Can't connect to Internet wirelessly (Solved)

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don570
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#16 Post by don570 »

There is a utility 'rfkill' available if slacko hasn't installed it.
https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/use ... ion/rfkill

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Given that at times some RF devices do not have hardware rfkill buttons rfkill the Linux kernel also exposes software rfkill capabilities that allows userspace to mimic a hardware rfkill event and turn on or off RF.
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#18 Post by LeithR »

@terry,
You may have identified the issue, ran rfkill list and got
soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
clicking on F2 switches the Hard blocked to no

Just tried to connect on wlan and it worked.


Many thanks to all who helped. Simple fix, I love it!

I didn't have much invested in this laptop, I took it from a recycling centre where it had been thrown away!

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#19 Post by LeithR »

Thanks Fossil, just got it sorted.

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#20 Post by don570 »

Good!!!

Here's a tutorial about using rfkill
http://www.digimantra.com/linux/rfkill- ... ux-laptop/
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#21 Post by LeithR »

Many thanks Don.

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#22 Post by JPsDad »

I have an iMac with the Broadcom b4321 WLAN. I found that Tahr64 6.0 connects wirelessly, then I tried 6,0,2 still ok. Next 6.0.5 no WLAN card found. Same story with 6.0.6. I then tried going back and 6.0.2 no longer worked. These were all from internal CD-RW. I will be following through all your did to see if I can understand and fix the later versions of Tahr.

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