Need help with network issues. Whenever software update on Fedora, internet goes out for ALL devices for about 3 minutes.

[thomwalks]

When I click on the download button in the software center's "Updates" tab, it first loads to about 25% and then stops, and after that my internet goes out (this also happens when I run "sudo dnf upgrade"). All of my device's internet go out at the same time, even my television. It comes back about 3 minutes later. I'm a real beginner when it comes to actual issues so I would like to find a fix. Thanks!

Motherboard: TUF GAMING B550-PLUS WIFI II
CPU: Ryzen 5 5600x
GPU: RTX 2060
Internet Adapter: Not sure but I think it was: MediaTek MT7921~, it came with the motherboard.
Router is the: Home Hub 3000 from Bell(I live in Quebec so they have pretty much complete monopoly over the gigabit internet)
Firmware version: 0303, Fedora 40 Workstation GNOME
Kernel version: 6.8.5-301.fc40.x86_64

I tried putting journalctl -f and, the internet cut right about:

Jun 02 17:47:40 fedora systemd-resolved[965]: Using degraded feature set UDP instead of UDP+EDNS0 for DNS server 207.164.234.193.
Jun 02 17:47:43 fedora systemd-resolved[965]: Using degraded feature set TCP instead of UDP for DNS server 207.164.234.193.
Jun 02 17:47:49 fedora NetworkManager[1143]: <info> [1717364869.7631] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTED_SITE
Jun 02 17:47:49 fedora systemd[1]: Starting NetworkManager-dispatcher.service - Network Manager Script Dispatcher Service...
Jun 02 17:47:49 fedora systemd[1]: Started NetworkManager-dispatcher.service - Network Manager Script Dispatcher Service.
Jun 02 17:47:49 fedora audit[1]: SERVICE_START pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=system_u:system_r:init_t:s0 msg='unit=NetworkManager-dispatcher comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success'
Jun 02 17:47:52 fedora kernel: wlp5s0: Connection to AP 84:a1:d1:52:a4:27 lost
Jun 02 17:47:52 fedora geoclue[1726]: Failed to query location: Error resolving “location.services.mozilla.com”: Temporary failure in name resolution
Jun 02 17:47:52 fedora PackageKit[1454]: update-packages transaction /198_daeeeaab from uid 1000 finished with failed after 79281ms
Jun 02 17:47:53 fedora wpa_supplicant[1214]: wlp5s0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=84:a1:d1:52:a4:27 reason=4 locally_generated=1
Jun 02 17:47:53 fedora wpa_supplicant[1214]: wlp5s0: CTRL-EVENT-REGDOM-CHANGE init=CORE type=WORLD
Jun 02 17:47:53 fedora wpa_supplicant[1214]: wlp5s0: CTRL-EVENT-REGDOM-CHANGE init=USER type=COUNTRY alpha2=CA
Jun 02 17:47:53 fedora NetworkManager[1143]: <info> [1717364873.2703] device (wlp5s0): supplicant interface state: completed -> disconnected
Jun 02 17:47:53 fedora NetworkManager[1143]: <info> [1717364873.2704] device (p2p-dev-wlp5s0): supplicant management interface state: completed -> disconnected
Jun 02 17:47:53 fedora NetworkManager[1143]: <info> [1717364873.3357] device (wlp5s0): supplicant interface state: disconnected -> scanning
Jun 02 17:47:53 fedora NetworkManager[1143]: <info> [1717364873.3358] device (p2p-dev-wlp5s0): supplicant management interface state: disconnected -> scanning
Jun 02 17:47:59 fedora systemd[1]: NetworkManager-dispatcher.service: Deactivated successfully.

I really don't want to leak any important data so please tell me what to do.

 

[thomwalks]

Here is what happens in Journalctl -f when the internet gets re-enabled for all my devices (after the 3~ minutes of no internet):
Jun 02 19:00:13 fedora wpa_supplicant[1214]: wlp5s0: Reject scan trigger since one is already pending
Jun 02 19:00:45 fedora NetworkManager[1143]: <info> [1717369245.7457] policy: auto-activating connection 'BELL(bell number)' (a long value with numbers and letters that might be important)
Jun 02 19:00:45 fedora NetworkManager[1143]: <info> [1717369245.7461] device (wlp5s0): Activation: starting connection 'BELL(bell number)' (a long value with numbers and letters that might be important)
Jun 02 19:00:45 fedora NetworkManager[1143]: <info> [1717369245.7462] device (wlp5s0): state change: disconnected -> prepare (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Jun 02 19:00:45 fedora NetworkManager[1143]: <info> [1717369245.7463] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTING

 

[dos2unix]

Can you give output from...


lspci

nmcli con show

nmcli dev wifi list

and also, if you can, run the following for about 20 seconds or so.

watch -n 5 cat /proc/net/wireless

you can press [cntrl] and [c] at the same time to break out of it.

