Framework Laptop 13 (AMD Ryzen AI 300 Series) Wireless PSA

Framework Laptop 13 Linux
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Got it working normally on latest kernel 6.15.4. The speed is much much better and no disruptions in connection.

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As usual, @jwp speaks with great wisdom. I had accounted for reg, did not consider router time/date - excellent suggestions!

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This is excellent news! Can you describe the following, for my own tracking?

  • Distro (assuming Fedora or Arch)

  • Any changes made to your configuration besides package update with new kernel?

  • RZ717 (MT7925) Mediatek wireless

  • Router brand/model

  • Band you had success connecting to (2.4, 5ghz, 6ghz, etc)

Thank you!

I am on the same chipset and on the same kernel on Fedora, but, my magical mesh network never has these issues, so I rely on others for repro fails/successes. :sweat_smile:

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  • It is Ubuntu 24.04
  • No changes made apart from upgrading kernel to version 6.15.4. I just installed Ubuntu the day before :grinning_face:
  • MT7925a chipset
  • Unfortunately, canā€™t say. It was public Wi-Fi at office.
  • 2.4 and 5ghz. Didnā€™t try 6ghz.
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I finally captured the logs when the Wi-Fi issue occurred. It happens quite randomly, and in many cases, the test script wasnā€™t even running when the problem happened.
In the last few log entries, the RX packet count didnā€™t seem to increase. At that moment, I noticed that webpages on the computer stopped loading. I then checked on my phone and confirmed that the laptop was no longer connected. Since I needed to get things done, I stopped the script and restarted the Wi-Fi.

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Also having problems on NixOS with Kernel version 6.15.4 on the MEDIATEK Corp. MT7925 (RZ717).

On my home wifi I can only access ipv6, while ipv4 doesnā€™t reach anything.

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16:07:59: RX bitrate drops from ~200+ Mbps to 1.0 Mbps (TX stays at 229.4 Mbps)

16:08:09: RX bitrate recovers to 229.4 Mbps (TX drops to 172.0 Mbps)

16:09:09: TX bitrate crashes to 6.0 Mbps (RX stays at 229.4 Mbps)

16:09:19 onwards: RX bytes freeze

Ping data shows: 2 packet drops/timeouts during the monitoring period

  • RX and TX are failing independently at different times
  • The connection stays ā€œupā€ (still shows connected) even when data transfer stops
  • The device remains on the same frequency/channel throughout
  • Signal strength stays consistent (-37 to -41 dBm)

First thing I want to check for is a kernel update. Iā€™m on another distro, using 6.15.6 which works well here.

2.4ghz is going to be super congested, so you may also be dealing with heavy congestion.

  • Asymmetric failures (RX/TX affected separately) - common with interference
  • Data flow stopping while connection stays up - typical of congested channels
  • Erratic bitrate changes - interference causes constant rate adaptation

See what other networks are on 2.4 GHz
iw dev wlp192s0 scan | grep -E "(freq: 24|SSID:)"

Check if your AP supports 5 GHz
iw dev wlp192s0 scan ssid "DoraAP"

Force 5 GHz if available
sudo iw dev wlp192s0 connect "DoraAP" 5180 # or other 5 GHz freq

Outside of that, Iā€™d encourage you to open a ticket and weā€™ll gather general logs. Do link to this thread when filing a ticket.

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I was not doing network bandwidth testing when running the script, just regular coding, viewing websites, maybe downloading files, so Iā€™m not sure if the bitrate is supposed to stay consistent.

My AP supports both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz, it shows freq: 5785.0 and freq: 2412.0.

When I run iw dev wlp192s0 scan ssid "DoraAP"
There is an error

command failed: Operation already in progress (-114)

Maybe itā€™s caused by NetworkManager. I tried connecting through the GNOME UI instead, and it connected to 5 GHz just fine.

Connected to a6:0b:6a:c8:9a:7c (on wlp192s0)
	SSID: DoraAP
	freq: 5785.0
	RX: 6359586 bytes (6125 packets)
	TX: 807492 bytes (2384 packets)
	signal: -37 dBm
	rx bitrate: 1080.6 MBit/s 80MHz HE-MCS 10 HE-NSS 2 HE-GI 0 HE-DCM 0
	tx bitrate: 1200.9 MBit/s 80MHz HE-MCS 11 HE-NSS 2 HE-GI 0 HE-DCM 0
	bss flags: short-slot-time
	dtim period: 2
	beacon int: 100

I could check other networks on 2.4 GHz and open the ticket next time I encounter the issue. I am also on 6.15.6 right now.

