Network connection dropping

[tbg]

@BluishHumility

This solution is from a couple years ago, but it’s the same NIC so maybe worth a shot:

RTL8821CE - When idle, wifi drops and works only after reconnecting

Disable Wifi power saving: You can disable Network Manager's power saving features by creating /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/default-wifi-powersave-on.conf with the following command:: sudo touch /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/default-wifi-powersave-on.conf Add the following contents to the newly created conf file with your preferred text editor: [connection] wifi.powersave = 0 Alternately, you can run the following command to generate the required conf file automatically: echo -e "[connection]…

If after fixing your configuration errors you’re still experiencing disconnections, be sure to implement my suggestion from the post before on the thread that @BluishHumility linked:

@tbg

Disable mac address randomization.

Then reboot your router and laptop.