wireless conection disabled by hardware

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Hi, i get the messagge wireless conection disabled by hardware
and i dont have a wifi conection anymore
Since i cant use YAST i dont know how to reactevate it
Can anybody help?
openSUSE 13.1x64 lenovo st ideapad

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When your wireless connection is disabled by hardware, there isn’t anything you can do in your running software to fix that.
You need to look for a switch or button on your laptop that turns the WiFi radio on and off.

TSU

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thanks,very simple
i will try it as i go home

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In general for wifi, mobile broadband, and BT devices, (soft block/ hard block) status can be checked with the ‘rfkill’ utility. The’ rfkill’ package may need to be installed first.

/usr/sbin/rfkill list

Hard blocking is controlled by a switch, button, or key combination, while soft blocking can be controlled via rfkill itself.