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  • novaTop Update, May 28, 2025 → Wireless Connectivity Issues on Ubuntu Linux

    Unfortunately, I am frequently experiencing wireless connectivity issues on my system shortly after successfully connecting to Wi-Fi. Wi-Fi connectivity often drops within the first 3 minutes, and sometimes after less than 1 minute.

    For more information about my wireless connectivity problem: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1549549/are-there-any-networking-packages-that-could-cause-wi-fi-issues-immediately-foll

    Output from ifconfig:

    br-3101728dc201: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
            inet 172.19.0.1  netmask 255.255.0.0  broadcast 172.19.255.255
            ether 02:42:61:63:91:a0  txqueuelen 0  (Ethernet)
            RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
            RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
            TX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
            TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0
    
    br-d00e38b71d37: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
            inet 172.18.0.1  netmask 255.255.0.0  broadcast 172.18.255.255
            ether 02:42:5f:4f:1e:51  txqueuelen 0  (Ethernet)
            RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
            RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
            TX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
            TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0
    
    docker0: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
            inet 172.17.0.1  netmask 255.255.0.0  broadcast 172.17.255.255
            ether 02:42:ee:a0:6b:22  txqueuelen 0  (Ethernet)
            RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
            RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
            TX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
            TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0
    
    enp0s31f6: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
            ether 38:f3:ab:d6:65:95  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
            RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
            RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
            TX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
            TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0
            device interrupt 16  memory 0xef700000-ef720000  
    
    lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING>  mtu 65536
            inet 127.0.0.1  netmask 255.0.0.0
            inet6 ::1  prefixlen 128  scopeid 0x10<host>
            loop  txqueuelen 1000  (Local Loopback)
            RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
            RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
            TX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
            TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0
    
    mpqemubr0: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
            inet 10.31.57.1  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 10.31.57.255
            ether 52:54:00:12:3c:dc  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
            RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
            RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
            TX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
            TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0
    
    wlp0s20f3: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
            inet 192.168.7.211  netmask 255.255.252.0  broadcast 192.168.7.255
            inet6 fdbf:e970:1109:1:7ffc:ea7b:8736:49db  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x0<global>
            inet6 fe80::ff43:35be:516b:c14d  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20<link>
            inet6 2600:2b00:801c:c200:5036:2404:9852:e144  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x0<global>
            inet6 fdbf:e970:1109:1:373f:1350:5144:48c  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x0<global>
            inet6 2600:2b00:801c:c200:db73:5609:44b1:9f39  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x0<global>
            inet6 fdbf:e970:1109:1:e11d:185c:226c:1c1d  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x0<global>
            inet6 2600:2b00:801c:c200:391e:c67:d546:d8b9  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x0<global>
            inet6 2600:2b00:801c:c200:310f:7200:cf0b:c111  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x0<global>
            inet6 fdbf:e970:1109:1:70ad:f1ad:80eb:9648  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x0<global>
            ether 58:6c:25:ed:c9:52  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
            RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
            RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
            TX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
            TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

    Output from iwconfig:

    lo        no wireless extensions.
    
    enp0s31f6  no wireless extensions.
    
    wlp0s20f3  IEEE 802.11  ESSID:"zms"  
              Mode:Managed  Frequency:5.18 GHz  Access Point: 40:47:5E:7C:1F:67   
              Bit Rate=1.4413 Gb/s   Tx-Power=22 dBm   
              Retry short limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
              Power Management:on
              Link Quality=63/70  Signal level=-47 dBm  
              Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
              Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:374   Missed beacon:0
    
    docker0   no wireless extensions.
    
    mpqemubr0  no wireless extensions.
    
    br-3101728dc201  no wireless extensions.
    
    br-d00e38b71d37  no wireless extensions.

    Output from ip a:

    1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
        link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
        inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
           valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
        inet6 ::1/128 scope host noprefixroute 
           valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    2: enp0s31f6: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state DOWN group default qlen 1000
        link/ether 38:f3:ab:d6:65:95 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    3: wlp0s20f3: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP group default qlen 1000
        link/ether 58:6c:25:ed:c9:52 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
        inet 192.168.7.211/22 brd 192.168.7.255 scope global dynamic noprefixroute wlp0s20f3
           valid_lft 13257sec preferred_lft 13257sec
        inet 192.168.7.188/22 brd 192.168.7.255 scope global secondary dynamic noprefixroute wlp0s20f3
           valid_lft 13258sec preferred_lft 11542sec
        inet6 fdbf:e970:1109:1:70ad:f1ad:80eb:9648/64 scope global temporary dynamic 
           valid_lft 604329sec preferred_lft 85818sec
        inet6 fdbf:e970:1109:1:e11d:185c:226c:1c1d/64 scope global dynamic mngtmpaddr noprefixroute 
           valid_lft 2591732sec preferred_lft 604532sec
        inet6 2600:2b00:801c:c200:391e:c67:d546:d8b9/64 scope global temporary dynamic 
           valid_lft 2813sec preferred_lft 2813sec
        inet6 2600:2b00:801c:c200:db73:5609:44b1:9f39/64 scope global dynamic mngtmpaddr noprefixroute 
           valid_lft 2813sec preferred_lft 2813sec
        inet6 2600:2b00:801c:c200:310f:7200:cf0b:c111/64 scope global temporary dynamic 
           valid_lft 2813sec preferred_lft 2813sec
        inet6 2600:2b00:801c:c200:5036:2404:9852:e144/64 scope global dynamic mngtmpaddr noprefixroute 
           valid_lft 2813sec preferred_lft 2813sec
        inet6 fdbf:e970:1109:1:7ffc:ea7b:8736:49db/64 scope global temporary dynamic 
           valid_lft 604329sec preferred_lft 85818sec
        inet6 fdbf:e970:1109:1:373f:1350:5144:48c/64 scope global dynamic mngtmpaddr noprefixroute 
           valid_lft 2591732sec preferred_lft 604532sec
        inet6 fe80::ff43:35be:516b:c14d/64 scope link noprefixroute 
           valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    4: docker0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state DOWN group default 
        link/ether 02:42:ee:a0:6b:22 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
        inet 172.17.0.1/16 brd 172.17.255.255 scope global docker0
           valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    5: mpqemubr0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state DOWN group default qlen 1000
        link/ether 52:54:00:12:3c:dc brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
        inet 10.31.57.1/24 brd 10.31.57.255 scope global mpqemubr0
           valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    6: br-3101728dc201: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state DOWN group default 
        link/ether 02:42:61:63:91:a0 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
        inet 172.19.0.1/16 brd 172.19.255.255 scope global br-3101728dc201
           valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    7: br-d00e38b71d37: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state DOWN group default 
        link/ether 02:42:5f:4f:1e:51 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
        inet 172.18.0.1/16 brd 172.18.255.255 scope global br-d00e38b71d37
           valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

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