Hi Thank you for your reply.
here below journalctl -f output from when I start connection since it stops and fail:
Jan 28 12:22:51 manjaro NetworkManager[768]: <info> [1769602971.9241] device (wlan0): Activation: starting connection 'Moonbay-Home' (3000cdb1-99a5-4c7b-a9e0-65adb5757699)
Jan 28 12:22:51 manjaro NetworkManager[768]: <info> [1769602971.9244] audit: op="connection-activate" uuid="3000cdb1-99a5-4c7b-a9e0-65adb5757699" name="Moonbay-Home" pid=2274 uid=1000 result="success"
Jan 28 12:22:51 manjaro NetworkManager[768]: <info> [1769602971.9247] device (wlan0): state change: disconnected -> prepare (reason 'none', managed-type: 'full')
Jan 28 12:22:51 manjaro NetworkManager[768]: <info> [1769602971.9252] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTING
Jan 28 12:22:52 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd026 fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:22:52 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd02a fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:22:52 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd02e fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:22:52 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd034 fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:22:52 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd038 fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:22:52 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd03c fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:22:52 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd040 fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:22:52 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd064 fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:22:52 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd068 fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:22:52 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd06c fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:22:52 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd070 fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:22:52 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd074 fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:22:52 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd078 fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:22:52 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd07c fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:22:52 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd080 fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:22:52 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd084 fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:22:52 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd088 fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:22:52 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd08c fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:22:52 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd090 fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:22:53 manjaro NetworkManager[768]: <info> [1769602973.4406] device (wlan0): set-hw-addr: reset MAC address to C0:84:7D:7D:1E:DA (preserve)
Jan 28 12:22:53 manjaro NetworkManager[768]: <info> [1769602973.4477] device (wlan0): state change: prepare -> config (reason 'none', managed-type: 'full')
Jan 28 12:22:53 manjaro NetworkManager[768]: <info> [1769602973.4486] device (wlan0): Activation: (wifi) access point 'Moonbay-Home' has security, but secrets are required.
Jan 28 12:22:53 manjaro NetworkManager[768]: <info> [1769602973.4487] device (wlan0): state change: config -> need-auth (reason 'none', managed-type: 'full')
Jan 28 12:22:53 manjaro NetworkManager[768]: <info> [1769602973.4504] sup-iface[92d08bdb923d60c9,0,wlan0]: wps: type pbc start...
Jan 28 12:22:53 manjaro NetworkManager[768]: <info> [1769602973.4694] device (wlan0): state change: need-auth -> prepare (reason 'none', managed-type: 'full')
Jan 28 12:22:53 manjaro NetworkManager[768]: <info> [1769602973.4707] device (wlan0): state change: prepare -> config (reason 'none', managed-type: 'full')
Jan 28 12:22:53 manjaro NetworkManager[768]: <info> [1769602973.4719] device (wlan0): Activation: (wifi) connection 'Moonbay-Home' has security, and secrets exist. No new secrets needed.
Jan 28 12:22:53 manjaro NetworkManager[768]: <info> [1769602973.4724] Config: added 'ssid' value 'Moonbay-Home'
Jan 28 12:22:53 manjaro NetworkManager[768]: <info> [1769602973.4726] Config: added 'scan_ssid' value '1'
Jan 28 12:22:53 manjaro NetworkManager[768]: <info> [1769602973.4728] Config: added 'bgscan' value 'simple:30:-70:86400'
Jan 28 12:22:53 manjaro NetworkManager[768]: <info> [1769602973.4729] Config: added 'key_mgmt' value 'WPA-PSK WPA-PSK-SHA256 FT-PSK'
Jan 28 12:22:53 manjaro NetworkManager[768]: <info> [1769602973.4729] Config: added 'auth_alg' value 'OPEN'
Jan 28 12:22:53 manjaro NetworkManager[768]: <info> [1769602973.4730] Config: added 'psk' value '<hidden>'
Jan 28 12:22:53 manjaro wpa_supplicant[1007]: wlan0: WPS-PBC-ACTIVE
Jan 28 12:22:53 manjaro wpa_supplicant[1007]: wlan0: WPS-CANCEL
Jan 28 12:22:53 manjaro NetworkManager[768]: <info> [1769602973.4817] device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: inactive -> scanning
Jan 28 12:22:53 manjaro NetworkManager[768]: <info> [1769602973.4818] device (p2p-dev-wlan0): supplicant management interface state: inactive -> scanning
Jan 28 12:22:54 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0x100e fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:22:54 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd022 fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:22:55 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd026 fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:22:55 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd02a fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:22:55 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd02e fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:22:55 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd034 fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:22:55 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd038 fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:22:55 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd03c fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:22:55 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd040 fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:22:55 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd064 fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:22:55 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd068 fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:22:55 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd06c fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:22:55 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd070 fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:22:55 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd074 fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:22:55 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd078 fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:22:55 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd07c fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:22:55 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd080 fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:22:55 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd084 fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:22:55 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd088 fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:22:55 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd08c fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:22:55 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd090 fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:22:55 manjaro wpa_supplicant[1007]: wlan0: Trying to associate with SSID 'Moonbay-Home'
Jan 28 12:22:56 manjaro NetworkManager[768]: <info> [1769602976.2459] device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: scanning -> associating
Jan 28 12:22:56 manjaro NetworkManager[768]: <info> [1769602976.2461] device (p2p-dev-wlan0): supplicant management interface state: scanning -> associating
Jan 28 12:22:56 manjaro wpa_supplicant[1007]: wlan0: Associated with fc:40:09:d9:20:29
Jan 28 12:22:56 manjaro wpa_supplicant[1007]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-SUBNET-STATUS-UPDATE status=0
Jan 28 12:22:56 manjaro wpa_supplicant[1007]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-REGDOM-CHANGE init=COUNTRY_IE type=COUNTRY alpha2=IT
Jan 28 12:22:56 manjaro wpa_supplicant[1007]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-REGDOM-CHANGE init=COUNTRY_IE type=COUNTRY alpha2=IT
Jan 28 12:22:56 manjaro NetworkManager[768]: <info> [1769602976.4066] device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: associating -> associated
Jan 28 12:22:56 manjaro NetworkManager[768]: <info> [1769602976.4069] device (p2p-dev-wlan0): supplicant management interface state: associating -> associated
Jan 28 12:23:06 manjaro wpa_supplicant[1007]: wlan0: Authentication with fc:40:09:d9:20:29 timed out.
