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    Networking disabled

    All has been fine so far with my new installation (dual boot with Windows 10) on a new HP Pavilion latop intel i5.

    I turned to this distro having been unable to install Peppermint 6 due to it not being compatible with my intel 3165 wireless adapter. I was delighted to find that my card was supported in Kubuntu 15.10

    And now, a few days later, the wifi notification on the panel is now red and the option to connect to the known wifi address is dark - there is no connect option. I at a loss to understand how or why this has happened. When I have used linux previously, I have either got wifi to work...or not! I've never had it disappear before! It's still working on W10

    Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!

    Many thanks
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    Make sure, while in Windows, that network settings there arent set to turn off/disable when exiting Windows.
    Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007
    "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes​
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      (If the above isn't the cause) I don't use wireless (for my Desktop Linux PC), and have no idea if any of this could be at all helpful:

      Trouble-shooting guide
      https://help.ubuntu.com/stable/ubunt...eshooting.html

      A common solution one sees posted around:
      http://askubuntu.com/questions/61445...-kubuntu-15-04
      An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way. Charles Bukowski
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        Many thanks for the help

        Unfortunately these don't work for me.

        I have tried a live USB of Ubuntu mate and Kubuntu 15.10 (15.04 doesn't support this wireless card) and they work. Having googled this, there seems to be a firmwire issue with this card of it dropping off after some time. There is a fix but I can't find it!

        I'm tempted to reinstall but concerned I'll simply end up at square one again.

        Wish I hadn't bought a laptop with new hardware (hadn't realised)!
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          36 hours later.....just decided to take one last look at my installation before deleting it....and guess what? WIFI is back! I've not done anything

          I can't think of anything more technical than the "switch it off and then on again" thing!

          I'm scratching my head, but pleased it's back!
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