[SOLVED] Network Seemingly-Randomly Disconnects

atticarch · 2024-07-13 14:37:34

The only reason I used the word "seemingly" is because there doesn't appear to be an identifiable trigger. I'll use it for hours without interruption, then play a game or leave to do something, and then when I try to connect to a server or use Librewolf, I'll find that it has disconnected - and that it's likely been disconnected for awhile.

It's not a huge deal: I can use nmtui to activate my connection again easily. But it does get rather tedious, and can occasionally happen while I need an interrupted connection.

Any ideas or suggestions will be appreciated.

Last edited by atticarch (2024-07-24 06:40:59)

Head_on_a_Stick · 2024-07-13 14:58:23

Please share your hardware & drivers:

lspci -knn -d ::02xx

Is this for a wireless connection?

Have you checked the journal after experiencing the problem? It would probably be appropriate to share the entire journal from a problematic session.

atticarch · 2024-07-13 16:34:06

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:

Please share your hardware & drivers:
lspci -knn -d ::02xx
Is this for a wireless connection?
Have you checked the journal after experiencing the problem? It would probably be appropriate to share the entire journal from a problematic session.

This is the output of lspci -knn -d ::02xx:

Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Wi-Fi 6 AX201 [8086:a0f0] (rev 30)
DeviceName: Onboard - Ethernet
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:0074]
Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi
Kernel modules: iwlwifi

It is for WiFi, yes. As for the journal, I'll try to skim through it, but it hasn't happened as often recently - unhelped by the fact that it's quite sporadic. I'll make sure to upload next time it does (or if I find it somehow)

Head_on_a_Stick · 2024-07-13 20:18:38

The iwlwifi driver has a few tunable parameters that might help: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Networ … ss#iwlwifi

atticarch · 2024-07-13 20:54:10

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:

The iwlwifi driver has a few tunable parameters that might help: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Networ … ss#iwlwifi

Thank you for the help and information. If it happens again, I'll be sure to upload the journal-log, but until then, I'll mark this as (hopefully) solved.

Head_on_a_Stick · 2024-07-13 21:14:04

Another common cause of connection issues is multiple conflicting networking services being enabled at the same time.

You can use this command from forum legend seth to check which services are enabled in your system:

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

atticarch · 2024-07-13 23:31:49

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:

Another common cause of connection issues is multiple conflicting networking services being enabled at the same time.
You can use this command from forum legend seth to check which services are enabled in your system:
find /etc/systemd -type l -exec test -f {} \; -print | awk -F'/' '{ printf ("%-40s | %s\n", $(NF-0), $(NF-1)) }' | sort -f

bluetooth.service                        | bluetooth.target.wants
dbus-org.bluez.service                   | system
dbus-org.freedesktop.nm-dispatcher.service | system
dbus-org.freedesktop.timesync1.service   | system
display-manager.service                  | system
fstrim.timer                             | timers.target.wants
gcr-ssh-agent.socket                     | sockets.target.wants
getty@tty1.service                       | getty.target.wants
NetworkManager.service                   | multi-user.target.wants
NetworkManager-wait-online.service       | network-online.target.wants
p11-kit-server.socket                    | sockets.target.wants
pipewire-pulse.socket                    | sockets.target.wants
pipewire-session-manager.service         | user
pipewire.socket                          | sockets.target.wants
remote-fs.target                         | multi-user.target.wants
systemd-timesyncd.service                | sysinit.target.wants
systemd-userdbd.socket                   | sockets.target.wants
wireplumber.service                      | pipewire.service.wants
xdg-user-dirs-update.service             | default.target.wants

This is the output of the aforementioned command. It doesn't seem like anything should be problematic here, but I'm out of my depth in regards to this: anything I should be looking for in specific?

Head_on_a_Stick · 2024-07-14 08:47:19

That all looks fine, NetworkManager is the only networking service enabled.

I would guess the swcrypto option for iwlwifi would be the key here.

atticarch · 2024-07-14 14:44:26

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:

That all looks fine, NetworkManager is the only networking service enabled.
I would guess the swcrypto option for iwlwifi would be the key here.

I hope so. Hasn't happened since and all seems to be going well. Thanks again for the help and information.

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[SOLVED] Network Seemingly-Randomly Disconnects

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