Wireless switch is can't be reactivated if deactivated manually

[simjnd]

What Happened?

There are a few issues mentioning how the list of networks shown in the network wingpanel isn't very reliable. When I want to "hard refresh" the list by turning off wireless and then back on via the network wingpanel, I can successfully turn it off but then I can't turn it back on via the wingpanel, I have to open up the settings app because the switch becomes inactive (greyed out)

Steps to Reproduce

1. Make sure you're connected to a wireless network
2. Open the network indicator wingpanel
3. Click on the wireless switch to deactivate wireless connections (
   
4. The switch will be greyed out (inactive) and can't be clicked to be enabled again, you'll have to open up the network panel in the settings app to re-enable it

Expected Behavior

The switch should remain active / toggleable.

OS Version

6.x (Odin)

Software Version

Latest release (I have run all updates)

Log Output

No response

Hardware Info

No response

[TommyLuco]

Which hardware are you using? (assuming its a laptop, exact model would be great)

What wireless-module is in use?
$ sudo lshw -C network

Which Kernel is installed?
$ uname -r

[avdzm]

I noticed this issue as well today.
My hardware details are as follows.
description: Wireless interface
product: Centrino Advanced-N 6200
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: wlp2s0
version: 35
serial: 18:3d:a2:1f:b9:38
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=iwlwifi driverversion=5.15.0-43-generic firmware=9.221.4.1 build 25532 6000-4.uc ip=192.168.100.14 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11
resources: irq:28 memory:f4100000-f4101fff

Kernel version
5.15.0-43-generic

Elementary OS version 6.1

I was able to re-enable through,
System Settings --> Network --> Select Wireless and toggle the switch.

[dwmckee]

Still an issue for me on 7.0.

Hardware:

• Dell Latitude-E7250-373473f3 (dual core i5300U, 8GB RAM)
• WiFi: description:

Wireless interface
       product: Wireless 7265
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
       logical name: wlp2s0
       version: 59
       serial: 94:65:9c:6d:18:66
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=iwlwifi driverversion=5.19.0-41-generic firmware=29.4063824552.0 7265D-29.ucode ip=10.0.0.157 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11
       resources: irq:50 memory:f7000000-f7001fff

• Kernel: 5.19.0-41-generic

Like @avdzm I could re-enable it by going to the control panel which make it annoying but not disastrous.

[paulhof]

Unfortunately, I can confirm this issue on my laptop which still persists after reinstalling to version 7.1 Horus.

• Kernel 6.5.0-21-generic

• OS:
  

• Hardware:
  

• Network: sudo lshw -sanitize -C network:

*-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: Ethernet Connection I218-LM
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 19
       bus info: pci@0000:00:19.0
       logical name: eno1
       version: 04
       serial: [REMOVED]
       capacity: 1Gbit/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=e1000e driverversion=6.5.0-21-generic firmware=0.7-3 latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair
       resources: irq:47 memory:f7e00000-f7e1ffff memory:f7e3c000-f7e3cfff ioport:f080(size=32)
  *-network
       description: Wireless interface
       product: Wireless 7260
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
       logical name: wlp2s0
       version: 73
       serial: [REMOVED]
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=iwlwifi driverversion=6.5.0-21-generic firmware=17.3216344376.0 7260-17.ucode ip=[REMOVED] latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11
       resources: irq:51 memory:f7d00000-f7d01fff