Lose wifi connection in zorin

[alex_zorin]

i have installed zorin on an extern ssd next to win11. i always lose connection to my wifi in zorin. this happens after a few minutes in zorinos.
i have to turn off the pc. after that my wifi works again. just a simple reboot does not solve the problem. what can i do? any ideas?

[Ponce-De-Leon]

Is this a fresh Installation or is Zorin installed since a While and the Issue now happens? Are Secure Boot and Fast Boot in BIOS disabled? Is Fast Start-Up in Windows disabled? Is there a Driver in the ''Additional Drivers'' Tab in Software & Updates offered for Your Wifi? Can You post the Output of the Terminal Commands sudo lshw -C network and echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE please?

The first one shows Details about Your Network Hardware and the 2nd one if Your System runs in Wayland or X11.

[alex_zorin]

the second one says: wayland

secure boot is disabled
fastboot is disabled

[Ultrabenosaurus]

You can find some common wifi troubleshooting steps in my guide which may help:

[WiFi] Troubleshooting & Information Gathering

Since becoming more active in these forums over the last few months, I think WiFi driver or connection issues might just be the single most common topic - it's surely top 5, if not in 1st place! This post is designed to provide some troubleshooting steps which tend to resolve the more simple device / driver issues I've come across, and group together the basic information gathering steps to help people write meaningful requests for help if those steps don't resolve the issue. 1. Troubleshootin…

As you say it works for a little while when you first boot up and then cuts out, there may be an issue with PCIe power management putting it to sleep and then being unable to wake it back up again. Instructions to fix that by editing your grub boot parameters:

1. open your grub config in a privileged text editor
   • terminal editor: sudo nano /etc/default/grub
   • visual editor: sudo gedit /etc/default/grub
2. go to the line with GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT
3. add pcie_port_pm=off to the end of its value, before the closing quotes
   • e.g. GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash pcie_port_pm=off"
4. save and exit the text editor
5. you will then need to reboot to see if it works

[Ponce-De-Leon]

@alex_zorin

the second one says: wayland

That could be a Start Point. You could try it with switching to Xorg. To do that, go to the Login Screen. Click there on Your Profile so that the Password Field appears. When it is appeared, You should see in the bottom right Corner a Gear Icon. Click on it and choose the Option ''Zorin Desktop on Xorg'' and then log in.

[Nourpon]

what about fast startup in Windows power management like @Ponce-De-Leon asked you ?

[alex_zorin]

ok, done that. but unfortunately still the same problem

[alex_zorin]

done that ... still same problem.

[Ponce-De-Leon]

Are Secure Boot and Fast Boot in BIOS disabled? Is Fast Start-Up in Windows disabled?

[alex_zorin]

oh wait, fast start up was active. im sure that i disabled it once, but must have reactived itself by some update or whatever... will reboot and test that