last night, i randomly became unable to connect to wi-fi connections that worked: basically my computer recognizes a few different types of connections: wlan0, wlan2 and wlan(BunchOfCharacters). wlan(BunchOfCharacters) was the only kind of connection that worked, the others simply do not, and last night i just lost the ability to connect to them.
furthermore, the light on my USB wifi adapter is no longer on, but it does turn on when connected to other computers. i have a feeling that the drivers for the adapter got screwed with after a kernel or some kind of firmware update, which messed with the adapters drivers.
here are the outputs for lsusb and lspci:
lsusb:
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 2516:012f Cooler Master Co., Ltd. MM710 Gaming Mouse
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0c76:161e JMTek, LLC. USB PnP Audio Device
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 05ac:024f Apple, Inc. Aluminium Keyboard (ANSI)
Bus 001 Device 009: ID 04e8:6864 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd GT-I9070 (network tethering, USB debugging enabled)
Bus 001 Device 010: ID 7392:b611 Edimax Technology Co., Ltd Edimax Wi-Fi AC600 Bluetooth4.0 USB Adapter
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
lspci:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 8th Gen Core Processor Host Bridge/DRAM Registers (rev 07)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6th-10th Gen Core Processor PCIe Controller (x16) (rev 07)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 200 Series/Z370 Chipset Family USB 3.0 xHCI Controller
00:14.2 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation 200 Series PCH Thermal Subsystem
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 200 Series PCH CSME HECI #1
00:17.0 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 200 Series PCH SATA controller [AHCI mode]
00:1d.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 200 Series PCH PCI Express Root Port #12 (rev f0)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Device a2ca
00:1f.2 Memory controller: Intel Corporation 200 Series/Z370 Chipset Family Power Management Controller
00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation 200 Series PCH HD Audio
00:1f.4 SMBus: Intel Corporation 200 Series/Z370 Chipset Family SMBus Controller
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation TU116 [GeForce GTX 1660] (rev a1)
01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation TU116 High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)
01:00.2 USB controller: NVIDIA Corporation TU116 USB 3.1 Host Controller (rev a1)
01:00.3 Serial bus controller: NVIDIA Corporation TU116 USB Type-C UCSI Controller (rev a1)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 15)
i'd like to add that this isnt the first time this has happened, last month not only did i experience similar issues but it also got to the point where even USB tethering (what im using now) stopped working. i would also like to add a link to the USB adapter that i use for WiFi and bluetooth: https://www.edimax.com/edimax/merchandise/merchandise_detail/data/edimax/au/bluetooth/ew-7611ucb/
