1. Acer Es1 512 Restore Network Controller Driver Download
2. Acer Es1 512 Restore Network Controller Driver Manual
3. Acer Es1 512 Restore Network Controller Driver Windows 7
4. Acer Aspire Es1 512 Drivers Windows 10

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Bought a new laptop. Had Windows on it. Deleted windows, now Ubuntu is the only OS. During install, detected my wi-fi just fine, updates were installed, etc.

Rebooted, 'network disabled by hardware switch'. Googled the problem, found a whole bunch of potential fixes, none of which has helped. I'll list them at the bottom, along with outputs from various solutions.

Once the laptop is connected to Ethernet or USB tethered to my phone for 20-30 minutes, wi-fi magically starts working again.... until it suspends or reboots, then its 'disabled by hardware switch' again.

There is not an actual hardware button, but a Fn+F3 function that SHOULD enable/disable it. This appears to do nothing at all, however. All other Fn keys work fine (The trackpad also appears to not function, but I figure that is unrelated and I'll tackle fixing it at a later date).

I've checked the BIOS, and there are no options at all related to networking. I reset all BIOS settings to default anyway, with no change.

Output results:

Acer Es1 512 Restore Network Controller Driver Download

2 Answers

I have solved purchasing a wifi external adapter (in my case a MediaTek 802.11 n WLAN), and totally disable the internal wireless card.

I have tried this with Ubuntu 16.04, but I think that it's the same with previous versions.

Try following this steps:

1) Open a terminal window.

2) Digit:sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

3) In gedit editor, scroll up to last line, press enter and add this line: blacklist ath9k

4) Save the file and restart ubuntu, (take care the wifi adapter connected to the pc at restart).

Acer Es1 512 Restore Network Controller Driver Manual

I hope this help you to resolve with this workaround. Good Luck.

Acer Es1 512 Restore Network Controller Driver Windows 7

Here's a solution that has just worked for me:

1. Shut down
2. Disconnect the battery for a while.
3. Reconnect battery and start up.

Acer Aspire Es1 512 Drivers Windows 10

Presto! Wifi was enabled again!

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