Thread: RTL 8185 WIFI card stopped working

hi guys, wifi card, working flawlessly out of box, stopped working.

thing remember out of ordinary, updated mb bios, i'm not sure happened on following ubuntu boot.. might have happened few days later...

doesn't work when boot opensuse or live ubuntu, work in windows 7.. card works...

here few things tried, can't figure out what's wrong:

code:

nm-tool    networkmanager tool    state: disconnected    - device: eth0 -----------------------------------------------------------------    type:              wired    driver:            r8169    state:             unavailable    default:           no    hw address:        14:da:e9:b5:7c:05      capabilities:      carrier detect:  yes      wired properties      carrier:         off      - device: wlan0 ----------------------------------------------------------------    type:              802.11 wifi    driver:            rtl8180    state:             disconnected    default:           no    hw address:        00:11:3b:0f:8a:2c      capabilities:      wireless properties      wep encryption:  yes      wpa encryption:  yes      wpa2 encryption: yes      wireless access points       iwconfig:  lo        no wireless extensions.    wlan0     ieee 802.11bg  essid:off/any              mode:managed  access point: not-associated   tx-power=20 dbm               retry  long limit:7   rts thr:off   fragment thr:off            power management:off              eth0      no wireless extensions.      sudo iwlist wlan0 scan  wlan0     no scan results      sudo ifconfig wlan0 down  sudo rmmod rtl8180  sudo rfkill block  sudo rfkill unblock  sudo modprobe rtl8180  sudo /sbin/ifconfig wlan0 up

.. card still doesn't work...

i'd appreciate suggestions or help, tnx!

hi ,
lets diagnostics.

code:

dmesg | grep -e wl -e work -e net -e rtl sudo lshw -c network  lspci -nnk | grep -ia2 net lsmod

thanks

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