WIFI drops out about every 5 - 10 minutes

[Fred60]

Back again My wifi keeps dropping. I have to restart to get it back up, but after a few minutes it drops. I tried the commands you suggested here: viewtopic.php?f=53&t=182555 and got the following result:

fdred60@Linux1 ~ $ for p in /sys/module/rtl8192se/parameters/*; do echo $p; cat $p; done
/sys/module/rtl8192se/parameters/*
cat: /sys/module/rtl8192se/parameters/*: No such file or directory
fdred60@Linux1 ~ $

Any ideas?
Fred60

[JeremyB]

Run this diagnostic script in terminal

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wget -N -t 5 -T 10 http://dl.dropbox.com/u/57264241/wireless_script && chmod +x wireless_script && ./wireless_script

It should create a file named wireless-info.txt in your home directory. Paste the contents of wireless-info.txt in a post using code tags

[Fred60]

I ran this without my USB WIFI adapter plugges in

OK, here are the results:

########## wireless info START ##########

Report from: 06 Dec 2014 08:57 EST -0500

Booted last: 06 Dec 2014 08:46 EST -0500

Script from: 20 Sep 2014 23:04 UTC +0000

##### release ###########################

Distributor ID: LinuxMint
Description: Linux Mint 17 Qiana
Release: 17
Codename: qiana

##### kernel ############################

Linux 3.13.0-24-generic #47-Ubuntu SMP Fri May 2 23:31:42 UTC 2014 i686 athlon i686 GNU/Linux

Parameters: ro, quiet, splash, vt.handoff=7

##### desktop ###########################

default.desktop

##### lspci #############################

00:04.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: NVIDIA Corporation nForce2 Ethernet Controller [10de:0066] (rev a1)
Subsystem: Holco Enterprise Co, Ltd/Shuttle Computer Device [1297:f541]
Kernel driver in use: forcedeth

##### lsusb #############################

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 413c:3010 Dell Computer Corp. Optical Wheel Mouse
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

##### PCMCIA card info ##################

##### rfkill ############################

##### lsmod #############################

##### interfaces ########################

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

##### ifconfig ##########################

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr <MAC 'eth0' [IF]>
inet addr:192.168.2.37 Bcast:192.168.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::230:1bff:fead:8caf/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:1590 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1324 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:693071 (693.0 KB) TX bytes:220918 (220.9 KB)

##### iwconfig ##########################

lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

##### route #############################

Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
0.0.0.0 192.168.2.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
192.168.2.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 1 0 0 eth0

##### resolv.conf #######################

nameserver 127.0.1.1
search Belkin

##### nm-tool ###########################

NetworkManager Tool

State: connected (global)

- Device: eth0 [Wired connection 1] -------------------------------------------
Type: Wired
Driver: forcedeth
State: connected
Default: yes
HW Address: <MAC 'eth0' [IF]>

Capabilities:
Carrier Detect: yes
Speed: 100 Mb/s

Wired Properties
Carrier: on

IPv4 Settings:
Address: 192.168.2.37
Prefix: 24 (255.255.255.0)
Gateway: 192.168.2.1

DNS: 192.168.2.1

##### NetworkManager.state ##############

[main]
NetworkingEnabled=true
WirelessEnabled=true
WWANEnabled=true
WimaxEnabled=true

##### NetworkManager.conf ###############

[main]
plugins=ifupdown,keyfile,ofono
dns=dnsmasq

[ifupdown]
managed=false

##### NetworkManager profiles ###########

[[/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/The.Cracks.of.Doom]] (600 root)
[connection] id=The.Cracks.of.Doom | type=802-11-wireless
[802-11-wireless] ssid=The.Cracks.of.Doom | mac-address=<MAC address>
[ipv4] method=auto
[ipv6] method=auto

##### iw reg get ########################

Region: America/New_York (based on set time zone)

country 00:
(2402 - 2472 @ 40), (6, 20)
(2457 - 2482 @ 40), (6, 20), PASSIVE-SCAN, NO-IBSS
(2474 - 2494 @ 20), (6, 20), NO-OFDM, PASSIVE-SCAN, NO-IBSS
(5170 - 5250 @ 160), (6, 20), PASSIVE-SCAN, NO-IBSS
(5250 - 5330 @ 160), (6, 20), DFS, PASSIVE-SCAN, NO-IBSS
(5490 - 5730 @ 160), (6, 20), DFS, PASSIVE-SCAN, NO-IBSS

##### iwlist channels ###################

lo no frequency information.

eth0 no frequency information.

