ltq@sid-X121e:~$ ip link show
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
link/ether 04:7d:7b:08:9b:c3 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
3: wlan0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
link/ether 60:d8:19:c1:f3:23 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
wlan0 seems to be down but it is to be seen both by wicd and iwlist scan.
ip link set NAMEOFMYESSID up
Cannot find device "nameofmyessid"
Don't know that I should have disabled my wifi, had no reason for doing that.The onliest entry I found in my bios regarding network was: Wireless LAN AND WiMax Radios [ON]No other related entries to be found.
inxi -n
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter driver: rtl8192ce
IF: wlan0 state: down mac: 60:d8:19:c1:f3:23
Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR8151 v2.0 Gigabit Ethernet driver: atl1c
IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: 04:7d:7b:08:9b:c3