Plugging In Iphone Disables Wifi

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@ stevef Thank you for the reply!!!

Yes, the restore point tool is called 'System Restore Utility' and uses a program called Timeshift.
Found under Menu-> System->
However it only runs on demand (not automatically) so unless you have run it fairly recently it won't help here.

Evidently I do not have enough SSD space to run this program and have not run it manually so I doubt I even have a usable restore point.  Something I should probably maintain in the future once I reformat my OS.

I do have a wifi symbol at the bottom right-hand side of the screen.  It looks like a monitor but has an "x" indicating no network.
I am unable to turn on wifi via network manager, it is grayed out and not selectable.  Enable networking box is selected.
My version of LL does not have "Advanced Network Configuration."  It does have network manager, which just shows the WiFi newtworks I've been previously connected to and a bit of their information.  It does not show available networks, nor does it show my neighbors' wifi, which is always listed.

Code:

sudo lshw -class network

at the prompt followed by return and your password when asked.  Use the mouse to select and copy the result and post it back here using another machine if necessary.

Entering that code into the terminal results in:

Code:

*-network                 
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller
       vendor: Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:09:00.0
       logical name: enp9s0
       version: 12
       serial: 00:1d:09:52:23:85
       capacity: 100Mbit/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=sky2 driverversion=1.30 latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair
       resources: irq:24 memory:fe8fc000-fe8fffff ioport:de00(size=256)
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface
       product: BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY
       vendor: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:0b:00.0
       logical name: wlan0
       version: 01
       serial: 00:1f:e1:1b:8c:82
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=b43 driverversion=4.15.0-176-generic firmware=666.2 latency=0 link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11
       resources: irq:17 memory:fe7fc000-fe7fffff

I did have to copy and paste to another machine I did my best to keep the layout as it was in the terminal.

Let me know if you see anything from that.  It shows my Wi-Fi network has been disabled.