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Eduardo Fernandes
Asked: 2017-03-25 03:54:20 +0800 CST

Disable network with the applet makes wireless networks do disapear

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I'm using Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS.

When I need to disable the wifi, I usually click the network applet and remove the check from Enable Networking or Enable Wi-Fi.

The problem is, when I enable it again, all the wireless networks are gone from the applet. Ubuntu will connect to one network I have access but I won't able to see which one, neither will I be able to change to another network.

The only way to make the applet show them again is to reboot the system.

Any tips on how to make the applet to display the networks again without needing to reboot?

Any ideas if there is any workaround I might try to solve the problem?

Thanks!

wireless

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    In order to restart the applet and the network service run: 

    systemctl restart network-manager.service
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  2. This is an old trick i have been using. Give it a try before you restart. The command turns off and on the networking

    $ sudo nmcli nm enable false && sudo nmcli nm enable true

    run it and let us know the feedback

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