Dave Howorth wrote:
I'm a complete noob when it comes to wireless!
I just turned wireless on on my openSUSE PC (Leap 15.0) in order to be able to control a TP-Link HS110 smart plug. But the wireless seems to be flaky on the PC and I have no idea why.
I set it up in YaST - I use Wicked - and it seemed to work, then it stopped, then it worked, then it didn't etc. YaST now says:
RTL8821AE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter (Not connected) MAC : 80:a5:89:34:b8:27 BusID : 0000:03:00.0
Device Name: wlan0 Started automatically at boot IP address assigned using DHCP
but on my router's network management page I can see an IP address for my PC's WLAN interface (it's on a different net to the wired LAN) and part of the time it indicates a connection and part not. When it does the signal strength is -73 dBm.
I'm no expert either, but maybe that is too low? I have three access points - # iwlist wlan0 scan | grep Signal Quality=70/70 Signal level=-38 dBm Quality=41/70 Signal level=-69 dBm Quality=58/70 Signal level=-52 dBm
2019-11-09T17:33:55.580226+00:00 acer-suse kernel: [9051585.842867] wlan0: deauthenticated from 9a:9b:cb:9d:ab:52 (Reason: 34=DISASSOC_LOW_ACK)
I think the above is the real problem - I would try moving the laptop to another location, trial&error, see if it improves. It does seem weird that other devices have no problem connecting though. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (3.8°C) http://www.dns24.ch/ - your free DNS host, made in Switzerland. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org