Jan 28 12:23:06 manjaro wpa_supplicant[1007]: wlan0: Added BSSID fc:40:09:d9:20:29 into ignore list, ignoring for 10 seconds
Jan 28 12:23:06 manjaro wpa_supplicant[1007]: nl80211: send_event_marker failed: Source based routing not supported
Jan 28 12:23:06 manjaro wpa_supplicant[1007]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=fc:40:09:d9:20:29 reason=3 locally_generated=1
Jan 28 12:23:06 manjaro wpa_supplicant[1007]: wlan0: BSSID fc:40:09:d9:20:29 ignore list count incremented to 2, ignoring for 10 seconds
Jan 28 12:23:06 manjaro wpa_supplicant[1007]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-SSID-TEMP-DISABLED id=0 ssid="Moonbay-Home" auth_failures=1 duration=10 reason=CONN_FAILED
Jan 28 12:23:06 manjaro wpa_supplicant[1007]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DSCP-POLICY clear_all
Jan 28 12:23:06 manjaro NetworkManager[768]: <info> [1769602986.2760] device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: associated -> disconnected
Jan 28 12:23:06 manjaro NetworkManager[768]: <info> [1769602986.2763] device (p2p-dev-wlan0): supplicant management interface state: associated -> disconnected
Jan 28 12:23:06 manjaro wpa_supplicant[1007]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-REGDOM-CHANGE init=CORE type=WORLD
Jan 28 12:23:06 manjaro wpa_supplicant[1007]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-REGDOM-CHANGE init=CORE type=WORLD
Jan 28 12:23:06 manjaro NetworkManager[768]: <info> [1769602986.3678] device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: disconnected -> scanning
Jan 28 12:23:06 manjaro NetworkManager[768]: <info> [1769602986.3681] device (p2p-dev-wlan0): supplicant management interface state: disconnected -> scanning
Jan 28 12:23:08 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0x100e fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:23:08 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd022 fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:23:08 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd026 fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:23:08 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd02a fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:23:09 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd02e fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:23:09 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd034 fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:23:09 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd038 fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:23:09 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd03c fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:23:09 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd040 fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:23:09 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd064 fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:23:09 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd068 fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:23:09 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd06c fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:23:09 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd070 fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:23:09 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd074 fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:23:09 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd078 fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:23:09 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd07c fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:23:09 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd080 fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:23:09 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd084 fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:23:09 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd088 fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:23:09 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd08c fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:23:09 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd090 fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:23:18 manjaro NetworkManager[768]: <warn> [1769602998.8343] device (wlan0): Activation: (wifi) association took too long
Jan 28 12:23:18 manjaro NetworkManager[768]: <info> [1769602998.8346] device (wlan0): state change: config -> need-auth (reason 'none', managed-type: 'full')
Jan 28 12:23:18 manjaro NetworkManager[768]: <warn> [1769602998.8367] device (wlan0): Activation: (wifi) asking for new secrets
Jan 28 12:23:19 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0x100e fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:23:19 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd022 fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:23:19 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd026 fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:23:19 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd02a fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:23:19 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd02e fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:23:19 manjaro systemd[1]: Starting Hostname Service...
Jan 28 12:23:19 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd034 fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:23:19 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd038 fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:23:19 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd03c fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:23:19 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd040 fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:23:19 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd064 fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:23:19 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd068 fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:23:19 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd06c fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:23:19 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd070 fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:23:19 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd074 fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:23:19 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd078 fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:23:19 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd07c fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:23:19 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd080 fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:23:19 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd084 fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:23:19 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd088 fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:23:19 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd08c fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:23:19 manjaro kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_set_channel: set chanspec 0xd090 fail, reason -52
Jan 28 12:23:19 manjaro systemd[1]: Started Hostname Service.
Jan 28 12:23:20 manjaro wpa_supplicant[1007]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-SSID-REENABLED id=0 ssid="Moonbay-Home"
Jan 28 12:23:20 manjaro wpa_supplicant[1007]: wlan0: BSSID fc:40:09:d9:20:29 ignore list count incremented to 3, ignoring for 60 seconds
Jan 28 12:23:20 manjaro wpa_supplicant[1007]: wlan0: Removed BSSID fc:40:09:d9:20:29 from ignore list (clear)
Jan 28 12:23:34 manjaro kernel: perf: interrupt took too long (3144 > 3132), lowering kernel.perf_event_max_sample_rate to 63000
Jan 28 12:23:49 manjaro systemd[1]: systemd-hostnamed.service: Deactivated successfully.
I confirm driver is correct the r8169 is working fine in Mint XFCE