How to enable the Wi-Fi network adapter “Intel AC 3168 †in Ubuntu?
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I bought a new laptop, removed the internal hard drive from my old laptop and put it into the new one. Ubuntu 16 in general works fine but it does not recognize the Wi-Fi network adapter in the new computer. Connecting to the internet with an Ethernet cable works fine. Neither the network manager nor the network settings seem to be aware that the laptop has a wireless antenna.
Dual booting in Windows shows the wireless hardware works fine. Booting Ubuntu from a USB stick also finds the wireless and connects without problems. From the Ubuntu wireless troubleshooting, if I use lspci -v, it finds the network controller, device name is “Intel Dual BandWireless-AC 3168 802.11 ac 1x1 WiFi + BT 4.0 Combo Adapterâ€Â, but nmcli dev shows only the Ethernet controller but nothing Wi-Fi related.
How can I tell Ubuntu to look through the hardware, find the Wi-Fi network controller, and if needed load the drivers for it?
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I bought a new laptop, removed the internal hard drive from my old laptop and put it into the new one. Ubuntu 16 in general works fine but it does not recognize the Wi-Fi network adapter in the new computer. Connecting to the internet with an Ethernet cable works fine. Neither the network manager nor the network settings seem to be aware that the laptop has a wireless antenna.
Dual booting in Windows shows the wireless hardware works fine. Booting Ubuntu from a USB stick also finds the wireless and connects without problems. From the Ubuntu wireless troubleshooting, if I use lspci -v, it finds the network controller, device name is “Intel Dual BandWireless-AC 3168 802.11 ac 1x1 WiFi + BT 4.0 Combo Adapterâ€Â, but nmcli dev shows only the Ethernet controller but nothing Wi-Fi related.
How can I tell Ubuntu to look through the hardware, find the Wi-Fi network controller, and if needed load the drivers for it?
ubuntu networking wifi
edited Nov 10 '17 at 12:58
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Please edit here by adding the output ofuname -a
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Also show the output of rfkill list all.
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I bought a new laptop, removed the internal hard drive from my old laptop and put it into the new one. Ubuntu 16 in general works fine but it does not recognize the Wi-Fi network adapter in the new computer. Connecting to the internet with an Ethernet cable works fine. Neither the network manager nor the network settings seem to be aware that the laptop has a wireless antenna.
Dual booting in Windows shows the wireless hardware works fine. Booting Ubuntu from a USB stick also finds the wireless and connects without problems. From the Ubuntu wireless troubleshooting, if I use lspci -v, it finds the network controller, device name is “Intel Dual BandWireless-AC 3168 802.11 ac 1x1 WiFi + BT 4.0 Combo Adapterâ€Â, but nmcli dev shows only the Ethernet controller but nothing Wi-Fi related.
How can I tell Ubuntu to look through the hardware, find the Wi-Fi network controller, and if needed load the drivers for it?
ubuntu networking wifi
edited Nov 10 '17 at 12:58
GAD3R
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asked Nov 10 '17 at 12:16
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I bought a new laptop, removed the internal hard drive from my old laptop and put it into the new one. Ubuntu 16 in general works fine but it does not recognize the Wi-Fi network adapter in the new computer. Connecting to the internet with an Ethernet cable works fine. Neither the network manager nor the network settings seem to be aware that the laptop has a wireless antenna.
Dual booting in Windows shows the wireless hardware works fine. Booting Ubuntu from a USB stick also finds the wireless and connects without problems. From the Ubuntu wireless troubleshooting, if I use lspci -v, it finds the network controller, device name is “Intel Dual BandWireless-AC 3168 802.11 ac 1x1 WiFi + BT 4.0 Combo Adapterâ€Â, but nmcli dev shows only the Ethernet controller but nothing Wi-Fi related.
