11-09-2018, 04:18 PM
OK, I think I solved it. I typed in iwconfig on both machines (the 3.8 that's having issues and the 4.0 that is mostly OK), and the only thing different was the RTS setting.
On my 3.8 machine, RTS was set to off, but on the 4.0 machine it was set to 2347. RTS, as far as I understand from researching it, checks for a clear channel when using Wi-Fi.
So, I used the iwconfig command to set the RTS on the 3.8 machine to 2347 in the hopes that this would fix it.
As far as I can tell, this seems to have restored the stability to the Wi-Fi connection. I'm not having issues anymore. I'll mark this as solved. I know it's a bit too early to tell for certain, but I can always unmark it if need be.
I'm puzzled if this really is the solution, because it was working fine a month ago, and I didn't change anything on iwconfig (or any settings or software) in between times except for the RTS just now. Still, I'm not complaining about having a stable Wi-Fi connection again!
On my 3.8 machine, RTS was set to off, but on the 4.0 machine it was set to 2347. RTS, as far as I understand from researching it, checks for a clear channel when using Wi-Fi.
So, I used the iwconfig command to set the RTS on the 3.8 machine to 2347 in the hopes that this would fix it.
As far as I can tell, this seems to have restored the stability to the Wi-Fi connection. I'm not having issues anymore. I'll mark this as solved. I know it's a bit too early to tell for certain, but I can always unmark it if need be.
I'm puzzled if this really is the solution, because it was working fine a month ago, and I didn't change anything on iwconfig (or any settings or software) in between times except for the RTS just now. Still, I'm not complaining about having a stable Wi-Fi connection again!
Using Linux Lite for everything now. I put it on my desktop and my laptop. Woohoo!