[Solved] List of WiFi stations disappears with LM18.x
Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2018 6:06 pm
I help with several computers running Linux Mint, all are on LM 18.x MATE 64-bit and several have wireless connections. The problem is that the list of WiFi stations disappears after a while making it impossible to change WiFi stations via the GUI. (Or at least I haven't found another way?) Even though the list is gone, the wireless connection continues to function properly and connection speeds remain unchanged.
How can I get the list of available WiFi stations to reappear when I right click with the mouse on the network connection icon i.e. those 4 short vertical bars in a triangular shape where Connection Information can also be found?
Some details for one of the old laptops concerned:
inxi -nn replies
How can I get the list of available WiFi stations to reappear when I right click with the mouse on the network connection icon i.e. those 4 short vertical bars in a triangular shape where Connection Information can also be found?
Some details for one of the old laptops concerned:
inxi -nn replies
- Network: Card-1: Broadcom BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY driver: wl
IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
Card-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR8132 Fast Ethernet driver: atl1c
IF: enp5s0 state: down mac: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
- enp5s0 no wireless extensions.
wlp2s0 IEEE 802.11 ESSID:"homeagain"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=200 dBm
Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=60/70 Signal level=-50 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
lo no wireless extensions.