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  1. Bug #418933
  2. Comment #94

Comment 94 for bug 418933

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rsoika (ralph-soika) wrote : Re: no internet connection (wifi+ethernet doesn't work)

I am not sure if this information is useful. I have the same problem (2.6.31-14-generic). wlan did not work on my Dell Vostro 1520 with a hardware wlan switch.
In my case It seems to be similar to
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/karmic/+source/linux/+bug/395358

When I switch my wlan on ( killswitch=off) before I boot, wlan will not work. checked rfkill list:

>rfkill list
0: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: yes
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no

Next I switch the wlan off - >

>rfkill list
0: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: yes

So this seems to be wrong.
But when I switch wlan off ( killswitch=on) before I boot with I can enable the wifi adapter after login and wlan works perfect.
And it also works if I boot with older kernel 2.6.28-16-generic.

So for my understanding the default setting of the rfkillswitch in kernel 2.6.31-14 seems to be wrong