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robt77

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Wifi intermittently disconnecting [Solved]

Hi

My WiFi keeps disconnecting intermittently.

My interface is wlp2s0 I am using the vanilla Arch kernel, though I have the same behaviour on the Mainline kernel installed via the AUR.  The WiFi driver is rtl8723be: Using firmware rtlwifi/rtl8723befw.bin

I get the following output after running journalctl | grep wlp2s0

Mar 15 13:02:28 robt77 NetworkManager[335]: <info>  Policy set 'TNCAP3D9571-TescoBroadband' (wlp2s0) as default for IPv4 routing and DNS.
Mar 15 13:02:29 robt77 NetworkManager[335]: <info>  (wlp2s0): Activation: successful, device activated.
Mar 15 13:02:30 robt77 NetworkManager[335]: <info>  (wlp2s0): Activation: Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) starting DHCPv6 as requested by IPv6 router...
Mar 15 13:02:30 robt77 NetworkManager[335]: <info>  Activation (wlp2s0) Beginning DHCPv6 transaction (timeout in 45 seconds)
Mar 15 13:02:30 robt77 dhclient[464]: XMT: Info-Request on wlp2s0, interval 1070ms.
Mar 15 13:02:31 robt77 dhclient[464]: XMT: Info-Request on wlp2s0, interval 2090ms.
Mar 15 13:02:33 robt77 dhclient[464]: XMT: Info-Request on wlp2s0, interval 4000ms.
Mar 15 13:02:37 robt77 dhclient[464]: XMT: Info-Request on wlp2s0, interval 7650ms.
Mar 15 13:02:45 robt77 dhclient[464]: XMT: Info-Request on wlp2s0, interval 15520ms.
Mar 15 13:03:00 robt77 dhclient[464]: XMT: Info-Request on wlp2s0, interval 30210ms.
Mar 15 13:03:15 robt77 NetworkManager[335]: <warn>  (wlp2s0): DHCPv6 request timed out.
Mar 15 13:03:15 robt77 NetworkManager[335]: <info>  (wlp2s0): DHCPv6 state changed unknown -> timeout
Mar 15 13:03:15 robt77 NetworkManager[335]: <info>  (wlp2s0): canceled DHCP transaction, DHCP client pid 464
Mar 15 13:03:15 robt77 NetworkManager[335]: <info>  (wlp2s0): DHCPv6 state changed timeout -> done
Mar 15 13:03:15 robt77 NetworkManager[335]: <info>  (wlp2s0): Activation: Stage 5 of 5 (IPv6 Commit) scheduled...
Mar 15 13:03:15 robt77 NetworkManager[335]: <info>  (wlp2s0): Activation: Stage 5 of 5 (IPv6 Commit) started...
Mar 15 13:03:15 robt77 NetworkManager[335]: <info>  (wlp2s0): Activation: Stage 5 of 5 (IPv6 Commit) complete.

Has anyone else had similar problems or could point me the right direction to solve this problem

Thanks

Last edited by robt77 (2015-03-15 15:39:05)

Head_on_a_Stick

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Re: Wifi intermittently disconnecting [Solved]

Try adding this file:

# /etc/modprobe.d/rtl8723be.conf
options rtl8723be fwlps=o

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wi … #rtl8723be

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Are you infected with Wetiko?

robt77

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From: Manchester

Registered: 2014-10-26

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Re: Wifi intermittently disconnecting [Solved]

Try adding this file:

# /etc/modprobe.d/rtl8723be.conf
options rtl8723be fwlps=o

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wi … #rtl8723be

Thank you for your reply that seems to have done the trick.