Re: [Dorset] Ubuntu 16.04 no wifi

Hi Peter, > I have just bought an HP Notebook loaded with Windows 10 You may find section 1 of https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wireless_network_configuration useful, even though it's Arch Linux rather than Ubuntu. It gives some commands to start examining what hardware you have and that in

Re: [Dorset] Ubuntu 16.04 no wifi

Have you tried the 'rfkill' command? rfkill list Will list the status for all interfaces. If one of your adapters is soft blocked then you can unblock it with for example: rfkill unblock 0 Hard blocked means you need to press a button. -- Andrew. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday,

[Dorset] Ubuntu 16.04 no wifi

I have just bought an HP Notebook loaded with Windows 10 and I loaded Ubuntu 16.04 as dual boot with Windows. Windows could see the wifi connection but Ubuntu could not. I tried a number of fixes found on Ask Ubuntu and other sites, none of which worked and eventually I locked up the machine