How can I tell Ubuntu to look through the hardware, find the Wi-Fi network controller, and if needed load the drivers for it?
ubuntu networking wifi
edited Nov 10 '17 at 12:58
GAD3R
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asked Nov 10 '17 at 12:16
quarague
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edited Nov 10 '17 at 12:58
GAD3R
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edited Nov 10 '17 at 12:58
GAD3R
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edited Nov 10 '17 at 12:58
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asked Nov 10 '17 at 12:16
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asked Nov 10 '17 at 12:16
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Please edit here by adding the output ofuname -a
– GAD3R
Nov 10 '17 at 12:48
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Also show the output of rfkill list all.
– defalt
Nov 10 '17 at 13:16
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Please edit here by adding the output ofuname -a
– GAD3R
Nov 10 '17 at 12:48
1
Also show the output of rfkill list all.
– defalt
Nov 10 '17 at 13:16
Please edit here by adding the output of
uname -a– GAD3R
Nov 10 '17 at 12:48
Please edit here by adding the output of
uname -a– GAD3R
Nov 10 '17 at 12:48
1
1
Also show the output of rfkill list all.
– defalt
Nov 10 '17 at 13:16
Also show the output of rfkill list all.
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To get the wifi working for Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 3168 you should:
1) Upgrade your kernel version to a kernel version >= 4.6+
2) Download a copy the firmware to your /lib/firmware
wget https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/_media/en/users/drivers/iwlwifi-3168-ucode-22.361476.0.tgz
tar xvf iwlwifi-3168-ucode-22.361476.0.tgz
cd iwlwifi-3168-ucode-22.361476.0
sudo cp iwlwifi* /lib/firmware
sudo modprobe -v iwlwifi
Intel website: Intel® Dual Band Wireless-AC 3168
answered Nov 10 '17 at 12:57
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This worked, thanks. Had to google how to do a kernel upgrade and then go through the command line to do it. Is there a better way (ie graphic user interface) to do it? Also had to add a 'sudo' for the last two lines of step 2) to get admin rights.
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Boot from USB, figure out what module it's using with lsmod, then reboot and modprobe that. If it works, you can make it load automatically by creating a file in /etc/modprobe.d, see man modprobe.d for how to do that.
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2 Answers
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To get the wifi working for Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 3168 you should:
1) Upgrade your kernel version to a kernel version >= 4.6+
2) Download a copy the firmware to your /lib/firmware
wget https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/_media/en/users/drivers/iwlwifi-3168-ucode-22.361476.0.tgz
tar xvf iwlwifi-3168-ucode-22.361476.0.tgz
cd iwlwifi-3168-ucode-22.361476.0
sudo cp iwlwifi* /lib/firmware
sudo modprobe -v iwlwifi
Intel website: Intel® Dual Band Wireless-AC 3168
answered Nov 10 '17 at 12:57
GAD3R
22.7k154895
1
This worked, thanks. Had to google how to do a kernel upgrade and then go through the command line to do it. Is there a better way (ie graphic user interface) to do it? Also had to add a 'sudo' for the last two lines of step 2) to get admin rights.
– quarague
Nov 10 '17 at 13:41
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up vote
1
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To get the wifi working for Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 3168 you should:
1) Upgrade your kernel version to a kernel version >= 4.6+
2) Download a copy the firmware to your /lib/firmware
wget https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/_media/en/users/drivers/iwlwifi-3168-ucode-22.361476.0.tgz
tar xvf iwlwifi-3168-ucode-22.361476.0.tgz
cd iwlwifi-3168-ucode-22.361476.0
sudo cp iwlwifi* /lib/firmware
sudo modprobe -v iwlwifi
Intel website: Intel® Dual Band Wireless-AC 3168
answered Nov 10 '17 at 12:57
GAD3R
22.7k154895
1
This worked, thanks. Had to google how to do a kernel upgrade and then go through the command line to do it. Is there a better way (ie graphic user interface) to do it? Also had to add a 'sudo' for the last two lines of step 2) to get admin rights.
