Instalei o Ubuntu 16.04 no meu novo MSI GE72 e tive problemas com meus dispositivos de rede. Eu tenho o WIN10 nesta máquina, portanto não é um problema de hardware. Vou colocar algumas listagens.
lshw -C network
*-network UNCLAIMED
description: Network controller
product: Intel Corporation
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
version: 10
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:df300000-df301fff
*-network UNCLAIMED
description: Ethernet controller
product: Qualcomm Atheros
vendor: Qualcomm Atheros
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
version: 10
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm pciexpress msi msix bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:df200000-df23ffff ioport:d000(size=128)
lspci -vnn | grep Network
02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:24fb] (rev 10)
lsmod
Module Size Used by
bnep 20480 2
msi_wmi 16384 0
sparse_keymap 16384 1 msi_wmi
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 53248 1
x86_pkg_temp_thermal 16384 0
coretemp 16384 0
kvm_intel 172032 0
kvm 536576 1 kvm_intel
snd_hda_codec_realtek 86016 1
snd_hda_codec_generic 77824 1 snd_hda_codec_realtek
irqbypass 16384 1 kvm
crct10dif_pclmul 16384 0
snd_hda_intel 36864 3
crc32_pclmul 16384 0
snd_hda_codec 135168 4 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_intel
snd_hda_core 73728 5 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 16384 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 106496 4 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_core
aesni_intel 167936 0
snd_seq_midi 16384 0
aes_x86_64 20480 1 aesni_intel
snd_seq_midi_event 16384 1 snd_seq_midi
lrw 16384 1 aesni_intel
gf128mul 16384 1 lrw
snd_rawmidi 32768 1 snd_seq_midi
glue_helper 16384 1 aesni_intel
ablk_helper 16384 1 aesni_intel
cryptd 20480 2 aesni_intel,ablk_helper
snd_seq 69632 2 snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq_midi
uvcvideo 90112 0
snd_seq_device 16384 3 snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_midi
snd_timer 32768 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
videobuf2_vmalloc 16384 1 uvcvideo
videobuf2_memops 16384 1 videobuf2_vmalloc
videobuf2_v4l2 28672 1 uvcvideo
videobuf2_core 36864 2 uvcvideo,videobuf2_v4l2
joydev 20480 0
v4l2_common 16384 1 videobuf2_v4l2
input_leds 16384 0
videodev 176128 4 uvcvideo,v4l2_common,videobuf2_core,videobuf2_v4l2
snd 81920 17 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_seq_device
serio_raw 16384 0
media 24576 2 uvcvideo,videodev
soundcore 16384 1 snd
btusb 45056 0
btrtl 16384 1 btusb
mei_me 36864 0
mei 98304 1 mei_me
shpchp 36864 0
hci_uart 77824 0
btbcm 16384 2 btusb,hci_uart
btqca 16384 1 hci_uart
btintel 16384 2 btusb,hci_uart
bluetooth 520192 11 bnep,btbcm,btqca,btrtl,btusb,hci_uart,btintel
intel_lpss_acpi 16384 0
tpm_crb 16384 0
intel_lpss 16384 1 intel_lpss_acpi
acpi_pad 20480 0
mac_hid 16384 0
acpi_als 16384 0
kfifo_buf 16384 1 acpi_als
industrialio 57344 2 acpi_als,kfifo_buf
parport_pc 32768 0
ppdev 20480 0
lp 20480 0
parport 49152 3 lp,ppdev,parport_pc
autofs4 40960 2
usbhid 49152 0
nouveau 1495040 0
i915_bpo 1261568 3
mxm_wmi 16384 1 nouveau
ttm 94208 1 nouveau
intel_ips 20480 1 i915_bpo
i2c_algo_bit 16384 2 i915_bpo,nouveau
psmouse 126976 0
drm_kms_helper 147456 2 i915_bpo,nouveau
syscopyarea 16384 1 drm_kms_helper
sysfillrect 16384 1 drm_kms_helper
sysimgblt 16384 1 drm_kms_helper
fb_sys_fops 16384 1 drm_kms_helper
ahci 36864 4
drm 360448 7 ttm,i915_bpo,drm_kms_helper,nouveau
libahci 32768 1 ahci
wmi 20480 3 msi_wmi,mxm_wmi,nouveau
video 40960 3 i915_bpo,msi_wmi,nouveau
pinctrl_sunrisepoint 28672 0
i2c_hid 20480 0
pinctrl_intel 20480 1 pinctrl_sunrisepoint
hid 118784 2 i2c_hid,usbhid
fjes 28672 0
cat /etc/lsb-release; uname -a
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=16.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=xenial
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS"
Linux demboo-GE72-7RD 4.4.0-31-generic #50-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jul 13 00:07:12 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net
02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:24fb] (rev 10)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:2110]
03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Qualcomm Atheros Device [1969:e0b1] (rev 10)
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device [1462:11c9]
Os dispositivos de rede não são suportados pelo kernel 4.4.
A solução mais fácil é fazer uma nova instalação do Ubuntu 16.04.2 que estará disponível para download em breve (provavelmente amanhã). Ele suportará o adaptador sem fio com certeza e também o Ethernet.
Outra solução fácil é instalar o Ubuntu 16.10.
Você também pode instalar o kernel 4.8 no Ubuntu 16.04, mas é uma tarefa um pouco mais complexa sem conexão com a Internet.
testado em hortelã 18.1 (baseado em 16.04 LTS)
para placa ethernet abra um terminal e digite
sudo modprobe alx
echo 1969 e0b1 | sudo tee /sys/bus/pci/drivers/alx/new_id