WiFi keeps disconnecting

[IbChristian]

Ahh, the fun never stops...

I'm having trouble with my WiFi on my desktop PC when using Linux. It connects fine upon boot up, but after a couple minutes it disconnects. It tries to reconnect but fails every time. If I reboot it will reconnect upon startup, but again only lasts a few minutes.

1. It's not a hardware problem, as when I boot to Windows 7 (I have two hard drives on the same machine) everything works fine.
2. It shouldn't have anything to do with my service or the router, as I'm using them to post this (on my laptop), and all our TV and phone streaming services work fine.
3. The copy of Linux I have on my desktop is exactly the same as on my laptop, and I mean exactly; both were installed using the same USB stick with the same iso file.

Now this may be an update problem, because when I installed Linux and updated, it spent hours downloading the over a hundred updates without disconnecting once (the .iso file is at least three months old). However the same updates have also been installed on my laptop, albeit not all at once, and as I pointed out earlier, it's fine.

Has anyone else encountered this? Can I fix it or do I need to completely reinstall Linux?

Thanks in advance

 

[APTI]

Ahh, the fun never stops...

I'm having trouble with my WiFi on my desktop PC when using Linux. It connects fine upon boot up, but after a couple minutes it disconnects. It tries to reconnect but fails every time. If I reboot it will reconnect upon startup, but again only lasts a few minutes.

1. It's not a hardware problem, as when I boot to Windows 7 (I have two hard drives on the same machine) everything works fine.
2. It shouldn't have anything to do with my service or the router, as I'm using them to post this (on my laptop), and all our TV and phone streaming services work fine.
3. The copy of Linux I have on my desktop is exactly the same as on my laptop, and I mean exactly; both were installed using the same USB stick with the same iso file.

Now this may be an update problem, because when I installed Linux and updated, it spent hours downloading the over a hundred updates without disconnecting once (the .iso file is at least three months old). However the same updates have also been installed on my laptop, albeit not all at once, and as I pointed out earlier, it's fine.

Has anyone else encountered this? Can I fix it or do I need to completely reinstall Linux?

Thanks in advance

what speed of internet are you getting? I have never had a updates take that long and even a full upgrade of 2.5GB is only about a 20 or 30 minute download. would also be helpful to know what wifi card you are using. It may just not be very compatible which would make it a hardware issue.
I also wonder how far your desktop is from the router in that maybe since it really does not need to be on wifi you can just plug it in and all problems are solved.

 

[kc1di]

Please issue this command in a terminal and post the result back here.

inxi -Nn