I entered the following code with the respective outputs
rfkill list all
0: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
1: ideapad_bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: yes
2: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
3: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
sudo lshw -class network
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: enp2s0
version: 15
serial: a8:1e:84:65:91:a9
size: 100Mbit/s
capacity: 1Gbit/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=full firmware=rtl8168h-2_0.0.2 02/26/15 ip=192.168.1.19 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=100Mbit/s
resources: irq:125 ioport:e000(size=256) memory:d1104000-d1104fff memory:d1100000-d1103fff
*-network DISABLED
description: Wireless interface
product: Intel Corporation
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
logical name: wlp3s0
version: 99
serial: 98:54:1b:f3:a6:56
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=iwlwifi driverversion=4.8.0-52-generic firmware=22.391740.0 latency=0 link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11
resources: irq:128 memory:d1000000-d1001fff
sudo ifconfig wlp3s0 up
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Operation not possible due to RF-kill
I am aware that another user experienced a similar problem, whereby the solution was to download drivers - or at least, that's what I understood.
I can see the wifi tab but it won't allow me to activate it, the same applies for the bluetooth. I believe it's the wireless card.
The wifi does work on windows (dualboot). It's an intel card but I'm not sure of anything further.
How do I figure out what the drivers are called / referred to and how do I go about installing them? If there's another solution I'd greatly appreciate it!
Thank you kindly in advance!
UPDATE: I have added in a screen shot of the wireless tab. I can toggle the button on this screen but not from the home screen.
sudo iw dev wlp3s0 connect "wifi_name"
and put the password