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Realtek RTL8xxxU
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Operation not allowed due to RF-kill #16

Closed ghost closed 3 years ago

ghost commented 3 years ago

sudo ifconfig wlan0 down sudo iwconfig wlan0 mode monitor sudo ifconfig wlan0 up #This results in an error: SIOCSIFFLAGS:Operation not allowed due to RF-kill

ghost commented 3 years ago

If you see this error, then a soft blocking of the adapter has occurred. Some kind of problem with the interaction with the system kernel. The driver itself is rather unstable in this regard. It is solved like this: sudo rfkill unblock wifi; sudo rfkill unblock all