Intermittent Wi-Fi Connection
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Intermittent Wi-Fi Connection
After a random period of time, i get disconnected to the internet. My Icon says it is connected but I am unable to connect. I need to restart network-manager service before reconnecting to the internet.
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Re: Intermittent Wi-Fi Connection
Hello cbp1211 and Welcome Linux Mint Forums,
could you go to a terminal and enter this command and post the output here:
could you go to a terminal and enter this command and post the output here:
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inxi -Fxz
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Re: Intermittent Wi-Fi Connection
Apologies for the late reply. Please see result below. Thank you.
System: Host: XXXXXX Kernel: 4.10.0-42-generic x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 5.4.0)
Desktop: Cinnamon 3.6.6 (Gtk 3.18.9-1ubuntu3.3) Distro: Linux Mint 18.3 Sylvia
Machine: System: LENOVO (portable) product: 80TU v: Lenovo ideapad 310-14IKB
CPU: Dual core Intel Core i5-7200U (-HT-MCP-) cache: 3072 KB
flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 10848
clock speeds: max: 3100 MHz 1: 593 MHz 2: 590 MHz 3: 596 MHz 4: 591 MHz
Graphics: Card-1: Intel Device 5916 bus-ID: 00:02.0
Card-2: NVIDIA Device 134f bus-ID: 03:00.0
Display Server: X.Org 1.18.4 driver: nvidia Resolution: 1920x1080@60.02hz
GLX Renderer: GeForce 920MX/PCIe/SSE2 GLX Version: 4.5.0 NVIDIA 384.90 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio: Card Intel Device 9d71 driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1f.3 Sound: ALSA v: k4.10.0-42-generic
Network: Card-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: 5000 bus-ID: 01:00.0
IF: enp1s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Card-2: Realtek RTL8821AE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
driver: rtl8821ae port: 4000 bus-ID: 02:00.0
IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives: HDD Total Size: 1000.2GB (28.2% used) ID-1: /dev/sda model: TOSHIBA_MQ01ABD1 size: 1000.2GB temp: 31C
Partition: ID-1: / size: 905G used: 251G (30%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/dm-1
ID-2: /boot size: 472M used: 179M (40%) fs: ext2 dev: /dev/sda1
ID-3: swap-1 size: 12.78GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/dm-2
RAID: No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 47.0C mobo: N/A gpu: 0.0:43C
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 231 Uptime: 10 min Memory: 1580.8/11914.3MB Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 5.4.0
Client: Shell (bash 4.3.481) inxi: 2.2.35
Re: Intermittent Wi-Fi Connection
This page may be of help :
https://medium.com/@elmaxx/rtl8821ae-wi ... 1286524afa
https://medium.com/@elmaxx/rtl8821ae-wi ... 1286524afa
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Linux Mint Installation Guide: http://linuxmint-installation-guide.rea ... en/latest/
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Re: Intermittent Wi-Fi Connection
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sudo sed -i 's/wifi.powersave = 3/wifi.powersave = 2/' /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/default-wifi-powersave-on.conf
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systemctl restart network-manager.service