I am having similar issues on 16.04. My wifi keeps dropping and I have to select my SSID to reconnect multiple times a day. I am seeing errors in journalctl that show a firmware error. (attahcing part of journalctl)
hhernandez@hhernandez-Precision-M4800:~$ sudo lshw -C network [sudo] password for hhernandez: *-network description: Ethernet interface product: Ethernet Connection I217-LM vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 19 bus info: pci@0000:00:19.0 logical name: eno1 version: 04 serial: 20:47:47:be:e2:a3 capacity: 1Gbit/s width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=e1000e driverversion=3.2.6-k firmware=0.13-3 latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair resources: irq:28 memory:f7100000-f711ffff memory:f7139000-f7139fff ioport:f040(size=32) *-network description: Wireless interface product: Wireless 7260 vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0 logical name: wlp3s0 version: bb serial: ac:fd:ce:87:67:3e width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless configuration: broadcast=yes driver=iwlwifi driverversion=4.4.0-22-generic firmware=16.242414.0 ip=192.168.254.38 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11abgn resources: irq:32 memory:f7000000-f7001fff ** Attachment added: "iwifi_error.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-firmware/+bug/1568815/+attachment/4693739/+files/iwifi_error.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1568815 Title: iwlwifi 3160 regression - wifi is unstable, bluetooth does not work anymore To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-firmware/+bug/1568815/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs