Wifi disconnects every 5 minutes for 5 to 15 seconds

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I use the Fedora 41 KDE spin and i’ve experienced my wifi frequently disconnecting randomly ever since i installed the distro and after researching i found that my TP-Link usb wifi adapter is not compatible with Fedora and I bought the Fenvi FU-AX1800 USB USB Wifi adapter everything was working fine until yesterday the wifi started to disconnect, for about 5 to 10 seconds every 5 minutes. I’m pretty much a linux newbie and don’t know what to do any help would be appreciated, but i don’t want to spend more money for a solution.

lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 1532:004d Razer USA, Ltd DeathAdder 2000 (Cynosa Pro Bundle)
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 045e:07f8 Microsoft Corp. Wired Keyboard 600 (model 1576)
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0a12:0001 Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode)
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 05e3:0608 Genesys Logic, Inc. Hub
Bus 001 Device 009: ID 048d:5702 Integrated Technology Express, Inc. RGB LED Controller
Bus 001 Device 040: ID 8888:1234 FDUCE PRO AUDIO MADE  FDUCE PRO AUDIO
Bus 001 Device 041: ID 0e8d:7961 MediaTek Inc. Wireless_Device
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
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I’d try monitoring the logs when the event happens to see if there are any clues being logged about what is going wrong. Leave a terminal window running with sudo journalctl -f. When the connection drops, switch to the terminal real quick and press Ctrl+C to stop the journalctl command. Then scroll back a little bit and see if you can find a log message about something happening with power management or timeouts or duplicate IP addresses etc.

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Not gonna do the “well buy other hardware” thing.

But why didnt you get an intel internal wifi card?