I'm using Ubuntu 16.04 on a Toshiba Satellite L50-B for months now and in the last week it became unable to connect to wi-fi. I scanned the internet and tried a lot of the solutions proposed but nothing seemed to fix the problem.
The general state of affairs is that the wi-fi driver is not working, apparently. When checking the status bar I see "Wifi Networks - disconnected" and generally cannot see the available wifi networks, even though my phone is on one.
My Network controller is the Intel Corporation Wireless 3160 (rev 83). I tried downloading the driver and copying it into /lib/framework but didn't work.
The bluetooth is off, so that shouldn't be the issue. Can you help me please?
I also ran modinfo iwlwifi
but the result is too long to post in here. A part of it (without the aliases) is here:
filename: /lib/modules/4.13.0-39-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/iwlwifi.ko
license: GPL
author: Copyright(c) 2003- 2015 Intel Corporation <[email protected]>
description: Intel(R) Wireless WiFi driver for Linux
firmware: iwlwifi-100-5.ucode
firmware: iwlwifi-1000-5.ucode
firmware: iwlwifi-135-6.ucode
firmware: iwlwifi-105-6.ucode
firmware: iwlwifi-2030-6.ucode
firmware: iwlwifi-2000-6.ucode
firmware: iwlwifi-5150-2.ucode
firmware: iwlwifi-5000-5.ucode
firmware: iwlwifi-6000g2b-6.ucode
firmware: iwlwifi-6000g2a-6.ucode
firmware: iwlwifi-6050-5.ucode
firmware: iwlwifi-6000-6.ucode
firmware: iwlwifi-7265D-29.ucode
firmware: iwlwifi-7265-17.ucode
firmware: iwlwifi-3168-29.ucode
firmware: iwlwifi-3160-17.ucode
firmware: iwlwifi-7260-17.ucode
firmware: iwlwifi-8265-33.ucode
firmware: iwlwifi-8000C-33.ucode
firmware: iwlwifi-9260-th-b0-jf-b0--33.ucode
firmware: iwlwifi-9260-th-a0-jf-a0--33.ucode
firmware: iwlwifi-9000-pu-a0-jf-b0--33.ucode
firmware: iwlwifi-9000-pu-a0-jf-a0--33.ucode
firmware: iwlwifi-Qu-a0-jf-b0--33.ucode
firmware: iwlwifi-Qu-a0-hr-a0--33.ucode
srcversion: 339D7D3BD0DD2A9C7FE616F
depends: cfg80211
intree: Y
name: iwlwifi
vermagic: 4.13.0-39-generic SMP mod_unload
parm: swcrypto:using crypto in software (default 0 [hardware]) (int)
parm: 11n_disable:disable 11n functionality, bitmap: 1: full, 2: disable agg TX, 4: disable agg RX, 8 enable agg TX (uint)
parm: amsdu_size:amsdu size 0: 12K for multi Rx queue devices, 4K for other devices 1:4K 2:8K 3:12K (default 0) (int)
parm: fw_restart:restart firmware in case of error (default true) (bool)
parm: antenna_coupling:specify antenna coupling in dB (default: 0 dB) (int)
parm: nvm_file:NVM file name (charp)
parm: d0i3_disable:disable d0i3 functionality (default: Y) (bool)
parm: lar_disable:disable LAR functionality (default: N) (bool)
parm: uapsd_disable:disable U-APSD functionality bitmap 1: BSS 2: P2P Client (default: 3) (uint)
parm: bt_coex_active:enable wifi/bt co-exist (default: enable) (bool)
parm: led_mode:0=system default, 1=On(RF On)/Off(RF Off), 2=blinking, 3=Off (default: 0) (int)
parm: power_save:enable WiFi power management (default: disable) (bool)
parm: power_level:default power save level (range from 1 - 5, default: 1) (int)
parm: fw_monitor:firmware monitor - to debug FW (default: false - needs lots of memory) (bool)
parm: d0i3_timeout:Timeout to D0i3 entry when idle (ms) (uint)
parm: disable_11ac:Disable VHT capabilities (default: false) (bool)