The first thing to check is if something is turned off.
Open a terminal by pressing
<ctl><alt><t> at the same time, or
Menu> Accessory> Terminal EmulatorAfter the command prompt enter:
Code:
rfkill list
it will look something like this
Quote:
moe@fission-chips:~$ rfkill list
0: tpacpi_bluetooth_sw: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
1: tpacpi_wwan_sw: Wireless WAN
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
3: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
moe@fission-chips:~$
Soft block are software controlled, Hard blocks are physical switches.
If any are hard blocked (doubtful, but possible); toggle the switch.
If any are soft blocked enter
Code:
sudo rfkill unblock all
Quote:
moe@fission-chips:~$ sudo rfkill unblock all
moe@fission-chips:~$ rfkill list
0: tpacpi_bluetooth_sw: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: tpacpi_wwan_sw: Wireless WAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
3: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
5: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
moe@fission-chips:~$
It is possible to turn on/off individual devices, but we can save that for later.
Try it.
If you still don't have wireless enter
Code:
lspci |grep -i net
it will look like this
Quote:
moe@fission-chips:~$ lspci |grep -i net
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82577LM Gigabit Network Connection (rev 06)
03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6200 (rev 35)
moe@fission-chips:~$
take the information from the first part of your wireless device (in my case it's
03:00.0) and enter
lspci -v -s <your device>Quote:
moe@fission-chips:~$ lspci -v -s 03:00.0
03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6200 (rev 35)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6200 2x2 AGN
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 45
Memory at f2400000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi
moe@fission-chips:~$
cut and paste the output to a followup post.
