Bring WiFi "up" via command line

[fastxl]

I have a wifi adapter that shows up when I type

ip link show wlan0

As you can see here

3: wlan0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 26:12:4e:8d:eb:9f brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

If I run

iw wlan0 scan

I see a list of available WiFi networks. When I type

ip link set wlan0 up

it will not change the state from DOWN to UP.

How can I enable this Wifi Adapter through the command line? (I only have terminal access at this moment)

[mrmike]

Did you ever figure this out? I'm having the same issue.