KDEConnect started recently crashing my wifi connection on Qualcomm Atheros QCA9565 / AR9565

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Hello, recently ive started to have issues with WIFI disconnecting automatically on Aurora on a December build, when before in November it used to work perfectly, I have thought it was a Aurora issue then I moved on, I have tried Fedora KDE Desktop, updated packages to the latest version and same thing, it was only on KDE Plasma at that moment but when I tried installing kde connect just to have connectivity with my phone on Fedora COSMIC it literally gave the same effect as if I was on KDE Plasma. And I have thought maybe it would work on a Arch base, so I tried Manjaro and on live boot wifi kept disconnecting automatically as it did on Fedora base.

The laptop I am using is Dell Inspiron 3542 and the network controller I am using is Qualcomm Atheros QCA9565 / AR9565

Can anyone help?

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Hi,

there seems to be an issue with Qualcom network chips in general, apparently for years (see reddit thread “Guide for Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter” sadly I can’t post the direct link here).
Some have the crashing wifi, like you described. Others have high ping and slow download speed.

There are some people on a reddit thread who offered solutions that worked for some (sadly not me).

Cheers :slight_smile: