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I have HP Pavilion G6-2201ax laptop. After a year or so I could install a good driver for my wireless device. Help with the RT3290 Wireless adapter. Now connection is good and strong. But new problem is that wifi drops every 5 minutes. I have to reconnect it everytime. Please help. I have disabled 802.11n also tried wicd network manager. Nothing helps.

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  • I'm assuming you're using ubuntu wifi manager. Try to remove your network from manager and configure it in /etc/network/interfaces, you will find instructions here:https://wiki.debian.org/WiFi/HowToUse if the problem resolves itself then it's managers fault. – przemo Aug 29 '14 at 19:24
  • I do not know how to configure network in /etc/network/interfaces – user251020 Aug 30 '14 at 04:45
  • read the link I sent you – przemo Aug 30 '14 at 07:01

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Write this: sudo iwconfig

Now, find your adapter name- https://i.stack.imgur.com/1PZsf.png

sudo iwconfig wlan0 power off

Replace 'wlan0' with yours.

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  • How does it answer the question and what can you find out from iwconfig? Maybe dmesg or /var/log/kern.log would tell more? – przemo Aug 29 '14 at 19:21
  • If it works when plugged in (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1597874) but not when on battery the power saving feature may be causing disconnects. – grantbow Aug 29 '14 at 20:14
  • It disconnects both during battery and when connected to power – user251020 Aug 30 '14 at 05:07
  • Tried everything given here. Nothing works. Instead of wlan0, it shows ra0 – user251020 Aug 30 '14 at 05:40
  • Now I have good wifi signal and good speed but unstable wifi. Disconnects every now and then. Does not stay more than 10 minutes. – user251020 Sep 04 '14 at 06:43