– quarague
Nov 10 '17 at 13:41
add a comment |Â
up vote
1
down vote
accepted
up vote
1
down vote
accepted
To get the wifi working for Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 3168 you should:
1) Upgrade your kernel version to a kernel version >= 4.6+
2) Download a copy the firmware to your /lib/firmware
wget https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/_media/en/users/drivers/iwlwifi-3168-ucode-22.361476.0.tgz
tar xvf iwlwifi-3168-ucode-22.361476.0.tgz
cd iwlwifi-3168-ucode-22.361476.0
sudo cp iwlwifi* /lib/firmware
sudo modprobe -v iwlwifi
Intel website: Intel® Dual Band Wireless-AC 3168
answered Nov 10 '17 at 12:57
GAD3R
22.7k154895
To get the wifi working for Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 3168 you should:
1) Upgrade your kernel version to a kernel version >= 4.6+
2) Download a copy the firmware to your /lib/firmware
wget https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/_media/en/users/drivers/iwlwifi-3168-ucode-22.361476.0.tgz
tar xvf iwlwifi-3168-ucode-22.361476.0.tgz
cd iwlwifi-3168-ucode-22.361476.0
sudo cp iwlwifi* /lib/firmware
sudo modprobe -v iwlwifi
Intel website: Intel® Dual Band Wireless-AC 3168
answered Nov 10 '17 at 12:57
GAD3R
22.7k154895
edited Nov 10 '17 at 13:47
answered Nov 10 '17 at 12:57
GAD3R
22.7k154895
answered Nov 10 '17 at 12:57
GAD3R
22.7k154895
answered Nov 10 '17 at 12:57
GAD3R
22.7k154895
22.7k154895
1
This worked, thanks. Had to google how to do a kernel upgrade and then go through the command line to do it. Is there a better way (ie graphic user interface) to do it? Also had to add a 'sudo' for the last two lines of step 2) to get admin rights.
– quarague
Nov 10 '17 at 13:41
add a comment |Â
1
This worked, thanks. Had to google how to do a kernel upgrade and then go through the command line to do it. Is there a better way (ie graphic user interface) to do it? Also had to add a 'sudo' for the last two lines of step 2) to get admin rights.
– quarague
Nov 10 '17 at 13:41
1
1
This worked, thanks. Had to google how to do a kernel upgrade and then go through the command line to do it. Is there a better way (ie graphic user interface) to do it? Also had to add a 'sudo' for the last two lines of step 2) to get admin rights.
– quarague
Nov 10 '17 at 13:41
This worked, thanks. Had to google how to do a kernel upgrade and then go through the command line to do it. Is there a better way (ie graphic user interface) to do it? Also had to add a 'sudo' for the last two lines of step 2) to get admin rights.
– quarague
Nov 10 '17 at 13:41
add a comment |Â
up vote
1
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Boot from USB, figure out what module it's using with lsmod, then reboot and modprobe that. If it works, you can make it load automatically by creating a file in /etc/modprobe.d, see man modprobe.d for how to do that.
answered Nov 10 '17 at 12:26
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add a comment |Â
up vote
1
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Boot from USB, figure out what module it's using with lsmod, then reboot and modprobe that. If it works, you can make it load automatically by creating a file in /etc/modprobe.d, see man modprobe.d for how to do that.
answered Nov 10 '17 at 12:26
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212
add a comment |Â
up vote
1
down vote
up vote
1
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Boot from USB, figure out what module it's using with lsmod, then reboot and modprobe that. If it works, you can make it load automatically by creating a file in /etc/modprobe.d, see man modprobe.d for how to do that.
answered Nov 10 '17 at 12:26
0x40
212
Boot from USB, figure out what module it's using with lsmod, then reboot and modprobe that. If it works, you can make it load automatically by creating a file in /etc/modprobe.d, see man modprobe.d for how to do that.
answered Nov 10 '17 at 12:26
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answered Nov 10 '17 at 12:26
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answered Nov 10 '17 at 12:26
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answered Nov 10 '17 at 12:26
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Please edit here by adding the output of
uname -a– GAD3R
Nov 10 '17 at 12:48
1
Also show the output of rfkill list all.
– defalt
Nov 10 '17 at 13:16