##### iwlist scan #######################

lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

##### module infos ######################

##### module parameters #################

##### /etc/modules ######################

lp

##### modprobe options ##################

[/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-ath_pci.conf]
blacklist ath_pci

[/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf]
blacklist evbug
blacklist usbmouse
blacklist usbkbd
blacklist eepro100
blacklist de4x5
blacklist eth1394
blacklist snd_intel8x0m
blacklist snd_aw2
blacklist i2c_i801
blacklist prism54
blacklist bcm43xx
blacklist garmin_gps
blacklist asus_acpi
blacklist snd_pcsp
blacklist pcspkr
blacklist amd76x_edac
blacklist r8172u

[/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-rare-network.conf]
alias net-pf-3 off
alias net-pf-6 off
alias net-pf-9 off
alias net-pf-11 off
alias net-pf-12 off
alias net-pf-19 off
alias net-pf-21 off
alias net-pf-36 off

[/etc/modprobe.d/iwlwifi.conf]
remove iwlwifi \
(/sbin/lsmod | grep -o -e ^iwlmvm -e ^iwldvm -e ^iwlwifi | xargs /sbin/rmmod) \
&& /sbin/modprobe -r mac80211

[/etc/modprobe.d/mlx4.conf]
softdep mlx4_core post: mlx4_en

[/etc/modprobe.d/rtl8192.conf]
options rtl8192se fwlps=N ips=N swlps=N

##### rc.local ##########################

exit 0

##### pm-utils ##########################

##### udev rules ########################

[/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules]
# PCI device 0x10de:0x0066 (forcedeth)
SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="<MAC 'eth0' [IF]>", ATTR{dev_id}=="0x0", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="eth0"
# USB device 0x:0x (r8712u)
SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="<MAC address>", ATTR{dev_id}=="0x0", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="wlan*", NAME="wlan0"

##### dmesg #############################

########## wireless info END ############

Here are the results of the same command with the WIFI adapter plugged in:


########## wireless info START ##########

Report from: 06 Dec 2014 08:57 EST -0500

Booted last: 06 Dec 2014 08:46 EST -0500

Script from: 20 Sep 2014 23:04 UTC +0000

##### release ###########################

Distributor ID: LinuxMint
Description: Linux Mint 17 Qiana
Release: 17
Codename: qiana

##### kernel ############################

Linux 3.13.0-24-generic #47-Ubuntu SMP Fri May 2 23:31:42 UTC 2014 i686 athlon i686 GNU/Linux

Parameters: ro, quiet, splash, vt.handoff=7

##### desktop ###########################

default.desktop

##### lspci #############################

00:04.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: NVIDIA Corporation nForce2 Ethernet Controller [10de:0066] (rev a1)
Subsystem: Holco Enterprise Co, Ltd/Shuttle Computer Device [1297:f541]
Kernel driver in use: forcedeth

##### lsusb #############################

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 413c:3010 Dell Computer Corp. Optical Wheel Mouse
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

##### PCMCIA card info ##################

##### rfkill ############################

##### lsmod #############################

##### interfaces ########################

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

##### ifconfig ##########################

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr <MAC 'eth0' [IF]>
inet addr:192.168.2.37 Bcast:192.168.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::230:1bff:fead:8caf/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:1590 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1324 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:693071 (693.0 KB) TX bytes:220918 (220.9 KB)

##### iwconfig ##########################

lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

##### route #############################

Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
0.0.0.0 192.168.2.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
192.168.2.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 1 0 0 eth0

##### resolv.conf #######################

nameserver 127.0.1.1
search Belkin

##### nm-tool ###########################

NetworkManager Tool

State: connected (global)

- Device: eth0 [Wired connection 1] -------------------------------------------
Type: Wired
Driver: forcedeth
State: connected
Default: yes
HW Address: <MAC 'eth0' [IF]>

Capabilities:
Carrier Detect: yes
Speed: 100 Mb/s

Wired Properties
Carrier: on

IPv4 Settings:
Address: 192.168.2.37
Prefix: 24 (255.255.255.0)
Gateway: 192.168.2.1

DNS: 192.168.2.1

##### NetworkManager.state ##############

[main]
NetworkingEnabled=true
WirelessEnabled=true
WWANEnabled=true
WimaxEnabled=true

