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tdreitz

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Registered: 2018-11-14

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Wifi slow and connection dropping

I've been having persistent connection and speed issues with my wifi connection. Seems to be fine when I am in the room with the router/ap but begins to drop and reconnect every few minutes with slow speed whenever I'm in any other room. All other devices in the home work normally.

lspci | grep Net
03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6205 [Taylor Peak] (rev 96)

Example logs whenever the connection drops

journalctl -f
Jan 16 13:08:19 thinkpad wpa_supplicant[385]: wlp3s0: CTRL-EVENT-SIGNAL-CHANGE above=1 signal=-62 noise=9999 txrate=1000
Jan 16 13:08:20 thinkpad wpa_supplicant[385]: wlp3s0: CTRL-EVENT-SIGNAL-CHANGE above=0 signal=-74 noise=9999 txrate=1000
Jan 16 13:08:21 thinkpad wpa_supplicant[385]: wlp3s0: CTRL-EVENT-SIGNAL-CHANGE above=1 signal=-63 noise=9999 txrate=1000
Jan 16 13:08:39 thinkpad wpa_supplicant[385]: wlp3s0: CTRL-EVENT-SIGNAL-CHANGE above=0 signal=-76 noise=9999 txrate=39000
Jan 16 13:08:43 thinkpad wpa_supplicant[385]: wlp3s0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=e0:b7:0a:57:87:60 reason=4 locally_generated=1
Jan 16 13:08:43 thinkpad wpa_supplicant[385]: wlp3s0: CTRL-EVENT-REGDOM-CHANGE init=CORE type=WORLD
Jan 16 13:08:43 thinkpad NetworkManager[317]: <info>  [1610831323.1897] device (wlp3s0): supplicant interface state: completed -> disconnected
Jan 16 13:08:43 thinkpad NetworkManager[317]: <info>  [1610831323.2792] device (wlp3s0): supplicant interface state: disconnected -> scanning
Jan 16 13:08:46 thinkpad wpa_supplicant[385]: wlp3s0: SME: Trying to authenticate with **:**:**:**:**:** (SSID='ATT7q7q2Y9' freq=2437 MHz)
Jan 16 13:08:46 thinkpad kernel: wlp3s0: authenticate with **:**:**:**:**:**
Jan 16 13:08:46 thinkpad kernel: wlp3s0: send auth to **:**:**:**:**:** (try 1/3)
Jan 16 13:08:46 thinkpad NetworkManager[317]: <info>  [1610831326.4101] device (wlp3s0): supplicant interface state: scanning -> authenticating
Jan 16 13:08:46 thinkpad wpa_supplicant[385]: wlp3s0: Trying to associate with **:***:**:**:**:** (SSID='ATT7q7q2Y9' freq=2437 MHz)
Jan 16 13:08:46 thinkpad kernel: wlp3s0: send auth to **:**:**:**:**:** (try 2/3)
Jan 16 13:08:46 thinkpad kernel: wlp3s0: authenticated
Jan 16 13:08:46 thinkpad kernel: wlp3s0: associate with **:**:**:**:**:** (try 1/3)
Jan 16 13:08:46 thinkpad NetworkManager[317]: <info>  [1610831326.4393] device (wlp3s0): supplicant interface state: authenticating -> associating
Jan 16 13:08:46 thinkpad kernel: wlp3s0: associate with **:**:**:**:**:** (try 2/3)
Jan 16 13:08:46 thinkpad kernel: wlp3s0: RX AssocResp from **:**:**:**:**:** (capab=0x1411 status=0 aid=4)
Jan 16 13:08:46 thinkpad wpa_supplicant[385]: wlp3s0: Associated with **:**:**:**:**:**
Jan 16 13:08:46 thinkpad wpa_supplicant[385]: wlp3s0: CTRL-EVENT-SUBNET-STATUS-UPDATE status=0
Jan 16 13:08:46 thinkpad kernel: wlp3s0: associated
Jan 16 13:08:46 thinkpad NetworkManager[317]: <info>  [1610831326.4899] device (wlp3s0): supplicant interface state: associating -> 4way_handshake
Jan 16 13:08:46 thinkpad wpa_supplicant[385]: wlp3s0: WPA: Key negotiation completed with **:**:**:**:**:** [PTK=CCMP GTK=CCMP]
Jan 16 13:08:46 thinkpad wpa_supplicant[385]: wlp3s0: CTRL-EVENT-CONNECTED - Connection to **:**:**:**:**:** completed [id=0 id_str=]
Jan 16 13:08:46 thinkpad NetworkManager[317]: <info>  [1610831326.6250] device (wlp3s0): supplicant interface state: 4way_handshake -> completed
Jan 16 13:08:46 thinkpad wpa_supplicant[385]: wlp3s0: CTRL-EVENT-SIGNAL-CHANGE above=1 signal=-65 noise=9999 txrate=1000
Jan 16 13:08:52 thinkpad wpa_supplicant[385]: wlp3s0: CTRL-EVENT-SIGNAL-CHANGE above=0 signal=-76 noise=9999 txrate=19500
Jan 16 13:08:53 thinkpad wpa_supplicant[385]: wlp3s0: CTRL-EVENT-SIGNAL-CHANGE above=1 signal=-62 noise=9999 txrate=19500
Jan 16 13:09:01 thinkpad wpa_supplicant[385]: wlp3s0: CTRL-EVENT-SIGNAL-CHANGE above=0 signal=-75 noise=9999 txrate=26000
Jan 16 13:09:03 thinkpad wpa_supplicant[385]: wlp3s0: CTRL-EVENT-SIGNAL-CHANGE above=1 signal=-62 noise=9999 txrate=26000

Please let me know any other details/info I can provide.

Last edited by tdreitz (2021-01-16 21:39:16)

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Re: Wifi slow and connection dropping

Check the "wireless" page in the ArchWiki, that has a section devoted to iwlwifi with things for you to try.

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