 

[thomwalks]

Oh my gosh I am so sorry for the delay. I attached a txt file because it would not fit entierly in the text box I think. I put the commands before a :, and the command output under that line. I haven't installed anything critical on the system yet except google chrome since I usually update before doing that. Thanks

 

[dos2unix]

This is your Wi-Fi adapter.

05:00.0 Network controller: MEDIATEK Corp. MT7921 802.11ax PCI Express Wireless Network Adapter

BELL095 5bfc516b-a113-4679-9d42-c57c2a3da104 wifi wlp5s0

Your networkManager says this is interface wlp5s0, it's connected to a local network

All of these show very good signal. 90% or better for the top two.

86:A11:52:A4:27 BELL095-V Infra 11 540 Mbit/s 99 ▂▄▆█ WPA2
84:A11:52:A4:26 BELL095 Infra 11 540 Mbit/s 97 ▂▄▆█ WPA2
86:A11:52:A4:20 BELL095-V Infra 44 540 Mbit/s 82 ▂▄▆█ WPA2
86:A11:52:A4:25 BELL095 Infra 149 540 Mbit/s 75 ▂▄▆_ WPA2


Inter-| sta-| Quality | Discarded packets | Missed | WE
face | tus | link level noise | nwid crypt frag retry misc | beacon | 22
wlp5s0: 0000 54. -56. -256 0 0 0 0 8 0

I don't see any drops or errors.

The network itself looks pretty good. I'm thinking something else is causing this, not your network connection.

I did see this.

Jun 02 17:47:52 fedora kernel: wlp5s0: Connection to AP 84:a1:d1:52:a4:27 lost

Could it be your router going up and down?

 

[thomwalks]

This is your Wi-Fi adapter.

05:00.0 Network controller: MEDIATEK Corp. MT7921 802.11ax PCI Express Wireless Network Adapter

BELL095 5bfc516b-a113-4679-9d42-c57c2a3da104 wifi wlp5s0

Your networkManager says this is interface wlp5s0, it's connected to a local network

All of these show very good signal. 90% or better for the top two.

86:A11:52:A4:27 BELL095-V Infra 11 540 Mbit/s 99 ▂▄▆█ WPA2
84:A11:52:A4:26 BELL095 Infra 11 540 Mbit/s 97 ▂▄▆█ WPA2
86:A11:52:A4:20 BELL095-V Infra 44 540 Mbit/s 82 ▂▄▆█ WPA2
86:A11:52:A4:25 BELL095 Infra 149 540 Mbit/s 75 ▂▄▆_ WPA2


Inter-| sta-| Quality | Discarded packets | Missed | WE
face | tus | link level noise | nwid crypt frag retry misc | beacon | 22
wlp5s0: 0000 54. -56. -256 0 0 0 0 8 0

I don't see any drops or errors.

The network itself looks pretty good. I'm thinking something else is causing this, not your network connection.

I did see this.

Jun 02 17:47:52 fedora kernel: wlp5s0: Connection to AP 84:a1:d1:52:a4:27 lost

Could it be your router going up and down?

Not sure what you mean by router going up and down, but I went and looked at my router when my internet disconnected and it said first "Connecting" then it said "Loading network" and scrolled through all of the mac addresses, and then it connected successfully and Wi-Fi was re-established
. Sorry I'm a beginner at these kinds of things. Thanks.
OH, this doesn't happen anywhere else but on Fedora, and I tried restarting my router but it didn't help. Fedora sends a notification that says "Activation of network is unavailable"

 

[dos2unix]

I have used wireless in Fedora for years without any problems, but I don't have a Mediatek wreless card.

What is the output of...

lsmod | grep wifi

 

[thomwalks]

I have used wireless in Fedora for years without any problems, but I don't have a Mediatek wreless card.

What is the output of...

