Wifi keeps disconnecting after 5 min Cisco-Linksys WUSB600N

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Wifi keeps disconnecting after 5 min Cisco-Linksys WUSB600N

Post by linuxbruce »

Hi,

This is my setup:
RELEASE=16
CODENAME=petra
EDITION="Cinnamon 64-bit"
DESCRIPTION="Linux Mint 16 Petra"
DESKTOP=Gnome
TOOLKIT=GTK
NEW_FEATURES_URL=http://www.linuxmint.com/rel_petra_cinn ... atsnew.php
RELEASE_NOTES_URL=http://www.linuxmint.com/rel_petra_cinnamon.php
USER_GUIDE_URL=http://www.linuxmint.com/documentation.php
GRUB_TITLE=Linux Mint 16 Cinnamon 64-bit
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Cisco-Linksys WUSB600N Dual-Band Wireless-N USB Network Adapter
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The issue is that my USB Network Adapter keeps disconnecting after 5-10 min of use, especially when watching online content, or downloading files (e.g., a show on abc.com). It takes quite a bit longer to disconnect when doing other Internet activity (posting in forum, generic surfing, etc.).

I googled around but am at a loss on how to solve this - it is working, albeit intermittently. It was working fine on my Windows Vista box, but men I moved to Mint 16, it seems to have issues. Any ideas on how to fix this?

Thank you in advance.

Even though the below was suggested for wireless cards only, I am posting the information in case it helps.

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sudo /usr/lib/linuxmint/mintWifi/mintWifi.py

* I. scanning WIFI PCI devices...
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* II. querying ndiswrapper...
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* III. querying iwconfig...
eth0      no wireless extensions.

lo        no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11abgn  ESSID:"Tenda"  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.452 GHz  Access Point: C8:3A:35:5B:6E:E0   
          Bit Rate=121.5 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:on
          Link Quality=70/70  Signal level=-39 dBm  
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:23  Invalid misc:62   Missed beacon:0

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* IV. querying ifconfig...
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr ac:22:0b:8c:d3:9d  
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:65536  Metric:1
          RX packets:11085 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:11085 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:702555 (702.5 KB)  TX bytes:702555 (702.5 KB)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:25:9c:f4:cb:8c  
          inet addr:192.168.0.100  Bcast:192.168.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::225:9cff:fef4:cb8c/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:7498 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:5328 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:8375612 (8.3 MB)  TX bytes:893520 (893.5 KB)

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* V. querying DHCP...
RTNETLINK answers: File exists
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* VI. querying nslookup google.com...
Server:		71.9.127.107
Address:	71.9.127.107#53

Non-authoritative answer:
Name:	google.com
Address: 74.125.224.199
Name:	google.com
Address: 74.125.224.194
Name:	google.com
Address: 74.125.224.196
Name:	google.com
Address: 74.125.224.193
Name:	google.com
Address: 74.125.224.195
Name:	google.com
Address: 74.125.224.200
Name:	google.com
Address: 74.125.224.198
Name:	google.com
Address: 74.125.224.192
Name:	google.com
Address: 74.125.224.201
Name:	google.com
Address: 74.125.224.197
Name:	google.com
Address: 74.125.224.206
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Re: Wifi keeps disconnecting, especially when streaming onli

Post by Resistor »

I have problems with the built-in WiFi, but usually only when the signal strength drops to 40% or lower.
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Re: Wifi keeps disconnecting, especially when streaming onli

Post by linuxbruce »

Resistor wrote:I have problems with the built-in WiFi, but usually only when the signal strength drops to 40% or lower.
Thanks, my sig strength is roughly 75%-85%
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