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Dave67

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Registered: 2020-02-14

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12/5/20 8:39 AM Linux1 wpa_supplicant[604]wls32: CTRL-EVENT-BEACON-LO

I am looking for a answer to this issue. I have looked on the web and nothing to help this. I still have a wifi connection which is shocking but this is always in the logs. I use the same wifi card brand in my Linux mint and nothing like this is present. any insight would be helpful.

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bin

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Registered: 2016-01-28

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Re: 12/5/20 8:39 AM Linux1 wpa_supplicant[604]wls32: CTRL-EVENT-BEACON-LO

This is a Ctrl-Event-Beacon-Loss.
Most likely it is power related - the card is going to sleep.
I assume it is the PCIE card to which you refer in your tip. NOTE always quote your hardware when seeking advice as not many desktops use wifi cards.
Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR93xx Wireless Network Adapter (re
v 01)
        Subsystem: Lite-On Communications Inc AR93xx Wireless Network Adapter
        Physical Slot: 32
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
        Memory at feae0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
        Expansion ROM at fead0000 [disabled] [size=64K]
        Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
        Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable- Count=1/4 Maskable+ 64bit+
        Capabilities: [70] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
        Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
        Capabilities: [140] Virtual Channel
        Capabilities: [300] Device Serial Number 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
        Kernel driver in use: ath9k
        Kernel modules: ath9k

My guess is that you would want to disable or turn down power management.
This may help https://unix.stackexchange.com/question … ermanently
but look for similar solutions and always make backup copies of any file you edit in case things go a bit wrong.

Dave67

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Registered: 2020-02-14

Posts: 14

Re: 12/5/20 8:39 AM Linux1 wpa_supplicant[604]wls32: CTRL-EVENT-BEACON-LO

I take it there is not a GUI for the power saving controls? I looked on synaptic and I do not see any. but they tend to be odd names at times.

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