-hardware-switch]
internal wifi-switch, with either on|off function, triggered by special keyboard-key.
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How to set wifi driver settings to prefer 5 GHz channel above 2.4 GHz
Currently I'm in a new building of my university. In this building my wifi often breaks down and then restores connection again. This is really irritating since it happens a lot.
Now as a coincidence ...
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13.10 suspend kills wifi connection
I tried to post to this thread Hardware wireless switch has no effect after suspend and 13.10 upgrade for if I understand their question I am having the same problem, but the answer option won't work ...
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How can I reverse my wifi from monitor mode to normal mode?
In a course named ethical Hacking for beginners , I learned that wifi has some modes in which we can switch between but I don't know that what was the normal mode and how to switch on it
I used ...
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How to enable Wifi toggle key (f12)?
I run Ubuntu 18.04 on my HP, and before dual booting, when I only had Windows, I would always press the F12 key to turn the Wifi on and off easily. Now that is the only key that doesn't work on Ubuntu....
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Unable to connect to any Wifi in Ubuntu 14.04
I have Ubuntu 14.04. I've tried connecting to the AT&T router in my apartment, but I cannot see the symbol. I've tried installing drivers for the WiFi Router from Additional driver but there no ...
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WIFI gets HARD BLOCKED on Ubuntu 20.04.2, HP-15 series
One Fine Day..I don't want to shut down my computer, So, “Suspended” it,
When turned on next time ,
the problem starts,
WiFi – Not Turning ON, Its not a detection problem, or Driver not found or any ...
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18.04 MSI GS65 wifi hardware switch disabled after suspend
I'm currently running Ubuntu 18.04 on MSI GS65, running into what seems to be a persisting age old issue:
WIFI IS DISABLED BY HARDWARE SWITCH AFTER SUSPEND
only can comeback up after reboot.
sudo ...
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Wifi Hardware Switch Not Working on HP Pavilion 15-n201nr Notebook PC - Hardware Blocked
I have an HP Pavilion 15-n201nr Notebook PC which appears to be stuck in airplane mode under any version of Linux I install. (I have tried Ubuntu 19.04, 18.04, and Fedora Workstation 30.) This is ...
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Fix "WiFi Disabled by hardware switch" in Kubuntu 14.04
Any ideas on how to fix this? My Toshiba Satellite Click doesn't have a hardware switch to disable wireless. Help!!
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How can I turn off wifi on thinkpad T460s?
I have a T460s which has no physical switch for turning off the wifi, eg to save battery or when on airplanes. The F8 key seems to have a relevant icon, but it seems to have no effect. Other F keys ...
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Network Switching
Is there a way to switch between Wireless and Wired connections without switching either of the connections off when both are connected?
I am using 18.04.
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WiFi only works after suspend. Ubuntu 14.04 on HP Pavilion
I'm using a HP Pavilion G6 with Ubuntu 14.04. My WiFi is not working, but magically I found that when I suspended the laptop it was enabled and When I shutdown my laptop again disconnected. I again ...
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Cannot enable Wi-Fi
Yesterday my laptop shut down because battery ran out. Next time I turned it on I couldn't enable Wi-Fi. I tried to enable it with:
rfkill unblock all
but it's still not working. Please help.
EDIT:
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Wireless hardware switch turned off, probably because Airplane Mode stuck turned on
I bought a used MSI U230 laptop with Windows installed. I immediately installed Ubuntu 14.04 in its place, so I don't know if wireless was working on Windows. But in Ubuntu, it's telling me "wi-fi is ...
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Wifi disconnecting on closing screen of laptop
As soon as I close the screen,
Wifi gets disconnected
and if I try to reconnect it, it shows Hardware disabled error as shown below:
I have tried the solution given in disabled by hardware switch but ...
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Wifi is disabled by Hardware swith after suspend
I am using Hp Pavilion 15-ab032tx with realtek rtl8723be wifi driver, dual booted with Windows 8.1 . When I start it works fine after suspending it gets blocked by hardware switch. I always need to ...
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WIFI is Diasbled by Hardware switch in Ubuntu 14.04 32 bit on HP-430 laptop
Please help in resolving wifi connection issue.
