WiFi status shows weak signal and disconnects frequently

WiFi status shows weak signal and disconnects frequently

Hi guys, I am new to this forum, installed zorin OS on my HP Pavilion g6-1189sa Notebook PC. Everything works fine except the WiFi.
I have done OS update and it is up to date. As in the post subject, WiFi gets disconnecting frequently. Also, despite on the same room, and sitting near to my WiFi router, the signal strength is poor.
I was using windows 10 before switching to Zorin and the WiFi was working just fine.
I managed to get the network details using the command "iwconfig"

wlo1 IEEE 802.11 ESSID:"VM8069534"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: 40:0D:10:27:45:29
Bit Rate=1 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry short long limit:2 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:on
Link Quality=25/70 Signal level=-85 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:523 Invalid misc:773 Missed beacon:0

Your listing gives the issue - power management = on!

Follow this guide to resolve the issue - second post on the thread with 50 votes:

https://unix.stackexchange.com/question ... ermanently

Whilst you are in Windows, check the Power saving properties of your network adapters - these should be unticked - by default, powersaving on network adapters is always set to on after a fresh Windows install - regardless of what version you have.

Swarfendor437 wrote:Your listing gives the issue - power management = on!

Follow this guide to resolve the issue - second post on the thread with 50 votes:

https://unix.stackexchange.com/question ... ermanently

Whilst you are in Windows, check the Power saving properties of your network adapters - these should be unticked - by default, powersaving on network adapters is always set to on after a fresh Windows install - regardless of what version you have.

Thank you Swarfendor437. It worked!
The WiFi now has a stable connection, however the signal strength still shows half.

See if any of the suggestions here help with the weak signal:

https://appuals.com/increase-signal-str ... nal-linux/

could you also post back the results of, using the Terminal:

Code:

lsusb

please. Thanks.

Swarfendor437 wrote:See if any of the suggestions here help with the weak signal:

https://appuals.com/increase-signal-str ... nal-linux/

could you also post back the results of, using the Terminal:

Code:

lsusb

please. Thanks.

Thank you for the link, I am looking into it. Will update once I do the workarounds.

The results you have asked using the command "lsusb"

Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0c45:6321 Microdia
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 145f:01c0 Trust
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

Thank you again

OK, the lsusb command did not give me the requisite information.

Can you please install net-tools and post-back the results of ifconfig:

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=14351&hilit=+ifconfig#p63478

Swarfendor437 wrote:OK, the lsusb command did not give me the requisite information.

Can you please install net-tools and post-back the results of ifconfig:

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=14351&hilit=+ifconfig#p63478

Hi, I used the command "lspci" and it gave the below details for network and ethernet. Is that the one you are looking for?

02:00.0 Network controller: Ralink corp. RT5390 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 05)

Using net-tools;

ifconfig
eno1: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
ether 2c:27:d7:d6:fa:3e 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

lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING> mtu 65536
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 108.0.0.0
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 scopeid 0x10<host>
loop txqueuelen 1000 (Local Loopback)
RX packets 438 bytes 44439 (44.4 KB)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 438 bytes 44439 (44.4 KB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0

wlo1: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 192.168.0.21 netmask 108.108.108.0 broadcast 192.168.0.108
inet6 fe80::7555:f331:7a7e:ab25 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20<link>
ether ec:55:f9:b5:fc:9b txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 2632 bytes 2291331 (2.2 MB)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 2597 bytes 362593 (362.5 KB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0

From searching, it needs a proprietary driver.

https://askubuntu.com/questions/762133/ ... ink-rt5390

https://h-node.org/wifi/view/en/719/Ral ... 1T-1R-PCIe

https://drp.su/en/devices/wifi/ralink?page=3 - go for the one that has 1x1 in it and see if Zorin will allow you to install the proprietary driver. No guarantees.

At the end of the day you might be better off going here:

https://www.thinkpenguin.com/gnu-linux/ ... pe-n150usb

Swarfendor437 wrote:From searching, it needs a proprietary driver.

https://askubuntu.com/questions/762133/ ... ink-rt5390

https://h-node.org/wifi/view/en/719/Ral ... 1T-1R-PCIe

https://drp.su/en/devices/wifi/ralink?page=3 - go for the one that has 1x1 in it and see if Zorin will allow you to install the proprietary driver. No guarantees.

At the end of the day you might be better off going here:

https://www.thinkpenguin.com/gnu-linux/ ... pe-n150usb

Tried installing proprietary driver and no luck resolving the issue. I think I will go for the penguin adapter if network is not running smooth over the coming days.
Thank you for your support, much appreciated. The main issue was WiFi disconnecting intermittently which is now solved.