<SOLVED> Unstable Wifi (Asus usb-n13)

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<SOLVED> Unstable Wifi (Asus usb-n13)

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Hello Mint Community,

My network connection tends to drop every 5 minutes or so, and most times a reboot is required. This happens variably while jumping from page to page, but if I try to stream video or download files the connection drops instantly. Any help is much appriciated, and if I need a new adapter thats no problem (hopefully the issue is not so severe). I am new to linux and didn't build my computer with linux in mind. Thanks!

With network connection:

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* 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 802.11bgn  ESSID:"HOME-D817"  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: 88:F7:C7:5D:D8:17   
          Bit Rate=7.2 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr=2347 B   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=60/70  Signal level=-50 dBm  
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

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* IV. querying ifconfig...
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr ac:22:0b:50:e6:98  
          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:26 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:26 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:1934 (1.9 KB)  TX bytes:1934 (1.9 KB)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr e0:3f:49:8f:1d:bf  
          inet addr:10.0.0.4  Bcast:10.0.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::e23f:49ff:fe8f:1dbf/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:101 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:117 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:12555 (12.5 KB)  TX bytes:20400 (20.4 KB)

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* V. querying DHCP...
RTNETLINK answers: File exists
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* VI. querying nslookup google.com...
Server:		75.75.75.75
Address:	75.75.75.75#53

Non-authoritative answer:
Name:	google.com
Address: 74.125.228.193
Name:	google.com
Address: 74.125.228.201
Name:	google.com
Address: 74.125.228.197
Name:	google.com
Address: 74.125.228.196
Name:	google.com
Address: 74.125.228.195
Name:	google.com
Address: 74.125.228.194
Name:	google.com
Address: 74.125.228.200
Name:	google.com
Address: 74.125.228.199
Name:	google.com
Address: 74.125.228.192
Name:	google.com
Address: 74.125.228.198
Name:	google.com
Address: 74.125.228.206
With dropped connection:

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* 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 802.11bgn  ESSID:"HOME-D817"  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: 88:F7:C7:5D:D8:17   
          Bit Rate=7.2 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr=2347 B   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=60/70  Signal level=-50 dBm  
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:93   Missed beacon:0

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* IV. querying ifconfig...
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr ac:22:0b:50:e6:98  
          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:41 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:41 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:3126 (3.1 KB)  TX bytes:3126 (3.1 KB)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr e0:3f:49:8f:1d:bf  
          inet addr:10.0.0.4  Bcast:10.0.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::e23f:49ff:fe8f:1dbf/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:16230 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:11964 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:17057178 (17.0 MB)  TX bytes:1987154 (1.9 MB)

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* V. querying DHCP...
RTNETLINK answers: File exists
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* VI. querying nslookup google.com...
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
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Re: Unstable Wifi (Asus usb-n13)

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Please generate an overview of your system 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
(if you type: the letter F is a capital letter)

Press Enter.

Copy/paste the output in your next message.
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Re: Unstable Wifi (Asus usb-n13)

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Thanks for your attention. Here is the output:

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System:    Host: joshua-System-Product-Name Kernel: 3.13.0-37-generic x86_64 (64 bit, gcc: 4.8.2) 
           Desktop: Gnome Distro: Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca
Machine:   Mobo: ASUSTeK model: A88X-PLUS version: Rev X.0x Bios: American Megatrends version: 0602 date: 10/16/2013
CPU:       Quad core AMD A10-7850K APU with Radeon R7 Graphics (-MCP-) cache: 8192 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm) bmips: 29598.7 
           Clock Speeds: 1: 1700.00 MHz 2: 1700.00 MHz 3: 1700.00 MHz 4: 1700.00 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Kaveri [Radeon R7 200 Series] bus-ID: 00:01.0 
           X.Org: 1.15.1 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1600x1200@60.0hz 
           GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on AMD KAVERI GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 10.1.3 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio:     Card-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] FCH Azalia Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:14.2
           Card-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Device 1308 driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:01.1
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: k3.13.0-37-generic
Network:   Card-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller 
           driver: r8169 ver: 2.3LK-NAPI port: e000 bus-ID: 03:00.0
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
           Card-2: ASUSTek USB-N13 802.11n Network Adapter (rev. B1) [Realtek RTL8192CU] driver: rtl8192cu usb-ID: 0b05:17ab
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 135.9GB (4.1% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: KINGSTON_SH103S3 size: 120.0GB 
           2: USB id: /dev/sdb model: Patriot_Memory size: 15.8GB 
Partition: ID: / size: 96G used: 5.0G (6%) fs: ext4 ID: swap-1 size: 16.04GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap 
RAID:      No RAID devices detected - /proc/mdstat and md_mod kernel raid module present
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 0.0C mobo: N/A gpu: -5.0 
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A 
Info:      Processes: 180 Uptime: 2 min Memory: 595.0/14918.2MB Runlevel: 2 Gcc sys: 4.8.2 Client: Shell inxi: 1.8.4
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Re: Unstable Wifi (Asus usb-n13)

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You don't need another wireless adapter. This should do the job:
https://sites.google.com/site/easylinux ... 0bda:8178-
(item 2, left column)

Then it should work just fine. :)
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Re: Unstable Wifi (Asus usb-n13)

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Worked beautifully! Thanks so much!
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