Cannot Connect to 5GHz WiFi on QCA6174, Can see 5Ghz SSID, 2.4 Ghz works fine - Tried Multiple Solutions

Hey Guys, I’m a total noob.

This is the first time I’m using linux and I really want to keep using Manjaro. However, I can’t connect to 5Ghz on my laptop. I’ve tried all the internet (and sadly AI) ideas I possibly could.

Here is inxi -zv8 output. (I’m sorry if I’m supposed to format it in a specific way. I couldn’t find anything regarding that)

System:
  Kernel: 6.12.44-3-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.2.1
    clocksource: tsc avail: acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-6.12-x86_64
    root=UUID=5e053612-9d60-4369-a8bf-450293293607 rw rootflags=subvol=@
    quiet splash lockdown=none apparmor=1 security=apparmor
    udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: GNOME v: 48.4 tk: GTK v: 3.24.50 wm: gnome-shell
    tools: gsd-screensaver-proxy dm: GDM v: 48.0 Distro: Manjaro
    base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: TIMI product: RedmiBook 14-APCS v: N/A
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: TIMI model: TM1931 v: V1.00 serial: <superuser required>
    part-nu: TM1931-26420 uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: TIMI v: RMRPC400P0401
    date: 10/23/2019
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 35.4 Wh (100%) condition: 35.4/47 Wh (75.3%) volts: 16.81
    min: 15.2 model: SUNWODA type: Li-ion serial: <filter> charging:
    status: not charging cycles: N/A
Memory:
  System RAM: total: 16 GiB available: 13.58 GiB used: 3.69 GiB (27.2%)
  Message: For most reliable report, use superuser + dmidecode.
  Array-1: capacity: 64 GiB slots: 2 modules: 2 EC: None
    max-module-size: 32 GiB note: est.
  Device-1: Channel-A DIMM 0 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered
    (unregistered) size: 8 GiB speed: spec: 2667 MT/s actual: 2400 MT/s volts:
    note: check curr: 1 min: 1 max: 1 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64
    manufacturer: Samsung part-no: M471A1K43DB1-CTD serial: <filter>
  Device-2: Channel-B DIMM 0 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered
    (unregistered) size: 8 GiB speed: spec: 2667 MT/s actual: 2400 MT/s volts:
    note: check curr: 1 min: 1 max: 1 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64
    manufacturer: Samsung part-no: M471A1G44AB0-CTD serial: N/A
PCI Slots:
  Permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 3700U with Radeon Vega Mobile Gfx bits: 64
    type: MT MCP arch: Zen/Zen+ note: check gen: 1 level: v3 note: check
    built: 2019 process: GF 12nm family: 0x17 (23) model-id: 0x18 (24)
    stepping: 1 microcode: 0x8108109
  Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 4 threads: 8 tpc: 2
    smt: enabled cache: L1: 384 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x64 KiB L2: 2 MiB
    desc: 4x512 KiB L3: 4 MiB desc: 1x4 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2928 min/max: 1400/2300 boost: enabled scaling:
    driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 2928 2: 2928 3: 2928
    4: 2928 5: 2928 6: 2928 7: 2928 8: 2928 bogomips: 36749
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm adx aes aperfmperf apic arat avic avx avx2 bmi1
    bmi2 bpext clflush clflushopt clzero cmov cmp_legacy constant_tsc cpb
    cpuid cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de decodeassists extapic extd_apicid f16c
    flushbyasid fma fpu fsgsbase fxsr fxsr_opt ht hw_pstate ibpb lahf_lm lbrv
    lm mca mce misalignsse mmx mmxext monitor movbe msr mtrr mwaitx
    nonstop_tsc nopl npt nrip_save nx osvw overflow_recov pae pat pausefilter
    pclmulqdq pdpe1gb perfctr_core perfctr_llc perfctr_nb pfthreshold pge pni
    popcnt pse pse36 rapl rdrand rdseed rdtscp rep_good sep sev sev_es sha_ni
    skinit smap smca smep ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 succor svm
    svm_lock syscall tce topoext tsc tsc_scale v_vmsave_vmload vgif
    vmcb_clean vme vmmcall wdt xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveerptr xsaveopt
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: indirect_target_selection status: Not affected
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
  Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed mitigation: untrained return thunk; SMT vulnerable
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow mitigation: Safe RET
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
    prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
    sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines; IBPB: conditional; STIBP:
    disabled; RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsa status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Picasso/Raven 2 [Radeon Vega
    Series / Radeon Mobile Series] vendor: Xiaomi driver: amdgpu v: kernel
    arch: GCN-5 code: Vega process: GF 14nm built: 2017-20 pcie: gen: 3
    speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: HDMI-A-1
    bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:15d8 class-ID: 0300 temp: 74.0 C
  Display: x11 server: X.org v: 1.21.1.18 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.8
    compositor: gnome-shell driver: X: loaded: amdgpu
    unloaded: modesetting,radeon alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: radeonsi
    gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0 note: <missing: xdpyinfo/xrandr>
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: Najing CEC Panda 0x004a built: 2019 res: 1920x1080
    dpi: 163 gamma: 1.2 chroma: red: x: 0.596 y: 0.361 green: x: 0.345 y: 0.557
    blue: x: 0.157 y: 0.106 white: x: 0.314 y: 0.329
    size: 309x174mm (12.17x6.85") diag: 345mm (13.6") ratio: 16:9
    modes: 1920x1080, 1680x1050, 1280x1024, 1440x900, 1280x800, 1280x720,
    1024x768, 800x600, 640x480
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0 drv: radeonsi
    device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: kms_swrast surfaceless: drv: radeonsi x11:
    drv: radeonsi inactive: wayland
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 25.2.1-arch1.4
    glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon Vega 10 Graphics
    (radeonsi raven ACO DRM 3.61 6.12.44-3-MANJARO) device-ID: 1002:15d8
    memory: 1.95 GiB unified: no
  Info: Tools: api: eglinfo,glxinfo x11: xprop
Audio:
  Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Raven/Raven2/Fenghuang HDMI/DP
    Audio vendor: Xiaomi driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3
    speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 03:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:15de class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Audio Coprocessor vendor: Xiaomi
    driver: snd_pci_acp3x v: kernel alternate: snd_rn_pci_acp3x, snd_pci_acp5x,
    snd_pci_acp6x, snd_acp_pci, snd_rpl_pci_acp6x, snd_pci_ps,
    snd_sof_amd_renoir, snd_sof_amd_rembrandt, snd_sof_amd_vangogh,
    snd_sof_amd_acp63, snd_sof_amd_acp70 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 03:00.5 chip-ID: 1022:15e2 class-ID: 0480
