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Wireless networking not working after resume in Ubuntu 14.04

[Update]: The same problem exists in Kubuntu and is solved in the same manner. [Solved]: By applying the following command nmcli nm I got the following: Before suspend RUNNING STATE ...
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How do I connect to multiple wifi networks?

How can I connect to 2 WiFi networks at the same time with only 1 WiFi-adapter? I have two separate wireless networks, to which I need to connect the Ubuntu-PC simultaneously: The first with internet ...
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ath10k installation

I have exhausted google on how to do this, compounded by being a beginner. I am trying to install this module. I have a nice new Acer Nitro (which will be even nicer once I remove dependency on win ...
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Qualcomm Atheros Device [168c:0042] (rev 30) Wi-Fi driver installation

I bought an Acer laptop and installed Ubuntu 14.04LTS but WiFi drivers are not available for it. So I am trying to install a windows driver using wifidocs/driver/ndiswrapper. On doing lspci -vvnn, it ...
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Does TP-LINK WN822N work on Ubuntu?

I plan to install Ubuntu soon on my PC. I currently use a TP-LINK TL-WN822N wireless adapter. I want to know if it will work without additional setup.
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Why is my internet so slow with an Atheros wireless card?

Since I upgraded from Ubuntu 10.10 to 11.04, my internet connection is as slow as hell. I have tested my other 10.10 machine and it is just as quick as the first one was. What has happened? Why is ...
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How to install driver for TP-Link TL-WN722N on Ubuntu 14.04?

Hi I am new to Ubuntu and Linux. As I am developing a WiFi product, I want to capture the WiFi traffic wirelessly with Wireshark. Having some searching in the web, I know that I can do that with a USB ...
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Cannot change soft block setting to "no" for AR9287 Wireless Network

My wireless works, but I have to right click the network manager applet and enable wireless on every boot which is annoying. This is the output of rfkill normally: x@Triela:~$ rfkill list 0: acer-...
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How do I install a driver for an Atheros AR9285?

How to install the driver for Atheros AR9285 in Ubuntu 11.10. Still no package for 11.10 according to this https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Device/Atheros/AR9285 Here is the output of the ...
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Atheros AR9462 WiFI very unstable & package loss

I'm having severe issues w/ package-loss and a generally bad connection w/in a WiFi-network at my uni. I'm usually encountering a package loss of ~50% and aborting connections which makes working w/ ...
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More wifi issues - Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 ath10k_pci

My wifi has actually worked well until recently. I had put the files from kvalo/ath10k-firmware.git in /lib/firmware as per No Wifi in Qualcom Atheros - Ubuntu 16.04 - Acer Aspire E 15 and Problems ...
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How to resolve wireless disconnect problem in Atheros ath9k

I have a non stopped problem in my Acer Aspire 5733 model using Atheros ath9k driver. WiFi is working when router is in nearby location, there is nothing updates by Acer for Linux. I also using rfkill ...
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Wifi keeps prompting for password

Hey my wifi keeps prompting for the WPA2 password. Is there something that I need to do with Network Manager? Linux version 3.5.0-17-generic (buildd@roseapple) (gcc version 4.7.2 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.7....
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How do I get an Atheros AR9485 wireless card working?

Recently i updated my 12.10 ubuntu, ever since i got this strange wifi internet problem. Net works fine on the initial boot, after couple of web requests from a browser or command line or any tool, ...
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Is there any way to install Atheros e2400 drivers?

I have a new motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M5. This motherboard has an Atheros killer e2400 Ethernet controller. When I do lspci -nn, I get: 03.00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Qualcomm Atheros ...
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Wireless doesn't connect after suspend on an Asus K52F

I'm on an ASUS K52F running Ubuntu 11.10 with the AR9285 wireless card. Wifi works acceptably before suspending, after it doesn't show any networks. the only solution I've found is a full reboot.
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No Wifi in Qualcom Atheros - Ubuntu 16.04 - Acer Aspire E 15

After Installing Ubuntu 16.04 in Acer laptop with Qualcom Atheros , it does not work. I tried , sudo rfkill list all 0: hci0: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 1: acer-wireless: ...
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Atheros AR9485 wifi disconnects randomly

I recently bought a new computer that has an Atheros AR9485 wireless NIC. So far it has been working ok except this one issue: Randomly (as far as I can tell) it will completely lose the internet ...
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Ath10k and QCA6174 causing PCIe errors, firmware crashes, and connection drops?

