Unable to connect to internet through WiFi, wlp3s0: unavailable

Question

The Problem

Wifi worked fine on initial install of my Xubuntu a few years ago but stopped working somewhere down the line. Here's how my nm-applet looked like

$ ip link
3: wlp3s0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 8c:a9:82:0b:3a:ba brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

When I try to bring it up, I get

~$ sudo ip link set wlp3s0 up
RTNETLINK answers: Input/output error

so I tried using the nmcli command which gave me this

~$ nmcli
wlp3s0: unavailable
        "Intel Centrino 1000"
        wifi (iwlwifi), 8C:A9:82:0B:3A:BA, hw, mtu 1500
~$ sudo iw dev wlp3s0 scan | grep -i ssid
command failed: Network is down (-100)

Attempt to fix

I tried looking up for RTNETLINK answers: Input/output error and found this post. This person's problem is a bit different but I did tried reloading the drivers as suggested with

sudo modprobe -r iwlwifi
sudo modprobe iwlwifi

And I got no output/ error but the wifi still did not work and wlp3s0 state was still DOWN. Next I went to intel's website and downloaded the drivers for Centrino Wireless-N 1000 kernel 3.2+. Then I put the file inside /lib/firmware/ and rebooted but the wifi was still not working.

System info

Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS
Distribution - Xubuntu v4.16
~$ uname -r -> 5.15.0-57-generic
According to this post I have systemd-networkd

Network-card related info and other output

btw please know I don't know what any of these commands actually do since I am an average user.

~$ sudo lshw -class network
*-network DISABLED

       description: Wireless interface
       product: Centrino Wireless-N 1000 [Condor Peak]
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
       logical name: wlp3s0
       version: 00
       serial: 8c:a9:82:0b:3a:ba
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=iwlwifi driverversion=5.15.0-57-generic firmware=39.31.5.1 build 35138 1000-5.uc latency=0 link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11
       resources: irq:27 memory:f0500000-f0501fff

:~$ lsusb

Bus 002 Device 003: ID 1a2c:0042 China Resource Semico Co., Ltd Usb Mouse
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 0bda:0138 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTS5138 Card Reader Controller
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0c45:6461 Microdia Laptop_Integrated_Webcam_1.3M
Bus 001 Device 008: ID 413c:8160 Dell Computer Corp. Wireless 365 Bluetooth
Bus 001 Device 007: ID 413c:8162 Dell Computer Corp. Integrated Touchpad [Synaptics]
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 413c:8161 Dell Computer Corp. Integrated Keyboard
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0a5c:4500 Broadcom Corp. BCM2046B1 USB 2.0 Hub (part of BCM2046 Bluetooth)
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

:~$ lspci

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor DRAM Controller (rev 18)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 18)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller (rev 06)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 06)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio (rev 06)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 06)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev 06)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 6 (rev 06)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 06)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev a6)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation HM57 Chipset LPC Interface Controller (rev 06)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 6 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 06)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset SMBus Controller (rev 06)
00:1f.6 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Thermal Subsystem (rev 06)
03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 1000 [Condor Peak]
04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR8152 v1.1 Fast Ethernet (rev c1)
ff:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-core Registers (rev 05)
ff:00.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder (rev 05)
ff:02.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link 0 (rev 05)
ff:02.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 1st Generation Core i3/5/7 Processor QPI Physical 0 (rev 05)
ff:02.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 1st Generation Core i3/5/7 Processor Reserved (rev 05)
ff:02.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 1st Generation Core i3/5/7 Processor Reserved (rev 05)

:~$ rfkill list all

1: hci0: Bluetooth
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: no
3: phy0: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: no

