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On My Asus Laptop, I am connected to the internet, and almost every 10 minutes, I get no internet connection while still being connected to WiFi. Any additional information about the problem will be given!

Output of lspci -vvv:

$ lspci -vvv
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Broadwell-U Host Bridge -OPI (rev 09)
    Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 19ad
    Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
    Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort+ <MAbort+ >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
    Latency: 0
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: bdw_uncore

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Broadwell-U Integrated Graphics (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
    Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 19ad
    Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
    Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
    Latency: 0
    Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 49
    Region 0: Memory at b1000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
    Region 2: Memory at c0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
    Region 4: I/O ports at 5000 [size=64]
    Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: i915

00:03.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Broadwell-U Audio Controller (rev 09)
    Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 19ad
    Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
    Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
    Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
    Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 52
    Region 0: Memory at b221c000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel

00:04.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Broadwell-U Camarillo Device (rev 09)
    Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 19ad
    Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
    Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
    Latency: 0
    Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 16
    Region 0: Memory at b2210000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32K]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: proc_thermal

00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP USB xHCI Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 30 [XHCI])
    Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 201f
    Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
    Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
    Latency: 0
    Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 45
    Region 0: Memory at b2200000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd

00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP MEI Controller #1 (rev 03)
    Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 19ad
    Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
    Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
    Latency: 0
    Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 48
    Region 0: Memory at b2224000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: mei_me

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP High Definition Audio Controller (rev 03)
    Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 19ad
    Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
    Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
    Latency: 32, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
    Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 51
    Region 0: Memory at b2218000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel

00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #1 (rev e3) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
    Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
    Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
    Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
    Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
    I/O behind bridge: 0000f000-00000fff
    Memory behind bridge: fff00000-000fffff
    Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000fff00000-00000000000fffff
    Secondary status: 66MHz- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ <SERR- <PERR-
    BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- NoISA- VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
        PriDiscTmr- SecDiscTmr- DiscTmrStat- DiscTmrSERREn-
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #3 (rev e3) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
    Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
    Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
    Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
    Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
    I/O behind bridge: 00004000-00004fff
    Memory behind bridge: b2100000-b21fffff
    Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000fff00000-00000000000fffff
    Secondary status: 66MHz- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ <SERR- <PERR-
    BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- NoISA- VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
        PriDiscTmr- SecDiscTmr- DiscTmrStat- DiscTmrSERREn-
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #4 (rev e3) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
    Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
    Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort+ <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
    Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
    Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0
    I/O behind bridge: 00003000-00003fff
    Memory behind bridge: b2000000-b20fffff
    Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000fff00000-00000000000fffff
    Secondary status: 66MHz- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort+ <MAbort+ <SERR- <PERR-
    BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- NoISA- VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
        PriDiscTmr- SecDiscTmr- DiscTmrStat- DiscTmrSERREn-
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP LPC Controller (rev 03)
    Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 19ad
    Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
    Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
    Latency: 0
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: lpc_ich

00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP SATA Controller [AHCI Mode] (rev 03) (prog-if 01 [AHCI 1.0])
    Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 19ad
    Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
    Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
    Latency: 0
    Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 46
    Region 0: I/O ports at 50b0 [size=8]
    Region 1: I/O ports at 50a0 [size=4]
    Region 2: I/O ports at 5090 [size=8]
    Region 3: I/O ports at 5080 [size=4]
    Region 4: I/O ports at 5060 [size=32]
    Region 5: Memory at b2222000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: ahci

00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP SMBus Controller (rev 03)
    Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 19ad
    Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
    Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
    Interrupt: pin C routed to IRQ 255
    Region 0: Memory at b2221000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
    Region 4: I/O ports at 5040 [size=32]

00:1f.6 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP Thermal Management Controller (rev 03)
    Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 19ad
    Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
    Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
    Latency: 0
    Interrupt: pin C routed to IRQ 255
    Region 0: Memory at b2220000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
    Capabilities: <access denied>

02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 10)
    Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 200f
    Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
    Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
    Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
    Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 47
    Region 0: I/O ports at 4000 [size=256]
    Region 2: Memory at b2104000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
    Region 4: Memory at b2100000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: r8169

03:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8821AE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
    Subsystem: AzureWave Device 2161
    Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
    Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort+ <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
    Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
    Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 50
    Region 0: I/O ports at 3000 [size=256]
    Region 2: Memory at b2000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: rtl8821ae
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  • Can you tell us which WiFi card you're using (lspci -vvv) and what make/model is your WiFi router? Also, are you running any other OSs and does it work in them? Lastly, have you checked your antenna? Frequently, dropouts are due to a loose or cracked antenna cable. Mar 29, 2016 at 2:23
  • Hello! Here's the output!: pastebin.com/SRprUJqv Mar 30, 2016 at 16:58
  • Please don't pastebin. It's strongly encouraged to edit your question and put it in there. That way, relevant information doesn't get lost when the pastebin is deleted. Mar 30, 2016 at 22:58
  • Oh, and we also need to know what version of Ubuntu you're running. If you can call lsb_release -a and uname -a. And the model number of your laptop. These all help us to find other reports of the issue. Mar 30, 2016 at 23:02
  • So far, it looks like (a) You're using a Broadwell-U chipset, which may have issues with older kernels. So uname -a will tell you that. And (b) You're using a lesser-known AzureWave 2161 WiFi adapter which is being picked up as a Realtek 8821AE. Either of these could be your issue. Mar 30, 2016 at 23:05

1 Answer 1

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Safe Answer

Wait until new drivers are eventually merged into the Ubuntu kernel modules. Consider upgrading your Ubuntu installation to 15.10 (or 16.04 later this month).


Alternative Answer

WiFi cards are cheap and pretty standard these days. You can always just open up your laptop, pop out the pre-installed PCIe WiFi card, and install one that is compatible with Ubuntu. (And don't forget to reattach both antennas!)


Unsafe Answer

Some have said here that newer versions of the Realtek driver solve these kinds of issues, among others.

** Beware, using non-production drivers can cause damage to your hardware. **

** Proceed at own risk! **

** You have been warned!!! **

Here's a way to get the newer drivers:

First, ensure that the build-essential packages are installed (for gcc, make, etc.), git (to get the external sources) and linux headers:

sudo apt-get install build-essential git linux-headers-`uname -r`-generic

Then make a directory and clone ad build the current rtlwifi driver:

mkdir -p Applications/lwfinger
cd Applications/lwfinger
git clone https://github.com/lwfinger/rtlwifi_new.git
cd rtlwifi_new/
make
sudo make install
sudo depmod -a

Then install the driver:

sudo mv /lib/modules/`uname -r`-generic/kernel/drivers/staging/rtl8821ae/rtl8821ae.ko /lib/modules/`uname -r`-generic/kernel/drivers/staging/rtl8821ae/rtl8821ae.ko.save
sudo mv /lib/modules/`uname -r`-generic/kernel/drivers/staging/rtl8192ee/r8192ee.ko /lib/modules/`uname -r`-generic/kernel/drivers/staging/rtl8192ee/r8192ee.ko.save

sudo modprobe -v rtl8821ae

To undo these changes:

sudo mv /lib/modules/`uname -r`-generic/kernel/drivers/staging/rtl8821ae/rtl8821ae.ko.save /lib/modules/`uname -r`-generic/kernel/drivers/staging/rtl8821ae/rtl8821ae.ko
sudo mv /lib/modules/`uname -r`-generic/kernel/drivers/staging/rtl8192ee/r8192ee.ko.save /lib/modules/`uname -r`-generic/kernel/drivers/staging/rtl8192ee/r8192ee.ko

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