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Title: Can't connect to Wifi connection(Wifi gone in network manager) [Print This Page]

Author: dewet Time: 2/17/2016 03:55
Title: Can't connect to Wifi connection(Wifi gone in network manager)
Hi

I can't connect to Wifi connection(Wifi gone in network manager) in Lubuntu.
I can correctly connect with ethernet but it doesn't connect to wifi or pick up any wifi connection or device any more.
Wifi stopped being picked up just after I did some Lubuntu updates and restarted it.

I am using dual-boot Lubuntu firmware.
I did so many customizations, would be very sad too loose everything just to reinstall firmware for working wifi.

Are there terminal commands I can try or uninstall/reinstall network manager to get it to pick up wifi again.

Please help.

Author: linjc Time: 2/22/2016 10:44
can you get any error log? show it please

Author: busybee Time: 3/5/2016 09:36
Firstly, you should run
sudo ifconfig -a
to list all the network inferaces.

Then do a WiFi reset:
sudo /usr/local/bin/wifi-off.sh
sleep 3
sudo /usr/local/bin/wifi-on.sh

Check the network interfaces again:
sudo ifconfig -a

View kernel log:
sudo dmesg

Please post the result here.

Author: dewet Time: 3/5/2016 11:01

busybee Posted at 3/5/2016 09:36
Firstly, you should run
sudo ifconfig -a
to list all the network inferaces.

Thanks

I recopied the wifi firmware files AP6335.bin etc. from here - https://github.com/gouwa/hwpacks back and it worked.
Somehow after a 'sudo update' the wifi firmware files went missing.

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