Reposting as it didn't reach the list Hi Tomas
On 5 October 2026 07.46.15 CEST, [email protected] wrote: >On Sun, Oct 04, 2026 at 04:47:23PM +0200, Thomas Tanghus wrote: >> >> The system seems to be running fine, but the wifi connection is *very* >> flaky. It connects and disconnects constantly. >> I know next to nothing about networking, so I have no idea how to find out >> what's why. > >[...] > >There are many factors involved. To illustrate (and no, I don't think >it's your problem, I just want to encourage you to keep your scope Yes, I realise that. As with the audio problems I often encounter, on Linux there are often several different methods to configure things, and different distros use different methods. >wide: once I upgraded my laptop, from a Thinkpad X 240 to an X 260 >(same Debian version, I think it was Bookworm). After that, the (home) >WiFi was unusable, disconnecting randomly, but typically in the 1 to >5 minutes range. After some digging I found out that the new laptop >connected in the 5.5GHz band, whereas the old one (lacking the more >modern hardware) had to pick the 2.4 GHz one. > >Long story short, in my case the walls made the 5.5 GHz band unreliable. >Forcing the connection to 2.4 GHz fixed the problem. > >Cheers He, the network settings in System Settings is Greek to me. I think I will make a follow-up post with the possible settings, and the settings the system has chosen. Thanks for answering. Best Regards Thomas Tanghus --- Please consider the environmental impact before using so-called "AI" functionality to reply to this email. Plus it's super annoying. Best Regards Thomas Tanghus --- Please consider the environmental impact before using so-called "AI" functionality to reply to this email. Plus it's super annoying. Best Regards Thomas Tanghus --- Please consider the environmental impact before using so-called "AI" functionality to reply to this email. Plus it's super annoying.
