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wifi disabled by hardware switch

Post by abungu »

this problem is persistent on my laptop. initially i had a code that got rid of the problem permanently but unfortunately i have forgotten it. i think one of you guys might be having it. i really need help on this one.i am using an asus cx551a laptop.
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JeremyB
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Re: wifi disabled by hardware switch

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Try

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echo "options asus_nb_wmi wapf=4" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/asus_nb_wmi.conf
Reboot and see if it can be enabled using the keyboard combo. If not change wapf=4 to wapf=1 in the code

Try administrollaattori's idea first
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