I recently (re)installed Ubuntu 18.04 on my Razer Blade Pro (2017). My wireless card is performing extremely poorly, and frequently dropping connection. Inspecting dmesg for Atheros messages yields ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 Wireless not working: no network interface. Atheros [168c:003e] device

I just installed Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS after installing windows 10 in my new VN7-571G and the wireless is not working. It never had: even during the installation it was not recognized. I run a script to ...
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Atheros QCA9377 working at low speed

I recently bought an ACER E5-573-50LX with an Atheros QCA9377 onboard. Thanks to some posts I was able to get the device working, using kvalo's software. Acessing my WIFI router I get low speeds, (...
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TL-WN722N is not recognized

I'm relatively new to Linux. I'm running Ubuntu GNOME (4.8.0-36-generic) on my laptop (Dell Inspiron 5520 15R). I've bought TP-LINK TL-WN722N usb wireless adapter with Atheros AR9271 chipset but my ...
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WiFi DELL XPS 13 9360 keeps disconnecting with QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter

I have a dual boot (in insecure mode) DELL XPS 13 9360 with windows 10 and Ubuntu 16.04. I loose my internet connection over WiFi in Ubuntu. It says I still have a WiFi connection, but when I try to ...
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Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 wireless not working on lenovo with 14.04.3

Help, I've tried the other fixes used for ubuntu 15.10 and the Qualcomm adapter but nothing is working for my lenovo ideapad 500 with the Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 wireless adapter running 14.04.3. ...
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WIFI looses connection with AR9285 - have to disconnect / connect to regain internet?

I have a G73JW laptop using Ubuntu 12.04. It has an Atheros AR9285 card. While wifi seems to work fine most of the time, about every hour or two it will loose the connection to the internet. The ...
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Can't control connection bit rate using iwconfig with Atheros TL-WN821N (AR7010)

I'm trying to reduce the connection bit rate on my Atheros TP-Link TL-WN821N v3 usb wifi adapter due to frequent instability issues (reported connection speed goes down to 1Mb/s and I have to ...
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Qualcomm Atheros WiFI, Lenovo v310 & Ubuntu 16.04

Recently purchased Lenovo V310, with Qualcomm Atheros wifi card. The rest of the hardware components work okay, the problem is only with wifi. Issues: During installation, when being asked in ...
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Problems with Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 in Ubuntu 16.04

I recently bought an Acer Aspire R5-471T laptop and installed Ubuntu 16.04, but can't seem to get the wireless to work. According to my Google-fu, this is because my wireless network adapter is a ...
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Atheros AR2413 not working after upgrade [closed]

I do not know much about networking, so I need some help here. I have used Ubuntu since 8.04 and my WiFi has worked ever since. I upgraded to 11.04 today. After first boot (with a LiveCD) my the ...
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Bluetooth stopped working suddenly on Dell XPS 13 9360 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

I had connected my bluetooth headphones to my laptop when laptop went to sleep due to no activity. When I turned it back on, bluetooth was not working. i.e. there was no bluetooth icon on the menu bar,...
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Why does my wifi randomly disconnect?

Happens sporadically, in 5-20 minute intervals; as soon as I reconnect to my school's network (sometimes requires re-authentication), it works fine until the next failure. When plugged into ethernet,...
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Wi-Fi problems Acer Aspire e15 E5-575G-53VG Ubuntu 16.04 LTS [duplicate]

I've been having this wifi problem on my Qualcomm Atheros for a very long time and have looked for solutions everywhere, I've tried wicd, updating my driver from kvalo, etc.. I have though ran lspci ...
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Can't connect to or see my wifi ssid

Today I installed Ubuntu 12.04 on my laptop. I am unable to see my home SSID or even connect to it. I've tried to connect as a hidden SSID but I always get prompted for authorization although my key ...
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Disconnected - You are now offline

Probably a really common issue I know but I keep getting 'Disconnected - You are now offline' on a fairly regular basis and my connection will cut out for anything between 30 secs to half an hour or ...
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Wi-Fi firmware crashing in Ubuntu 16.04

I have a Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter that works fine after rebooting the computer, but if I disable and re-enable wi-fi via the GUI control at the top right corner of ...
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Why doesn't System Monitor show activity over ethernet connections?

