Unstable wifi connection leads to non-responding desktop and programs

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I'm new to Ubuntu and running it in Version 16.04.4 LTS on a Thinkpad L560. Currently I experience issues with my wifi connection: Sometimes the connection drops (although the status bar shows that I am connected) and I experience a high paket loss when I ping a server. At the same time, any action I perform with the desktop is not executed until I disable the wifi. With ethernet I have no problem, so I guess it is an issue with my wifi drivers.



My wireless chipset is the Intel Wireless 8260, sudo lshw -C network says the driver version is 4.13.0-41-generic with firmware version 31.560484.







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    I'm new to Ubuntu and running it in Version 16.04.4 LTS on a Thinkpad L560. Currently I experience issues with my wifi connection: Sometimes the connection drops (although the status bar shows that I am connected) and I experience a high paket loss when I ping a server. At the same time, any action I perform with the desktop is not executed until I disable the wifi. With ethernet I have no problem, so I guess it is an issue with my wifi drivers.



    My wireless chipset is the Intel Wireless 8260, sudo lshw -C network says the driver version is 4.13.0-41-generic with firmware version 31.560484.







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      I'm new to Ubuntu and running it in Version 16.04.4 LTS on a Thinkpad L560. Currently I experience issues with my wifi connection: Sometimes the connection drops (although the status bar shows that I am connected) and I experience a high paket loss when I ping a server. At the same time, any action I perform with the desktop is not executed until I disable the wifi. With ethernet I have no problem, so I guess it is an issue with my wifi drivers.



      My wireless chipset is the Intel Wireless 8260, sudo lshw -C network says the driver version is 4.13.0-41-generic with firmware version 31.560484.







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      I'm new to Ubuntu and running it in Version 16.04.4 LTS on a Thinkpad L560. Currently I experience issues with my wifi connection: Sometimes the connection drops (although the status bar shows that I am connected) and I experience a high paket loss when I ping a server. At the same time, any action I perform with the desktop is not executed until I disable the wifi. With ethernet I have no problem, so I guess it is an issue with my wifi drivers.



      My wireless chipset is the Intel Wireless 8260, sudo lshw -C network says the driver version is 4.13.0-41-generic with firmware version 31.560484.









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          Have you try to restart your wifi network? You can do it with



          sudo service network-manager restart





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          • It worked, but not for long. Problem remains, and at the time it occurs I can only deactivate wifi in the status bar, any console input is delayed until then. After that I can activate wifi again and it works properly for some time.
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            May 20 at 13:22











          • so your wifi didn't stay connected when you restart it? have you try the command above in the terminal, or you just restart the wifi with the graphic tools of ubuntu?
            – damadam
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          Have you try to restart your wifi network? You can do it with



          sudo service network-manager restart





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          • It worked, but not for long. Problem remains, and at the time it occurs I can only deactivate wifi in the status bar, any console input is delayed until then. After that I can activate wifi again and it works properly for some time.
            – quadrupoltensor
            May 20 at 13:22











          • so your wifi didn't stay connected when you restart it? have you try the command above in the terminal, or you just restart the wifi with the graphic tools of ubuntu?
            – damadam
            May 22 at 15:03














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          Have you try to restart your wifi network? You can do it with



          sudo service network-manager restart





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          • It worked, but not for long. Problem remains, and at the time it occurs I can only deactivate wifi in the status bar, any console input is delayed until then. After that I can activate wifi again and it works properly for some time.
            – quadrupoltensor
            May 20 at 13:22











          • so your wifi didn't stay connected when you restart it? have you try the command above in the terminal, or you just restart the wifi with the graphic tools of ubuntu?
            – damadam
            May 22 at 15:03












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          Have you try to restart your wifi network? You can do it with



          sudo service network-manager restart





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          Have you try to restart your wifi network? You can do it with



          sudo service network-manager restart






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          • It worked, but not for long. Problem remains, and at the time it occurs I can only deactivate wifi in the status bar, any console input is delayed until then. After that I can activate wifi again and it works properly for some time.
            – quadrupoltensor
            May 20 at 13:22











          • so your wifi didn't stay connected when you restart it? have you try the command above in the terminal, or you just restart the wifi with the graphic tools of ubuntu?
            – damadam
            May 22 at 15:03
















          • It worked, but not for long. Problem remains, and at the time it occurs I can only deactivate wifi in the status bar, any console input is delayed until then. After that I can activate wifi again and it works properly for some time.
            – quadrupoltensor
            May 20 at 13:22











          • so your wifi didn't stay connected when you restart it? have you try the command above in the terminal, or you just restart the wifi with the graphic tools of ubuntu?
            – damadam
            May 22 at 15:03















          It worked, but not for long. Problem remains, and at the time it occurs I can only deactivate wifi in the status bar, any console input is delayed until then. After that I can activate wifi again and it works properly for some time.
          – quadrupoltensor
          May 20 at 13:22





          It worked, but not for long. Problem remains, and at the time it occurs I can only deactivate wifi in the status bar, any console input is delayed until then. After that I can activate wifi again and it works properly for some time.
          – quadrupoltensor
          May 20 at 13:22













          so your wifi didn't stay connected when you restart it? have you try the command above in the terminal, or you just restart the wifi with the graphic tools of ubuntu?
          – damadam
          May 22 at 15:03




          so your wifi didn't stay connected when you restart it? have you try the command above in the terminal, or you just restart the wifi with the graphic tools of ubuntu?
          – damadam
          May 22 at 15:03












           

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