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Wi-fi randomly disconnects
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Ubuntu 14.04 Desktop I usually connect to Internet via PPPoE over Wi-Fi signal from my router. The router gets the Internet from Ethernet cable which comes from my ISP into my apartment. So it's not a regular Wi-Fi Internet, WLAN just connects my computer to WIRED PPPoE I get from the ISP. Sometimes what happens is that Internet stops working and wireless signal in Ubuntu keeps disconnecting and then reconnecting by itself. And pppoeconf command can't finf PPPoE over wlan0. Then I have to connect the cable directly to my computer's RJ-45 and re-do pppoeconf and then it finds PPPoE over eth0 and then I get Internet. The problem is that for some strange reason, it works better when I use the former option, i.e. connect the cable to the router and use the wireless signal to connect to the PC. I just don't know how to fix this issue with my Wi-Fi.
Ubuntu 14.04 Desktop I usually connect to Internet via PPPoE over Wi-Fi signal from my router. The router gets the Internet from Ethernet cable which comes from my ISP into my apartment. So it's not a regular Wi-Fi Internet, WLAN just connects my computer to WIRED PPPoE I get from the ISP. Sometimes what happens is that Internet stops working and wireless signal in Ubuntu keeps disconnecting and then reconnecting by itself. And pppoeconf command can't finf PPPoE over wlan0. Then I have to connect the cable directly to my computer's RJ-45 and re-do pppoeconf and then it finds PPPoE over eth0 and then I get Internet. The problem is that for some strange reason, it works better when I use the former option, i.e. connect the cable to the router and use the wireless signal to connect to the PC. I just don't know how to fix this issue with my Wi-Fi.
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SOLVED: Now Wi-Fi is back in order again. Maybe it was a temporary issue with a signal as you suggested (meaning that maybe it's neighbors' Wi-Fi interfered). Who knows. It happens once in awhile and I don't know why...
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My smartphone model is almost a decade old. It's NOKIA E63. It has Symbian OS inside. Is there an app under that works under W10 or Ubuntu Desktop?
Though frankly I doubt that it's my neighbors' "fault". Meaning that their Wi-Fi interferes somehow. Yes, it's possible, but if that was the case, then it would've been an ONGOING issue that repeats itself pretty often. In my case, everything works fine for like a whole month, then suddenly things go bad. But I'll try to use Wi-Fi connection again to see how it works.