Mediatek MT7160U randomly can't access internet
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Mediatek MT7160U randomly can't access internet
I apologize if this has already been answered. Tired of Microsoft so installed Mint 20.3. I have a USB Wifi stick with a Mediatek chipset - MT7610U. Every so often the internet becomes unreachable. I disable and reenable the wifi stick and all is well. Is there a place to download and install an updated driver? And if there is, can you provide simple instructions for this old Windows guy? Thanks much.
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Re: Mediatek MT7160U randomly can't access internet
Without some technical information about the machine, we can’t help you. Please post an
Here is how to generate the report and post it:
Open a terminal window (Ctrl-Alt-t). Make it fullscreen to avoid unneeded linebreaks or chopped lines. Copy the following code and paste into the terminal (Ctrl-Shft-V) then hit Enter/Return:
Go to Edit, Select All, and then Copy, come back here, click on reply then code tags, </>, and then paste.
The results will help us to help you.
inxi -Fxpmzr report. This will give us a concise overview of your hardware and how Mint sees it per How to get help . Here is how to generate the report and post it:
Open a terminal window (Ctrl-Alt-t). Make it fullscreen to avoid unneeded linebreaks or chopped lines. Copy the following code and paste into the terminal (Ctrl-Shft-V) then hit Enter/Return:
Code: Select all
inxi -Fxpmrz Go to Edit, Select All, and then Copy, come back here, click on reply then code tags, </>, and then paste.
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Re: Mediatek MT7160U randomly can't access internet
I had the similar problem, randomly I would loose internet connection after I installed pCloud cloud storage software. I finally fixed it with the "nuclear" solution. I deleted my partition on disk A (I have LM 20.3 on disk A and all of my data on disk B) and reinstalled LM 20.3. I had to do that to all three of my systems but it cured the problem. Apparently I got some code installed over the years that conflicted with the pCloud software.