Unable to connect to internet through WiFi, wlp3s0: unavailable

Question

The Problem

Wifi worked fine on initial install of my Xubuntu a few years ago but stopped working somewhere down the line. Here's how my nm-applet looked like

$ ip link
3: wlp3s0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 8c:a9:82:0b:3a:ba brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

When I try to bring it up, I get

~$ sudo ip link set wlp3s0 up
RTNETLINK answers: Input/output error

so I tried using the nmcli command which gave me this

~$ nmcli
wlp3s0: unavailable
        "Intel Centrino 1000"
        wifi (iwlwifi), 8C:A9:82:0B:3A:BA, hw, mtu 1500

~$ sudo iw dev wlp3s0 scan | grep -i ssid
command failed: Network is down (-100)

Attempt to fix

I tried looking up for RTNETLINK answers: Input/output error and found this post. This person's problem is a bit different but I did tried reloading the drivers as suggested with

sudo modprobe -r iwlwifi
sudo modprobe iwlwifi

And I got no output/ error but the wifi still did not work and wlp3s0 state was still DOWN. Next I went to intel's website and downloaded the drivers for Centrino Wireless-N 1000 kernel 3.2+. Then I put the file inside /lib/firmware/ and rebooted but the wifi was still not working.

System info

Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS
Distribution - Xubuntu v4.16
~$ uname -r -> 5.15.0-57-generic
According to this post I have systemd-networkd

Network-card related info and other output

btw please know I don't know what any of these commands actually do since I am an average user.

~$ sudo lshw -class network

  *-network DISABLED        
       description: Wireless interface
       product: Centrino Wireless-N 1000 [Condor Peak]
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
       logical name: wlp3s0
       version: 00
       serial: 8c:a9:82:0b:3a:ba
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=iwlwifi driverversion=5.15.0-57-generic firmware=39.31.5.1 build 35138 1000-5.uc latency=0 link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11
       resources: irq:27 memory:f0500000-f0501fff

:~$ lsusb

Bus 002 Device 003: ID 1a2c:0042 China Resource Semico Co., Ltd Usb Mouse
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 0bda:0138 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTS5138 Card Reader Controller
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0c45:6461 Microdia Laptop_Integrated_Webcam_1.3M
Bus 001 Device 008: ID 413c:8160 Dell Computer Corp. Wireless 365 Bluetooth
Bus 001 Device 007: ID 413c:8162 Dell Computer Corp. Integrated Touchpad [Synaptics]
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 413c:8161 Dell Computer Corp. Integrated Keyboard
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0a5c:4500 Broadcom Corp. BCM2046B1 USB 2.0 Hub (part of BCM2046 Bluetooth)
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

:~$ lspci

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor DRAM Controller (rev 18)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 18)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller (rev 06)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 06)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio (rev 06)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 06)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev 06)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 6 (rev 06)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 06)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev a6)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation HM57 Chipset LPC Interface Controller (rev 06)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 6 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 06)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset SMBus Controller (rev 06)
00:1f.6 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Thermal Subsystem (rev 06)
03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 1000 [Condor Peak]
04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR8152 v1.1 Fast Ethernet (rev c1)
ff:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-core Registers (rev 05)
ff:00.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder (rev 05)
ff:02.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link 0 (rev 05)
ff:02.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 1st Generation Core i3/5/7 Processor QPI Physical 0 (rev 05)
ff:02.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 1st Generation Core i3/5/7 Processor Reserved (rev 05)
ff:02.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 1st Generation Core i3/5/7 Processor Reserved (rev 05)

:~$ rfkill list all

1: hci0: Bluetooth
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: no
3: phy0: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: no