WIFI is Diasbled by Hardware switch in Ubuntu 14.04 32 bit on HP-430 laptop
rfkill list all result is as follows,
0: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked:...
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Airplane Mode turns on automatically
I am using an HP Pavilion 15 ab032tx laptop with Windows 10 and Ubuntu 20.04 dual boot.
Whenever I shut the lid down and then reopen it, the airplane mode turns on automatically.
Here is what I ...
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Wi-Fi LED is off when Wi-Fi is on
My Wi-Fi LED on Asus UX31E only turns on after I press Fn+F2, even though Wi-Fi turns on automatically on startup. So Wi-Fi LED is off when Wi-Fi is on.
/sys/class/leds/ath9k-phy0/brightness
Shows ...
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WiFi driver not working in 20.04 LTS. When I try to install bcmwl-kernel-source it gives error [duplicate]
WiFi driver not working in 20.04 LTS. When I try to install bcmwl-kernel-source it gives error
eamon@eamon ~ sudo apt-get --purge remove bcmwl-kernel-source
Reading package lists... Done
Building ...
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Permanently disable Airplane mode
I'm having a problem finding a way to permanently disable the Airplane mode feature. Every time I close my HP Stream laptop's lid it goes into airplane mode, so no emails are incoming. Strangely there ...
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ubuntu 18.04 LTS not recognizing intel wifi card 8260 on dell latitude E7470 laptop
My wifi was working up until today, when I could not turn on wifi and in the wifi settings window it says "wifi adapter not found".
I've been looking at all answers to do with keywords "ubuntu wifi ...
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Wi-Fi is off. My hardware switch is broken
I picked up a cheap laptop and threw Ubuntu 19.04 on it. And it says wifi switch off. But the thing is the hardware switch is completely broken off. Is there anyway I can get past a hard blocked wifi ...
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HP Elitebook 840 G4 WIFI light stays Orange
I am posting here with a quick question. I have been using Ubuntu 18.04 for sometime now. I love it but i have one little thing that bugs the heck out of me. The WIFI works fine and even the WiFi ...
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USB WiFi adapter problem
Just installed Ubuntu 18.10 today n I figured my USB WiFi adapter is not working. My internal adapter is not powerful enough to be used since my room is quite far from the router (university student ...
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Ubuntu 17.04 Installer not connecting seeing any wireless networks?
It's somewhat bizarre because on the first attempt it did see all the wireless networks around me. I then put in the password for mine and attempted to complete the install. However it could not ...
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wifi is disabled in ubuntu 16 in Lonovo
I have just installed ubuntu 16.04 in my Lenovo-V310-15ISK. Initially I was not able to see wifi option in network tab. I tried to find solution and I get useful instruction to solve this issue. I ...
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All Internet doesnt work
Ok everything was working perfectly fine. Shortly after attempting a to create a virtual box, and that not working properly, I find to discover that my wifi is switched off. ok so I try to switch it ...
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No WIFI Adapter Found - ASUS
I need some help.
I installed Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS and my WiFi doesn't work "No wifi adapter found".
Its a ASUS Vivobook.
thank you
########## wireless info START ##########
Report from: 11 ...
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Installing ubuntu server on laptop - can't recognize wifi card
I am trying to install ubuntu server on my laptop and it doesn't recognize the wifi card on start of the installation. And i think it's because it is turned off. How can i turn it on without hardware ...
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20.04 WIFI keeps hard blocking randomly
as the title suggests, by WIFI keeps getting hard blocked randomly.
This happens in middle of some video stream or even if it is idle.
I have tried disabling automatic suspend in Settings > Power ...
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Cannot create wifi hotspot
I used connectify to create hotspot in windows. in ubuntu 12.04 i want to create an hotspot, i tried ap-hotspot to create hotspot but it is showing Your wireless card does not support Access Point ...
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WiFi randomly turning off "via hardware switch"
My network card uses a 'Realtek RTL8187B chipset'. The issue is, after about 30 minutes of working, the WiFi turns off, and dmesg says:
turned off via hardware switch
Turning the actual switch [off]...
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How do I automatically disable internal wifi adapter when I plug in external USB wifi adapter, and auto-enable it when I unplug the USB adapter?
