Linux – How to enable wifi using keyboard (Dell Inspiron 14r) in suse Linux 11.4

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I have installed both Windows and SUSE Linux (11.4) on my Dell Inspiron 14r laptop. Both are working properly.

I am facing one strange problem.

I went to my Linux OS WiFi was working fine and I pressed fn+f2 in-order to disable WiFi.
WiFi got disable successfully but when I again pressed fn+f2 it is not enabling WiFi.
I can see WiFi disabled. Instead of that bluetooth icon got enable.

Then I switched to Windows and again pressed fn+f2 and WiFi got enabled.
Then I switched to Linux OS and I can see my WiFi enabled.
Again I pressed fn+f2 and it got disabled and I'm not able to enable it by pressing fn+f2 again.

How can I enable WiFi on SUSE (11.4)?

Best Answer

The same thing just happened to me... check this:

~# iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0     Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down

ok then do this: 

~# dhclient wlan0
RTNETLINK answers: Operation not possible due to RF-kill

cancel it if it take too long.

and do it again:

~# iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0     Scan completed :
          Cell 01 - Address: 94:0C:6D:A7:96:3C
                    Channel:6
                    Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
                    Quality=33/70  Signal level=-77 dBm  
                    Encryption key:on
                    ESSID:"TP-LINK_A7963C"
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
                              12 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
                    Bit Rates:9 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Mode:Master
                    Extra:tsf=0000007e1de6a181
                    Extra: Last beacon: 548ms ago
                    IE: Unknown: 000E54502D4C494E4B5F413739363343
                    IE: Unknown: 010882848B960C183048
                    IE: Unknown: 030106
                    IE: Unknown: 2A0100
                    IE: Unknown: 32041224606C
                    IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : TKIP CCMP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                       Preauthentication Supported
                    IE: WPA Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : TKIP CCMP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
          Cell 02 - Address: 00:26:44:85:C2:47
                    Channel:6
                    Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
                    Quality=48/70  Signal level=-62 dBm  
                    Encryption key:on
                    ESSID:"ThomsonEDDA75"
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
                              24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
                    Mode:Master
                    Extra:tsf=0000003a107ef188
                    Extra: Last beacon: 540ms ago
                    IE: Unknown: 000D54686F6D736F6E454444413735
                    IE: Unknown: 010882848B962430486C
                    IE: Unknown: 030106
                    IE: Unknown: 2A0100
                    IE: Unknown: 2F0100
                    IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: Unknown: 32040C121860
                    IE: Unknown: DD7F0050F204104A0001101044000102103B0001031047001017EE179186BD5CEA925EA803929929E11021000754484F4D534F4E1023000A54686F6D736F6E20544710240006353835207637104200093130323954465335351054000800060050F204000110110008544735383720563710080002000410570001001041000100
                    IE: Unknown: DD060010180200F0
                    IE: WPA Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK

now it's works!

re-do this:

dhclient wlan0
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