run this once: sudo echo "options rfkill master_switch_mode=0" > /etc/modprobe.d/rfkill.conf This adds a new file rfkill.conf to /etc/modprobe.d, which will tell rfkill module to set the value of master_switch_mode to 0. There is a bugzilla entry for this, should be a bug of rfkill module. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=549023