I tried playing around with various settings on my wireless network (channel, mode, security type) but nothing seemed to make a difference. Then I upgraded the firmware and it was resolved. Fast forward to today and I got a new TP Link router to replace the D-Link. Same issue has come up, I can cause my wireless connection to 'hang' by accessing the twitter website. Again, all other devices are fine, so the issue seems to be with my laptop only, and only in Mint.
Can someone point me in the right direction to start diagnosing this? Is there any kind of log I can review to see what happens at the point my wireless drops?
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$ sudo /usr/lib/linuxmint/mintWifi/mintWifi.py
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* I. scanning WIFI PCI devices...
-- Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8192E/RTL8192SE Wireless LAN Controller (rev 01)
==> PCI ID = 10ec:8192 (rev 01)
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* II. querying ndiswrapper...
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* III. querying iwconfig...
lo no wireless extensions.
wlan0 802.11bgn ESSID:"WiFiFoFum" Nickname:"rtl8192E"
Mode:Managed Frequency=2.462 GHz Access Point: A0:F3:C1:87:71:B0
Bit Rate=65 Mb/s
Retry:on RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:53DB-FA32-986F-A43F-8AC9-F897-282E-71A7 Security mode:open
Power Management period:0us mode:All packets received
Link Quality=93/100 Signal level=-56 dBm Noise level=-116 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
eth0 no wireless extensions.
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* IV. querying ifconfig...
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:24:54:42:62:ea
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:34028 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:25865 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:38125336 (38.1 MB) TX bytes:4323893 (4.3 MB)
Interrupt:19
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:30227 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:30227 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:2622179 (2.6 MB) TX bytes:2622179 (2.6 MB)
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:e0:4c:00:00:01
inet addr:192.168.1.2 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::2e0:4cff:fe00:1/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:604858 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:484108 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:614736947 (614.7 MB) TX bytes:65283261 (65.2 MB)
Interrupt:16 Memory:f8060000-f8060100
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* V. querying DHCP...
Rather than invoking init scripts through /etc/init.d, use the service(8)
utility, e.g. service smbd reload
Since the script you are attempting to invoke has been converted to an
Upstart job, you may also use the reload(8) utility, e.g. reload smbd
RTNETLINK answers: File exists
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* VI. querying nslookup google.com...
Server: 8.8.8.8
Address: 8.8.8.8#53
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: google.com
Address: 173.194.34.128
Name: google.com
Address: 173.194.34.129
Name: google.com
Address: 173.194.34.137
Name: google.com
Address: 173.194.34.133
Name: google.com
Address: 173.194.34.134
Name: google.com
Address: 173.194.34.135
Name: google.com
Address: 173.194.34.136
Name: google.com
Address: 173.194.34.132
Name: google.com
Address: 173.194.34.142
Name: google.com
Address: 173.194.34.131
Name: google.com
Address: 173.194.34.130