[Discuss] Ubuntu 16.04 Wifi Connection Disappeared

[nancythewriter7 at gmail.com (Nancy Allison)]

Tried it. Error message flashed : Disconnected -- you are now offline.

Clicked the windshield wiper triangle icon. Enable Networking is selected.
There is no option to enable wifi.

On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 9:23 PM, Joel A Savage <jlsavage at gmail.com> wrote:

> Have you stumbled across this yet?  I guess this behavior is well known.
> Try the nmtui command and variants see if that gets you any traction.
>
> https://www.reddit.com/r/LinuxActionShow/comments/4jqv67/ubuntu_1604_
> networkmanager_fixed/
>
> On Jan 3, 2017 9:04 PM, "Nancy Allison" <nancythewriter7 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm looking at this webpage, which looked promising. Why does it want me
>> to
>> download a driver?
>>
>> http://smallbusiness.chron.com/disable-wireless-toshiba-sate
>> llite-52666.html
>>
>> The Fn-F8 key combo is not doing anything, unfortunately. Fn-F12 (which
>> looks like an oldfashioned glass thermometer with the bulb on top) turns
>> on
>> and off the Bluetooth icon.
>>
>> Dang.
>>
>> I wonder if I will have to wait until the next BLU installfest to get it
>> working. Computers are great when they work.
>>
>> What did I doooooo!
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 8:49 PM, Gregory Boyce <gboyce at badbelly.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > A lot of laptops include a shut off for the wireless in the form of a
>> > function key or a physical switch.  It may be worth checking for that.
>> >
>> > On Tue, Jan 3, 2017, 8:35 PM Nancy Allison <nancythewriter7 at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi, everyone. Thank you for your great replies! I hope this additional
>> >> detail is useful. (Yep, means problem not solved yet.)
>> >>
>> >> Greg:
>> >>
>> >> I followed your numbered steps, which were great, through #3. At #4, I
>> see
>> >> your screenshot. However, the list on the left contains only two items:
>> >>
>> >> Wired
>> >> Network proxy
>> >>
>> >> Airplane Mode is off, but there is no Wireless item on the right, and
>> no
>> >> wireless networks are listed.
>> >>
>> >> Greg and Mike: I opened the terminal window and entered this command:
>> >>
>> >>     sudo service network-manager restart
>> >>
>> >> I put in my password.
>> >>
>> >> For a while, a handy Enable Wi-Fi option appeared in a menu at the top
>> of
>> >> the window. I clicked it! But still, it didn't discover my local wi-fi
>> >> network, so I thought, "I'll reboot, and when it loads up, it will
>> find my
>> >> Wi-Fi network, and all will be well."
>> >>
>> >> Alas, it was not to be. Instead, the Enable Wi-Fi option disappeared
>> once
>> >> again from the list, and of course my local network was not listed
>> among
>> >> the wi-fi networks.
>> >>
>> >> So, I was back to square one.
>> >>
>> >> Mike, I have a Toshiba Satellite. After a little googling about
>> >> identifying
>> >> my wireless card, I ran lspci in the terminal window, and I'm seeing:
>> >>
>> >> network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless 3160 (rev cb)
>> >> Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
>> RTL8111/8168/8411PCI
>> >> Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 0c)
>> >>
>> >> Is this the information you were looking for? Ubuntu 14.nn on this
>> laptop
>> >> linked successfully to the Internet for quite a while. But maybe Ubuntu
>> >> 16.04 could have problems with the same networking card?
>> >>
>> >> As a last thought, I've rebooted numerous times, so even if I messed
>> up my
>> >> password a time or two, I don't think I could have messed it up every
>> >> time.
>> >>
>> >> Thank you all so much. If there's more information that would help, ask
>> >> away. If you can think of any next steps I should try, I'm all ears!
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 5:16 PM, Bill Ricker <bill.n1vux at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > I have had problems with WIFI waking from SUSPEND with 16.04 with one
>> >> > laptop.
>> >> > (and with a prior version with another laptop! Both Lenovo T61's.)
>> >> >
>> >> > Don't know if that's your issue but mentioning it just in case.
>> >> >  (And i may try the suggested sudo restart on that one, thanks )
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > Bill Ricker
>> >> > bill.n1vux at gmail.com
>> >> > https://www.linkedin.com/in/n1vux
>> >> >
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