Wifi Monitor?

[MrPez]

I'm having a lot of trouble with downloading using deluge and am wondering if the cause may be dropouts with my wifi connection.
Is there some sort of command or GUI that can monitor my wifi connection so I can see if there are any disconnections?
I'm on Mint 17.
Cheers

[Pjotr]

Maybe it's a driver issue. Please generate an overview of your hardware like this:
- launch a terminal window and make it fullscreen, to avoid chopped lines;
- copy/paste this command into the terminal:

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inxi -Fxz

Press Enter.

Copy/paste the output in your next message.

[MrPez]

This is what I got

System: Host: JonathanMint Kernel: 3.13.0-44-generic x86_64 (64 bit, gcc: 4.8.2)
Desktop: Gnome Distro: Linux Mint 17 Qiana
Machine: System: Dell (portable) product: XPS 15 9530 version: A06
Mobo: Dell model: XPS 15 9530 version: A06 Bios: Dell version: A06 date: 07/16/2014
CPU: Quad core Intel Core i7-4712HQ CPU (-HT-MCP-) cache: 6144 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 18357.7
Clock Speeds: 1: 800.00 MHz 2: 800.00 MHz 3: 800.00 MHz 4: 800.00 MHz 5: 800.00 MHz 6: 800.00 MHz 7: 2301.00 MHz 8: 800.00 MHz
Graphics: Card: Intel 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller bus-ID: 00:02.0
X.Org: 1.15.1 drivers: (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) FAILED: nouveau,intel Resolution: 1920x1080@59.9hz
GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Haswell Mobile GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 10.1.0 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio: Card-1: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor HD Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:03.0
Card-2: Intel 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset High Definition Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: k3.13.0-44-generic
Network: Card: Intel Wireless 7260 driver: iwlwifi ver: in-tree: bus-ID: 06:00.0
IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives: HDD Total Size: 1032.2GB (4.1% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: WDC_WD10SPCX size: 1000.2GB
2: id: /dev/sdb model: LITEONIT_LMS size: 32.0GB
Partition: ID: / size: 115G used: 40G (36%) fs: ext4 ID: swap-1 size: 32.00GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap
RAID: No RAID devices detected - /proc/mdstat and md_mod kernel raid module present
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 27.8C mobo: N/A gpu: 51.0
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 218 Uptime: 56 min Memory: 1585.4/15952.2MB Runlevel: 2 Gcc sys: 4.8.2 Client: Shell inxi: 1.8.4

So apart from the graphics driver (for which I haven't noticed any issues) it looks ok?

[Pjotr]

Indeed that looks OK....

What does this command give:

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iwconfig

[MrPez]

tun0 no wireless extensions.

lo no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:"jonathan.5.6"
Mode:Managed Frequency:5.18 GHz Access Point: 10:BF:48:E4:71:94
Bit Rate=216 Mb/s Tx-Power=22 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:on
Link Quality=43/70 Signal level=-67 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:1186 Missed beacon:0

Have to admit, that doesn't mean much to me...
It would appear to be something to do with the wifi though, as I changed my download folder to a local one instead of on the NAS and was able to download a 1.5Gb file without any issues, but as soon as I change it back it crashes after a random length of time.

[Pjotr]

It might be, because power management kicks in. Try if it helps, when you turn off power management for your wireless chipset alone:
https://sites.google.com/site/easylinux ... eless-card
(item 2.1, right column)

[MrPez]

Cheers mate, will look into it