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imperatorstorm

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Registered: 2021-09-20

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PAU06 usb wifi adapter unstable and very slow wifi connection

Title, my PAU06 usb wifi adapter which I've had for a long while has constantly had a terrible wifi connection and recently has horrible wifi stability, cutting out constantly, whereas all other devices work fine.

% lsmod | grep rt
rt2800usb              28672  0
rt2x00usb              28672  1 rt2800usb
rt2800lib             143360  1 rt2800usb
rt2x00lib              90112  3 rt2800usb,rt2x00usb,rt2800lib
btrtl                  28672  1 btusb
mac80211             1183744  3 rt2x00lib,rt2x00usb,rt2800lib
bluetooth             729088  45 btrtl,btintel,btbcm,bnep,btusb,rfcomm
cfg80211             1044480  2 rt2x00lib,mac80211
rfkill                 32768  9 rt2x00lib,bluetooth,cfg80211

% lsusb | grep rt
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 148f:5372 Ralink Technology, Corp. RT5372 Wireless Adapter

relevant logs from journalctl every time it disconnects

Sep 20 15:47:32 ArchImperator wpa_supplicant[960]: wlp3s0f0u2: CTRL-EVENT-BEACON-LOSS
Sep 20 15:47:33 ArchImperator wpa_supplicant[960]: wlp3s0f0u2: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=<bssid> reason=4 locally_generated=1
Sep 20 15:47:33 ArchImperator wpa_supplicant[960]: wlp3s0f0u2: CTRL-EVENT-REGDOM-CHANGE init=CORE type=WORLD
Sep 20 15:47:33 ArchImperator wpa_supplicant[960]: wlp3s0f0u2: CTRL-EVENT-REGDOM-CHANGE init=USER type=COUNTRY alpha2=US
Sep 20 15:47:33 ArchImperator NetworkManager[683]: <info>  [1632178053.3038] device (wlp3s0f0u2): supplicant interface state: completed -> disconnected

...

Sep 20 18:23:13 ArchImperator wpa_supplicant[724]: wlp3s0f0u2: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=a4:97:33:08:87:21 reason=0
Sep 20 18:23:13 ArchImperator NetworkManager[4332]: <info>  [1632187393.2173] device (wlp3s0f0u2): supplicant interface state: completed -> disconnected
Sep 20 18:23:13 ArchImperator NetworkManager[4332]: <info>  [1632187393.3656] device (wlp3s0f0u2): supplicant interface state: disconnected -> scanning
Sep 20 18:23:15 ArchImperator ntpd[564]: Deleting interface #195 wlp3s0f0u2, 192.168.1.163#123, interface stats: received=3, sent=3, dropped=0, active_time=14 secs
Sep 20 18:23:15 ArchImperator ntpd[564]: Deleting interface #196 wlp3s0f0u2, 2603:8001:7a01:6b3::146d#123, interface stats: received=1, sent=1, dropped=0, active_time=14 secs
Sep 20 18:23:15 ArchImperator ntpd[564]: Deleting interface #197 wlp3s0f0u2, 2603:8001:7a01:6b3:d10c:94ab:67dc:d7f7#123, interface stats: received=0, sent=0, dropped=0, active_time=14 secs
Sep 20 18:23:15 ArchImperator ntpd[564]: Deleting interface #198 wlp3s0f0u2, fe80::680d:5313:38d3:e43a%4#123, interface stats: received=0, sent=0, dropped=0, active_time=14 secs
Sep 20 18:23:17 ArchImperator wpa_supplicant[724]: wlp3s0f0u2: Trying to associate with a4:97:33:08:87:21 (SSID='SpectrumSetup-23' freq=2437 MHz)

Last edited by imperatorstorm (2021-09-21 01:25:44)

V1del

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Re: PAU06 usb wifi adapter unstable and very slow wifi connection

Please post

find /etc/systemd -type l -exec test -f {} \; -print | awk -F'/' '{ printf ("%-40s | %s\n", $(NF-0), $(NF-1)) }' | sort -f

did this start happening based on something in particular, e.g. a kernel update/a router switch/a new networkmanager release? Afaik the rt2x00usb driver doesn't really see many changes anymore.

imperatorstorm

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Registered: 2021-09-20

Posts: 2

Re: PAU06 usb wifi adapter unstable and very slow wifi connection

did this start happening based on something in particular, e.g. a kernel update/a router switch/a new networkmanager release? Afaik the rt2x00usb driver doesn't really see many changes anymore.

No, this has been happening since the day I got the adapter. I think that was around October.

bluetooth.service                        | bluetooth.target.wants
cpupower.service                         | multi-user.target.wants
cups.path                                | multi-user.target.wants
cups.service                             | printer.target.wants
cups.socket                              | sockets.target.wants
dbus-org.bluez.service                   | system
dbus-org.freedesktop.nm-dispatcher.service | system
dbus-org.freedesktop.timesync1.service   | system
default.target                           | system
dirmngr.socket                           | sockets.target.wants
display-manager.service                  | system
earlyoom.service                         | multi-user.target.wants
getty@tty1.service                       | getty.target.wants
gpg-agent-browser.socket                 | sockets.target.wants
gpg-agent-extra.socket                   | sockets.target.wants
gpg-agent.socket                         | sockets.target.wants
gpg-agent-ssh.socket                     | sockets.target.wants
lm_sensors.service                       | multi-user.target.wants
NetworkManager.service                   | multi-user.target.wants
NetworkManager-wait-online.service       | network-online.target.wants
no-baloo.service                         | multi-user.target.wants
ntpd.service                             | multi-user.target.wants
nvidia-hibernate.service                 | systemd-hibernate.service.requires
nvidia-suspend.service                   | systemd-suspend.service.requires
p11-kit-server.socket                    | sockets.target.wants
pipewire-media-session.service           | pipewire.service.wants
pipewire-pulse.socket                    | sockets.target.wants
pipewire.socket                          | sockets.target.wants
remote-fs.target                         | multi-user.target.wants
systemd-timesyncd.service                | sysinit.target.wants
udisks2.service                          | graphical.target.wants
xdg-user-dirs-update.service             | default.target.wants

Last edited by imperatorstorm (2021-09-21 20:32:17)