:~$ sudo dmesg | grep -i firmware

[    0.117997] Spectre V2 : Enabling Restricted Speculation for firmware calls
[    0.291665] ACPI: [Firmware Bug]: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored
[    0.315364] pci 0000:04:00.0: [Firmware Bug]: disabling VPD access (can't determine size of non-standard VPD format)
[   33.150445] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: loaded firmware version 39.31.5.1 build 35138 1000-5.ucode op_mode iwldvm
[   36.811949] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Loaded firmware version: 39.31.5.1 build 35138 1000-5.ucode
[   36.927902] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Loaded firmware version: 39.31.5.1 build 35138 1000-5.ucode
[   36.962509] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Loaded firmware version: 39.31.5.1 build 35138 1000-5.ucode
[   47.071025] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Loaded firmware version: 39.31.5.1 build 35138 1000-5.ucode
[   47.120886] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Loaded firmware version: 39.31.5.1 build 35138 1000-5.ucode
[   57.026283] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Loaded firmware version: 39.31.5.1 build 35138 1000-5.ucode
[   57.071335] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Loaded firmware version: 39.31.5.1 build 35138 1000-5.ucode
[   67.026148] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Loaded firmware version: 39.31.5.1 build 35138 1000-5.ucode
[   67.072932] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Loaded firmware version: 39.31.5.1 build 35138 1000-5.ucode
[   77.132028] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Loaded firmware version: 39.31.5.1 build 35138 1000-5.ucode
[   77.168643] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Loaded firmware version: 39.31.5.1 build 35138 1000-5.ucode
[   87.186535] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Loaded firmware version: 39.31.5.1 build 35138 1000-5.ucode
[   87.221060] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Loaded firmware version: 39.31.5.1 build 35138 1000-5.ucode
[  626.936926] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Loaded firmware version: 39.31.5.1 build 35138 1000-5.ucode
[ 1146.332238] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Loaded firmware version: 39.31.5.1 build 35138 1000-5.ucode
[ 2060.970620] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: loaded firmware version 39.31.5.1 build 35138 1000-5.ucode op_mode iwldvm
[ 2061.182573] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Loaded firmware version: 39.31.5.1 build 35138 1000-5.ucode
[ 2061.224861] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Loaded firmware version: 39.31.5.1 build 35138 1000-5.ucode
[ 2071.163750] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Loaded firmware version: 39.31.5.1 build 35138 1000-5.ucode
[ 2081.164626] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Loaded firmware version: 39.31.5.1 build 35138 1000-5.ucode
[ 2091.165254] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Loaded firmware version: 39.31.5.1 build 35138 1000-5.ucode
[ 2101.164889] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Loaded firmware version: 39.31.5.1 build 35138 1000-5.ucode
[ 2111.163566] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Loaded firmware version: 39.31.5.1 build 35138 1000-5.ucode
[ 2115.383171] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Loaded firmware version: 39.31.5.1 build 35138 1000-5.ucode
[ 2990.003542] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: loaded firmware version 39.31.5.1 build 35138 1000-5.ucode op_mode iwldvm
[ 2990.178740] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Loaded firmware version: 39.31.5.1 build 35138 1000-5.ucode
[ 2990.224992] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Loaded firmware version: 39.31.5.1 build 35138 1000-5.ucode
[ 3000.136187] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Loaded firmware version: 39.31.5.1 build 35138 1000-5.ucode
[ 3010.136424] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Loaded firmware version: 39.31.5.1 build 35138 1000-5.ucode
[ 3020.136604] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Loaded firmware version: 39.31.5.1 build 35138 1000-5.ucode
[ 3030.135232] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Loaded firmware version: 39.31.5.1 build 35138 1000-5.ucode
[ 3040.130252] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Loaded firmware version: 39.31.5.1 build 35138 1000-5.ucode

:~$ sudo service systemd-networkd status

● systemd-networkd.service - Network Configuration
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/systemd-networkd.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Thu 2023xxx; 1h 8min ago
TriggeredBy: ● systemd-networkd.socket
       Docs: man:systemd-networkd.service(8)
   Main PID: 1104 (systemd-network)
     Status: "Processing requests..."
      Tasks: 1 (limit: 3273)
     Memory: 1.9M
        CPU: 110ms
     CGroup: /system.slice/systemd-networkd.service
             └─1104 /lib/systemd/systemd-networkd

Jan 12 21:36:19 user1 systemd-networkd[1104]: Enumeration completed
Jan 12 21:36:19 user1 systemd[1]: Started Network Configuration.
Jan 12 21:36:20 user1 systemd-networkd[1104]: enp4s0: Link UP
Jan 12 21:36:20 user1 systemd-networkd[1104]: enp4s0: Gained carrier
Jan 12 21:36:22 user1 systemd-networkd[1104]: enp4s0: Gained IPv6LL
Jan 12 21:36:24 user1 systemd-networkd[1104]: docker0: Link UP
Jan 12 22:10:05 user1 systemd-networkd[1104]: wlan0: Interface name change detected, renamed to wlp3s>
Jan 12 22:10:05 user1 systemd-networkd[1104]: wlp3s0: Failed
Jan 12 22:25:34 user1 systemd-networkd[1104]: wlan0: Interface name change detected, renamed to wlp3s>
Jan 12 22:25:34 user1 systemd-networkd[1104]: wlp3s0: Failed

As asked by @Jeremy32, Here's the output for sudo dmesg | grep iwlwifi

https://pastebin.com/iK9TuVKu

As asked by @chili555, Here's the for cat /etc/network/interface and cat /etc/netplan/*.yaml

:~$ cat /etc/network/interfaces

# interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
# Include files from /etc/network/interfaces.d:
source /etc/network/interfaces.d/*


:~$ cat /etc/netplan/*.yaml
# Let NetworkManager manage all devices on this system
network:
  version: 2
  renderer: NetworkManager

I suspect the dmesg | grep firmware missed some errors, please edit to add results for sudo dmesg | grep iwlwifi — Jeremy31, Jan 12, 2023 at 22:11
May we also see: cat /etc/network/interfaces as well as: cat /etc/netplan/*.yaml Welcome to Ask Ubuntu. — chili555, Jan 12, 2023 at 22:17
@chili555 I've added the output at the end of the post. Also, sorry for the late reply. — noWifi, Jan 13, 2023 at 6:01
This is Ubuntu Server correct? If it is, the NetworkManager renderer doesn't work for anything and this is just ultimately going to cause tons of problems. Netplan OR NetworkManager, don't try to hybrid it it's very unstable. On paper that configuration should work , but in reality it doesn't. NetworkManager here doesn't have a configuration at all it look like to me, so it has no connection configured. You can verify that with nmcli connection show, and there should be an entry there with your WIFI SSID. Just turning on the link won't do it. Your kernel is def seeing the wifi device. — sean, Jan 13, 2023 at 7:23

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