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I am unable to connect to my wifi. It works with the cable plugged in. Nothing happened before this problem suddenly occurred. I can see the networks that are available.
I can connect to my network with other devices. I tried it with an ubuntu external drive and a fedora boot-stick but it wouldn't connect in either environment as well.
Computer model: Asus x501A
Ubuntu version: 14.04

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Did your notebook EVER have a wifi connection set up? – Byte Commander Jan 19 '15 at 1:00
    
Yes WiFi has been working fine for ages. (Also it is a laptop not a notebook if that makes a difference) – bobleponge314 Jan 19 '15 at 4:43
    
What is the device lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net – Jeremy31 Jan 19 '15 at 13:45
    
Ran the device check, results: Network controller [0280]: Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter 168c:0032 (rev 01) Subsystem: AzureWave Device 1a3b:1186 Kernel driver: ath9k Ethernet controller 0200: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller [10ec:8168] rev 0a Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer INc. Device [1043:14f7] Kernel driver: r8169 – bobleponge314 Jan 22 '15 at 0:34
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Check the output of

rfkill list

If it shows a "hard block", then run:

echo "options asus_nb_wmi wapf=1" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/asus.conf

and reboot. Check the buttons (if any)

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Checked the output of rfkill list Says no on both hard blocked and soft blocked Any other suggestions? (Wifi still not working!) Thank you – bobleponge314 Jan 22 '15 at 0:29
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it was a router problem

  • could tell because i could connect to other wifi signals
  • connected to my router with a wired connection and reset everything (except for full factory reset) in the diagnostics menu
  • router is a 2wire (router IP: 172.16.1.254)
  • i found the router settings via the browser http://
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