no wi-fi connections visible

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laptop: MSI CR61 Dual Core 4GB 500GB HD8210G wi-fi card: Realtek RTL8723AE Wireless LAN 802.11n PCI-E NIC system: ubuntu-14.04.3-desktop-amd64 experience with ubuntu: beginner

problem: wi-fi connection is not visible

I don't have cable connection, so solution with apt-get are not available

where can I download driver files for that card? (using windows)

edit: I need to somehow get drivers, download them on windows and then run them on Ubuntu (can't find url for drivers that is still active) all links to drivers I found are inactive, other solutions I found use cable connection and apt-get, which doesn't work for me

Hi - Please see this question to get the information that will be needed to help with your problem. — Charles Green, Nov 18 '15 at 15:49
You can download the drivers manually. Download dkms package from Ubuntu repositories and rtlwifi-new-dkms from my ppa. — Pilot6, Nov 22 '15 at 08:00
If you don't have an internet connection on the target system, take a look at How can I install software or packages without Internet (offline)? — David Foerster, Nov 22 '15 at 16:52

score -1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 19 '15 at 21:39

Try with this on the console.

sudo rfkill list

it should show you if your wifi card is soft or hard blocked.

0: samsung-wlan: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: no <---- THIS COULD BE YES
    Hard blocked: no <---- THIS COULD BE YES
1: samsung-bluetooth: Bluetooth
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: no
3: phy0: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: no
8: hci0: Bluetooth
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: no

It happens on my laptop whenever I close the screen and reopen it. For some reason the wlan does not come up automatically. I had to write a script to unblock my card.

To unblock just execute this command on the console

sudo rfkill unblock all

Hope it helps.

no wi-fi connections visible

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