  Device-3: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 17h/19h/1ah HD Audio
    vendor: Xiaomi driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s
    lanes: 16 bus-ID: 03:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.12.44-3-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
    type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
  Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.4.7 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter
    vendor: Lite-On driver: ath10k_pci v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
    lanes: 1 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 168c:003e class-ID: 0280 temp: 54.0 C
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
    broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  IF-ID-1: ipv6leakintrf0 state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A
    mac: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: global
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  IF-ID-2: proton0 state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: N/A
  IP v4: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: global
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: global
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  Info: services: iwd, NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Lite-On driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
    lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 3-1:2 chip-ID: 04ca:301f class-ID: e001
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: see --recommends
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 953.88 GiB used: 355.71 GiB (37.3%)
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung
    model: MZVLB512HAJQ-00000 size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
    logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
    fw-rev: EXA7301Q temp: 39.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 model: SSD size: 476.94 GiB block-size:
    physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: USB rev: 3.1 spd: 10 Gb/s lanes: 1
    mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 tech: SSD serial: <filter> scheme: MBR
  Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 192.82 GiB size: 192.82 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 18.58 GiB (9.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
    label: N/A uuid: 5e053612-9d60-4369-a8bf-450293293607
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 632 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 label: N/A
    uuid: A7F4-4963
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 192.82 GiB size: 192.82 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 18.58 GiB (9.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
    label: N/A uuid: 5e053612-9d60-4369-a8bf-450293293607
  ID-4: /run/media/trojar/Shifaz raw-size: 476.94 GiB
    size: 476.94 GiB (100.00%) used: 337.13 GiB (70.7%) fs: exfat dev: /dev/sda1
    maj-min: 8:1 label: Shifaz uuid: DCEC-7756
  ID-5: /swap raw-size: 192.82 GiB size: 192.82 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 18.58 GiB (9.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
    label: N/A uuid: 5e053612-9d60-4369-a8bf-450293293607
  ID-6: /var/cache raw-size: 192.82 GiB size: 192.82 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 18.58 GiB (9.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
    label: N/A uuid: 5e053612-9d60-4369-a8bf-450293293607
  ID-7: /var/log raw-size: 192.82 GiB size: 192.82 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 18.58 GiB (9.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
    label: N/A uuid: 5e053612-9d60-4369-a8bf-450293293607
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 512 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
    file: /swap/swapfile
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3 size: 283.82 GiB fs: ext4
    label: Everything uuid: 0d97a581-8b98-4b67-9a88-0303ed22efdd
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
    class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-3:2 info: SHARKOON GmbH [Mediatrack Edge Mini Keyboard]
    type: keyboard,mouse driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1
    speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 1ea7:0066 class-ID: 0301
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1
    speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 2-2:2 info: ASMedia ASM1051E SATA 6Gb/s bridge ASM1053E ASM1153
    3Gb/s ASM1153E bridge type: mass storage driver: uas interfaces: 1
    rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1
    chip-ID: 174c:55aa class-ID: 0806 serial: <filter>
  Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 2 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
    class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 3-1:2 info: Lite-On type: bluetooth driver: btusb interfaces: 2
    rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 04ca:301f class-ID: e001
  Device-2: 3-2:3 info: CASUE USB KB type: keyboard,HID
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1
    speed: 1.5 Mb/s (183 KiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.0 power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 2a7a:939f class-ID: 0300
  Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 1 rev: 3.1
    speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 81.5 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 81.0 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: 1421 pm: pacman pkgs: 1409 libs: 370
    tools: gnome-software,pamac,yay pm: flatpak pkgs: 12
  Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
    1: https://bd.mirror.vanehost.com/Manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    2: https://mirror.xeonbd.com/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
Processes:
  CPU top: 5 of 383
  1: cpu: 200% command: ps pid: 7132 mem: 4.52 MiB (0.0%)
  2: cpu: 17.6% command: localsearch-extractor-3 pid: 7114
    mem: 36.7 MiB (0.2%)
  3: cpu: 16.7% command: kgx pid: 7022 mem: 252.6 MiB (1.8%)
  4: cpu: 12.4% command: slack pid: 2507 mem: 535.5 MiB (3.8%)
  5: cpu: 9.2% command: chrome pid: 4663 mem: 429.8 MiB (3.0%)
  Memory top: 5 of 383
  1: mem: 535.5 MiB (3.8%) command: slack pid: 2507 cpu: 12.4%
  2: mem: 429.8 MiB (3.0%) command: chrome pid: 4663 cpu: 9.2%
  3: mem: 341.5 MiB (2.4%) command: chrome pid: 3213 cpu: 4.5%
  4: mem: 296.8 MiB (2.1%) command: gnome-shell pid: 1726 cpu: 8.9%
  5: mem: 283.1 MiB (2.0%) command: chrome pid: 3611 cpu: 3.5%
Info:
  Processes: 383 Power: uptime: 19m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: s2idle
    wakeups: 0 hibernate: shutdown avail: reboot,suspend,test_resume
    image: 5.41 GiB services: gsd-power, power-profiles-daemon, upowerd
    Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical tool: systemctl
  Compilers: clang: 20.1.8 gcc: 15.2.1 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 running-in: kgx
    inxi: 3.3.39