When I plug in the external USB wifi radio, I currently turn off the internal radio by manually executing:
sudo modprobe -r ath9k
Note:"ath9k" is the driver of the internal wifi adapter
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rfkill shows wifi is hard blocked, but there is no way to unlock it
I have a Laptop Pavilion HP 2000, and it have dual boot on Linux Mint (Tessa) and Windows 10.
For some strange reason, the wifi led on the fn keys shows the wifi as disabled, and pressing it doesn't ...
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wifi adapter problem rtl8723bu created new problem
I have installed driver rtl8723bu for poor wifi signal problem. now problem is solved but i am seeing two interfaces for same(only one usb adapter) wifi adapter.
ifconfig screenshot:
Gnome wifi ...
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Just installed ubuntu gnome 3 15.04, on a new Yoga 3 14 but the hardware for the wifi is disabled and I can't turn it on with the wifi switch?
I have tried a few commands I found online and I also disabled and then re-enabled the wireless capabilities in the BIOS screen but still no Wifi. I cannot use an Ethernet cable because the Yoga 3 14 ...
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WiFi not working on HP 430 Probook with Intel 8260 WiFi hardware
I tried installing, Ubuntu 14.04 on my HP Probook and WiFi is not working.
I tried updating my firmware to 1.127.15, still it does not work. The laptop has Intel 8260 WiFi Hardware.
Is there ...
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Wifi not working on hp laptop
I have both ubuntu and windows7 installed on my HP laptop (model no:15ro33tx).wifi is working fine on windows but on ubuntu 10.04 its not working.I have a wifi key with led its not turning ON on ...
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Wireless is disabled by hardware switch after connecting to ethernet
I'm using dell with Ubuntu 12.04.
As soon as I connect ethernet, wireless gets disabled and network manager shows Wireless is disabled by hardware switch and, that status will go away after I unplug ...
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W-iFi is unavailable in Ubuntu 22.04
My laptop: Toshiba Satellite C55-A-1HN
Wireless driver: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9565 / AR9565 Wireless
Link: https://www.linux.org/threads/wireless-lan-hard-blocked-yes.37703/
After a new installation of ...
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Sony Wifi Disabled (Hard Blocked)
My computer model is Sony SVE15137CXW. Wifi is disabled by hard block. I cannot disable airplane mode to turn on Wifi. airplane mode's screen photo I tried solutions which are in this link: https://...
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Wifi Adapter problems , Sometimes laptop recognizes wifi and sometimes doesnt even show it
At the beginnin git was fine like for almost a month there was no problems with wifi . Most of the times on startup it doesnt even show that there is wifi , but sometimes whenever the wifi is working, ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 can't find WiFi option in my dell laptop
I used rfkill list all this command and i get only
1: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
How can i enable my WiFi option in my dell laptop
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Proble with not recognizing the wifi connection [duplicate]
I have changed my macbook pro operating system to Ubuntu Linux last night. That night the wifi network was recognized but this morning it does not recognizing wifi network at all .
Please help.
here ...
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Can't turn airplane mode off - it requires a hardware switch that my lenovo
Can't turn airplane mode off - it requires a hardware switch that my lenovo laptop x130e does not have.
Ubuntu 18.04
rfkill list all
tells me that
both the WiFi and Bluetooth
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hardware blocked
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Newer/smaller laptops are giving "No Wi-Fi Adapter Found" message [duplicate]
I have one older 15-inch laptop (HP Notebook) and two newer 14-inch laptops (Lenovo Ideapad and HP Pavilion). The same thing is happening when I use Ubuntu on the two newer ones, but not on the older ...
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Airplane mode is enabled by hardware switch
I'm using an Asus X550LC model. I'm facing an issue for past 6 months of wifi disabled by hard switch tried all the solution but still cannot fix it. Recently I've installed the LTS 18.04, on checking ...
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Wireless is hard blocked
I am using HP Pavilion 15 PC. I dual booted my PC with Ubuntu 16.04; and
had windows 10 previously installed on my device.
The wireless report (latest - after edit mentioned below) :
https://paste....
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Can not enable WiFi in Ubuntu 14.04, Lenovo Yoga 2 11
This topic is beaten all over I know, but for this specific device, everything is extra weird. I have a Lenovo Yoga 2 11 “2-in-1” thing which is alright and has had Linux on it since the day I ...
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