*Step Zero: wifi is running:
Output of iwlist wlan0 scan
*wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: C4:3D:C7:9B:AB:8E
Channel:1
Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
Quality=54/70 Signal level=-56 dBm
Encryption key:on
ESSID:"AmiWorks NetGear"
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
Bit Rates:24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Mode:Master
Extra:tsf=0000000911b760d7
Extra: Last beacon: 200ms ago
IE: Unknown: 0010416D69576F726B73204E657447656172
IE: Unknown: 010882848B960C121824
IE: Unknown: 030101
IE: Unknown: 2A0100
IE: Unknown: 32043048606C
IE: Unknown:
2D1A6E181EFFFF000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
IE: Unknown:
3D1601051300000000000000000000000000000000000000
IE: Unknown:
DD180050F2020101000003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00
IE: Unknown:
DD940050F204104A0001101044000102103B0001031047001063041253101920061228C43DC79BAB8E1021000D4E4554474541522C20496E632E102300154A574E523230303028576972656C65737320415029102400084A574E52323030301042000830303030303030301054000800060050F2040001101100154A574E523230303028576972656C65737320415029100800020086
IE: Unknown: DD050050F20500
IE: Unknown:
DD1E00904C336E181EFFFF000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
IE: Unknown:
DD1A00904C3401051300000000000000000000000000000000000000
IE: Unknown: DD0700E04C02022000
IE: Unknown: 0706555320010B1E
*and the output of rfkill list*
0: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: dell-bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
2: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
3: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
*step 1 after pressing F2*
*output of iwlist wlan0 scan*
wlan0 Failed to read scan data : Network is down
*output of rfkill list
*0: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
1: dell-bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
2: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: yes
*step 2 : after pressing F2 again
output of iwlist wlan0 scan
*wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: C4:3D:C7:9B:AB:8E
Channel:1
Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
Quality=58/70 Signal level=-52 dBm
Encryption key:on
ESSID:"AmiWorks NetGear"
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
Bit Rates:24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Mode:Master
Extra:tsf=0000000925893539
Extra: Last beacon: 12660ms ago
IE: Unknown: 0010416D69576F726B73204E657447656172
IE: Unknown: 010882848B960C121824
IE: Unknown: 030101
IE: Unknown: 2A0100
IE: Unknown: 32043048606C
IE: Unknown:
2D1A6E181EFFFF000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
IE: Unknown:
3D1601051300000000000000000000000000000000000000
IE: Unknown:
DD180050F2020101000003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00
IE: Unknown:
DD940050F204104A0001101044000102103B0001031047001063041253101920061228C43DC79BAB8E1021000D4E4554474541522C20496E632E102300154A574E523230303028576972656C65737320415029102400084A574E52323030301042000830303030303030301054000800060050F2040001101100154A574E523230303028576972656C65737320415029100800020086
IE: Unknown: DD050050F20500
IE: Unknown:
DD1E00904C336E181EFFFF000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
IE: Unknown:
DD1A00904C3401051300000000000000000000000000000000000000
IE: Unknown: DD0700E04C02022000
IE: Unknown: 0708555320010B1E7BF8
*
output of rfkill list
*
0: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: dell-bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
2: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
7: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
*
well , frankly it worked fine this time.
I hate it when a bug is not reproducible :(
well I am pasting it just for the record.
*--
Anuvrat Parashar
http://about.me/anuvrat.parashar
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