According to your attached log it appears the wifi problem is a lower- level kernel/hardware/environmental problem:
Aug 12 15:23:29 username-Lenovo-ideapad-310-15ABR kernel: rtlwifi: AP off, try to reconnect now Aug 12 15:23:29 username-Lenovo-ideapad-310-15ABR NetworkManager[480]: <warn> [1502576609.3158] sup-iface[0x6cab43d5e0,wlp1s0]: connection disconnected (reason -4) Aug 12 15:25:22 username-Lenovo-ideapad-310-15ABR kernel: rtlwifi: AP off, try to reconnect now Aug 12 15:25:22 username-Lenovo-ideapad-310-15ABR NetworkManager[480]: <warn> [1502576722.2160] sup-iface[0x6cab43d5e0,wlp1s0]: connection disconnected (reason -4) Aug 12 15:25:42 username-Lenovo-ideapad-310-15ABR kernel: rtlwifi: AP off, try to reconnect now Aug 12 15:25:42 username-Lenovo-ideapad-310-15ABR NetworkManager[480]: <warn> [1502576742.3840] sup-iface[0x6cab43d5e0,wlp1s0]: connection disconnected (reason -4) Aug 12 15:25:58 username-Lenovo-ideapad-310-15ABR NetworkManager[480]: <warn> [1502576758.0536] device (wlp1s0): link timed out. Aug 12 15:25:58 username-Lenovo-ideapad-310-15ABR NetworkManager[480]: <warn> [1502576758.0604] device (wlp1s0): Activation: failed for connection 'MySpectrumWiFiec-2G' Aug 12 15:25:58 username-Lenovo-ideapad-310-15ABR deja-dup-monito[2371]: Source ID 237 was not found when attempting to remove it Aug 12 15:25:58 username-Lenovo-ideapad-310-15ABR gsd-sharing[1120]: Failed to StopUnit service: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.systemd1.NoSuchUnit: Unit rygel.service not loaded. Aug 12 15:25:58 username-Lenovo-ideapad-310-15ABR NetworkManager[480]: <warn> [1502576758.3355] sup-iface[0x6cab43d5e0,wlp1s0]: connection disconnected (reason -3) Aug 12 15:26:01 username-Lenovo-ideapad-310-15ABR deja-dup-monito[2371]: Source ID 237 was not found when attempting to remove it Aug 12 15:26:01 username-Lenovo-ideapad-310-15ABR gsd-sharing[1120]: Failed to StopUnit service: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.systemd1.NoSuchUnit: Unit rygel.service not loaded. Aug 12 15:26:01 username-Lenovo-ideapad-310-15ABR systemd-resolved[647]: Using degraded feature set (UDP) for DNS server 192.168.1.1. Aug 12 15:26:03 username-Lenovo-ideapad-310-15ABR colord[1393]: failed to get session [pid 5025]: No data available Aug 12 15:26:03 username-Lenovo-ideapad-310-15ABR NetworkManager[480]: <warn> [1502576763.2316] dhcp6 (wlp1s0): hostname is not a FQDN, it will be ignored Aug 12 15:26:27 username-Lenovo-ideapad-310-15ABR kernel: rtlwifi: AP off, try to reconnect now Aug 12 15:26:27 username-Lenovo-ideapad-310-15ABR NetworkManager[480]: <warn> [1502576787.8924] sup-iface[0x6cab43d5e0,wlp1s0]: connection disconnected (reason -4) Aug 12 15:26:43 username-Lenovo-ideapad-310-15ABR NetworkManager[480]: <warn> [1502576803.0553] device (wlp1s0): link timed out. Aug 12 15:26:43 username-Lenovo-ideapad-310-15ABR NetworkManager[480]: <warn> [1502576803.0620] device (wlp1s0): Activation: failed for connection 'MySpectrumWiFiec-2G' Aug 12 15:26:43 username-Lenovo-ideapad-310-15ABR gsd-sharing[1120]: Failed to StopUnit service: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.systemd1.NoSuchUnit: Unit rygel.service not loaded. Aug 12 15:26:46 username-Lenovo-ideapad-310-15ABR gsd-sharing[1120]: Failed to StopUnit service: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.systemd1.NoSuchUnit: Unit rygel.service not loaded. Aug 12 15:26:46 username-Lenovo-ideapad-310-15ABR systemd-resolved[647]: Using degraded feature set (UDP) for DNS server 192.168.1.1. Aug 12 15:26:46 username-Lenovo-ideapad-310-15ABR deja-dup-monito[2371]: Source ID 307 was not found when attempting to remove it Aug 12 15:26:48 username-Lenovo-ideapad-310-15ABR colord[1393]: failed to get session [pid 5025]: No data available Aug 12 15:26:51 username-Lenovo-ideapad-310-15ABR NetworkManager[480]: <warn> [1502576811.8712] dhcp6 (wlp1s0): hostname is not a FQDN, it will be ignored Aug 12 15:27:37 username-Lenovo-ideapad-310-15ABR NetworkManager[480]: <warn> [1502576857.0537] dhcp6 (wlp1s0): request timed out Aug 12 15:32:51 username-Lenovo-ideapad-310-15ABR kernel: rtlwifi: AP off, try to reconnect now Aug 12 15:32:51 username-Lenovo-ideapad-310-15ABR NetworkManager[480]: <warn> [1502577171.5725] sup-iface[0x6cab43d5e0,wlp1s0]: connection disconnected (reason -4) Aug 12 15:35:58 username-Lenovo-ideapad-310-15ABR systemd-resolved[647]: Using degraded feature set (UDP) for DNS server 192.168.1.1. Aug 12 15:36:25 username-Lenovo-ideapad-310-15ABR kernel: rtlwifi: AP off, try to reconnect now -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1710425 Title: Wifi icon becomes a white square when connection lost. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1710425/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs