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While browsing the web I was notified that my Dell Vostro 1720 was offline. After no luck rebooting my D-Link Verizon WiFi router, I saw my laptop could not connect wirelessly to anything, even a USB dongle. I can only connect to a wired connection now. Where do I start in diagnosing this?

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Install the device driver package:

sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-installer

If already installed, reinstall it:

sudo apt-get --purge autoremove firmware-b43-installer && sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-installer
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According to the information from the script that you posted your wifi is hardblocked that usually means the switch is physically off and needs turned on.

Some computers have a switch, others the wifi is turned on with the fn key + f2 or some other key similar.

Wild Man
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