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OK, after weeks of more erratic behaviour I've taken the plunge and bought a new Mac mini to replace both my Linux and Windows desktop boxes. I'm now planning my data migration strategy. I'll keep my existing Windows box as a backup but probably convert it to dual boot Linux and Windows just so I do...

Just an update. I haven't cracked this yet, but the behaviour is so erratic that it's impossible to know what is making a difference and what isn't. My ethernet works for several hours after a reboot but then starts dropping out every 5-10 minutes or so. The WiFi is as described above. I still haven...

The ethernet seems much improved. It drops out for an hour or so two or three times a day and I drop back to the %GHz Wifi network but then the ethernet kicks in again. It's by far the best networking I've had in over 2 years. In fact, I'll be OK if it just stays like this. But I would like to know ...

echo "options rtl8821ae ips=0" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/rtl8821ae.conf I tried that but it made no difference. As to the extender it is downstairs in my living room so makes no real difference to the PC in my study. I'm about 30 feet from the router and that's why I bought the "mor...

- Have you ever rebooted your router since you inserted the PCIe wifi card? - Have you ever booted your PC without the USB adapter plugged-in, since you inserted the PCIe wifi card? Yes, both many times! it would be interesting to know if the card works with the router under Windows I don't know if...

Sorry for the late response, I only just noticed that there was a second page to the thread. The lsusb output: $ lsusb Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0bda:0151 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Mass Storage Device (Multicard Reader) Bus 002 Device 002...

I tried Fedora with exactly the same results: Ethernet rarely connects and if it does only for 5 minutes or so. PCIe WiFi adapter is recognised and it identifies several WiFi networks including my router but cannot connect USB WiFi adapter not recognised. BTW The reason my current Mint distro connec...

I had an idea. I loaded the latest Mint 20.3 ISO file onto a USB stick and booted from that. It was exactly the same. Ethernet wouldn't connect at all. The PCIe Wifi only worked via phone It could see the 2.4GHz router connection and asked for the password but failed to connect. That's a completely ...

I changed the SSID and that made no difference at all. But I pulled out the USB and tried the phone as a hotspot again and I can confirm the PCI card saw it and connected with no problems. It did not see any of the other networks. I put the USB back in and the PCIe continued to work with the phone a...

The USB was plugged in when the PCIe recognized the networks. At the moment though it is only showing the 2.4G network not the 5G, which is odd because previously it showed both (plus some neighbour ones). I can uninstall the 8168 driver easily enough by installing the 8169, it apparently overwrites...

OK, I tried to run the commands with the PCIe connected but as soon as I unplug the USB adapter Network manager stops seeing the PCIe card. I ran iwconfig: $ iwconfig wlp2s0 IEEE 802.11 ESSID:off/any Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=20 dBm Retry short limit:7 RTS thr=2347 B Fragmen...

seems the wifi was disabled while running the script Ah rats! It might have been turned off in Network Manager, I'll need to rerun the commands. Sorry about that. I'll post the new URL later tonight. you have two 2.GHz networks with the same SSID "PLUSNET-K3HHMG" but different MAC address...

This is the URL after running both commands.
Note that I had to cajole my ethernet into working long enough to do the networking stuff so that may affect results,
but the WiFi card alone will not connect to the net. Hopefully, that does not negate the tests


https://termbin.com/82j4

OK, Thanks for the efforts. I'm busy tonight but should get it done tomorrow.

Status update: I currently am getting full speed on my USB adapter on the 5GHz band. I'm still only getting 70Mb on the 2.4G band. I checked the router and it's set to 802.11 b/g/n (up to 300Mbps) I set the channel from auto to 2 (since I noticed some of the neighbour networks are also using 11) [On...

The router is in the adjacent room(where the TV is) about 30 feet(10m) from the PC. As for other networks, I can see 3-5 other networks, presumably my neighbours. However, I live in a detached house and none of them have very powerful signals. Here is the output of the nmcli command: $ nmcli device ...

@HAWR: the driver r8168 is not the kernel driver, which should be in use. Your ethernet is supported by the r8169 kernel driver. Where did you got the r8168 from? The 8168 driver was an attempt to fix the ethernet. A forum post on Linux answers suggested the 8169 could be flaky with old cards so I ...

$ lspci -nnk | grep -i net -A3 02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8812AE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter [10ec:8812] (rev 01) Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8812AE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter [10ec:8812] Kernel driver in use: rtl88...

I just fitted a new PCIe WiFi card and am getting some odd results. The card is seen in Network Manager and it sees the 2..4GHz band login from my router. But it won't connect. If I switch my phone to be a hotspot it is seen and I can connect and get BW of 30Mb on speedtest.net. (which is what I'm u...

alangauld wrote: ⤴Sat Dec 26, 2020 4:59 am
I'll update this thread if it stays up for 24 hours...

So far so good! I'll mark the thread as solved. Hopefully for good...