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I am unable to connect to wifi - the option of wireless connectivity is not shown; there is the only the option of ethernet. I am using Ubuntu version 16.04.

$ lspci -knn | grep Net -A2
05:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:24fb] (rev 10)
    DeviceName: Intel Dual BandWireless-AC 3168 802.11 ac 1x1 WiFi + BT 4.0 Combo Adapter
    Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:2110] 

$ ifconfig wlan0
wlan0: error fetching interface information: Device not found
$ modprobe iwl3945
modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'iwl3945': Operation not permitted
$ ifconfig wlan0 up
wlan0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device

the screen shot of the problem wifi option is not there top right corner

Pilot6
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    Please [edit] your question and add output of lspci -knn | grep Net -A2 terminal command. – Pilot6 Nov 10 '16 at 20:37
  • #lspci -knn | grep Net -A2 05:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:24fb] (rev 10) DeviceName: Intel Dual BandWireless-AC 3168 802.11 ac 1x1 WiFi + BT 4.0 Combo Adapter Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:2110] – Ambuj Dhakad Nov 10 '16 at 20:58
  • The command you are looking for is: sudo modprobe iwlwifi – chili555 Nov 10 '16 at 21:14
  • @chili555 iwlwifi does not support the device on the 4.4 kernel. – Pilot6 Nov 10 '16 at 21:22
  • @AmbujDhakad Please also add output of uname -a; dmesg | grep iwl. – Pilot6 Nov 10 '16 at 21:56
  • The 4.8 kernel did not install for some reason. I did not check the PPA yet. Anyway you need the 4.8 kernel to get the wireless work. – Pilot6 Nov 10 '16 at 22:10

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This adapter is supported since kernel 4.6.

The kernel version in Ubuntu 16.04 is 4.4.

You can install kernel 4.8 to Ubuntu 16.04 this way:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:canonical-kernel-team/ppa 
sudo apt update
sudo apt install linux-generic-lts-yakkety
sudo add-apt-repository -r ppa:canonical-kernel-team/ppa

Reboot after you do it.

After the linux-generic-lts-yakkety package appears in main Ubuntu repositories (it should happen soon) it will start getting updates.

You also need to install firmware this can be done by

wget http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/main/l/linux-firmware/linux-firmware_1.161_all.deb
sudo dpkg -i linux-firmware_1.161_all.deb
Pilot6
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    sudo add-apt-repository -r ppa:canonical-kernel-team/ppa sudo: unable to resolve host ambuj-pc This ppa is used for building pre-release and test kernels.

    It IS NOT RECOMMENDED that you subscribe to this PPA.

    More info: https://launchpad.net/~canonical-kernel-team/+archive/ubuntu/ppa Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel removing it

     – Ambuj Dhakad Nov 10 '16 at 21:20
  • So press Enter. The PPA will be removed by the last command. – Pilot6 Nov 10 '16 at 21:20
  • it didn't worked after the booting , problem is still same.i followed the process – Ambuj Dhakad Nov 10 '16 at 21:30
  • You need the firmware. Install it and reboot again. – Pilot6 Nov 10 '16 at 21:31
  • It works for me. Just run the command. Do not type it. Copy and paste it to the terminal. – Pilot6 Nov 10 '16 at 21:35
  • everything done still problem remains same – Ambuj Dhakad Nov 10 '16 at 21:42
  • Please add the output of lspci -knn | grep Net -A2; rfkill list again TO YOUR QUESTION. – Pilot6 Nov 10 '16 at 21:45
  • As of 2017-09-17, the linux-generic-lts-yakkety package is gone, but this answer helped me: https://askubuntu.com/a/907894/324965 – Guntram Blohm Sep 17 '17 at 10:33