Unable to properly connect to the Internet

[joe2313]

Even though my wifi adapter does connect to the modem. For some reason on Firefox I am not able to load a single page, unless if I disconnect it and reconnect my wifi adapter card many times, or go to the update manager and click on update or something.

Even though if I manage to get firefox to load up Google, if I search up "Firejail" and go to their official website https://firejail.wordpress.com then for some reason it is unable to load the page, and many other pages it is not able to load.

I did select install third party software when installing Kubuntu so I should have all my drivers installed, including nVidia.

I have not had this issue on Xubuntu, ArchLabs and Manjaro.

[claydoh]

I did select install third party software when installing Kubuntu so I should have all my drivers installed, including nVidia.

Not quite. The installer will add some non-open-source audio and video codecs, but Nvidia driver are not included in this. Check the Driver
Video divers don't have an effect on networking.

What network card do you have? Do OS updates download as expected? Dou you get any messages from the browser? Is is every time you use a browser? We need more details. Any browser extensions? Running any firewall software?

[joe2313]

The installation is just brand new I did not install anything, I have done updates, sometimes it works sometimes some daemons crash. I believe I have only done OS update once. My wifi adpater is D-Link DWA-125. Everytime I open up firefox this issue happens, I have tried restarting my PC many times, still doesn't make a difference. I do get a message from the browser and I will attach two images which shows this.


No browser extensions. I haven't installed anything other than doing updates and this was even happening before updating. I don't believe Kubuntu comes with any configured firewall that should be blocking any of this.

[claydoh]

Hmmm..
What version of Xubuntu was this working on for you? If it is 18.10, it *should* work exactly the same, as both Kubuntu and Xubuntu are quite literally are the exactly same OS , kernel, drivers, networking, etc under the gui desktop bits.

Post the output of the command $ lsusb


We are looking for a line with info about a Ralink wifi chip, which should help narrow dome thing a little, specifically which driver is in use.
Some Ralink based wifi devices can be finicky. One brand that uses them are fine, another is crappy, and one distro will be ok, and another it won't.

Have you by any chance tried to use a different USB port, just to see if there is a difference?

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[joe2313]

I am using Kubuntu 18.10.

If it is 18.10, it *should* work exactly the same, as both Kubuntu and Xubuntu are quite literally are the exactly same OS , kernel, drivers, networking, etc under the gui desktop bits.

Yeah I know right it doesn't make any sense.

Post the output of the command $ lsusb

Bus 002 Device 004: ID 07d1:3c16 D-Link System DWA-125 Wireless N 150 Adapter(rev.A2) [Ralink RT3070]
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0781:5581 SanDisk Corp. Ultra
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 046d:c534 Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 07d1:3c16 D-Link System DWA-125 Wireless N 150 Adapter(rev.A2) [Ralink RT3070]
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0781:5581 SanDisk Corp. Ultra
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 046d:c534 Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

This was my output BEFORE I removed the wifi adapter and connected it to another USB female port.

Have you by any chance tried to use a different USB port, just to see if there is a difference?

I have tried doing that and it did load up google and it went to the firejail site, but it could not load up the brave browser website "https://brave.com/" until I disconnected it and reconnected it to the original female usb port.

When I tried to load the download page, then it would show the same error message but after reconnecting it in the same USB female port then it works and I seem to be having to do this for any new page I want to load.

[claydoh]

I am using Kubuntu 18.10.

Can we assume that Xubuntu was also 18.10, and on the same computer?



This device has *tons* of problems, but these seem to be from 9 or 10 years ago.

Lets see what driver is loaded:

$ lsmod | grep rt

and to see if a driver has been blacklisted

$ rfkill list all

[joe2313]

Can we assume that Xubuntu was also 18.10, and on the same computer?

Yeah everything is exactly the same, the wifi adapter, the PC, the exact same USB port that I am using to connect the wifi adapter to etc.

I did install this program on both Xubuntu and Kubuntu which is called GRUB customizer, which essentially allows you to change the boot order, and I set Windows to be my default OS to boot into.

This device has *tons* of problems, but these seem to be from 9 or 10 years ago.

It works perfectly on Windows (provided that you install D-Link drivers), and on other Linux distros.

Lets see what driver is loaded:

$ lsmod | grep rt

I got this

rt2800usb              32768  0
rt2x00usb              20480  1 rt2800usb
rt2800lib             114688  1 rt2800usb
rt2x00lib              53248  3 rt2800usb,rt2x00usb,rt2800lib
mac80211              794624  3 rt2x00lib,rt2x00usb,rt2800lib
cfg80211              663552  2 rt2x00lib,mac80211
parport_pc             36864  1
parport                49152  3 parport_pc,lp,ppdev

and to see if a driver has been blacklisted

$ rfkill list all

This is what I saw after running that command.

0: phy0: Wireless LAN
       Soft blocked: no
       Hard blocked: no

[joe2313]

OK so what I did was I reinstalled Kubuntu and I did not install third party software during the installation and now the wifi adapter perfectly works fine.