:~$ sudo dmesg | grep -i firmware

[    0.117997] Spectre V2 : Enabling Restricted Speculation for firmware calls
[    0.291665] ACPI: [Firmware Bug]: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored
[    0.315364] pci 0000:04:00.0: [Firmware Bug]: disabling VPD access (can't determine size of non-standard VPD format)
[   33.150445] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: loaded firmware version 39.31.5.1 build 35138 1000-5.ucode op_mode iwldvm
[   36.811949] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Loaded firmware version: 39.31.5.1 build 35138 1000-5.ucode
[   36.927902] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Loaded firmware version: 39.31.5.1 build 35138 1000-5.ucode
[   36.962509] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Loaded firmware version: 39.31.5.1 build 35138 1000-5.ucode
[   47.071025] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Loaded firmware version: 39.31.5.1 build 35138 1000-5.ucode
[   47.120886] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Loaded firmware version: 39.31.5.1 build 35138 1000-5.ucode
[   57.026283] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Loaded firmware version: 39.31.5.1 build 35138 1000-5.ucode
[   57.071335] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Loaded firmware version: 39.31.5.1 build 35138 1000-5.ucode
[   67.026148] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Loaded firmware version: 39.31.5.1 build 35138 1000-5.ucode
[   67.072932] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Loaded firmware version: 39.31.5.1 build 35138 1000-5.ucode
[   77.132028] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Loaded firmware version: 39.31.5.1 build 35138 1000-5.ucode
[   77.168643] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Loaded firmware version: 39.31.5.1 build 35138 1000-5.ucode
[   87.186535] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Loaded firmware version: 39.31.5.1 build 35138 1000-5.ucode
[   87.221060] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Loaded firmware version: 39.31.5.1 build 35138 1000-5.ucode
[  626.936926] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Loaded firmware version: 39.31.5.1 build 35138 1000-5.ucode
[ 1146.332238] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Loaded firmware version: 39.31.5.1 build 35138 1000-5.ucode
[ 2060.970620] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: loaded firmware version 39.31.5.1 build 35138 1000-5.ucode op_mode iwldvm
[ 2061.182573] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Loaded firmware version: 39.31.5.1 build 35138 1000-5.ucode
[ 2061.224861] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Loaded firmware version: 39.31.5.1 build 35138 1000-5.ucode
[ 2071.163750] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Loaded firmware version: 39.31.5.1 build 35138 1000-5.ucode
[ 2081.164626] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Loaded firmware version: 39.31.5.1 build 35138 1000-5.ucode
[ 2091.165254] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Loaded firmware version: 39.31.5.1 build 35138 1000-5.ucode
[ 2101.164889] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Loaded firmware version: 39.31.5.1 build 35138 1000-5.ucode
[ 2111.163566] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Loaded firmware version: 39.31.5.1 build 35138 1000-5.ucode
[ 2115.383171] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Loaded firmware version: 39.31.5.1 build 35138 1000-5.ucode
[ 2990.003542] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: loaded firmware version 39.31.5.1 build 35138 1000-5.ucode op_mode iwldvm
[ 2990.178740] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Loaded firmware version: 39.31.5.1 build 35138 1000-5.ucode
[ 2990.224992] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Loaded firmware version: 39.31.5.1 build 35138 1000-5.ucode
[ 3000.136187] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Loaded firmware version: 39.31.5.1 build 35138 1000-5.ucode
[ 3010.136424] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Loaded firmware version: 39.31.5.1 build 35138 1000-5.ucode
[ 3020.136604] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Loaded firmware version: 39.31.5.1 build 35138 1000-5.ucode
[ 3030.135232] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Loaded firmware version: 39.31.5.1 build 35138 1000-5.ucode
[ 3040.130252] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Loaded firmware version: 39.31.5.1 build 35138 1000-5.ucode

:~$ sudo service systemd-networkd status

● systemd-networkd.service - Network Configuration
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/systemd-networkd.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Thu 2023xxx; 1h 8min ago
TriggeredBy: ● systemd-networkd.socket
       Docs: man:systemd-networkd.service(8)
   Main PID: 1104 (systemd-network)
     Status: "Processing requests..."
      Tasks: 1 (limit: 3273)
     Memory: 1.9M
        CPU: 110ms
     CGroup: /system.slice/systemd-networkd.service
             └─1104 /lib/systemd/systemd-networkd

Jan 12 21:36:19 user1 systemd-networkd[1104]: Enumeration completed
Jan 12 21:36:19 user1 systemd[1]: Started Network Configuration.
Jan 12 21:36:20 user1 systemd-networkd[1104]: enp4s0: Link UP
Jan 12 21:36:20 user1 systemd-networkd[1104]: enp4s0: Gained carrier
Jan 12 21:36:22 user1 systemd-networkd[1104]: enp4s0: Gained IPv6LL
Jan 12 21:36:24 user1 systemd-networkd[1104]: docker0: Link UP
Jan 12 22:10:05 user1 systemd-networkd[1104]: wlan0: Interface name change detected, renamed to wlp3s>
Jan 12 22:10:05 user1 systemd-networkd[1104]: wlp3s0: Failed
Jan 12 22:25:34 user1 systemd-networkd[1104]: wlan0: Interface name change detected, renamed to wlp3s>
Jan 12 22:25:34 user1 systemd-networkd[1104]: wlp3s0: Failed

As asked by @Jeremy32, Here's the output for sudo dmesg | grep iwlwifi

https://pastebin.com/iK9TuVKu

As asked by @chili555, Here's the for cat /etc/network/interface and cat /etc/netplan/*.yaml

:~$ cat /etc/network/interfaces
interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
Include files from /etc/network/interfaces.d:
source /etc/network/interfaces.d/*
:~$ cat /etc/netplan/*.yaml
Let NetworkManager manage all devices on this system
network:
  version: 2
  renderer: NetworkManager

Unable to connect to internet through WiFi, wlp3s0: unavailable

The Problem

Attempt to fix

System info

Network-card related info and other output

interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)

Include files from /etc/network/interfaces.d:

Let NetworkManager manage all devices on this system

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