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samrob85

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Registered: 2017-07-23

Posts: 31

[Solved] WiFi takes a long time to connect after computer starts

When I boot my computer and log in, with the KDE desktop, the WiFi takes around 30 seconds to connect, which seems abnormally long for me. I also get notifications regarding the wifi connection, first saying no secrets provided for wifi network, then connection to wifi network deactivated, then connection to wifi network activated, then I am connected to wifi.

When looking around the forums, I found the post https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=214552, but find /etc/systemd does not show anything with dhcpcd, just incase, here is my output from find /etc/systemd:

/etc/systemd
/etc/systemd/system.conf
/etc/systemd/coredump.conf
/etc/systemd/resolved.conf
/etc/systemd/journal-upload.conf
/etc/systemd/system
/etc/systemd/system/var-lib-snapd-snap-discord-73.mount
/etc/systemd/system/var-lib-snapd-snap-winds-82.mount
/etc/systemd/system/dbus-org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.service
/etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants
/etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants/getty@tty1.service
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/var-lib-snapd-snap-discord-73.mount
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/var-lib-snapd-snap-winds-82.mount
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/NetworkManager.service
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/org.cups.cupsd.path
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/remote-fs.target
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/var-lib-snapd-snap-discord-76.mount
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/var-lib-snapd-snap-core-5328.mount
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/snapd.service
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/pamac-cleancache.timer
/etc/systemd/system/dbus-org.bluez.service
/etc/systemd/system/var-lib-snapd-snap-discord-76.mount
/etc/systemd/system/var-lib-snapd-snap-core-5328.mount
/etc/systemd/system/network-online.target.wants
/etc/systemd/system/network-online.target.wants/NetworkManager-wait-online.service
/etc/systemd/system/printer.target.wants
/etc/systemd/system/printer.target.wants/org.cups.cupsd.service
/etc/systemd/system/display-manager.service
/etc/systemd/system/bluetooth.target.wants
/etc/systemd/system/bluetooth.target.wants/bluetooth.service
/etc/systemd/system/dbus-org.freedesktop.nm-dispatcher.service
/etc/systemd/system/sysinit.target.wants
/etc/systemd/system/sysinit.target.wants/systemd-timesyncd.service
/etc/systemd/system/dbus-org.freedesktop.timesync1.service
/etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants
/etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/org.cups.cupsd.socket
/etc/systemd/journald.conf
/etc/systemd/timesyncd.conf
/etc/systemd/user.conf
/etc/systemd/logind.conf
/etc/systemd/network
/etc/systemd/user
/etc/systemd/user/default.target.wants
/etc/systemd/user/default.target.wants/xdg-user-dirs-update.service
/etc/systemd/user/sockets.target.wants
/etc/systemd/user/sockets.target.wants/gpg-agent.socket
/etc/systemd/user/sockets.target.wants/pulseaudio.socket
/etc/systemd/user/sockets.target.wants/gpg-agent-browser.socket
/etc/systemd/user/sockets.target.wants/pipewire.socket
/etc/systemd/user/sockets.target.wants/p11-kit-server.socket
/etc/systemd/user/sockets.target.wants/gpg-agent-extra.socket
/etc/systemd/user/sockets.target.wants/gpg-agent-ssh.socket
/etc/systemd/user/sockets.target.wants/dirmngr.socket
/etc/systemd/journal-remote.conf

Is there something I can do to speed up the wifi connection process or is this just standard behaviour?

Last edited by samrob85 (2018-09-22 15:49:15)

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

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Re: [Solved] WiFi takes a long time to connect after computer starts

Sounds like https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=240466 ?

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samrob85

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Registered: 2017-07-23

Posts: 31

Re: [Solved] WiFi takes a long time to connect after computer starts

Sounds like https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=240466 ?

Thanks, this method worked, alongside changing the network settings so the password was stored without encryption, while this is less secure, I think it is worth the tradeoff