Dropped WiFi Connection Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G6 ABP

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There seems to be a lot of issues with dropped Wi-Fi connections. Why is that? I just downloaded Zorin 17.3 on 07/10/2025 and did not expect such a pain point.

I have a Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G6 ABP - Type 21KK Laptop. The Wi-Fi keeps dropping. No stability.

Please do not think I know what I am doing with Linux because I don't. My guess is the automated process does not exactly detect what my hardware is.

What information can I provide so you can lend a helping hand. If there is something I need to run, please provide me with the command line to obtain the information to help.

When the Wi-Fi is working, it does run fine. Loading programs that came installed come up very quickly. I have 64MB installed on the laptop, so I am assuming more of Linux is being loaded into RAM. I don't know for sure but there is plenty of space that is for sure.

Thanks!

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You can look if there is another network driver at Software &Updates >additional drivers.

What is the output of
"lshw -C network"
in terminal?

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Welcome to the Forum!

Beneath the Points from @Forpli, You could take a Look in Settings>About if Your system runs in Wayland or X11. If there should stand Wayland, I would suggest to switch to X11/Xorg.

To do that, go to the Login Screen (not the Lock screen). Simply reboot for that. On the Login Screen click on Your Profile so that the Password Field appears. It has to be appeared. When it is appeared, You should see a Gear Icon in the bottom right Corner. Click on it and choose the Option ''Zorin Desktop on Xorg'' and then log in and test if Your Wifi works.

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Hi Forpli,

Thanks for responding. I ran lshw -C network and received the data below.
What is next from your point of view?

*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: enp2s0
version: 15
serial: f4:a8:0d:b8:75:18
capacity: 1Gbit/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=6.8.0-60-generic firmware=rtl8168h-2_0.0.2 02/26/15 latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair
resources: irq:40 ioport:3000(size=256) memory:fd604000-fd604fff memory:fd600000-fd603fff
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
logical name: wlp3s0
version: 00
serial: b8:1e:a4:38:23:61
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rtw89_8852be driverversion=6.8.0-60-generic firmware=N/A ip=192.168.1.70 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11
resources: irq:87 ioport:2000(size=256) memory:fd500000-fd5fffff

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Before I would look at the driver listed for solutions, I would check to see if secure boot and fast boot are disabled in the BiOS (they should be while you are using Linux). If you have a dual boot with Windows, also disable fast startup in Windows.

If that doesn't help:
In many threads about this wlan driver the solution is to add specific kernel parameters and when they work saving them in modprobe.d.
I am not familar with this so someone experienced should advice you.

You could try to add in /etc/default/grub
at
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT

rtw89_pci.disable_aspm_l1=Y rtw89_pci.disable_aspm_l1ss=Y rtw89_core.disable_ps_mode=Y

and then reboot to see if that helps.

An alternative solution could be adding the repo of
GitHub - lwfinger/rtw89: Driver for Realtek 8852AE, an 802.11ax device.