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[basem kheyar <basjam@xxxxxxxxx>]

Restarting nm-applet fixes it for me every time.

Just to be clear about the issue:

WIFI works fine from a fresh boot, and after resume from suspend, it
connects to any automatically configured network.

Problem (Issue): 
    1-After resume, nm-applet (network indicator) icon does one of the following randomly every time:
       a- shows a wired connection icon.
       b- shows no connection icon.

In both  cases (1-a or 1-b),  
    3- the wifi is connected and working. I Confirmed using a web browser.
    4- the list doesn't show available wifi networks or the current connected network. It shows a "disconnect" button though

The main problem is that I cannot connect to a different wifi-network
due to issue (4). And if for some reason I lost connection, I cannot
reconnect.

restarting "network-manager.service" doesn't fix the issue for me.



Fix for me:
Restart nm-applet.

I used the following method:
1- run gnome-system-monitor.
2- in the processes tab, look for (nm-applet).
3- select it and press "End Process"
4- confirm "End Process" in the dialog.
5- start a terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) or press (Alt+F2)
6- type in "nm-applet" and enter

after the fix, the network-indicator shows the correct icon and signal
strength for wifi. & in the list, I could see all available wifi
connections.

More info:
lspci:
01:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless 8260 (rev 3a)

kernel: 4.8.0-37-generic
OS:Ubuntu 16.10, unity 7.5.0  
Laptop make: Xiaomi-mi-notebook 12.5


Restarting (nm-applet) automatically after every suspend should (in theory) fix the problem. I don't know how to do that.... yet.


Please let me know if more information is missing as this is my first entry, and I'll add how to restart (nm-applet) automatically once I find out how to,

Basem.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1575655

Title:
  the network indicator shows the wrong status

Status in indicator-applet package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Description:	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  Release:	16.04

  indicator-applet:
    Installed: (none)
    Candidate: 12.10.2+15.04.20141127.2-0ubuntu1
    Version table:
       12.10.2+15.04.20141127.2-0ubuntu1 500
          500 http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 Packages

  The network indicator sometimes shows the icon for wired connections
  and sometimes claims wifi without connection even though I'm
  consistently connected over wifi. I don't mean to say that it switches
  between these two or that always is wrong. But sometimes my connected
  to wifi symbol changes to wired. Other times it will change to the no
  connection wifi. The info is correct on boot, but switches over time,
  possibly after suspension.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: indicator-applet (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-21.37-generic 4.4.6
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-21-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Wed Apr 27 14:54:42 2016
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-04-08 (18 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Beta amd64 (20160323)
  SourcePackage: indicator-applet
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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