How to get my Intel Wireless 3165 to connect on 15.04?
I had this same problem but figured it out. The best way to see if this was your issue is to run this script:
wget -N -t 5 -T 10 https://github.com/UbuntuForums/wireless-info/raw/master/wireless-info
chmod +x wireless-info
./wireless-info
You'll find the output in the /root
directory. Toward the bottom of the output, you may see some dmesg errors that say that it has attempted to load the right iwlwifi drivers but ultimately says "no suitable firmware found!"
To fix this problem:
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Check the Linux kernel you are using
uname -r
Even if you've installed Ubuntu 15.04, it's still using the 3.19 Kernel.
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Right now, Intel is only supporting the 3165 hardware with firmware for 4.1+, but I couldn't get it to work until I upgraded to 4.2. It's easiest by using
wget
to get the right version for your hardware, and for whatever kernel you want to use. I used the most recent version on kernel.org. Usewget
to get them:wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.2-rc8-unstable/linux-image-4.2.0-040200rc8-generic_4.2.0-040200rc8.201508240030_amd64.deb http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.2-rc8-unstable/linux-headers-4.2.0-040200rc8_4.2.0-040200rc8.201508240030_all.deb http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.2-rc8-unstable/linux-headers-4.2.0-040200rc8-generic_4.2.0-040200rc8.201508240030_amd64.deb
And then issue the following command:
sudo dpkg -i *.deb
Reboot and you should now see the correct kernel:
sudo uname -r
Update and upgrade, and you're all set:
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade
Suddenly, wireless. And this time, you can actually connect to it. :D
Some last minute clean up, regenerating the grub menu and removing the previous kernel:
sudo update-grub sudo apt-get autoremove
BAM! You're done.