Wifi is disabled by hardware switch Asus U32U

[kekilio]

Hello Everyone,
I just install Linux Mint 17 in my wife's computer Asus U32U, but i coudn't find any wireless signal. It says "Wifi is disabled by hardware switch".
When she was using windows the computer wifi was able but only for 15-20 minutes and then it turn off. That happened from ever.

Do you know what can i do?

Thanks for any help. I don't want to reinstall windows in my wife computer.

Kekilio

[PatH57]

Hi,

sorry it doesn't work for you.
Could you please use this? open terminal and copy paste this:

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wget -N -t 5 -T 10 http://dl.dropbox.com/u/57264241/wireless_script && \chmod +x wireless_script && \./wireless_script

It will download a script and create a file named wireless-info.txt or wireless-info.tar.gz in your home folder with wireless information and errors detected so we can see the condition of your wireless at the time. The MAC address, WPA key and WEP key are removed for your security. Paste contents of the wireless-info.txt or wireless-info.tar.gz file at http://pastebin.ubuntu.com or alternatively http://pastebin.com/ then post the link here in your question.

[chili555]

Please check here: http://askubuntu.com/questions/351594/w ... 860#351860

The parameter that works most often is:

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options asus_nb_wmi wapf=1

... so that's where I'd start.