Hard blocked wifi Ubuntu 12.04

Question

Output of rfkill list:

0: phy0: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: no
1: brcmwl-0: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: yes

What is the work around available?

followed your thread and tried everything, now the output of rfkill is — Shaswati, Feb 23 '15 at 13:05
0: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 1: brcmwl-0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no but no luck as still getting error - no wireless network found — Shaswati, Feb 23 '15 at 13:05
Please modify your original question and add the current status.. — heemayl, Feb 23 '15 at 13:11
Have added a new question, please help - I have tried connecting to wifi in my dell vostro laptop, distribution is ubuntu 12.04 lts. Wicd network manager shows "No wireless networks found." — Shaswati, Feb 23 '15 at 13:35
So after following the link the original issue has been resolved? (As you have marked it as 'solved') — heemayl, Feb 23 '15 at 13:37

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 23 '15 at 14:13

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Have you tried enter this in the terminal:

 rfkill unblock hard

and that it is, and it might work fine this way.

answered Feb 23 '15 at 14:13

Michael

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