My wifi connection with the Edimax EW-7811Un adapter on Ubuntu Desktop 16 has been inconsistent to say the least. I can get it to connect to the network, but I have to manually tell it to connect. It recognizes the network but doesn't actually connect on boot or login. I have tried this on Ubuntu Server 16 (completely failure), Ubuntu Server 14 (got it to connect, but not consistently), and now it is on Ubuntu Desktop 16. The pattern I'm noticing is that if it is constantly connected to the internet (watching a video or something) it is perfectly fine. As soon as it is not actively doing anything for a period of time it just stops working and I have to reconnect it to the internet manually. I was planning on using this adapter which worked perfectly fine on my raspberry pi 2 for a while before I get to go home and use my server on ethernet.
I have resorted to logging in manually and starting a youtube playlist so that I can have a stable connection over SSH.
More Information:
- OS: Ubuntu Desktop 16
- Processor: Pentium G4400
- RAM: 4GB DDR4 2133
- Motherboard: MSI Intel Skylake H110 LGA 1151 Mini ITX Motherboard (H110I Pro)
Thanks for any help and I will respond to questions as soon as I can.
Edit #1 to answer question:
rtl8xxxu 73728 0
rtl8192cu 69632 0
rtl_usb 20480 1 rtl8192cu
rtl8192c_common 53248 1 rtl8192cu
rtlwifi 77824 3 rtl_usb,rtl8192c_common,rtl8192cu
mac80211 737280 4 rtl8xxxu,rtl_usb,rtlwifi,rtl8192cu
cfg80211 565248 2 mac80211,rtlwifi
lsmod | grep rtl
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