[RESPONDED] WiFi drops out (especially when downloading a lot) but fixes instantly by reconnecting (AMD)

Framework Laptop 13 Linux
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hi! i’m running Fedora 39 Silverblue (actually Universal Blue, also with tuned instead of PPD) and I keep having my WiFi just stop working randomly. it seems to happen way more when i’m using more bandwidth. it fixes itself very quickly by just reconnecting to the network manually, and usually connections are also restored that way.

i believe i’m running the latest firmware:

[  111.699177] mt7921e 0000:01:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
[  111.730285] mt7921e 0000:01:00.0: ASIC revision: 79220010
[  111.806542] mt7921e 0000:01:00.0: HW/SW Version: 0x8a108a10, Build Time: 20240219103244a
[  111.831743] mt7921e 0000:01:00.0: WM Firmware Version: ____000000, Build Time: 20240219103337

any clue? i’ve looked at the other threads but i haven’t found anyone that had the exact issue, even less so with the latest firmware.

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@Mario_Limonciello (for when you return). This may be a regression. Also looping in @Jorge_Castro in case any of the Ublue team have seen this?

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any updates on this? it makes long transfers on files impossible and is generally pretty annoying. thanks

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As it’s happening on the newer firmware I think this should be raised on the wireless mailing lists. Here’s the people you should mail about it:

$ ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/
Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org> (maintainer:NETWORKING DRIVERS (WIRELESS))
Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name> (commit_signer:264/290=91%,authored:17/290=6%)
Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org> (commit_signer:88/290=30%,authored:74/290=26%)
Shayne Chen <shayne.chen@mediatek.com> (commit_signer:71/290=24%)
Deren Wu <deren.wu@mediatek.com> (commit_signer:60/290=21%,authored:18/290=6%)
Peter Chiu <chui-hao.chiu@mediatek.com> (commit_signer:31/290=11%,authored:24/290=8%)
Ming Yen Hsieh <mingyen.hsieh@mediatek.com> (authored:23/290=8%)
linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org (open list:NETWORKING DRIVERS (WIRELESS))
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org (open list)

Feel free to drop a link here for others to follow along your discussions.

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Can confirm - behaviour has gotten worse with F40 Betas ; noticing drop outs on Video Calls quite frequently.

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Do your experiences improve following running

nmcli con mod "$CONN" 802-11-wireless.powersave 2

where $CONN is the Connection name of the network ?