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defacto7

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6. It means..

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #5)

Sun Nov 5, 2017, 11:20 PM

Nov 2017

The drivers that run the hardware are blocked. You can unblock them using the rfkill unblock command. If it works you found your issue. Sometimes it's just a Broadcom glitch and it won't return, but sometimes it means there's a driver conflict and Broadcom won't continue after reboot. You have to find the hardware driver that is in conflict then add it to modprobe.d blacklist.conf so it won't try to initialize on restart.

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Linux Mint 18.1 won't recognize wireless connections [View all] bucolic_frolic Nov 2017 OP

did you just install it d_r Nov 2017 #1

It sometimes depends on your hardware... defacto7 Nov 2017 #2

HERE might be some useful info ---- bucolic_frolic Nov 2017 #5

It means.. defacto7 Nov 2017 #6

wow, thanks ... no rfkill didn't work bucolic_frolic Nov 2017 #10

Good luck. defacto7 Nov 2017 #11

One other stupid question... defacto7 Nov 2017 #3

Well thanks for the suggestions so far bucolic_frolic Nov 2017 #4

Did you find any other conflicting drivers? defacto7 Nov 2017 #7

do I have to unblock the router firewall or unblock outgoing traffic? bucolic_frolic Nov 2017 #8

These have nothing to do with a firewall. defacto7 Nov 2017 #9

Yes, connection established bucolic_frolic Nov 2017 #12

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