I was getting wifi disconnects about every 15 mins with mint 22. So I turned off the NetworkManger power save function and it cured that.
Here is how to turn it off.
in terminal type
you should get a display like this
Then type
This will bring up a root copy of nemo (enter your password when asked)
Navigate to /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/default-wifi-powersave-on.conf
Change
to
save the file.
then restart NetworkManger like this
recheck
It should now show power management off
your done. Good luck.
Here is how to turn it off.
in terminal type
Code:
iwconfig
Code:
wlp3s0 IEEE 802.11 ESSID:"1970x5G"
Mode:Managed Frequency:5.24 GHz Access Point: 3C:84:6A:43:3A:8B
Tx-Power=22 dBm
Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:on
Link Quality=64/70 Signal level=-46 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:42 Missed beacon:0
Code:
pkexec nemo
Navigate to /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/default-wifi-powersave-on.conf
Change
Code:
[connection]
wifi.powersave = 3
Code:
[connection]
wifi.powersave = 2
then restart NetworkManger like this
Code:
systemctl restart NetworkManager
Code:
iwconfig
your done. Good luck.
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