So this has been a long time problem that I hoped would get fixed with some software updates. My desktop machine has been having wireless connectivity problems since an update on 14.10 and now I have installed 15.04 and replaced the network adapter yet my problem remains. Replacing the network adapter seemed to help but not completely resolve my problem. I can connect to my wireless access point but the connection periodically just drops and I have to restart the computer to get it back. Now for some basic info to help:
ifconfig
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:e0:4c:88:12:00
inet addr:10.0.0.3 Bcast:10.0.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::2e0:4cff:fe88:1200/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:64 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:97 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:9694 (9.6 KB) TX bytes:13897 (13.8 KB)
iwconfig
wlan0 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:"MattWeb"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: E4:F4:C6:FB:35:89
Bit Rate=300 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry short limit:7 RTS thr=2347 B Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=66/70 Signal level=-44 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:2 Missed beacon:0
lspci -knn | grep Net -A2
03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8812AE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter [10ec:8812] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Qualcomm Atheros Device [168c:6108]
Kernel driver in use: rtl8821ae
Thanks for the help.
Best Answer
The kernel driver for this adapter is not very good.
There is a better driver from Realtek. You can install it this way
Then reboot.