> Use ps x to see how many copies of wpa_supplicant are running. If you have > multiple copies started from the command line the wifi won't stay connected. > I had the same problem.
Thank you for the suggestion. I checked when it started dropping and, not only was there one instance of wpa_supplicant running, it was the same instance (judging from its PID) > Keep off the Intel card when you use the USB dongle, maybe one interfere with > the other Another good suggestion. I've tried disabling it from ifconfig. The interfaces use consistent device naming, so the names shouldn't be getting mixed up. I've isolated, what I think are, the journal lines from when my connection dropped today: wpa_supplicant[1555]: wlp10s0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=a0:##:##:##:##:0a reason=4 locally_generated=1 wpa_supplicant[1555]: dbus: wpa_dbus_property_changed: no property SessionLength in object /fi/w1/wpa_supplicant1/Interfaces/0 wpa_supplicant[1555]: wlp10s0: CTRL-EVENT-REGDOM-CHANGE init=CORE type=WORLD wpa_supplicant[1555]: wlp10s0: SME: Trying to authenticate with a0:##:##:##:##:0a (SSID='WiFiNetwork' freq=2462 MHz) wpa_supplicant[1555]: wlp10s0: Trying to associate with a0:##:##:##:##:0a (SSID='MyNetwork' freq=2462 MHz) wpa_supplicant[1555]: wlp10s0: Associated with a0:##:##:##:##:0a wpa_supplicant[1555]: wlp10s0: CTRL-EVENT-SUBNET-STATUS-UPDATE status=0 wpa_supplicant[1555]: wlp10s0: CTRL-EVENT-REGDOM-CHANGE init=COUNTRY_IE type=COUNTRY alpha2=CA wpa_supplicant[1555]: wlp10s0: WPA: Key negotiation completed with a0:##:##:##:##:0a [PTK=CCMP GTK=CCMP] wpa_supplicant[1555]: wlp10s0: CTRL-EVENT-CONNECTED - Connection to a0:##:##:##:##:0a completed [id=0 id_str=] For the purposes of these log entries, "WiFiNetwork" is the SSID of my network, but the log literally shows "MyNetwork" in the next line when it's trying to associate. I have no idea what this network is and I can't find it configured anywhere. So is it possible that someone's trying to MAC-jack my laptop?