lsmod | grep wifi

Sorry for the delay, the output of lsmod is:
Module Size Used by
exfat 114688 1
uinput 20480 0
snd_seq_dummy 12288 0
snd_hrtimer 12288 1
rfcomm 102400 4
nf_conntrack_netbios_ns 12288 1
nf_conntrack_broadcast 12288 1 nf_conntrack_netbios_ns
nft_fib_inet 12288 1
nft_fib_ipv4 12288 1 nft_fib_inet
nft_fib_ipv6 12288 1 nft_fib_inet
nft_fib 12288 3 nft_fib_ipv6,nft_fib_ipv4,nft_fib_inet
nft_reject_inet 12288 10
nf_reject_ipv4 16384 1 nft_reject_inet
nf_reject_ipv6 20480 1 nft_reject_inet
nft_reject 12288 1 nft_reject_inet
nft_ct 24576 8
nft_chain_nat 12288 3
nf_nat 65536 1 nft_chain_nat
nf_conntrack 188416 4 nf_nat,nft_ct,nf_conntrack_netbios_ns,nf_conntrack_broadcast
nf_defrag_ipv6 24576 1 nf_conntrack
nf_defrag_ipv4 12288 1 nf_conntrack
ip_set 65536 0
nf_tables 372736 298 nft_ct,nft_reject_inet,nft_fib_ipv6,nft_fib_ipv4,nft_chain_nat,nft_reject,nft_fib,nft_fib_inet
qrtr 57344 4
bnep 36864 2
sunrpc 892928 1
binfmt_misc 28672 1
vfat 20480 1
fat 106496 1 vfat
snd_hda_codec_realtek 204800 1
snd_hda_codec_generic 114688 1 snd_hda_codec_realtek
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 94208 1
mt7921e 24576 0
snd_hda_intel 65536 4
mt7921_common 86016 1 mt7921e
snd_intel_dspcfg 40960 1 snd_hda_intel
snd_intel_sdw_acpi 16384 1 snd_intel_dspcfg
mt792x_lib 73728 2 mt7921e,mt7921_common
snd_hda_codec 225280 4 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_realtek
intel_rapl_msr 20480 0
mt76_connac_lib 102400 3 mt792x_lib,mt7921e,mt7921_common
intel_rapl_common 45056 1 intel_rapl_msr
btusb 86016 0
snd_hda_core 151552 5 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_codec_realtek
mt76 135168 4 mt792x_lib,mt7921e,mt7921_common,mt76_connac_lib
edac_mce_amd 40960 0
btrtl 32768 1 btusb
btintel 61440 1 btusb
snd_hwdep 20480 1 snd_hda_codec
ucsi_ccg 32768 0
kvm_amd 204800 0
typec_ucsi 65536 1 ucsi_ccg
btbcm 24576 1 btusb
mac80211 1581056 4 mt792x_lib,mt76,mt7921_common,mt76_connac_lib
typec 114688 1 typec_ucsi
snd_seq 126976 7 snd_seq_dummy
snd_seq_device 16384 1 snd_seq
libarc4 12288 1 mac80211
btmtk 12288 1 btusb
kvm 1404928 1 kvm_amd
bluetooth 1044480 34 btrtl,btmtk,btintel,btbcm,bnep,btusb,rfcomm
eeepc_wmi 12288 0
asus_nb_wmi 28672 0
irqbypass 12288 1 kvm
snd_pcm 188416 4 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_core
asus_wmi 98304 2 asus_nb_wmi,eeepc_wmi
rapl 20480 0
ledtrig_audio 12288 1 asus_wmi
cfg80211 1351680 4 mt76,mac80211,mt7921_common,mt76_connac_lib
snd_timer 53248 3 snd_seq,snd_hrtimer,snd_pcm
sparse_keymap 12288 1 asus_wmi
acpi_cpufreq 32768 0
pcspkr 12288 0
k10temp 16384 0
i2c_piix4 32768 0
platform_profile 12288 1 asus_wmi
wmi_bmof 12288 0
snd 151552 20 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hwdep,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_timer,snd_pcm
rfkill 40960 8 asus_wmi,bluetooth,cfg80211
soundcore 16384 1 snd
i2c_nvidia_gpu 12288 0
gpio_amdpt 16384 0
joydev 24576 0
gpio_generic 20480 1 gpio_amdpt
loop 40960 0
nfnetlink 20480 4 nf_tables,ip_set
zram 32768 2
nouveau 3653632 9
drm_ttm_helper 12288 1 nouveau
ttm 110592 2 drm_ttm_helper,nouveau
crct10dif_pclmul 12288 1
video 77824 3 asus_wmi,asus_nb_wmi,nouveau
crc32_pclmul 12288 0
crc32c_intel 16384 3
gpu_sched 69632 1 nouveau
polyval_clmulni 12288 0
polyval_generic 12288 1 polyval_clmulni
i2c_algo_bit 20480 1 nouveau
nvme 65536 3
drm_gpuvm 45056 1 nouveau
drm_exec 12288 2 drm_gpuvm,nouveau
ghash_clmulni_intel 16384 0
mxm_wmi 12288 1 nouveau
sha512_ssse3 49152 0
nvme_core 233472 4 nvme
drm_display_helper 237568 1 nouveau
r8169 114688 0
sha256_ssse3 32768 0
uas 32768 1
ccp 155648 1 kvm_amd
sha1_ssse3 32768 0
nvme_auth 28672 1 nvme_core
sp5100_tco 20480 0
realtek 40960 1
usb_storage 90112 1 uas
cec 90112 1 drm_display_helper
wmi 36864 5 video,asus_wmi,wmi_bmof,mxm_wmi,nouveau
ip6_tables 28672 0
ip_tables 28672 0
fuse 212992 5
(I haven't updated my system yet because of the internet bug)


And the output of "grep wifi" is nothing (It was in a frozen state where it seemed like I needed to wait but it never came)
Edit: just found out it isn't thr updates that bug my wi-fi, it's just Fedora.

 

[Trenix25]

I shut down NetworkManager because I kept having problems like this. I use ifupdown instead and now those problems don't happen anymore. See the interfaces(5) man page for more information.

Signed,

Matthew Campbell