https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=363099
--- Comment #8 from Vikash Kathirvel <master.b...@gmail.com> --- The issue has arisen again. The only explanation for the reappearance i can think of is i had changed location, i was out of station for a week, the usb modem was working perfectly fine in the new location. Now i am back home and the same problem has arisen. I don't know how this is possible. An alternative possibility has also occurred to me, when the dongle was working, i had no other wifi connections available. Whenever the dongle is not working i find there are alternative wifi connections available. Coincidence? This is the output from "nmcli --pretty -f all device show" : =============================================================================== Device details (wlp5s0) =============================================================================== GENERAL.DEVICE: wlp5s0 GENERAL.TYPE: wifi GENERAL.NM-TYPE: NMDeviceWifi GENERAL.VENDOR: Intel Corporation GENERAL.PRODUCT: Wireless 3160 (Dual Band Wireless AC 3160) GENERAL.DRIVER: iwlwifi GENERAL.DRIVER-VERSION: 4.4.0-22-generic GENERAL.FIRMWARE-VERSION: 16.242414.0 GENERAL.HWADDR: 34:E6:AD:D9:91:03 GENERAL.MTU: 0 GENERAL.STATE: 30 (disconnected) GENERAL.REASON: 42 (The supplicant is now available) GENERAL.UDI: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.5/0000:05:00.0/net/wlp5s0 GENERAL.IP-IFACE: GENERAL.IS-SOFTWARE: no GENERAL.NM-MANAGED: yes GENERAL.AUTOCONNECT: yes GENERAL.FIRMWARE-MISSING: no GENERAL.NM-PLUGIN-MISSING: no GENERAL.PHYS-PORT-ID: -- GENERAL.CONNECTION: -- GENERAL.CON-UUID: -- GENERAL.CON-PATH: -- GENERAL.METERED: unknown ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CAPABILITIES.CARRIER-DETECT: no CAPABILITIES.SPEED: unknown CAPABILITIES.IS-SOFTWARE: no ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WIFI-PROPERTIES.WEP: yes WIFI-PROPERTIES.WPA: yes WIFI-PROPERTIES.WPA2: yes WIFI-PROPERTIES.TKIP: yes WIFI-PROPERTIES.CCMP: yes WIFI-PROPERTIES.AP: yes WIFI-PROPERTIES.ADHOC: yes WIFI-PROPERTIES.2GHZ: yes WIFI-PROPERTIES.5GHZ: yes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AP[1].*: AP[1].SSID: mohit AP[1].MODE: Infra AP[1].CHAN: 4 AP[1].RATE: 54 Mbit/s AP[1].SIGNAL: 70 AP[1].BARS: ▂▄▆_ AP[1].SECURITY: WPA2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AP[2].*: AP[2].SSID: Sivasai AP[2].MODE: Infra AP[2].CHAN: 11 AP[2].RATE: 54 Mbit/s AP[2].SIGNAL: 47 AP[2].BARS: ▂▄__ AP[2].SECURITY: WPA1 WPA2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONNECTIONS.AVAILABLE-CONNECTION-PATHS: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- =============================================================================== Device details (ttyUSB0) =============================================================================== GENERAL.DEVICE: ttyUSB0 GENERAL.TYPE: cdma GENERAL.NM-TYPE: NMDeviceModem GENERAL.VENDOR: ZTE, Incorporated GENERAL.PRODUCT: ZTE CDMA Tech GENERAL.DRIVER: option1 GENERAL.DRIVER-VERSION: GENERAL.FIRMWARE-VERSION: GENERAL.HWADDR: (unknown) GENERAL.MTU: 0 GENERAL.STATE: 20 (unavailable) GENERAL.REASON: 2 (Device is now managed) GENERAL.UDI: /org/freedesktop/ModemManager1/Modem/0 GENERAL.IP-IFACE: GENERAL.IS-SOFTWARE: no GENERAL.NM-MANAGED: yes GENERAL.AUTOCONNECT: yes GENERAL.FIRMWARE-MISSING: no GENERAL.NM-PLUGIN-MISSING: no GENERAL.PHYS-PORT-ID: -- GENERAL.CONNECTION: -- GENERAL.CON-UUID: -- GENERAL.CON-PATH: -- GENERAL.METERED: unknown ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CAPABILITIES.CARRIER-DETECT: no CAPABILITIES.SPEED: unknown CAPABILITIES.IS-SOFTWARE: no ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONNECTIONS.AVAILABLE-CONNECTION-PATHS: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- =============================================================================== Device details (enp2s0) =============================================================================== GENERAL.DEVICE: enp2s0 GENERAL.TYPE: ethernet GENERAL.NM-TYPE: NMDeviceEthernet GENERAL.VENDOR: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. GENERAL.PRODUCT: RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller GENERAL.DRIVER: r8168 GENERAL.DRIVER-VERSION: 8.041.00-NAPI GENERAL.FIRMWARE-VERSION: GENERAL.HWADDR: 30:8D:99:F4:AF:66 GENERAL.MTU: 1500 GENERAL.STATE: 20 (unavailable) GENERAL.REASON: 2 (Device is now managed) GENERAL.UDI: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.2/0000:02:00.0/net/enp2s0 GENERAL.IP-IFACE: GENERAL.IS-SOFTWARE: no GENERAL.NM-MANAGED: yes GENERAL.AUTOCONNECT: yes GENERAL.FIRMWARE-MISSING: no GENERAL.NM-PLUGIN-MISSING: no GENERAL.PHYS-PORT-ID: -- GENERAL.CONNECTION: -- GENERAL.CON-UUID: -- GENERAL.CON-PATH: -- GENERAL.METERED: unknown ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CAPABILITIES.CARRIER-DETECT: yes CAPABILITIES.SPEED: unknown CAPABILITIES.IS-SOFTWARE: no ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WIRED-PROPERTIES.CARRIER: off ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONNECTIONS.AVAILABLE-CONNECTION-PATHS: /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/{3} CONNECTIONS.AVAILABLE-CONNECTIONS[1]: 007d1c33-1123-46bf-9968-d883d5ba9321 | Wired connection 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- =============================================================================== Device details (lo) =============================================================================== GENERAL.DEVICE: lo GENERAL.TYPE: loopback GENERAL.NM-TYPE: NMDeviceGeneric GENERAL.VENDOR: GENERAL.PRODUCT: GENERAL.DRIVER: unknown GENERAL.DRIVER-VERSION: GENERAL.FIRMWARE-VERSION: GENERAL.HWADDR: 00:00:00:00:00:00 GENERAL.MTU: 65536 GENERAL.STATE: 10 (unmanaged) GENERAL.REASON: 0 (No reason given) GENERAL.UDI: /virtual/device/placeholder/2 GENERAL.IP-IFACE: lo GENERAL.IS-SOFTWARE: yes GENERAL.NM-MANAGED: no GENERAL.AUTOCONNECT: yes GENERAL.FIRMWARE-MISSING: no GENERAL.NM-PLUGIN-MISSING: no GENERAL.PHYS-PORT-ID: -- GENERAL.CONNECTION: -- GENERAL.CON-UUID: -- GENERAL.CON-PATH: -- GENERAL.METERED: unknown ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CAPABILITIES.CARRIER-DETECT: yes CAPABILITIES.SPEED: unknown CAPABILITIES.IS-SOFTWARE: yes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONNECTIONS.AVAILABLE-CONNECTION-PATHS: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IP4.ADDRESS[1]: 127.0.0.1/8 IP4.GATEWAY: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IP6.ADDRESS[1]: ::1/128 IP6.GATEWAY: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.