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Wifi Disconnects in Zorin OS9

Mosesgarcia

Sat Jan 30, 2016 6:35:20 am

Hi

Can someone please help, I have installed Zorin OS 9, 64 Bit, the Wi-Fi disconnects, after approximately 45 minutes, I have to restart the pc, it then re connects, please kindly if some can advise what I can do to solve this problem

Kind Regards

Moses

Swarfendor437

Sat Jan 30, 2016 9:59:55 am

Hi please take a look here:

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=5449

and from a terminal (Ctrl+ Alt+ T) enter:

Code:
lspci


and post back the results please - if any hexadecimal code shows up indicating your ethernet/wifi (xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx) - replace them with xx: s before posting.

Mosesgarcia

Sat Jan 30, 2016 8:19:09 pm

Hi please see requested information below

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation ValleyView SSA-CUnit (rev 0e)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation ValleyView Gen7 (rev 0e)
00:13.0 SATA controller: Intel Corporation ValleyView 6-Port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 0e)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation ValleyView USB xHCI Host Controller (rev 0e)
00:1a.0 Encryption controller: Intel Corporation ValleyView SEC (rev 0e)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation ValleyView High Definition Audio Controller (rev 0e)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation ValleyView PCI Express Root Port (rev 0e)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation ValleyView PCI Express Root Port (rev 0e)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation ValleyView PCI Express Root Port (rev 0e)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation ValleyView PCI Express Root Port (rev 0e)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation ValleyView USB Enhanced Host Controller (rev 0e)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ValleyView Power Control Unit (rev 0e)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation ValleyView SMBus Controller (rev 0e)
02:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8723BE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 0c)

System Information

SYSTEM INFORMATION
Running Zorin Linux, the Zorin 9 (trusty) release.
GNOME: 3.8.4 (Ubuntu 2015-12-02)
Kernel version: 3.16.0-59-generic (#79~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Mon Jan 18 15:41:27 UTC 2016)
GCC: 4.8 (x86_64-linux-gnu)
Xorg: 1.15.1 (12 February 2015 02:49:29PM) (12 February 2015 02:49:29PM)
Uptime: 0 days 0 h 33 min

CPU INFORMATION
GenuineIntel, Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU N2807 @ 1.58GHz
Number of CPUs: 2
CPU clock currently at 499.786 MHz with 1024 KB cache
Numbering: family(6) model(55) stepping(8)
Bogomips: 3161.60
Flags: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm sse4_1 sse4_2 movbe popcnt tsc_deadline_timer rdrand lahf_lm 3dnowprefetch ida arat epb dtherm tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid tsc_adjust smep erms

MEMORY INFORMATION
Total memory: 3847 MB
Total swap: 3988 MB

STORAGE INFORMATION
SCSI device - scsi0
Vendor: ATA
Model: KINGSTON SV300S3

HARDWARE INFORMATION
MOTHERBOARD
Host bridge
Intel Corporation ValleyView SSA-CUnit (rev 0e)
Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device 1000
PCI bridge(s)
Intel Corporation ValleyView PCI Express Root Port (rev 0e) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Intel Corporation ValleyView PCI Express Root Port (rev 0e) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Intel Corporation ValleyView PCI Express Root Port (rev 0e) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Intel Corporation ValleyView PCI Express Root Port (rev 0e) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
ISA bridge
Intel Corporation ValleyView Power Control Unit (rev 0e)
Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device 1000

GRAPHIC CARD
VGA controller
Intel Corporation ValleyView Gen7 (rev 0e) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device 1000

SOUND CARD
Multimedia controller
Intel Corporation ValleyView High Definition Audio Controller (rev 0e)
Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device fa53

NETWORK
Network controller
Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8723BE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
Subsystem: AzureWave Device 2159
Ethernet controller
Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 0c)
Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device 1000

Swarfendor437

Sun Jan 31, 2016 12:03:30 pm