Here is journalctl -u NetworkManager | grep -i “Shahriar5G” output

Sep 10 19:30:41 trojar-pc NetworkManager[731]: <info>  [1757511041.9576] device (wlan0): Activation: starting connection 'Shahriar5G' (bbafe027-53cd-4a2d-89c5-af09bdd9b00b)
Sep 10 20:08:47 trojar-pc NetworkManager[731]: <info>  [1757513327.7957] audit: op="connection-activate" uuid="edef9496-2cec-4d40-a84a-f47c800fac8c" name="Shahriar5G 1" pid=1726 uid=1000 result="success"
Sep 10 20:08:48 trojar-pc NetworkManager[731]: <info>  [1757513328.1259] device (wlan0): Activation: starting connection 'Shahriar5G 1' (edef9496-2cec-4d40-a84a-f47c800fac8c)
Sep 10 20:08:48 trojar-pc NetworkManager[731]: <warn>  [1757513328.1304] device (wlan0): Activation: failed for connection 'Shahriar5G 1'

I can’t possibly remember everything I’ve tried so far…Here’s a somewhat documentation from Claude based on what I’ve shared with it
Firmware and Driver Fixes:

Decompressed firmware files - Your QCA6174 firmware was compressed (.xz files), we decompressed them to .bin files
Fixed firmware permissions - Set correct ownership and permissions on firmware files
Reloaded ath10k driver - Multiple attempts to reload ath10k_pci module
Set WiFi regulatory domain - Tried sudo iw reg set BD (Bangladesh)
Modified NetworkManager connection - Used nmcli con modify “Shahriar5G” 802-11-wireless.band a
Installed ath10k-fixer - AUR package to monitor and reload the driver automatically

