WiFi on Fedora 43 disconnects

Framework Laptop 16 Linux
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Fedora 43, Kernel 6.18.8

AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS

I have been using my Framework 16 with Fedora for almost a year, but recently (after update?) the WiFi has started to disconnect. Seems to be related to power management kicking in after a period of idleness as best I can tell.

I found some older messages regarding this problem, but they are for much older versions of Fedora.

Any tips on fixing this problem?

Thanks.

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I saw some one mention that you shall disable the idle/sleep mode on the WiFi power management so that WiFi won’t go to sleep after some idle time.

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Try this: sudo iw dev wlan0 set power_save off

That should temporary disable power management for your card.

Replace “wlan0” with whatever your wifi card is called. That should tell you if power management related to the wifi card is the issue. If not, then a simple reboot should restore the original settings or simply use: sudo iw dev wlan0 set power_save on The only reason I show the bash command is that there doesn’t appear to be a GUI function for this. At least on KDE.

For me, I had to replace “wlan0” with “wlp192s0”.

To find the assign name for your wifi card simply use: ifconfig. Look for the one that shows a valid internet IP address…so something like: 192.168.*.*

The above commands have been tested on Fedora 43 KDE Plasma.