Wifi wont turn on

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I dont know why wifi wont turn on i push the button and nothing happens.

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This is not really a KDE problem, but we can still help. Do you have any more information about your system and what WiFi card it has?

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my system is a dell latitude e6420 with i think a intel centrino advanced-n 6205 thank you :smiley:

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Do you know what distribution you’re using?

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im using kde neon :slight_smile: :slight_smile:

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@frozencat:

There’s a command named “rfkill” – if it ain’t there, install the package –

 # LANG=C rfkill --help

Usage:
 rfkill [options] command [identifier ...]

Tool for enabling and disabling wireless devices.

Options:
 -J, --json             use JSON output format
 -n, --noheadings       don't print headings
 -o, --output <list>    define which output columns to use
     --output-all       output all columns
 -r, --raw              use the raw output format

 -h, --help             display this help
 -V, --version          display version

Available output columns:
 DEVICE      kernel device name
 ID          device identifier value
 TYPE        device type name that can be used as identifier
 TYPE-DESC   device type description
 SOFT        status of software block
 HARD        status of hardware block

Commands:
 help
 event
 list   [identifier]
 block   identifier
 unblock identifier
 toggle  identifier

For more details see rfkill(8).
 #

Use “rfkill list” to inspect all the wireless devices on your system.