Wireless not connecting...

[Robert Heller]

I just installed 18.04 on an older Hp Laptop.  Everything is working, except 
(of course!) the WiFi.

The WiFi NIC is a Realtek Semiconductor Co. RTL8188EE Wireless Network Adapter 
(rev 01).

The OS sees the device:

wlo1: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        ether c8:ff:28:c5:d2:58  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

And the device in fact sees the wireless AP (in fact various SSIDs, like 
people's phones).  But it fails to connect.

The wirless AP log is showing this:

May 28 15:10:49 wirelessap wireless: ath0     Registered node:C8:FF:28:C5:D2:58
May 28 15:11:33 wirelessap wireless: ath0     Received deauth from c8:ff:28:c5:d2:58. Reason: Deauthenticated because sending STA is leaving (or has left) the basic service area (3).
May 28 15:11:33 wirelessap wireless: ath0     STA-TRAFFIC-STAT mac=c8:ff:28:c5:d2:58 rx_packets=27 rx_bytes=2902 tx_packets=1 tx_bytes=54
May 28 15:11:33 wirelessap wireless: ath0     Expired node:C8:FF:28:C5:D2:58
May 28 15:11:35 wirelessap wireless: ath0     Registered node:C8:FF:28:C5:D2:58
May 28 15:12:20 wirelessap wireless: ath0     Received deauth from c8:ff:28:c5:d2:58. Reason: Deauthenticated because sending STA is leaving (or has left) the basic service area (3).
May 28 15:12:20 wirelessap wireless: ath0     STA-TRAFFIC-STAT mac=c8:ff:28:c5:d2:58 rx_packets=28 rx_bytes=3002 tx_packets=1 tx_bytes=54
May 28 15:12:20 wirelessap wireless: ath0     Expired node:C8:FF:28:C5:D2:58
May 28 15:14:21 wirelessap wireless: ath0     Registered node:C8:FF:28:C5:D2:58
May 28 15:15:06 wirelessap wireless: ath0     Received deauth from c8:ff:28:c5:d2:58. Reason: Deauthenticated because sending STA is leaving (or has left) the basic service area (3).
May 28 15:15:06 wirelessap wireless: ath0     STA-TRAFFIC-STAT mac=c8:ff:28:c5:d2:58 rx_packets=26 rx_bytes=3348 tx_packets=1 tx_bytes=54
May 28 15:15:06 wirelessap wireless: ath0     Expired node:C8:FF:28:C5:D2:58
May 28 15:17:36 wirelessap wireless: ath0     Registered node:C8:FF:28:C5:D2:58
May 28 15:18:21 wirelessap wireless: ath0     Received deauth from c8:ff:28:c5:d2:58. Reason: Deauthenticated because sending STA is leaving (or has left) the basic service area (3).

(this is repeated...)

The laptop's wired network works just fine.

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