[SOLVED] Intermittent network function - both ethernet and wifi - how do I track down the cause?
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But I doubt that's the problem: it's OK to have both:
I tried on my Mint 21.1 plus many things say it's ok:
(unless Telus [model ?] oddly forbids that, or maybe [WAG_FUD] DHCP renew confuses resolved, or ...)
Code:
user@HP:~$ ip r
default via 192.168.1.254 dev eno1 proto dhcp metric 100
default via 192.168.1.254 dev wlo1 proto dhcp metric 600
169.254.0.0/16 dev wlo1 scope link metric 1000
192.168.1.0/24 dev eno1 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.131 metric 100
192.168.1.0/24 dev wlo1 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.230 metric 600
user@HP:~$ resolvectl status; sudo cat /run/systemd/resolve/netif/{2,3}
Last edited by GentleThotSeaMonkey; 05-07-2023 at 10:58 PM.
Don't think you're the only one who's ever done something stupid and messed things up. I certainly have. And most of the guys here would admit to it. It may have bheen Mark Twain who said
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark Twain
What gets us into trouble ain't what we don't know. It's what we know for sure, but just ain't so.
That SHOULD not be the cause. I often have multiple interfaces up at the same time while WIFI is running, because I run multiple networks. (Only one has the default route and Internet access.)
I agree. I ran two interfaces, eth0 and a wifi dongle here for a while because I was compiling half-assed wifi dongle drivers and doing speed tests and stuff.
In the OP's defence, he does use NetworkManager. If he got nm-tui going, his problems might vanish. But the less I know about NM, the better I like it. Alternatively, at least one of my ex-isps would throw me off periodically (2 hours?) and make me renegotiate a lease, so my IP could well change.
Not fixed.
Worked for about 10 times as long before it failed. Wow.
Would somebody try to explain what I need to do to get internet without NetworkManager? And I don't understand what to change with nm-tui.
What I've looked at so far is just confusing the old brain here.
I cheated.
Installed another instance of Mint on a spare partition, upgrading from Mint 20.3 to 21.1, and it has no issues so far.
Tried several Timeshift restores first, though, and even from a month ago this problem remained, so I said "Feck it" and used the nuclear option.
It was time.
Now we'll see if there's a hidden hardware issue or not; I'm hoping it was just a borked installation.
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