Wi-Fi Dropping Out

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I have been using ethernet cable to connect to internet on my rasp pi 3, running the latest version of OSMC. I have been using ethernet for nearly 10 months but prior to that I was using wi-fi (with no issues) for approx 12 months

Recently I copied my card onto another rasp pi 3 for use in another room with wi-fi. WI-fi started but dropped out after a few minutes.

Tried the original pi - this was doing the same - wi-fi starts but drops out.

Tried on a different router - the same.

Checked channel on router - uses channel 11 (and no other issues with other wi-fi devices).

Logs are here:

https://paste.osmc.tv/atahafoven

I did read about checking the power management using a util called wireless-tools but this errors-out when I try to install this.

I am using the standard dedicated power supply, supplied with the pi.

Hope someone can provide advice on this.

Thanks,
Robbo

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My guess is that you didn’t change the hostname, and many other settings. Like if you had static IPs.

Your best bet would be to do a new installation on the new Pi. Once up and running, you should be able to copy the contents of .kodi if needed.

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Thanks for the response. I will look into that.

However why would the original pi (where I usually use ethernet) not work either - same symptoms - connects for less than a few minutes and then drops out?

I then took the (original) pi to a friends house and tried it on their router and same issue.

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If there are duplicate names, IPs or possibly even MACs, both systems will be fighting for the same name/IP etc. and cause random problems.

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You have installed network manager:

ii  network-manager                      1.6.2-3                                     armhf        network management framework (daemon and userspace tools)
ii  network-manager-openvpn              1.2.8-2                                     armhf        network management framework (OpenVPN plugin core)

This will almost certainly conflict with connman, which is what OSMC uses.

I see that you have also included jessie-backports in your APT sources.list file. That might also cause a few issues.

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Thanks for the response.
Network-manager was installed to use openvpn (which I don’t use anymore). Initially when I installed openvpn (> 12 months ago) I was using wi-fi so it is strange how this might cause an issue now.

I tried to uninstall network-manager but I this seemed to unistall connman (or do something which stopped me connecting either through wi-fi or ethernet). Therefore I could not test to affirm whether this was the issue or not.

I therefore just installed a fresh OSMC on the Pi # 2 and it connects using wi-fi, so it’s not a h/w or router issue.

Pi #1 I will continue to use ethernet, so not a problem there.

Thanks all for your assistance.