From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
To: gilbertdion@gmail.com, wlanfae@realtek.com, chaoming_li@realsil.com.cn
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 8192 WiFi Realtek 8192E disconnects after a while and fails to reconnect
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2016 08:14:13 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <569115B5.6@lwfinger.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAKQFV0H+K46CO62w=9yNRvVaOpwmDj3UKXD0QOmF1XPs54GwnQ@mail.gmail.com>
On 01/07/2016 02:30 PM, Gilbert Dion wrote:
> [1] One line summary of the problem
> A few minutes after booting, the Wi-Fi disconnects and it fails to reconnect
> until I restart the machine.
>
> [2] Full description of the problem/report
> I start the machine, a Samsung R580 laptop and the Wi-Fi connects. Then, after 5
> or 10 minutes, while the Wi-Fi still appears to be connected, I can no longer
> load web pages. Then, a few minutes later, the Wi-Fi is disconnected. I tried
> some iconfig commands to try to reconnect it, but it does not work.
> It is crucial to notice that this happens only in 64 bit kernels. I tested 3.13
> to the latest upstream. The machine running a 32 bit kernel stays connected forever.
I have been running my RTL8192E with driver r8192e_pci from a 64-bit kernel
4.4-rc8 for over 39 hours with no disconnects. Other than the driver logging
meaningless outputs, all has been fine.
Do you get any real errors logged?
Larry
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2016-01-07 20:34 ` Fwd: 8192 WiFi Realtek 8192E disconnects after a while and fails to reconnect Gilbert Dion
2016-01-07 22:05 ` Mateusz Kulikowski
2016-01-17 22:07 ` Mateusz Kulikowski
2016-01-18 1:03 ` Larry Finger
2016-01-18 19:59 ` Mateusz Kulikowski
2016-01-18 20:30 ` Larry Finger
2016-01-09 14:14 ` Larry Finger [this message]
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