Wifi keeps disconnecting randomly

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Wifi keeps disconnecting randomly

Post by weblike »

Hi,

I have installed Linux mint 19 since has launched and had no problems until few days ago.
The wifi keeps disconnecting randomly after few seconds.
the output of

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sudo inxi -Nn
is:

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Network:   Card-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCIE Gigabit Ethernet Controller
           driver: r8169
           IF: enp2s0 state: down mac: 08:60:6e:db:23:a7
           Card-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter
           driver: ath9k
           IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: 74:e5:43:7c:8a:9a

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Re: Wifi keeps disconnecting randomly

Post by kc1di »

You can try this first and see if it helps. Turn of power saving in Network Manager, you do that by opening the file manager and navigating to /etc/NetworkManager/
once there right click on conf.d and open as administrator change the wifi.powersave = 3 line to wifi.powersave=2 then reboot. If it does not help you can change it back. Good luck.
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Re: Wifi keeps disconnecting randomly

Post by weblike »

I discovered that my new phone kills the wifi for few seconds.
I switched the phone to 4G and that's stopped killing the wifi signal.
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