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sudo rfkill list
You will get back something like this:
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0: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
1: dell-bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
2: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
4: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
As you could see (0,2) the Wireless Lan has been soft blocked. We need to unblock it to get it up and working properly:
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sudo rfkill unblock 0
sudo rfkill unblock 2
Restart your networking:
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sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart