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Figuring out my wifi issues in Ubuntu
> cat kern.log
Jan 2 13:03:25 jeremy-wsu NetworkManager[21883]: <info> [1483391005.6506] device (wlp58s0): supplicant interface state: 4-way handshake -> completed
Jan 2 13:05:25 jeremy-wsu kernel: [330686.828062] wlp58s0: disconnect from AP 58:6d:8f:99:8b:f4 for new auth to 58:6d:8f:99:8b:f5
> lspci -k -nn | grep -A 3 -i net
3a:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Wireless 8260 [8086:24f3] (rev 3a)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Wireless 8260 [8086:0050]
Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi
Kernel modules: iwlwifi
> sudo lshw -C network
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: Wireless 8260
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:3a:00.0
logical name: wlp58s0
version: 3a
serial: e4:a7:a0:2c:50:29
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=iwlwifi driverversion=4.8.0-22-generic firmware=21.302800.0 ip=192.168.1.109 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11
resources: irq:283 memory:dc200000-dc201fff
> iwconfig
wlp58s0 IEEE 802.11 ESSID:"failurepuppyreborn"
Mode:Managed Frequency:5.765 GHz Access Point: 58:6D:8F:99:8B:F5
Bit Rate=243 Mb/s Tx-Power=22 dBm
Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:on
Link Quality=45/70 Signal level=-65 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:30 Missed beacon:0
> ifconfig -a
wlp58s0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 192.168.1.109 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255
inet6 fe80::3a62:9396:cf83:154b prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20<link>
ether e4:a7:a0:2c:50:29 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 5321733 bytes 6691598940 (6.6 GB)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 2655401 bytes 523717392 (523.7 MB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
> sudo iwlist scan
Cell 01 - Address: 58:6D:8F:99:8B:F5
Channel:153
Frequency:5.765 GHz
Quality=45/70 Signal level=-65 dBm
Encryption key:on
ESSID:"failurepuppyreborn"
Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s
36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Mode:Master
Extra:tsf=0000000000000000
Extra: Last beacon: 88ms ago
IE: Unknown: 00126661696C75726570757070797265626F726E
IE: Unknown: 01088C129824B048606C
IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
Group Cipher : CCMP
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : CCMP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: Unknown: 2D1A7F081BFFFFFF0001000000000000000000000000000000000000
IE: Unknown: 3D16990F0400000000000000000000000000000000000000
IE: Unknown: DD810050F204104A00011010440001021041000100103B0001031047001065FE5E3485637206F9D41CF41F35BAF3102100074C696E6B7379731023000D4C696E6B7379732045343230301024000776312E302E30321042000234321054000800060050F20400011011000D4C696E6B737973204534323030100800020084103C000103
IE: Unknown: DD090010180207F03C0000
IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101800003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00
Cell 20 - Address: 58:6D:8F:99:8B:F4
Channel:11
Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
Quality=60/70 Signal level=-50 dBm
Encryption key:on
ESSID:"failurepuppyreborn"
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
Mode:Master
Extra:tsf=0000000000000000
Extra: Last beacon: 960ms ago
IE: Unknown: 00126661696C75726570757070797265626F726E
IE: Unknown: 010882848B962430486C
IE: Unknown: 03010B
IE: Unknown: 2A0106
IE: Unknown: 2F0106
IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
Group Cipher : CCMP
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : CCMP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: Unknown: 32040C121860
IE: Unknown: 2D1AFC181BFFFF000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
IE: Unknown: 3D160B001300000000000000000000000000000000000000
IE: Unknown: DD810050F204104A00011010440001021041000100103B0001031047001065FE5E3485637206F9D41CF41F35BAF3102100074C696E6B7379731023000D4C696E6B7379732045343230301024000776312E302E30321042000234321054000800060050F20400011011000D4C696E6B737973204534323030100800020084103C000103
IE: Unknown: DD090010180204F02C0000
IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101800003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00
> uname -r -m
4.8.0-22-generic x86_64
> dmesg | grep iwl
[ 8.683571] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
[ 8.687409] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: Unsupported splx structure
[ 8.687658] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-8000C-24.ucode failed with error -2
[ 8.687710] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-8000C-23.ucode failed with error -2
[ 8.687719] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-8000C-22.ucode failed with error -2
[ 8.690891] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: loaded firmware version 21.302800.0 op_mode iwlmvm
[ 8.718719] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: Detected Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless AC 8260, REV=0x208
[ 8.725293] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: L1 Enabled - LTR Disabled
[ 8.725941] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: L1 Enabled - LTR Disabled
[ 8.866197] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'iwl-mvm-rs'
[ 8.871154] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0 wlp58s0: renamed from wlan0
[ 9.212575] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: L1 Enabled - LTR Disabled
[ 9.212853] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: L1 Enabled - LTR Disabled
[ 9.341757] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: L1 Enabled - LTR Disabled
[ 9.342034] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: L1 Enabled - LTR Disabled
> apt-cache policy linux-firmware
linux-firmware:
Installed: 1.161.1
Candidate: 1.161.1
Version table:
*** 1.161.1 500
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety-updates/main amd64 Packages
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety-updates/main i386 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
1.161 500
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety/main amd64 Packages
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety/main i386 Packages
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mahmoud commented Dec 18, 2017

feelin this burn even now :P

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