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cavedog said:
Tried that now. While replying to the wifi disconnected again :cautious:
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Try this, from Ubuntu forums




I was having the same issue with bionic. First i thought it was related with Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter, but even after updating it the signal continued to fluctuate.
It appears to be related to gnome's network manager. After switching to WICD, the wi fi hasn't been unstable anymore (that was almost 4 months ago). [EDIT: Still no issues as of today 05/28/2019] Here are a few steps to apply this fix:
Open up a Terminal and execute the following commands:
First, install WICD:
sudo apt install wicd-gtk

Next, we uninstall NetworkManager:
sudo apt remove network-manager-gnome network-manager

After everything is confirmed to be working (best to check this after rebooting), you can remove config files for NetworkManager:
sudo dpkg --purge network-manager-gnome network-manager


Or directly

 
Hephaestus said:
Try this, from Ubuntu forums




I was having the same issue with bionic. First i thought it was related with Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter, but even after updating it the signal continued to fluctuate.
It appears to be related to gnome's network manager. After switching to WICD, the wi fi hasn't been unstable anymore (that was almost 4 months ago). [EDIT: Still no issues as of today 05/28/2019] Here are a few steps to apply this fix:
Open up a Terminal and execute the following commands:
First, install WICD:
sudo apt install wicd-gtk

Next, we uninstall NetworkManager:
sudo apt remove network-manager-gnome network-manager

After everything is confirmed to be working (best to check this after rebooting), you can remove config files for NetworkManager:
sudo dpkg --purge network-manager-gnome network-manager


Or directly

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Code: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree      
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package wicd-gtk


Really getting frustrated with ubuntu now. :cautious:

I'm thinking it's the gnome network manager because it's happening on ethernet too. It works fine and it's fast but suddenly it just stops working.

I read on the ubuntu forums they removed wcid from the repositories....
 
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cavedog said:
Code: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree      
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package wicd-gtk


Really getting frustrated with ubuntu now. :cautious:

I'm thinking it's the gnome network manager because it's happening on ethernet too. It works fine and it's fast but suddenly it just stops working.
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Lost for words, never had an issue with network dumping on Ubuntu with any laptop/ PC
 
Hephaestus said:
Lost for words, never had an issue with network dumping on Ubuntu with any laptop/ PC
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Yeah I see complains on the forums also about it. Maybe it doesn't like my networking cards in this laptop. Sigh.
 
I was on Mint for years but I've been running Manjaro for over a year now on my work development machines and I'm very happy with it.
 
Speedster said:
Back to this "debate". Two things I want to mention:
  1. I was looking at buying a machine for video editing recently and the pricing between similarly specced windows and mac machines were virtually the same. If you want a cheapy / entry level machine then, by all means, go Windows as there aren't any macs in that price bracket. If you're looking at anything slightly higher up, mac and windows machines are very similarly priced. For completeness, I went Windows on that machine.
  2. I bought my first MacBook circa 2010 secondhand. Since then I've upgraded a number of times - mostly secondhand, once new. Over the 10 year period my Mac has worked out quite a bit cheaper than my colleagues' who have windows laptops as I was able to sell my mac for very good prices, while the windows' machines didn't seem to keep their value nearly as much. This has meant that I've managed to maintain a reasonably current macbook for between R3k and R5k each upgrade cycle (approx 3 years), while my colleagues have needed to pay basically full price on a new machine every time they upgrade.
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I'll agree partially one point number 2. Macs do hold their value. Hell, I even owned a couple of Macbooks and Macbook Pro's a couple years back. They have great hardware design.

Thankfully, other manufacturers have caught up, but they've also started charging a premium these days.

On point number 1, you can still get an equivalent Windows laptop cheaper then Crapple.
 
cavedog said:
Yeah I see complains on the forums also about it. Maybe it doesn't like my networking cards in this laptop. Sigh.
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@cavedog
Are you running on a hidden SSID wifi network?
I had to change my SSID so its not hidden to resolve my Wifi issues.
 
|tera| said:
@cavedog
Are you running on a hidden SSID wifi network?
I had to change my SSID so its not hidden to resolve my Wifi issues.
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Nope but it is the same ssid from multiple access points mesh so maybe when it's switching something is causing the gnome networks manager to fail.

I did not have the issue on my home wifi but the the thing is it's not limited to wifi even the lan.

Downloaded a few big files and at work there is 1Gbps internet if the ethernet gets flooded at full speed it also stops the gnome networks manager.
 
cavedog said:
Nope but it is the same ssid from multiple access points mesh so maybe when it's switching something is causing the gnome networks manager to fail.

I did not have the issue on my home wifi but the the thing is it's not limited to wifi even the lan.

Downloaded a few big files and at work there is 1Gbps internet if the ethernet gets flooded at full speed it also stops the gnome networks manager.
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Are the symptoms similar to this?
askubuntu.com

16.04 LTS wifi connection issues with Realtek RTL8723BE adapter

I discovered several issues with wifi connection after installing 16.04 LTS. First, wifi doesn't reconnect normally after sleep or hibernation. Sometimes the network icon turns into a "up and down
askubuntu.com askubuntu.com
That's for Ubuntu 16, but maybe it could help to find the fix.
 
Ubuntu/Linux Mint is a good start, if you feel like changing after you know your way around linux then go for it
 
Looking to move from Ubuntu to Debian.

Ubuntu seems to have lost their way.

Should probably try Arch but can never get it to do what I want. ~Shame~
 
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