##### NetworkManager.conf ###############

[main]
plugins=ifupdown,keyfile,ofono
dns=dnsmasq

[ifupdown]
managed=false

##### NetworkManager profiles ###########

[[/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/The.Cracks.of.Doom]] (600 root)
[connection] id=The.Cracks.of.Doom | type=802-11-wireless
[802-11-wireless] ssid=The.Cracks.of.Doom | mac-address=<MAC address>
[ipv4] method=auto
[ipv6] method=auto

##### iw reg get ########################

Region: America/New_York (based on set time zone)

country 00:
(2402 - 2472 @ 40), (6, 20)
(2457 - 2482 @ 40), (6, 20), PASSIVE-SCAN, NO-IBSS
(2474 - 2494 @ 20), (6, 20), NO-OFDM, PASSIVE-SCAN, NO-IBSS
(5170 - 5250 @ 160), (6, 20), PASSIVE-SCAN, NO-IBSS
(5250 - 5330 @ 160), (6, 20), DFS, PASSIVE-SCAN, NO-IBSS
(5490 - 5730 @ 160), (6, 20), DFS, PASSIVE-SCAN, NO-IBSS

##### iwlist channels ###################

lo no frequency information.

eth0 no frequency information.

##### iwlist scan #######################

lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

##### module infos ######################

##### module parameters #################

##### /etc/modules ######################

lp

##### modprobe options ##################

[/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-ath_pci.conf]
blacklist ath_pci

[/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf]
blacklist evbug
blacklist usbmouse
blacklist usbkbd
blacklist eepro100
blacklist de4x5
blacklist eth1394
blacklist snd_intel8x0m
blacklist snd_aw2
blacklist i2c_i801
blacklist prism54
blacklist bcm43xx
blacklist garmin_gps
blacklist asus_acpi
blacklist snd_pcsp
blacklist pcspkr
blacklist amd76x_edac
blacklist r8172u

[/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-rare-network.conf]
alias net-pf-3 off
alias net-pf-6 off
alias net-pf-9 off
alias net-pf-11 off
alias net-pf-12 off
alias net-pf-19 off
alias net-pf-21 off
alias net-pf-36 off

[/etc/modprobe.d/iwlwifi.conf]
remove iwlwifi \
(/sbin/lsmod | grep -o -e ^iwlmvm -e ^iwldvm -e ^iwlwifi | xargs /sbin/rmmod) \
&& /sbin/modprobe -r mac80211

[/etc/modprobe.d/mlx4.conf]
softdep mlx4_core post: mlx4_en

[/etc/modprobe.d/rtl8192.conf]
options rtl8192se fwlps=N ips=N swlps=N

##### rc.local ##########################

exit 0

##### pm-utils ##########################

##### udev rules ########################

[/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules]
# PCI device 0x10de:0x0066 (forcedeth)
SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="<MAC 'eth0' [IF]>", ATTR{dev_id}=="0x0", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="eth0"
# USB device 0x:0x (r8712u)
SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="<MAC address>", ATTR{dev_id}=="0x0", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="wlan*", NAME="wlan0"

##### dmesg #############################

########## wireless info END ############

[JeremyB]

Have you tried a different USB port, as the wifi adapter does not show up at all in lsusb and it should when it is plugged in. Unplug it and wait 5 minutes, plug it back in and wait another 5 minutes then

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dmesg | grep tail

It might show what is going on

[Fred60]

There are 2 runs in the last reply. The first was without the adapter plugged in. Then I edited the reply and ran the command again. I was using th wifi connection for the edited portion. It just dropped the wifi again. I am now using the wired connectionand will run your suggested command.

[Fred60]

OK, I think I will drop this for now. It may be some problem with the computer that I'm trying Lime out on. I just know I don't have this isue with Windows XP on this computer. For now I'm going to move on to more important issues I am having trying to get lime up and fully functional for my use. If I can figure out how to fix some of the more important issues I am having, I'll install Lime on another computer and see if I still have wifi issues.

Thanks for your help

[kukamuumuka]

1. Make the infinite re-connect /etc/rc.local file.

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sudo nano /etc/rc.local

The contents

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#!/bin/sh -e
while true
do
killall NetworkManager
sleep 300
done
exit 0

Ctrl o (save)
Ctrl x (exit)

http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=184265