ANSWERED Connection Dropping (Wireguard Handshake Timeout)

[VagueCow 0]

Hi there, I'm running Eddie version 2.24.6 on Linux Mint 22.1 Cinnamon 6.4.6 on an iMac 15. I recently ran into issues where I would be running Eddie and qBittorrent and having thousands of dropped connections overnight. Typically it would run fine for 20-30 minutes and then drop over and over until I manually stopped it.
I tried changing protocols from Wireguard UDP to TCP, and then to OpenVPN TCP, and the problem persisted with every protocol.
As a last ditch effort I re-flashed my computer with a fresh Linux Mint install and only downloaded Eddie and qBittorrent, and my connections started dropping again.

I attached both the logs and system report from this latest time after the fresh Linux install, but I also still have all the logs and system reports from the previous attempts.

Any tips or insights would be much appreciated -- totally at a loss for what to try next.

eddie_logs.txt system_report.txt

[Staff 10123]

Hello!

Since your Linux system is connected via WiFi please try to get a stronger signal and consider to change channel. It could greatly mitigate the problem. Prefer a channel whose frequency does not overlap with any other neighborhood WiFi equipment. Some considerations on WiFi channels and why it's so important to pick the correct channel:
https://www.metageek.com/training/resources/why-channels-1-6-11/

If it's a viable option, connect via Ethernet cable to compare.

Kind regards
 

[VagueCow 0]

This worked! However, I had to first change my network connections frequency from auto (5 GHz / 2.4 GHz) to only 2.4 GHz -- I tried setting the channel on the 5 GHz band to a non-overlapping channel and it still didn't work, but channel 11 on the 2.4 GHz band did. It's weird because my router is about 10 ft away from my desktop with a direct line of sight across the living room, but I'm guessing the weakness of the 5 GHz band was just enough to cause issues at that distance. None of my other devices have this problems, so I never would have guessed.