I can connect to my wireless router but sometimes I cannot connect to the local network (or internet). It seems pretty random as to whether or not I can connect. Sometimes it resets if I switch to another network then back, or power down then reboot. Sometimes not. Any thoughts on the solution or the next step(s) to take? Or more info that may be needed? Thank you very much for any advice! Here's some more info which might be relevant:
When I cannot connect I cannot get on the internet nor ping any IP addresses even in my local network (even 192.168.1.1 which is the router IP addr). This doesn't seem to happen if I connect to other wireless routers or AP's. Other devices on my local network (windows PC's, iPhones, Roku's) all seem to work fine all the time. So the problem is specific to my linux laptop and my wireless router and/or network.
I've got:
ubuntu 16.04
ipv4, ipv6 settings set to automatic (DCHP), automatic router is D-link DIR-813
When network IS working OK:
$ ifconfig wlan wlan1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:13:02:2a:6e:f6 inet addr:192.168.1.111 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::213:2ff:fe2a:6ef6/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:8571 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:5650 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:6284311 (6.2 MB) TX bytes:860449 (860.4 KB)
When network IS NOT working:
wlan1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:13:02:2a:6e:f6 inet addr:192.168.1.111 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::213:2ff:fe2a:6ef6/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:94503 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:51798 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:31525953 (31.5 MB) TX bytes:9380130 (9.3 MB)
Any thoughts on the solution or the next step(s) to take? Or more info that may be needed? Thank you very much for any advice!
sudo lshw -C net
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