Issues with D-Link DWA-160 network adapter
Hello everyone.
I've been using my D-Link DWA-160 network adapter for around two years
without any issue for a couple of years. Some weeks ago however, it
started misbehaving.
After I use it as usual for a seemingly random amount of time (but see
below), spanning from a few minutes to several hours, I suddenly get
disconnected from wifi. After that, if I try to connect again with nmcli
my computer freezes and I can only force it off. However, if I unplug
the adapter, plug it in again and then reconnect with nmcli everything
works fine - until I get disconnected again.
At first I didn't bother to even look for a solution, since this
happened only once in a few days. However, now it happens several times
a day, and most often when I reach high download speeds. Anything around
2 MiB/s for more than a handful of seconds seems to be a granted
trigger.
I couldn't find any useful information online and I know nothing about
wifi hardware or software. Can anyone help troubleshooting this?
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