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Iā€™m running non fedora 42 and usnig Unifi wifi 7 APs (one pro and one pro wall). Iā€™ve narrowed the majoirty of the problems i have to MLO. I have two SSIDs one with MLO enabled, and when connected to MLO itā€™s connecting to 6ghz and 2.4ghz simultaneously (not sure why not 6 and 5). 2.4ghz signal is.. pretty spotty in my house. I live in a city and thereā€™s a ton of interference. If I switch to the non-MLO SSID and it connects to just 6ghz or 5ghz depending on range, the connection is far far more stable.

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In hopes that itā€™s useful to someone, I had intermittent wireless issues for a while but now it seems stable. I assume some standard upgrade along the way helped. Hereā€™s my system:

# System Details Report
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## Report details
- **Date generated:**                              2025-08-10 12:58:53

## Hardware Information:
- **Hardware Model:**                              Framework Laptop 13 _AMD Ryzen AI 300 Series_
- **Memory:**                                      48.0 GiB
- **Processor:**                                   AMD Ryzenā„¢ AI 9 HX 370 w/ Radeonā„¢ 890M Ɨ 24
- **Graphics:**                                    AMD Radeonā„¢ Graphics
- **Disk Capacity:**                               2.0 TB

## Software Information:
- **Firmware Version:**                            03.04
- **OS Name:**                                     Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS
- **OS Build:**                                    (null)
- **OS Type:**                                     64-bit
- **GNOME Version:**                               46
- **Windowing System:**                            Wayland
- **Kernel Version:**                              Linux 6.14.0-27-generic

I can try to gather more data if that would be useful.

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FW13, AMD AI 7 350

Mediatek wifi card.

I installed Ubuntu 25.04, prepared to upgrade to a more recent mainline kernel based on this and similar threads. But didnā€™t have to bother so far. 5 days and not a single wifi network drop.

Kernel is unchanged for recent Ubuntu 25.04 iso download: 6.14.0-27-generic.

After installation I did nothing to get anything running besides doing apt upgrade and fwupdmgr get-updates.

fwupdmgr:

Laptop 13 AMD Ryzen AI 300 System Update:
New version: 0.0.3.4

So either Ubuntu already has some backported drivers in current 25.04 or the drops are specific to access points - so far I only connected to 5 GHz. Or I was just lucky for 5 days for some weird reason. :slight_smile:

Perhaps the problems are specific to 6 GHz?

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New Laptop 13 Ryzen Ai 350, Mediatek wifi card, running Fedora 42, having serious wifi issues. I am getting download speeds around 20k/s no matter what I do. My home network is an Asus ZenWifi xt8 mesh with three nodes, and multiple other devices on my network get full bandwidth, around 600M/s. This includes another older laptop sitting right next to this one, also running Fedora 42, so this isnā€™t a Fedora compatibility issue with my network.

I ran the wifi analysis tool and it told me ā€œYour modern WiFi system is functioning properlyā€ which is definitely not true.

I did try running wavemon during a download, and the most notable thing is that I am apparently getting thousands of TX retries, if Iā€™m reading this right Iā€™m retrying 63% of TX packets.

Other machines on this network are not having this issue. The Fedora machine sitting next to this had no TX retries.

Iā€™ve updated firmwares, have the latest kernel, all updates installed. Does anyone have any suggestions? Should I be buying another wifi card?

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Hi Joe,

Please open a support ticket and link to this thread. Ask to be escalated to the Linux Support Team please (Mention I asked specifically).

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I already had a ticket open, I just responded to it with the request to escalate. Thank you.

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Hi, I am running Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS, and my WiFi adapter seems to have just disappeared without warning.

Kernel version is 6.14.0-27 so I guess that is the issue butā€¦. how do I patch it?

Simple instruction very welcome ā€“ TIA!

Edit to add: I am on the Ryzen 7040 chipset, possibly I am in the wrong thread.

Edit again: wifi adapter is back after a few restartsā€¦ for now. I tried using apt update to get the latest kernel but that seems to be what I have, for numbat.

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Have you also done apt upgrade after doing the update?

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Yes, fair question. I dis upgrade, but what I didnā€™t do was restart the computer. Will try that tonight

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By the way, I was escalated to Linux support, and they suggested sending me an Intel wifi card. Iā€™m open to diagnosing the issue with the AMD card if it can help with stability for others.

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I just bought an Framework 13 with AMD, and I am having a freezing issue, but the wifi is fine (Ubuntu 24.04). Could you point me to the correct thread for the freezing issue?

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Iā€™m running 25.04 and havenā€™t experienced any freezing.

If you donā€™t want to upgrade from 24.04 to 25.04, you could try the mainline kernel package.