Re: problem realtek 8723 driver
Originally Posted by
jimford
Arrrgh - 'rfkill' (a command I'm not familiar with) gave the clue - it showed the wireless LAN was hard blocked! 'Hard blocked' is again a term I'm not familiar with, but I correctly deduced that it's a hardware switch.
As a last resort (!) I looked at the manual (such as it is!) and there's a key combination for turning on the wireless LAN. It's all working fine now.
iwconfig still shows that wlan1 is used, instead of wlan0. I'm not sure I know why.
Many thanks, 'Chili555'!
jim
All's well that ends well. I'm glad it's working. Hey, I'll take a solved case any way I can get it!
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