Kernel Lockdown Bypass Attempts:

Added kernel parameter - lockdown=none in GRUB configuration (didn’t work)
Stopped AppArmor - Attempted to disable security restrictions
Built firmware into initramfs - Added firmware files to early boot loading via mkinitcpio.conf

Network Management Changes:

Switched to iwd - You mentioned changing from NetworkManager to iwd
Checked for hardware blocks - Used rfkill commands

Diagnostic Commands We Used:

iwlist wlp1s0 freq (consistently showed “no frequency information”)
dmesg | grep ath10k (showed “Operation not permitted” errors)
cat /sys/kernel/security/lockdown (showed persistent integrity restrictions)

PLEASE HELP. SORRY FOR THE LONG LOOONG POST

Just wanted to add that I’ve tried multiple other distros (Fedora, Mint, etc.) same issue everywhere. I’m probably also having some hardware acceleration issues because I’m getting worse performance on this laptop than I was on my windows 10 while it only had 200 megabytes of space left on the C drive! Now, the entire SSD is empty but the performance has probably dropped to 50%. I’m aware that this is a device specific issue. But, I’m unable to figure out what’s causing this.

By performance issues, I mean, just joining a google meet with camera on and someone sharing their screen has been quite hard for the device with 100% CPU usage. Also, the device lags quite a lot with simple things like opening a folder with about 300 images (it took 15 minutes to load previews for about 20 of these 300 pictures), I tried opening one image today, that opened fine and when I tried to change the image with arrow keys, that got stuck and I had to reboot.

Sorry for non-technical issue description.

Hi @shahriarTrojar ,

Welcome to the forum, please read this post in order to solve your problem.
Wifi Networks won't show up even after multiple restarts - #17 by soundofthunder

Also check the terminal commands suggested for solving the problem. Maybe you could post them here.

Hope it help,

Regards

Hey @j8a

Thank you for commenting. My wifi adapter is turned on and I can see the networks fine.

Regarding the other commands:

rfikill                                                                                  ✔ 
zsh: correct 'rfikill' to 'rfkill' [nyae]? y
ID TYPE      DEVICE      SOFT      HARD
 0 wlan      phy0   unblocked unblocked
 1 bluetooth hci0   unblocked unblocked

nmcli device wifi list                                                               INT ✘ 
IN-USE  BSSID              SSID                MODE   CHAN  RATE       SIGNAL  BARS  SECURITY 
        00:01:02:00:01:4B  Login and Find Out  Infra  2     65 Mbit/s  64      ▂▄▆_  --       
        00:01:02:00:01:4C  Shahriar5G          Infra  2     65 Mbit/s  62      ▂▄▆_  WPA2     
*       20:23:51:B5:88:6C  Shahriar            Infra  5     65 Mbit/s  57      ▂▄▆_  WPA2     
        00:01:02:00:00:90  Rana_5G             Infra  2     65 Mbit/s  49      ▂▄__  WPA2     
        00:01:02:00:01:90  Texso House         Infra  2     65 Mbit/s  45      ▂▄__  WPA2     
        00:01:02:00:00:91  Sarah_5G            Infra  2     65 Mbit/s  39      ▂▄__  WPA2     
        00:01:02:00:00:92  HKB 5G              Infra  2     65 Mbit/s  39      ▂▄__  WPA2     
        00:01:02:00:00:93  Texso House-5G      Infra  2     65 Mbit/s  35      ▂▄__  WPA2     
        00:01:02:00:01:5E  Gila Monster        Infra  2     65 Mbit/s  29      ▂___  WPA2     
        00:01:02:00:00:8A  Masud68_5G          Infra  2     65 Mbit/s  27      ▂___  WPA2     
        00:01:02:00:00:E5  Sarah               Infra  2     65 Mbit/s  27      ▂___  WPA2     
        00:01:02:00:01:8E  brainrot            Infra  2     65 Mbit/s  25      ▂___  WPA2     
        00:01:02:00:01:8F  Kathbirali_5G       Infra  2     65 Mbit/s  25      ▂___  WPA2     
        00:01:02:00:01:8D  Stars Family        Infra  2     65 Mbit/s  24      ▂___  WPA2     
        00:01:02:00:01:77  Sayra Wifi_5G       Infra  2     65 Mbit/s  22      ▂___  WPA2     
    ~                                                                                       ```

