It was suggested on askubuntu (where the original poster first asked the question) that the issue has to do with the power management kicking in. I have disabled it and will report on whether this is ongoing or it was solved.
output of sudo lspci -v for the Wireless NIC: 01:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless 7260 (rev 6b) Subsystem: Intel Corporation Dual Band Wireless-N 7260 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 61 Memory at f7e00000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K] Capabilities: [c8] Power Management version 3 Capabilities: [d0] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+ Capabilities: [40] Express Endpoint, MSI 00 Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting Capabilities: [140] Device Serial Number 5c-51-4f-ff-ff-38-d4-d4 Capabilities: [14c] Latency Tolerance Reporting Capabilities: [154] Vendor Specific Information: ID=cafe Rev=1 Len=014 <?> Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi I am running Ubuntu 14.04. P.S. With me, reboot is not necessary when this happens. Right click on network manager, disable WiFi, wait 3 seconds, then re-enable WiFi and the connection works again. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1309385 Title: ubuntu 14.04 wi-fi disconnection many time per hour To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1309385/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs