RealTek RTL8821AE not starting on ASUS x550j laptop

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    ======== Wireless-Info START ========

System-Info ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

k-X550JX 4.2.0-34-generic x86_64,  Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS, trusty

CPU    : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4720HQ CPU @ 2.60GHz
Memory : 7873 MB
Uptime : 00:03:00 up 5 min,  2 users,  load average: 0.42, 0.28, 0.13


lspci ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8821AE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter [10ec:8821]
    Subsystem: AzureWave Device [1a3b:2161]
04:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device [10ec:5287] (rev 01)
--
04:00.1 Etheet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Etheet Controller [10ec:8168] (rev 12)
    Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:200f]
    Keel driver in use: r8169


lsusb ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 04f2:b48c Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd 
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 13d3:3414 IMC Networks 
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 046d:c077 Logitech, Inc. M105 Optical Mouse
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub


PCMCIA Card Info ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



iwconfig ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



rfkill ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

      Interface               Soft blocked  Hard blocked
0: hci0: Bluetooth                no            no
1: asus-wlan: Wireless LAN        no            no
2: asus-bluetooth: Bluetooth      no            no


lsmod ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

asus_nb_wmi            24576  0 
asus_wmi               28672  1 asus_nb_wmi
mxm_wmi                16384  0 
sparse_keymap          16384  1 asus_wmi
video                  40960  2 i915,asus_wmi
wmi                    20480  2 mxm_wmi,asus_wmi


module parameters ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

asus_nb_wmi   (1): wapf=1
video         (3): allow_duplicates=N | brightness_switch_enabled=Y | disable_backlight_sysfs_if=-1
wmi           (2): debug_dump_wdg=N | debug_event=N


nm-tool ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

State: coected (global)
============================o=======o========o====  =======o=========o===========o==============o=====  ======
 Interface & ID             | Type  | Driver | State     | Default | Speed     | Support      | HW Addr   
============================o=======o========o====  =======o=========o===========o==============o=====  ======
 eth0  [Wired coection 1] | Wired | r8169  | coected | yes     | 100 Mb/s  |              | <MAC eth0>

    Address:         192.168.1.15
    Prefix:          24 (255.255.255.0)
    Gateway:         192.168.1.254
    DNS:             192.168.1.254
----------------------------+-------+--------+-----------+---------+-----------+--------------+-----------


NetworkManager.state ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[main]
NetworkingEnabled=true
WirelessEnabled=true
WWANEnabled=true
WimaxEnabled=true


NetworkManager.conf ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[main]
plugins=ifupdown,keyfile,ofono
dns=dnsmasq

[ifupdown]
managed=false


NM WiFi Profiles ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

NTUSECURE            : ssid=NTUSECURE | mac-address=<MAC wlan0> | ipv4=auto 
NTUWL                : ssid=NTUWL | mac-address=<MAC wlan0> | ipv4=auto | ipv6=auto 
SINGTEL-E64B         : ssid=SINGTEL-E64B | mac-address=<MAC wlan0> | ipv4=auto | ipv6=auto 
what wifi            : ssid=what wifi | mac-address=<MAC wlan0> | ipv4=auto | ipv6=auto 


interfaces ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

# interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

resolv.conf ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

nameserver 127.0.1.1


Routes & Ping ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Keel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
0.0.0.0         192.168.1.254   0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0 eth0
192.168.1.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     1      0        0 eth0

--- 192.168.1.254 ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 2 received, 33% packet loss, time 2010ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 15.907/46.328/76.750/30.422 ms

--- 127.0.1.1 ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 2 received, 0% packet loss, time 999ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.012/0.017/0.022/0.005 ms


iw reg get ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

(Region : "en_SG.UTF-8")
country 00:
    (2402 - 2472 @ 40), (3, 20)
    (2457 - 2482 @ 40), (3, 20), PASSIVE-SCAN, NO-IBSS
    (2474 - 2494 @ 20), (3, 20), NO-OFDM, PASSIVE-SCAN, NO-IBSS
    (5170 - 5250 @ 40), (3, 20), PASSIVE-SCAN, NO-IBSS
    (5735 - 5835 @ 40), (3, 20), PASSIVE-SCAN, NO-IBSS


iwlist chan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

           - 


iwlist scan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



blacklist ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-ath_pci.conf]
blacklist ath_pci


modinfo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[asus_nb_wmi]
filename:       /lib/modules/4.2.0-34-generic/keel/drivers/platform/x86/asus-nb-wmi.ko
srcversion:     CE32C9C3CCE4BE7F4B5B168
depends:        asus-wmi
parm:           wapf:WAPF value (uint)

[asus_wmi]
filename:       /lib/modules/4.2.0-34-generic/keel/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.ko
srcversion:     D385C89D75055532B951C20
depends:        sparse-keymap,wmi,video

[mxm_wmi]
filename:       /lib/modules/4.2.0-34-generic/keel/drivers/platform/x86/mxm-wmi.ko
srcversion:     D566C16ECB7E11FB9DF5C84
depends:        wmi

[video]
filename:       /lib/modules/4.2.0-34-generic/keel/drivers/acpi/video.ko
srcversion:     F9D08BA7BA107EEB1492A78
depends:        
parm:           brightness_switch_enabled:bool
parm:           allow_duplicates:bool
parm:           disable_backlight_sysfs_if:int

[wmi]
filename:       /lib/modules/4.2.0-34-generic/keel/drivers/platform/x86/wmi.ko
srcversion:     41F0EAB96A1B6E1B29D03E9
depends:        
parm:           debug_event:Log WMI Events [0/1] (bool)
parm:           debug_dump_wdg:Dump available WMI interfaces [0/1] (bool)


udev rules ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

# PCI device 0x10ec:0x8168 (r8169)
SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="<MAC eth0>", ATTR{dev_id}=="0x0", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="eth0"

# PCI device 0x10ec:0x8821 (rtl8821ae)
SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="<MAC wlan0>", ATTR{dev_id}=="0x0", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="wlan*", NAME="wlan0"


Custom files/entries ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

/etc/modules        : Default
/etc/rc.local       : Default
/etc/modprobe.d     : Not Default
/etc/pm/(cnf|pw|sl) : Default

[/etc/modprobe.d]
asus_nb_wmi.conf  : options asus_nb_wmi wapf=1
blacklist-native-rtl8192.conf: install rtl8192cu /bin/false
                    install rtl8192c_common /bin/false
                    install rtlwifi /bin/false
iwlwifi.conf      : remove iwlwifi 
                    (/sbin/lsmod | grep -o -e ^iwlmvm -e ^iwldvm -e ^iwlwifi | xargs /sbin/rmmod) 
                    && /sbin/modprobe -r mac80211
mlx4.conf         : softdep mlx4_core post: mlx4_en
rtl8821ae.conf    : options rtl8821ae swenc=1 ips=0 fwlps=0


Keel boot line ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.2.0-34-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=9c564aa5-1c6d-461b-9c14-33cbf7b0adf0 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7


dmesg ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[    0.017314] Initializing cgroup subsys net_cls
[    0.017316] Initializing cgroup subsys net_prio
[    0.372508] microcode: Microcode Update Driver: v2.00 <tigran@aivazian.fsnet.co.uk>, Peter Oruba
[    0.372817] audit: initializing netlink subsys (disabled)
[    0.432787] r8169 Gigabit Etheet driver 2.3LK-NAPI loaded
[   11.259364] wmi: Mapper loaded
[   11.301311] Bluetooth: hci0: rtl: examining hci_ver=06 hci_rev=000a lmp_ver=06 lmp_subver=8821
[   11.301314] Bluetooth: hci0: rtl: loading rtl_bt/rtl8821a_fw.bin
[   11.374009] asus_wmi: ASUS WMI generic driver loaded
[   11.375155] asus_wmi: Initialization: 0x1
[   11.375187] asus_wmi: BIOS WMI version: 7.9
[   11.375223] asus_wmi: SFUN value: 0x4a0877
[   11.376117] input: Asus WMI hotkeys as /devices/platform/asus-nb-wmi/input/input13
[   11.385760] asus_wmi: Number of fans: 1
[   11.672533] bluetooth hci0: Direct firmware load for rtl_bt/rtl8821a_fw.bin failed with error -2
[   11.672537] Bluetooth: hci0: Failed to load rtl_bt/rtl8821a_fw.bin
[   14.730166] Bluetooth: BNEP (Etheet Emulation) ver 1.3

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