1 [[!meta title="Enable a wireless device"]]
3 When Tails starts, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, WWAN and WiMAX
6 But all other kinds of wireless devices such as GPS and FM devices are
7 disabled by default. If you want to use such a device, you need to enabled
10 This technique uses the command line.
12 1. When starting Tails, [[set up an administration
13 password|doc/first_steps/startup_options/administration_password]].
15 2. To find out the index of the wireless device that you want to enable,
17 terminal|doc/first_steps/startup_options/administration_password#open_root_terminal]],
18 and execute the following command:
22 For example, the command could return the following:
34 The device index is the number that appears at the beginning of the
35 three lines describing each device. In this example, the index of the Bluetooth
36 device is 1, while the index of the GPS device is 2. Yours are
39 3. To enable the wireless device,
40 execute the following command in the root terminal, replacing
41 `[index]` with the index found at step 2:
43 rfkill unblock [index]
45 Here is an example of the command to execute. Yours is probably
50 4. To verify that the wireless device is enabled,
51 execute the following command in the root terminal again:
55 This output should be very similar to the one of step 2, but
56 the device enabled at step 3 should not be soft
59 For example, the command could return the following: