I marked it confirmed because Yiyo confirmed the bug and I also can confirm the bug. the workaround:
rfkill unblock wlano sudo service network-manager restart does indeed fix the issue. In my case, I have a Sony Vaio VGN-FW275J This was not an upgrade, but a fresh install (I preferr fresh installs) 05:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation WiFi Link 5100 3.2.0-37-generic-pae Ubuntu 12.04.1 i386 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/977639 Title: NetworkManager erroneously reports iwlwifi as "disabled by hardware switch" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/977639/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
