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I am having a peculiar problem with my computer, I have HP Pavilion x360 Convertible with an Intel i3 chip. I've just downloaded 16.04 LTS alongside Windows 10 on this machine.

Ubuntu works great, except for one problem: my WiFi is not working, really. Whenever I'm in the same room as my router, it displays three bars, and works so-so/fine. However, anywhere further away than that, say, out of the room, the WiFi stops working. I get no reception.

This is an issue with Ubuntu, because when I'm on the Windows 10 software, my WiFi works anywhere in my house, full strength, very fast. For some reason, my wireless on Ubuntu is very weak.

Can I get some help with this? I'm really new to Ubuntu.

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Michael G.
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I reccomend connecting the device to an ethernet

     sudo apt-get install git
git clone https://github.com/kvalo/ath10k-firmware.git
sudo cp -r ath10k-firmware/QCA9377 /lib/firmware/ath10k/
sudo cp /lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA9377/hw1.0/firmware-5.bin_WLAN.TF.1.0-00267-1 /lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA9377/hw1.0/firmware-5.bin

Reboot You do not need Windows drivers and ndiswrapper This has been recently fixed upstream, follow the instructions to install the backported modules and needed firmware

sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r) git
echo "options ath10k_core skip_otp=y" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/ath10k_core.conf
wget https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/projects/backports/stable/v4.4.2/backports-4.4.2-1.tar.gz
tar -zxvf backports-4.4.2-1.tar.gz
cd backport-4.4.2-1
make defconfig-wifi
make
sudo make install
git clone https://github.com/kvalo/ath10k-firmware.git
sudo cp -r ath10k-firmware/QCA9377 /lib/firmware/ath10k/
sudo cp /lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA9377/hw1.0/firmware-5.bin_WLAN.TF.1.0-00267-1 /lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA9377/hw1.0/firmware-5.bin

And it should work after a reboot It will fail when a new kernel is installed through updates until the kernel is patched to support the wifi. When that happens you will need to

cd backports-4.4.2-1
make clean
make defconfig-wifi
make
sudo make install

And reboot

Source: Qualcomm Atheros Device [168c:0042] (rev 30) Wi-Fi driver installation

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