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I've recently downloaded and installed Ubuntu on my lenovo ideapad 100, and once in a while it seems it is connected to the wi-fi, but the browser doesn't load any page; but, after turning off and on the "Enable Wi-Fi" option, it usually reconnects. Right now, it won't connect again and won't show any available wi-fi around. Any way to get the internet back without restarting the whole system?

Ilan Kaboom
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  • I have a Lenovo G50-45 and I had the same issue. I fixed the problem by installing a third-Party driver and now the internet connects without issue. In order for me to find a resolution, please could you open terminal and run the command lshw and then add the results to this question? – proprocastinator Jun 13 '16 at 21:47
  • Which one did you install? I could try it and say if it worked for me too – Ilan Kaboom Jun 13 '16 at 21:52
  • It will most likely be a different wifi adaptor you have in your laptop, so it will be a different driver. If you do lshw in terminal though and then paste the results to your question I'm pretty sure either myself or someone else will be able to help you. :) – proprocastinator Jun 13 '16 at 21:54
  • which part should I add specifically? it's too long to paste all of the results – Ilan Kaboom Jun 14 '16 at 12:42
  • never mind, I got it: – Ilan Kaboom Jun 14 '16 at 12:45
  • *-network description: Wireless interface product: RTL8723BE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0 logical name: wlp3s0 version: 00 serial: 44:1c:a8:65:92:6b width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless – Ilan Kaboom Jun 14 '16 at 12:45
  • configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rtl8723be driverversion=4.4.0-24-generic firmware=N/A ip=192.168.14.197 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn resources: irq:19 ioport:3000(size=256) memory:c1000000-c1003fff

    That's all the networking part

     – Ilan Kaboom Jun 14 '16 at 12:46
  • PLease see the asnwer given by @3n3low here: http://askubuntu.com/questions/590414/wifi-problems-with-rtl8723be-in-ubuntu-14-04

    This is the same wifi adaptor I have in my laptop and this worked a charm! :)

     – proprocastinator Jun 14 '16 at 16:26
  • Thanks, I tried his suggestion and it still doesn't work, it might even have gotten worse – Ilan Kaboom Jun 14 '16 at 17:27
  • I'll try the link he posted in his answer and see how that goes – Ilan Kaboom Jun 14 '16 at 17:27
  • So far it's working great, hopefully it will stay this way. If it doesn't, I'll take the liberty of commenting here again. Thank you!! :) – Ilan Kaboom Jun 14 '16 at 18:00
  • There is a chance that you will need to re-install the wireless drivers using that guide each time you upgrade the kernel. So it may be an idea to bookmark that page. – proprocastinator Jun 14 '16 at 18:09

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Sure, are you using WPA or WEP encryption? You can use ifconfig to check if your adapter is being recognized; possibly something is causing it to be blocked or taken "down":

  1. sudo ifconfig

    if you see your wireless adapter there, then move on to step 2. If not, use 

    sudo lshw

    to see if the adapter has been rfkilled or something else.

    1. If you're using WEP and your wireless adapter's name is "wlan0": 

      sudo ifconfig wlan0 up
sudo iwconfig wlan0 essid network_name key network_key
sudo dhclient wlan0

    2. If you're using WPA and your wireless adapter's name is wlan0:

      sudo apt-get install wpasupplicant
cd /etc
sudo nano wpa_supplicant.conf

      And add:

      network={
    ssid="ssid_name"  
    psk="password"  
}

    Then press Ctrl+x to save. Controls vary using vi, vim, etc. You could use a text editor, as well. 

    sudo wpa_supplicant -B -iwlan0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -Dwext
sudo dhclient wlan0

*Some information gathered from this link:
How do I connect to a WPA wifi network using the command line?

Also try this if the above does not work:

ubuntu 14.04 wireless constantly disconnects

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  • what should I put in /etc ? As you can see, I am very new to this, so which directory should it be? Or it doesn't matter? – Ilan Kaboom Jun 14 '16 at 12:41
  • Ok, I am such a noob. I got it and continued, and after doing wpa_spplicant -B ... -Dwext, it returned "Successfully initialized wpa_supplicant" but also "ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Invalid argument" twice. I tried moving on to the dhclient but it got stuck and the net went out – Ilan Kaboom Jun 14 '16 at 12:59
  • Ok, it finished and I restarted, so far working great. Thank you, I'm a little embarrassed – Ilan Kaboom Jun 14 '16 at 13:06
  • Ok, it didn't work, once again the wi-fi stopped working but seems connected – Ilan Kaboom Jun 14 '16 at 13:40
  • haha, sorry I missed all these! Are you still having the issues as of now? – P Smith Jun 14 '16 at 20:57
  • That's all that matters! Consider editing with your solution if you happen(ed) to figure out the specific fix! :) Cheers! – P Smith Jun 14 '16 at 22:13