Wi-Fi dropping constantly

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Edited: Original post had two problems - I’ll post the other problem separately

Hi all,
I upgraded to Yonada, and still playing around with it but ran into a problem that I’d love to help but don’t know what info is needed.

  1. Wi-Fi dropping constantly - had to disable MAC Randomization, but i didn’t have that problem before the upgrade?

Thanks,

Ron

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Can’t say much without more info, but I have a ProArt X670E-CREATOR WIFI, and there was a bios update earlier this month, from the looks of it, all the X670E boards have this update, you may want to check, no idea if it might help you.

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I’ll check again for BIOS. Good call.

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I am guessing that your onboard wi-fi is Realtek or MediaTek, is that correct?

If that is so you should check with Linux Hardware Database - search for the ID provided from either lsusb or lspci depending on how it connects internally.

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Figures out my Wi-Fi connection problems are unrelated to the new release:

My Wi-Fi adapter is Mediatek:
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE driver: r8169
IF: eno1 state: down mac:
Device-2: MEDIATEK MT7922 802.11ax PCI Express Wireless Network Adapter
driver: mt7921e
IF: wlp13s0 state: up mac:

Prior to disabling MAC Randomization, it was doing this at random:
Nov 28 06:24:46 XXXX NetworkManager[921]: [1732796686.2121] device (wlp13s0): set-hw-addr: set MAC address to B2:B2:BC:34:5F:C1 (scanning)
Nov 28 06:24:49 XXXX NetworkManager[921]: [1732796689.0995] device (wlp13s0): set-hw-addr: reset MAC address to 4C:82:A9:40:FA:8D (preserve)
Nov 28 08:40:20 XXXX NetworkManager[921]: [1732804820.9120] device (wlp13s0): set-hw-addr: set MAC address to 3E:F2:8B:A1:1F:FD (scanning)
Nov 28 08:40:21 XXXX NetworkManager[921]: [1732804821.1847] device (wlp13s0): set-hw-addr: reset MAC address to 4C:82:A9:40:FA:8D (unmanage)

I checked the Install log and nothing was upgraded at the time this started. That got me thinking to check my router, and sure enough my Asus router (ZenWifi) got a firmware update, and the problem has been happening since then.

The fix was to turn off MAC Randomization in grub by creating:

/etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/wifi_rand_mac.conf

and including the following lines:

[device]
wifi.scan-rand-mac-address=no

Then update-grub and reboot

I think I’ll go back and test after the next firmware update.

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