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Wireless disabled by hardware switch(another)
One day when I was trying to connect with wireless I found it didn't work.It said:
wireless is disabled by hardware switch
I'd found some questions similar to mine, so I tried some suggestion as ...
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Wifi not working ubuntu 11.10
i am not able to get my wifi working consistently in ubuntu. At times when wifi is switched on in windows and I switch to ubuntu, wifi networks are recognized. But if i try and turn on wifi in ubuntu, ...
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How to do nothing when close laptop and reopen?
I use ubuntu 12.04 64 bit.
Whenever I close my laptop it will disconnect my wireless connection.
Why is this happening?
I want my laptop do nothing when closing and reopening.
Or just only close ...
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12.04 disabling wireless via dbus does not work
I am using a proprietary rt3652sta driver for my wireless card. It appears as a ra0 device on the 64-bit Ubuntu 12.04.
According to the online documentation the following used to work definitely up ...
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Prevent user from using internet
I have created a user with "Connect to wireless and ethernet networks" unchecked, but the user can still access internet wireless.
I have tried to remove nm-applet from the users startup programs, ...
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Need to disable Show Password in wireless
I work for a school and we are setting up some ubuntu laptops for student use. The wireless password needs to be secure so students can't connect their personal devices onto the network. The problem ...
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Disable wlan0 -device permanently
I executed unsuccessfully the following line in /etc/rc.local with permissions 755:
sudo ifdown 00:1f:9c:c3:b3:77
where the last word is presenting the address of my wlan0 device.
Having the ...
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How to disable the WiFi using network-manager permanently?
How to disable the wifi on boot? I'm using network-manager to manage the wifi connection and when I disable this, setting is temporary to the current session.
Exists therefore a method to make ...
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How enable/disable WiFi adapters individually under 10.04
I have a laptop with an internal wifi G adapter, and I have an external USB wifi adapter that is compatible with N. the internal wifi can be disabled using a little switch on the side of the laptop. ...
