WLAN keeps desconnecting after some time

Hello everybody!

I’m a new openSUSE user and so far it has been a nice experience… except for this.
The problem takes place (apparently) after downloading a certain amount of data (~200-300mb). After that, the wifi stops working and it disconnects.
But this gets odd to me: my network doesn’t show anymore on the networks list. After, like, 5 minutes, my network shows again but it is impossible to connect to it.
It seems that the router is doing something like blocking my laptop because, when I try to reconnect, the router doesn’t assign an IP to it.
The only solution is restarting. And the cycle continues.

I can’t say if this happened with another SO because this laptop is new and was Free DOS.

Do someone knows how to fix this?

Greetings.

PD: Sorry if there are mistakes in the text, English is not my native language :stuck_out_tongue:

You should post the result of this so we can what your hardware is:

/sbin/lspci -nnk

This is the result:

00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Haswell-ULT DRAM Controller [8086:0a04] (rev 09)
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:131d]
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0a16] (rev 09)
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:131d]
        Kernel driver in use: i915
        Kernel modules: i915
00:03.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:0a0c] (rev 09)
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:131d]
        Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
        Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel
00:04.0 Signal processing controller [1180]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:0a03] (rev 09)
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:131d]
00:14.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Lynx Point-LP USB xHCI HC [8086:9c31] (rev 04)
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:201f]
        Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
        Kernel modules: xhci_hcd
00:16.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation Lynx Point-LP HECI #0 [8086:9c3a] (rev 04)
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:131d]
        Kernel driver in use: mei_me
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation Lynx Point-LP HD Audio Controller [8086:9c20] (rev 04)
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:11af]
        Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
        Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Lynx Point-LP PCI Express Root Port 1 [8086:9c10] (rev e4)
        Kernel driver in use: pcieport
        Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Lynx Point-LP PCI Express Root Port 3 [8086:9c14] (rev e4)
        Kernel driver in use: pcieport
        Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Lynx Point-LP PCI Express Root Port 4 [8086:9c16] (rev e4)
        Kernel driver in use: pcieport
        Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1c.4 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Lynx Point-LP PCI Express Root Port 5 [8086:9c18] (rev e4)
        Kernel driver in use: pcieport
        Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1d.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Lynx Point-LP USB EHCI #1 [8086:9c26] (rev 04)
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:201f]
        Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci
        Kernel modules: ehci_pci
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation Lynx Point-LP LPC Controller [8086:9c43] (rev 04)
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:131d]
        Kernel driver in use: lpc_ich
        Kernel modules: lpc_ich
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation Lynx Point-LP SATA Controller 1 [AHCI mode] [8086:9c03] (rev 04)
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:131d]
        Kernel driver in use: ahci
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation Lynx Point-LP SMBus Controller [8086:9c22] (rev 04)
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:131d]
        Kernel modules: i2c_i801
00:1f.6 Signal processing controller [1180]: Intel Corporation Lynx Point-LP Thermal [8086:9c24] (rev 04)
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:131d]
02:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device [10ec:5287] (rev 01)
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:202f]
        Kernel driver in use: rtsx_pci
        Kernel modules: rtsx_pci
02:00.1 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller [10ec:8168] (rev 12)
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:200f]
        Kernel driver in use: r8169
        Kernel modules: r8169
03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Ralink corp. RT3290 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe [1814:3290]
        Subsystem: Foxconn International, Inc. Device [105b:e055]
        Kernel driver in use: rt2800pci
        Kernel modules: rt2800pci
03:00.1 Bluetooth [0d11]: Ralink corp. RT3290 Bluetooth [1814:3298]
        Subsystem: Foxconn International, Inc. Device [105b:e056]
04:00.0 3D controller [0302]: NVIDIA Corporation GF117M [GeForce 610M/710M / GT 620M/625M/630M/720M] [10de:1140] (rev a1)
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. GeForce GT 720M [1043:131d]
        Kernel modules: nvidiafb, nouveau


Looking around the web there might be some issues with your device

eg: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2104129#top

Well, yes, that was the problem.
I found the solution in this same forum and it was easy. I just used this two commands (I don’t know what they do :frowning: )

zypper ar http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Kernel:/stable/standard Kernel:stable

and

zypper in --from Kernel:stable kernel-desktop

And picking Desktop - openSUSE on the booting section.