WiFi Working But Saying Limited Connection

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Hi guys.

I just installed a few days ago Manjaro Minimal, KDE.

It is working fine and connected to internet through WiFi.
The issue I have is that the WiFi icon on the tool bar is saying I am having limited connection or not connected sometimes despite I can actually browse the internet normally.

This is not a big issue but it is irritating, it shouldn’t be like this.

How can I fix that?
(This is the machine I will reinstall it again on it)

$ inxi -Fxxx
System:
  Host: mx Kernel: 6.1.0-32-amd64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc
    v: 12.2.0 Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.5 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 7 dm: SDDM
    Distro: MX-23.5_KDE_x64 Libretto September 15 2024 base: Debian GNU/Linux
    12 (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: VivoBook_ASUSLaptop X415FAC_X415FA
    v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: X415FAC v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
    UEFI: American Megatrends v: X415FAC.202 date: 07/08/2021
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 30.4 Wh (100.0%) condition: 30.4/37.1 Wh (81.8%)
    volts: 7.8 min: 7.8 model: ASUSTeK ASUS Battery type: Li-ion serial: N/A
    status: not charging cycles: 54
CPU:
  Info: dual core model: Intel Core i3-10110U bits: 64 type: MT MCP
    smt: enabled arch: Comet/Whiskey Lake note: check rev: C cache: L1: 128 KiB
    L2: 512 KiB L3: 4 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 782 high: 800 min/max: 400/4100 cores: 1: 800 2: 787
    3: 800 4: 742 bogomips: 20799
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel CometLake-U GT2 [UHD Graphics] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: i915
    v: kernel arch: Gen-9.5 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0
    chip-ID: 8086:9b41 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: IMC Networks USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam type: USB driver: uvcvideo
    bus-ID: 1-5:3 chip-ID: 13d3:56e6 class-ID: 0e02 serial: 0000
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.9
    compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa
    dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 361x203mm (14.21x7.99")
    s-diag: 414mm (16.31")
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: ChiMei InnoLux 0x14d6 res: 1366x768 hz: 60
    dpi: 112 size: 309x173mm (12.17x6.81") diag: 354mm (13.9") modes: 1366x768
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 24.2.2-1~mx23ahs renderer: Mesa Intel UHD
    Graphics (CML GT2) direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH-LP cAVS vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:02c8 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-32-amd64 status: kernel-api
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
    4: pw-jack type: plugin
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH-LP CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
    bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:02f0 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: xxxxxxxx
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel Bluetooth 9460/9560 Jefferson Peak (JfP) type: USB
    driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-10:4 chip-ID: 8087:0aaa class-ID: e001
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 3 state: up address: 7C:70:DB:E2:29:F2
    bt-v: 3.0 lmp-v: 5.1 sub-v: 2184 hci-v: 5.1 rev: 2184
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 295.76 GiB used: 113.9 GiB (38.5%)
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Western Digital model: PC SN530
    SDBPNPZ-256G-1002 size: 238.47 GiB speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD
    serial: 2127HE443513 rev: 21106000 temp: 42.9 C scheme: MBR
  ID-2: /dev/sda type: USB vendor: SanDisk model: Ultra USB 3.0
    size: 57.28 GiB type: N/A serial: xxxxxxxxxx rev: 1.00 scheme: MBR
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 100 GiB used: 13.02 GiB (13.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
  ID-2: /boot/efi size: 1022 MiB used: 576 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
  ID-3: /home size: 137.47 GiB used: 43.32 GiB (31.5%) fs: btrfs
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 4 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
    file: /swap/swap
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 50.0 C pch: 45.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 1900
Info:
  Processes: 306 Uptime: 50m wakeups: 2 Memory: 19.37 GiB
  used: 7.38 GiB (38.1%) Init: systemd v: 252 target: graphical (5)
  default: graphical Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 alt: 12 Packages: pm: dpkg
  pkgs: 2593 Shell: Bash v: 5.2.15 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.26
limo@mx:/
$

I will highly appreciate your help.

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Hi @oldtux,

It happens when NetworkManager can’t reach the address/server associated with the connectivity check. I think, but am not sure, this is ping.manjaro.org.

I changed mine to my Home Server, so that I know it’s on and functional. So you can change it as well:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NetworkManager#Checking_connectivity

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Thanks @Mirdarthos

The problem is I am actually connected, can browse and download normally but the icon is showing a warning the connection is limited or no connection though it is actually connected.

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I understand, and that’s what I replied to.

:wink:

Edit:

Indeed, when I checked just now, the file configuring the URL to do the check is /usr/lib/NetworkManager/conf.d/20-connectivity.conf:

$ cat /usr/lib/NetworkManager/conf.d/20-connectivity.conf                                                                                                                                                              130 ↵
[connectivity]
uri=http://ping.manjaro.org/check_network_status.txt

And I’ve tested that URL as well, and:

https://i.imgur.com/XgCXwBg.png

Edit #2:

I’ve changed mine:

$ cat /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/20-connectivity.conf
[connectivity]
uri=http://disc.world/check_network_status.txt

… for the reason mentioned above.

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is not a valid domain name, according to 8.8.8.8, 1.1.1.1, and my ISP’s DNS resolver.

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I know, it’s my internal network.

:wink:

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It’s turtles all the way down. :turtle: :turtle: :turtle:

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Or it is an accurate description - when the server system is running on real spinning platters - like the laptop I use :wink:

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