Lost Internet Wifi Connection

[reb81]

I am using Kubuntu 15.04 on my HP Compaq laptop. I had connection to my in home Wifi when last used. After about 6 weeks of not using I went back to it and cannot connect to the Wifi. At first I had the blue light showing a connection and the drop down showed connected but I had NO internet. After trying to remedy this I now have an X over the internet icon and all three icons are X . Now the varios connections in the area do not show up and the light still shows blue as if I had a connection. Any help is really appreciated. Thank you.

[vinnywright]

what dose

rfkill list

show ?

VINNY

[reb81]

what dose

rfkill list

show ?

VINNY

0: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
dick@dick-desktop:~$

0: hci0: Bluetooth
0: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
dick@dick-desktop:~$

[sithlord48]

i don't see a wifi adaptor on that list..

Click the network widget when the popup comes up you should see a wifi icon with a checkbox next to it be sure that is checked

first use

lshw -c network

and see what comes up for network devices.
you can then use

iwconfig

to see if the device is connected.

[reb81]

Please accept my apologize. I got confused and sent the rfkill from my desktop that is sitting next to the laptop. I feel like a fool. Here is the rfkill from the laptop that I need help with:
richard@richard-Compaq-Presario-A900-Notebook-PC:~$ rfkill list
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
richard@richard-Compaq-Presario-A900-Notebook-PC:~$

[oshunluvr]

This may seem dumb or obvious, but does your laptop have a light indicating wireless on/off? Usually an LED - blue for on or orange for off. Also verify you can't just turn it on using a switch on the laptop (usually above the function keys on the left side on that model) or function keys?

"Hard blocked" usually means it's been switched off. If there's no physical or keyboard (usually a function key with special use via a specific shift key - often with "Fn" on it - and the function key will have a WiFi logo on it) post he model of the wifi card.

[Snowhog]

We need to know what network driver your laptop is using. Type:

[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Ubuntu Mono]sudo lshw -C network[/FONT][/COLOR]

Copy/paste the complete output in your reply.

[reb81]

richard@richard-Compaq-Presario-A900-Notebook-PC:~$ sudo lshw -c network
[sudo] password for richard:
*-network DISABLED
description: Wireless interface
product: AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)
vendor: Qualcomm Atheros
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
logical name: wlan0
version: 01
serial: 00:1f:e1:1c:2b:65
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath5k driverversion=3.13.0-43-generic firmware=N/A latency=0 link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
resources: irq:16 memory:d1300000-d130ffff
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL-8100/8101L/8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@0000:02:01.0
logical name: eth0
version: 10
serial: 00:1e:ec:6f:09:c6
size: 10Mbit/s
capacity: 100Mbit/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=8139too driverversion=0.9.28 duplex=half latency=64 link=no maxlatency=64 mingnt=32 multicast=yes port=MII speed=10Mbit/s
resources: irq:16 ioport:1000(size=256) memory:d1200000-d12000ff
richard@richard-Compaq-Presario-A900-Notebook-PC:~$ iwconfig
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSIDff/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=off
Retry long limit:7 RTS thrff Fragment thrff
Power Managementff

lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

richard@richard-Compaq-Presario-A900-Notebook-PC:~$

[reb81]

This is what I get now following your instructions:
richard@richard-Compaq-Presario-A900-Notebook-PC:~$ rfkill list
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
richard@richard-Compaq-Presario-A900-Notebook-PC:~$ lshw -c network
WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.
*-network DISABLED
description: Wireless interface
product: AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)
vendor: Qualcomm Atheros
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
logical name: wlan0
version: 01
serial: 00:1f:e1:1c:2b:65
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath5k driverversion=3.13.0-43-generic firmware=N/A latency=0 link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
resources: irq:16 memory:d1300000-d130ffff
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL-8100/8101L/8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@0000:02:01.0
logical name: eth0
version: 10
serial: 00:1e:ec:6f:09:c6
size: 10Mbit/s
capacity: 100Mbit/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=8139too driverversion=0.9.28 duplex=half latency=64 link=no maxlatency=64 mingnt=32 multicast=yes port=MII speed=10Mbit/s
resources: irq:16 ioport:1000(size=256) memory:d1200000-d12000ff
WARNING: output may be incomplete or inaccurate, you should run this program as super-user.
richard@richard-Compaq-Presario-A900-Notebook-PC:~$ sudo lshw -c network
[sudo] password for richard:
*-network DISABLED
description: Wireless interface
product: AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)
vendor: Qualcomm Atheros
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
logical name: wlan0
version: 01
serial: 00:1f:e1:1c:2b:65
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath5k driverversion=3.13.0-43-generic firmware=N/A latency=0 link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
resources: irq:16 memory:d1300000-d130ffff
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL-8100/8101L/8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@0000:02:01.0
logical name: eth0
version: 10
serial: 00:1e:ec:6f:09:c6
size: 10Mbit/s
capacity: 100Mbit/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=8139too driverversion=0.9.28 duplex=half latency=64 link=no maxlatency=64 mingnt=32 multicast=yes port=MII speed=10Mbit/s
resources: irq:16 ioport:1000(size=256) memory:d1200000-d12000ff
richard@richard-Compaq-Presario-A900-Notebook-PC:~$ iwconfig
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSIDff/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=off
Retry long limit:7 RTS thrff Fragment thrff
Power Managementff

lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

richard@richard-Compaq-Presario-A900-Notebook-PC:~$

[Snowhog]

Okay, the DISABLED Wireless interface is using the ath5k driver, so this post on Ubuntu Forums might be the solution; it was for the poster there.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...9#post10942349

[reb81]

I have a Wireless Light that is Orange when I boot up and then changes to Blue. I have a key marked fn between the control key and the Microsoft and then the Alt key. I do not see how to turn it off as I am looking for a match with the fn key.

[reb81]

This is what I get at the end of the support for wire LAN cards:

nohwcryptisable hardware encryption. (bool)
parm: fastchanswitch:Enable fast channel switching for AR2413/AR5413 radios. (bool)
parm: no_hw_rfkill_switch:Ignore the GPIO RFKill switch state (bool)


Do I enter that or just enter the

nohwcryptisable hardware encryption.

[reb81]

That Did not help. If you have any other ideas that I could try. Please send them to me, I will try anything that you suggest.

Dick

[vinnywright]

That Did not help. If you have any other ideas that I could try. Please send them to me, I will try anything that you suggest.

Dick

the "hard blocked: yes" in your "rfkill list" ,,,,means that their IS a physical switch or Keyboard combination that turns off the wireless card.

the one on my laptop is the "Fn+airplane" keys

VINNY

[reb81]

Thanks I see the fn next to the ctrl I'll have to try to find out what goes with it. HP will not help because they just tell me that this laptop is supposed to have Vista on it. I wonder when the US will wake up to Linux.