Wifi Issues
I have a new issue where my wifi will randomly disconnect and then reconnect every few minutes or so. I am not sure what outputs will help diagnose but I have hit a wall it seems.
Situation: I made the mistake of upgrading my Bazzite OS at the same time I installed my new Unifi U7 AP an upgrade from the Unifi AP Pro. Every since then My wifi will randomly disconnect every 5-20 min. It will then reconnect on it's own after about 20 seconds.
Unifi settings:
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Bazzite OS
Lenovo Yoga 9 14IRP8
Wifi card: Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX210
AP: Unifi U7
sudo lshw -C network
[sudo] password for hambone0:
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: Raptor Lake PCH CNVi WiFi
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 14.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:14.3
logical name: wlp0s20f3
version: 01
serial: 66:1f:06:33:9e:c4
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix bus_master cap_list ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=iwlwifi driverversion=6.12.12-207.bazzite.fc41.x86_64 firmware=89.6b44fa0b.0 so-a0-gf-a0-89.uc ip=192.168.1.145 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes
resources: iomemory:600-5ff irq:16 memory:601d194000-601d197fff
rpm-ostree status
State: idle
Deployments:
● ostree-image-signed:docker://ghcr.io/ublue-os/bazzite:stable
Digest: sha256:89a1d886805462612cdb34dcbcea5f279e7b96406a3e16854bdb30ed146ba7cc
Version: 41.20250216.2 (2025-02-17T16:37:14Z)
LayeredPackages: ghostty-git webkit2gtk3 zsh
Initramfs: '"-I /etc/crypttab /etc/modprobe.d/amdgpu.conf"'
10 Replies
https://community.ui.com/questions/U7-Pro-Clients-constantly-connecting-disconnecting/ad368251-2a41-495b-a9ec-56a83508e63b
might want to upgrade back to the Unify Wifi you had before
alternatively, try splitting your 2.4/5G networks and hardcoding the AP so it doesn't try to drift
That does not seem to fit my case. I do not see the laptop switching to 2.5g. Further it is only the laptop having issues and not other devices, which is why I decided to start in this post and not on the Unifi side of things. It may be a good idea to run the old one for a bit to help rule out Bazzite if no one else has other ideas.
I can confirm with 100% certainty that your issue is not bazzite
I am on a unify network using an Intel AX210
Further settings,
the AX210 is probably the single best supported wifi hardware in Linux
My office is also entirely Unify APs
again, no issues there
I have AX210s in three different laptops
all see regular use in both locations
That is great news! Thanks for the info. I will attempt setting up the other AP for a bit now then. Any tips on commands to help debug what the actual error message is?
I'm afraid I wouldn't know where to begin there, but do try the hardcoded SSID
and let me know where that gets you
I will attempt that and get back. 🙂
It is good to know someone else has a similar setup without issues.
I connected and targeted the 5g radio. Ill report back!
@Kyle Gospo My speed test results to my local server are pretty crap. So something seems off.
Solution
Seems manually setting SSID fixed my issue. Odd..