Hey there, it is my first thread. It’s nice to be here and see such an active community 
I thought about how to name the title because of recommendations, but it also just became a generic title. Sorry about that 
Hello, because I live in a region at a higher altitude, I have no cable connection. Whenever spring comes and the sap shoots into the trees my wireless internet also gets a bit worse and that’s why I got a second (prepaid) router since last year. Meanwhile I’m using Manjaro KDE (Am a bit of a noob) on the laptop and can connect fine to the Ethernet and my regular router - but when I want to use the second (prepaid) router I can’t connect. I already tried ignoring the IPv6 via NetworkManager, tried all possible encryptions (WPA2/WPA3), as open or hidden network and even without encryption and password it doesn’t work.
I have read the following logs, followed some “traces”, but do not know if other threads are related to my problem.
System:
Kernel: 5.12.1-2-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.12-x86_64
root=UUID=ee27f224-fc62-4798-91cc-1caf78bcdf62 rw quiet apparmor=1
security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.21.4 tk: Qt 5.15.2 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM
Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Acer product: Aspire E5-773G v: V1.15 serial: <filter>
Mobo: Acer model: Aspire E5-773G v: V1.15 serial: <filter> UEFI: Insyde
v: 1.15 date: 09/02/2016
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 31.7 Wh (100.0%) condition: 31.7/37.0 Wh (85.6%)
volts: 17.2 min: 14.8 model: SANYO AL15A32 type: Li-ion serial: <filter>
status: Not charging
Memory:
RAM: total: 15.53 GiB used: 2.65 GiB (17.0%)
RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: Dual Core model: Intel Core i7-6500U bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Skylake family: 6 model-id: 4E (78) stepping: 3 microcode: E2 cache:
L2: 4 MiB bogomips: 20810
Speed: 700 MHz min/max: 400/3100 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 700 2: 700 3: 700
4: 701
Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat arch_perfmon art
avx avx2 bmi1 bmi2 bts clflush clflushopt cmov constant_tsc cpuid
cpuid_fault cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts epb ept ept_ad erms est
f16c flexpriority flush_l1d fma fpu fsgsbase fxsr ht hwp hwp_act_window
hwp_epp hwp_notify ibpb ibrs ida intel_pt invpcid invpcid_single lahf_lm lm
mca mce md_clear mmx monitor movbe mpx msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat
pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pdpe1gb pebs pge pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pti pts
rdrand rdseed rdtscp rep_good sdbg sep smap smep ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1
sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc tsc_adjust
tsc_deadline_timer vme vmx vnmi vpid x2apic xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveopt
xsaves xtopology xtpr
Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
Type: l1tf
mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: spec_store_bypass
mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
Type: spectre_v1
mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full generic retpoline, IBPB: conditional,
IBRS_FW, STIBP: conditional, RSB filling
Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Skylake GT2 [HD Graphics 520] vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
driver: i915 v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:1916 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA GK208BM [GeForce 920M] driver: N/A
alternate: nouveau, nvidia_drm, nvidia bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1299
class-ID: 0302
Device-3: Realtek HD Webcam - Realtek type: USB driver: uvcvideo
bus-ID: 1-7:5 chip-ID: 0bda:57cc class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 compositor: kwin_x11 driver:
loaded: intel display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1600x900 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 423x238mm (16.7x9.4")
s-diag: 485mm (19.1")
Monitor-1: eDP1 res: 1600x900 hz: 60 dpi: 107 size: 380x210mm (15.0x8.3")
diag: 434mm (17.1")
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 520 (SKL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 21.0.3
direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_skl bus-ID: 00:1f.3
chip-ID: 8086:9d70 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA GK208 HDMI/DP Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0e0f class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Logitech G430 Surround Sound Gaming Headset type: USB
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus-ID: 1-1:2 chip-ID: 046d:0a4d
class-ID: 0300
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.12.1-2-MANJARO running: yes
Sound Server-2: JACK v: 0.125.0 running: no
Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: yes
Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.26 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: r8168 v: 8.048.03-NAPI modules: r8169
port: 3000 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp2s0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
Device-2: Intel Wireless 3165 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: 3000
bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:3165 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
bus-ID: 1-5:4 chip-ID: 8087:0a2a class-ID: e001
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: see --recommends
Logical:
Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.03 TiB used: 94.19 GiB (9.0%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Western Digital model: WD10JPVX-22JC3T0
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
rotation: 5400 rpm serial: <filter> rev: 1A01 scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: LITE-ON model: CV1-8B128
size: 119.24 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
rotation: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 201 scheme: GPT
Optical-1: /dev/sr0 vendor: HL-DT-ST model: DVDRAM GUE1N rev: 1.00
dev-links: cdrom
Features: speed: 24 multisession: yes audio: yes dvd: yes
rw: cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r,dvd-ram state: running
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 31.25 GiB size: 30.59 GiB (97.88%) used: 17.12 GiB (56.0%)
fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb3 maj-min: 8:19 label: N/A
uuid: ee27f224-fc62-4798-91cc-1caf78bcdf62
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 1001 MiB size: 999 MiB (99.80%)
used: 296 KiB (0.0%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sdb4 maj-min: 8:20 label: NO_LABEL
uuid: D25A-D892
ID-3: /home raw-size: 79.01 GiB size: 77.22 GiB (97.73%)
used: 9.01 GiB (11.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18 label: N/A
uuid: e14420b7-3980-4bdd-9c6f-84579f0b82ab
ID-4: /mnt/HDD LINUX Drive raw-size: 931.51 GiB size: 915.82 GiB (98.31%)
used: 68.05 GiB (7.4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
label: HDD LINUX Drive uuid: 23243a2a-d6fc-470c-ac9d-a74fcfb77cbe
Swap:
Alert: No swap data was found.
Unmounted:
ID-1: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 size: 8 GiB fs: swap label: N/A
uuid: d4bd290e-f77d-4731-9e97-4f4ee109d89f
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 12 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-1:2 info: Logitech G430 Surround Sound Gaming Headset
type: Audio,HID driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid interfaces: 4
rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 046d:0a4d class-ID: 0300
Device-2: 1-3:3 info: Kingston HyperX Pulsefire Surge
type: Mouse,Keyboard,HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s power: 200mA chip-ID: 0951:16d3 class-ID: 0300
Device-3: 1-5:4 info: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: Bluetooth
driver: btusb interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA
chip-ID: 8087:0a2a class-ID: e001
Device-4: 1-7:5 info: Realtek HD Webcam - Realtek type: Video
driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA
chip-ID: 0bda:57cc class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Device-5: 1-8:6 info: Realtek RTS5129 Card Reader Controller
type: <vendor specific> driver: rtsx_usb,rtsx_usb_ms,rtsx_usb_sdmmc
interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 0bda:0129
class-ID: ff00 serial: <filter>
Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 6 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 41.0 C mobo: 38.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 226 Uptime: 1h 18m wakeups: 1 Init: systemd v: 247
tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: N/A Packages: 1286 pacman: 1262 lib: 355
flatpak: 6 snap: 18 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.4 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.04
the network section from the lspci -v command:
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 15)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0983
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 128
I/O ports at 3000 [size=256]
Memory at a4204000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Memory at a4200000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: r8168
Kernel modules: r8169, r8168
03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless 3165 (rev 81)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Dual Band Wireless AC 3165
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 129
Memory at a4100000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi
Kernel modules: iwlwifi
I could also give the logs from “journalctl -f” and “dmesg -w”, but do not want to flood the post at first, but only if someone says it is needed.
I am hopeful to get this set up, with some help thanks in advance!
Cheers