nmcli radio                                                           
WIFI-HW  WIFI     WWAN-HW  WWAN    
enabled  enabled  missing  enabled

systemctl status wpa_supplicant.service                                              INT ✘ 
● wpa_supplicant.service - WPA supplicant
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/wpa_supplicant.service; disabled; preset: disabled)
     Active: active (running) since Wed 2025-09-10 19:30:46 +06; 8h ago
 Invocation: 04df57437e214e44960d6cd69f9aae91
   Main PID: 1343 (wpa_supplicant)
      Tasks: 1 (limit: 16438)
     Memory: 5.2M (peak: 5.5M)
        CPU: 108ms
     CGroup: /system.slice/wpa_supplicant.service
             └─1343 /usr/bin/wpa_supplicant -u -s -O /run/wpa_supplicant

Sep 10 19:30:46 trojar-pc systemd[1]: Starting WPA supplicant...
Sep 10 19:30:46 trojar-pc systemd[1]: Started WPA supplicant.
Sep 10 19:30:46 trojar-pc wpa_supplicant[1343]: Successfully initialized wpa_supplicant

I have also tried disabling wpa_supplicant before and then installed iwd but that also didnt fix anything.

last time i had a similar issue with qualcomm wifi-card it was supporting only some wifi channels (well i think it region-limited). try altering wifi channels of your WIFI-router, just to be sure.

There’s some info about this issue in this arch linux thread.

@6x12 Just tried everything mentioned here…Sadly no changes

anecdote:

I have a Fritz!Box (Fritz!Box 6660 Cable)

When I first turned it on, my wify connected without issue.

Then the Box received a firmware update.

Since then, can’t connect to it anymore via WiFi.

I have an older Intel WiFi card.

I could provide the logs of the connection attempts.

My own WiFi card seems to be the problem - with any distro it’s the same.

It’s now about two years later and the contract will not be extended.

The Box will go back and I’ll not have to use another router (OpenWRT - connected to the Box) to supply my WiFi connection.

HI, @shahriarTrojar ,
The hardware is responsive, it seems to be another problem. I found this webpage but I do not figure out how to do it.
ath10k FAQ — Linux Wireless documentation

Maybe, you could read and try this solution.
GitHub - c4rlo/ath10k-fixer: Daemon that monitors the ath10k_pci kernel module and reloads it if needed

Multiple github pages seems to solve the problem, but I am not asking you to try them.
GitHub - kerphy/ath10k-firmware: Firmware files for ath10k, a mac80211 driver for Qualcomm 802.11ac devices, forked from https://github.com/kvalo/ath10k-firmware

GitHub - UberLambda/ath10k-QCA6174-pkgbuild: Arch/Manjaro package to install latest Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 firmware from https://github.com/kvalo/ath10k-firmware

Hope it help,

Regards

Hey…Thanks again for sharing all this…I tested both Kerphy and Kvalo from Github…Did not fix anything…I already had ath10k fixer too…I don’t know what I can do at this point…I really do not want to switch back to windows

When that is the case - I don’t think the kind people on this forum can suggest anything that will make it miraculously work.

Most computers has been built for Microsoft Windows and thus the hardware implementation of the WiFi chip may target Windows OS specifically.

Instead of banging you head against a wall - you could consider other options

  1. locate the wifi card inside the system - if it is a standard pci card - consider a replacement…
  2. buy an usb dongle which is know to work with Linux…
    • alpha networks provides excellent dongles - which work OOB with Linux 6.16 or for earlier kernels - a driver can be added using DKMS…
  3. use 2.4GHz and be done with it…
  4. look up every shred of information pertaining to linux kernel driver qca6174 5GHz to possibly locate that kernel argument which makes the connection ring…

From my own search https://sx.nix.dk/search?q=linux+kernel+driver+qca6174+5GHz it appears to be a recurring issue with this wifi card - one of the hits was from late 2016.

Based on [SOLVED] Qualcomm QCA6174 WiFi firmware crashing / Kernel & Hardware / Arch Linux Forums it could be iwd not being in total agreement with card’s firmware or as one comment links to another topic, mentioning having two network managers could cause malfunction and instability.

I have two laptops which use QCA6174. On both, if I use Networkmanager + wpa_supplicant, then the connection is stable. However, if I use iwd instead then the firmware crashes frequently and sometimes the device does not come back after the driver initiated hardware restart.
[SOLVED] Qualcomm QCA6174 WiFi firmware crashing / Kernel & Hardware / Arch Linux Forums

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