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Whyok

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Registered: 2024-10-17

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WIFI keeps disconnecting at seemingly randomly [NetworkManager]

I'm somewhat new to arch and I've been using it for about a month now but, I've had this issue from the start and I haven't been able to find a solution.

Things I've tried:

- iwd backend for NetworkManager
- disable randomization of Mac Addresses when scanning

System Info:
Model: Galaxy Book Flex2 Alpha
Kernel: 6.11.3-zen1-1-zen

Here's the log for my current session where this popped up,

https://pastebin.com/sj6jJiej

lspci -k | grep -A 3 -i network
00:14.3 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wi-Fi 6 AX201 (rev 20)
	DeviceName: Onboard - Ethernet
	Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 6074
	Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi

ip link
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
3: wlan0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP mode DORMANT group default qlen 1000
    link/ether d0:3c:1f:de:bd:f4 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

On a final note this issue is persistent on both my PC and laptop, just less frequently on my PC.

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 23,307

Re: WIFI keeps disconnecting at seemingly randomly [NetworkManager]

Post a full journal, filtering for NM often looses surrounding context.

Did you do the iwd backend config correctly? iwd the service must not be enabled, but networkmanager configured appropriately. Can you reproduce the issue with the default wpa_supplicant backend? Sometimes it could also be the access point how far are you from it 5Ghz or 2.4Ghz band? From the logs we see you connect fine but then fail to get a lease multiple times. Picking a different DHCP backend might help: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Networ … Fi_backend

Also more info on the actual chip might be useful, what card and driver is this?