<SOLVED> WiFi stopped working in the middle of surfing the Internet; reboot and Timeshift didn't help

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<SOLVED> WiFi stopped working in the middle of surfing the Internet; reboot and Timeshift didn't help

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The system still sees WiFi networks, including my own, and reports being online, but there's no connection. To my knowledge, no updates were going on at the time.To be honest, given the above, I'm not even sure this is a Mint problem, but if anyone had similar issues and found a solution, I'd appreciate your help.

My output to "inxi -Fxz":

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System:    Host: vindici-Lenovo-ideapad-320-15IKB Kernel: 4.15.0-38-generic x86_64
           bits: 64 gcc: 7.3.0
           Desktop: Cinnamon 3.8.9 (Gtk 3.22.30-1ubuntu1)
           Distro: Linux Mint 19 Tara
Machine:   Device: laptop System: LENOVO product: 80XL v: Lenovo ideapad 320-15IKB serial: N/A
           Mobo: LENOVO model: LNVNB161216 v: NO DPK serial: N/A
           UEFI: LENOVO v: 4WCN37WW date: 12/04/2017
Battery    BAT0: charge: 29.6 Wh 98.8% condition: 29.9/30.0 Wh (100%)
           model: LGC L16L2PB2 status: N/A
CPU:       Dual core Intel Pentium 4415U (-MT-MCP-) 
           arch: Kaby Lake rev.9 cache: 2048 KB
           flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 9216
           clock speeds: max: 2300 MHz 1: 937 MHz 2: 998 MHz 3: 999 MHz
           4: 999 MHz
Graphics:  Card-1: Intel Device 5906 bus-ID: 00:02.0
           Card-2: NVIDIA GM108M [GeForce 940MX] bus-ID: 01:00.0
           Display Server: x11 (X.Org 1.19.6 )
           drivers: modesetting,nvidia (unloaded: fbdev,vesa,nouveau)
           Resolution: 1600x900@59.99hz
           OpenGL: renderer: GeForce 940MX/PCIe/SSE2
           version: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 390.77 Direct Render: Yes
Audio:     Card Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1f.3
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.15.0-38-generic
Network:   Card-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCIE Gigabit Ethernet Controller
           driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: 4000 bus-ID: 02:00.0
           IF: enp2s0 state: down mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Realtek RTL8821AE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
           driver: rtl8821ae port: 3000 bus-ID: 03:00.0
           IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 1000.2GB (51.2% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: TOSHIBA_MQ04ABF1 size: 1000.2GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 92G used: 8.3G (10%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2
           ID-2: /home size: 817G used: 462G (60%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda4
           ID-3: swap-1 size: 8.00GB used: 0.00GB (0%)
           fs: swap dev: /dev/sda3
RAID:      No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 46.5C mobo: N/A gpu: 0.0:42C
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 192 Uptime: 36 min Memory: 931.2/7759.7MB
           Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 7.3.0
           Client: Shell (bash 4.4.191) inxi: 2.3.56
My output to "rfkill list":

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0: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no
1: ideapad_bluetooth: Bluetooth
	Soft blocked: yes
	Hard blocked: no
2: phy0: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no
3: hci0: Bluetooth
	Soft blocked: yes
	Hard blocked: no[\code]
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