In the Network history graph of System Monitor, network activity over Wi-Fi shows up fine, but activity over wired ethernet doesn't show up at all. Using lspci, my ethernet adapter shows up as ...
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Wireless connection drops every 30 seconds on an Asus EEE PC with an Atheros card

I just upgraded to Ubuntu 12.04, and my wireless connection disconnects every 30 seconds. I am using an Asus Eee PC with an Atheros wireless card. I tried to find out how to solve this, so I gave up ...
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Wireless on an Atheros AR9285 is slow and disconnects

I installed Ubuntu on my notebook yesterday. All right except wi-fi connection. I found wi-fi network (based on D-link dir-300) and connected. But it works too slow and disconnect every 1-3 minutes. ...
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Very Slow upload speed | Ubuntu 16.04 | Dual-boot | Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter [168c:003e]

After searching all through Google and Ask Ubuntu I couldn't find a fix to my problem: I have a Dell XPS 13 running Windows 10 and Ubuntu 16.04 with Dual-boot and my internet download speed works ...
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How can I change an Atheros wireless NIC region (regulatory domain) in Ubuntu?

There is a CONFIG_ATH_USER_REGD variable in OpenWrt that allows the user to override the default settings of the wireless NIC. Unfortunately grepping the Arch kernel config doesn't seem to have that, ...
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Atheros Wireless card shows up as two different models? [closed]

Hi I've been fighting these wireless drivers for a few days and just recently i noticed that the model the Wireless controller appears in lspci is different sometimes. This is the data i have after ...
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Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 dropping wifi

I am having a lot of problems with Wifi (wired connection don't have any issues). The strange thing is that happens only on my Ubuntu 18.04.4 x86_64 4.15.0-101-generic computer (I also tried to ...
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My WiFi connection frequently stops working (no internet, not disconnecting)

My internet connection frequently stops working (I can't open any websites, ping does not work, online games disconnect, etc.) but my WiFi is still connected. I've only installed Ubuntu a few days ago,...
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"No Wi-Fi Adapter found" - Dell XPS 13 on Ubuntu 18.04

I've made a fresh install of Ubuntu 18.04 LTS months ago, but this week my internet connection via WiFi has suddenly stopped working (tethering works, though: unstably via USB, rather reliably via ...
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My wifi Qualcomm Atheros Device [168c:0041] (rev 20) doesn't show up and work in Ubuntu 14.04.3 on Lenovo flex 3 14

I am new on linux systems I have tried some of the relevant solutions, those I could follow up, But nothing yet.Please help me figuring this out. Wireless info START Report from: 24 Sep 2015 22:40 ...
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Bluetooth not working in Ubuntu 16.04 with [0cf3:3004] Atheros adapter

My laptop, an MSI GS70 Stealth Pro, has build a build in Bluetooth device that Ubuntu seems to not recognize. When I go to System Settings > Bluetooth it says No Bluetooth adapters found. From ...
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Qualcomm Atheros Device [168c:0042] (rev 31) Wi-Fi driver installation

I have searched through many questions on this forum and still do not feel like I can find an answer specific to my computer. The only answer that I found that came close was this one: Qualcomm ...
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What can I do about rsync of large files killing my laptop's wifi connection

When I run a rsync to backup my home folder over the network like so: rsync -avhz --progress --delete /home/dbdean/ [email protected]:/home/backups/david/ I seem to have problems with my quite large ....
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Problems with Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter on HP ProBook 4330s on Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS

Hardware is HP ProBook 4330s Software is Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS A few days ago all of sudden WiFi adapter stopped working. The Settings UI says "No Wi-Fi Adapter Found" Some CLIs say chuck@jones:~$ ...
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Qualcomm Atheros Bluetooth 4.0 not working on Ubuntu 16.04

Acer Aspire E15 laptop (model number E5-573-54ZV) with Windows 10 and Bluetooth 4.0 adapter out of the box. While using Windows, I'm able to use the Bluetooth adapter. I've installed Ubuntu 16.04 in ...
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