Recently I came across below error after installation of Ubuntu 14.04. “Wireless is disabled by hardware switch” This tutorial will show you how to overcome above error by enabling/disabling Wifi/Bluetooth using RFkill command. RFkill is a part of kernel through which radio transmitters in a computer system can be queried,activated or deactivated. To display RFKill enabled computer devices ,use the below command: rfkill list all Using RFKill command , we can block/unblock devices using Index number or Category name. Using index number : sudo rfkill block 1 Using Category name : sudo rfkill unblock bluetooth Example: Hope this tutorial helps [&hellip