wifi connection degrading with time

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veroastro
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wifi connection degrading with time

Post by veroastro »

hi.
I installed linux mint19 cinnamon 5 days ago- there were no problems with wifi for a couple of day, except it would disconnect during the night. then yesterday started with asking me for the authentication password quite a few times then that stopped today. then the wifi would disconnect and would be slow when it connected. if i turned wifi off and then on, then it connected instantly.... now it says it is connected but there is no internet. i connected through my phone with teethering and the connection is kinda slow but not like before. I have anusb bluetooth as well that i connected today. Thank you
lo no wireless extensions. iwconfig
wlp3s0f0 IEEE 802.11 ESSID:"TIM-28693023"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: 10:13:31:B5:D2:1F
Bit Rate=1 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry short long limit:2 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=26/70 Signal level=-84 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:759 Invalid misc:86 Missed beacon:0

enp0s29u1u3 no wireless extensions.

enp2s0f1 no wireless extensions.

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 inxi -Fxz
System:    Host: veroastro-X550LA Kernel: 4.15.0-30-generic x86_64
           bits: 64 gcc: 7.3.0
           Desktop: Cinnamon 3.8.8 (Gtk 3.22.30-1ubuntu1)
           Distro: Linux Mint 19 Tara
Machine:   Device: laptop System: ASUSTeK product: X550LA v: 1.0 serial: N/A
           Mobo: ASUSTeK model: X550LA v: 1.0 serial: N/A
           UEFI: American Megatrends v: X550LA.509 date: 06/26/2014
Battery    BAT0: charge: 36.9 Wh 100.0% condition: 36.9/38.5 Wh (96%)
           model: ASUSTeK X550A26 status: Discharging
CPU:       Dual core Intel Core i3-4030U (-MT-MCP-) 
           arch: Haswell rev.1 cache: 3072 KB
           flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 7582
           clock speeds: max: 1800 MHz 1: 1787 MHz 2: 1713 MHz 3: 1645 MHz
           4: 1684 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics Controller
           bus-ID: 00:02.0
           Display Server: x11 (X.Org 1.19.6 )
           drivers: modesetting (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 1366x768@60.00hz
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Haswell Mobile
           version: 4.5 Mesa 18.0.5 Direct Render: Yes
Audio:     Card-1 Intel 8 Series HD Audio Controller
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
           Card-2 Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio Controller
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:03.0
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.15.0-30-generic
Network:   Card-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCIE Gigabit Ethernet Controller
           driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: e000 bus-ID: 02:00.1
           IF: enp2s0f1 state: down mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Ralink RT3290 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe
           driver: rt2800pci v: 2.3.0 bus-ID: 03:00.0
           IF: wlp3s0f0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 500.1GB (18.6% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: TOSHIBA_MQ01ABF0 size: 500.1GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 454G used: 83G (20%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/dm-0
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 4.17GB used: 0.00GB (0%)
           fs: swap dev: /dev/dm-1
RAID:      No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 46.5C mobo: N/A
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: 2600
Info:      Processes: 244 Uptime: 25 min Memory: 2140.6/3829.2MB
           Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 7.3.0
           Client: Shell (bash 4.4.191) inxi: 2.3.56 

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 rfkill list
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no
1: hci0: Bluetooth
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no
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[code] iwconfig
wlp3s0f0  IEEE 802.11  ESSID:"TIM-28693023"  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: 10:13:31:B5:D2:1F   
          Bit Rate=1 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   
          Retry short  long limit:2   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=26/70  Signal level=-84 dBm  
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:759  Invalid misc:86   Missed beacon:0

enp0s29u1u3  no wireless extensions.

enp2s0f1  no wireless extensions.

lo        no wireless extensions.

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JeremyB
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Re: wifi connection degrading with time

Post by JeremyB »

I would follow some steps on https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php ... st13614520 to start with. Some wifi devices don't like power management being enabled, or TKIP/WEP encryption
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Re: wifi connection degrading with time

Post by veroastro »

I did but it stil keeps disconnecting every 2 minutes------
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Re: wifi connection degrading with time

Post by trytip »

iwconfig
Tx excessive retries:759 Invalid misc:86 Missed beacon:0
it's ok to have numerous Invalid misc: (even in the 10,000+ this is ok) but more than 2 or 4 Tx excessive retries: means yes you have a bad handshake between kernel+network manager+wifi+router
do you get anything close to the speed you're paying for? test here https://www.google.com/search?q=isp+speed+test click the blue RUN SPEED TEST button

one simple way to test if it's kernel, boot with an older mint or other distro test the speed a couple of times and then run iwconfig to see your Tx excessive retries: and Invalid misc:
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