Hi I'm a beginner and am currently running Ubuntu 14.04.

When I use rfkill list I get:

0: phy0: Wireless LAN 

         soft blocked: no 

         hard blocked: yes 

1: asus-wlan: wireless lan

         soft blocked: no 

         hard blocked: no

2: asus-bluetooth: bluetooth

         soft blocked: no 

         hard blocked: no

when I close my laptop lid and reopen it, the WiFi connects to the network and shows that it is not hard blocked any more.
iwconfig gives me:

eth0:   no wireless extensions;

lo:     no wireless extension; 

wlan0:  IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"XXXXXXX" power management is off.

when I run lspci -vnn | grep Network I receive:

02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Ralink corp. RT5390 wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe [1814:5390]

will show it greyed out until I suspend or close the lid and the network is found and connected too.

Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.