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[[!meta title="Enabling a wireless device"]]
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<p>If Wi-Fi is not working, see
[[troubleshooting Wi-Fi that is not working|doc/anonymous_internet/no-wifi]].</p>
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Enable a wireless device
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When starting Tails, [[set up an administration password|doc/first_steps/welcome_screen/administration_password]].
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Choose **Apps&nbsp;▸ System Tools&nbsp;▸ Root Console** to open a console with administration rights.
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To find out the index of the wireless device that you want to enable, execute the following command:
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<p class="command">rfkill list</p>
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The device index is the number that appears at the beginning of the
three lines describing each device. In this example, the index of the Bluetooth
device is 1, while the index of the GPS device is 2. Yours are
probably different.
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To enable the wireless device, execute the following command. Replace <span class="command-placeholder">index</span> with the index found at step 2:
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<p class="command-template">rfkill unblock <span class="command-placeholder">index</span></p>
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Here is an example of the command to execute. Yours is probably
different:
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<p class="command-template">rfkill unblock 2</p>
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To verify that the wireless device is enabled, execute the following command again:
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This output should be very similar to the one of step 2, but
the device enabled at step 3 should not be soft
blocked anymore.
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0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
2: gps0: GPS
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
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