WiFi Constantly Dropping

[Joan Jimenez]

Since the Nov 17 updates, my WiFi is dropping a lot on Luna Beta. I have a HP Mini 110 (my main PC connected to an external monitor) and an HTC Evo 4G.

The WiFi on the Evo keeps working fine, but on the netbook/elementary keeps dropping.

Sometimes I need to wait from 5 to 10 minutes until the laptop can reconect.

Mostly of the time I restart the PC.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: elementary OS 0.2
Package: elementary-desktop 1.284-0~355~precise1 [origin: LP-PPA-elementary-os-daily]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-33.52-generic-pae 3.2.31
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-33-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu15+elementary3~precise1
Architecture: i386
CrashDB: elementary_meta
Date: Mon Nov 19 21:52:57 2012
InstallationMedia: elementary OS 0.2 "Luna" - Beta 1 i386 (20121114)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: elementary-meta
SuspiciousXErrors:

ThirdParty: True
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Cody Garver (codygarver)]

Sounds like a driver issue.

Hmm, maybe try linux-generic-lts-quantal

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for elementary OS because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

[historyb (historyb)]

This bug is still present in Luna

[123alberteinstein (123alberteinstein-deactivatedaccount)]

This seemed to work for me:
http://www.webupd8.org/2013/01/fix-wireless-or-wired-network-not.html

[Peter Dezsi (dezsip88)]

This bug is still present in 0.3 Freya (HP ProBook 470 G2)

[David Heidelberg (okias)]

What about Loki?

[Zisu Andrei (matzipan)]

Hello Peter,

The HP Probook you mentioned can come with either Realtek or Intel or Broadcom wireless card. Which one do you have? Can you confirm this issue didn't occur with Ubuntu 14.04?

[Mauricio López (mauricio-pronet)]

I've got the same issue with loki in my DELL Inspiron N5010 laptop. Wi-fi connects and the first webpage requested is downloaded, but the next link I select doesn't work and I need to reconnect everytime... so: I cannot use WiFi at all.

[Zisu Andrei (matzipan)]

Hello everyone,

Please do not change the status of old bugs, as they may have been fixed, or obsoleted a long time ago. The initial bug report is from 2012.

Please make separate bug reports.

Maruicio, your issue sounds like a driver problem, which the elementary project cannot, however, help with, since we do not maintain the drivers shipped from upstream.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for elementary OS because there has been no activity for 60 days.]