Wi-Fi drops after laptop battery swap on Fedora
Wi-Fi stops connecting after a laptop battery replacement, while the networks still show up and the phone hotspot works.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
5 public reports · first reported 10 October 2026 · last reported 11 October 2026
What's going wrong
Some laptop owners report that Wi-Fi stops connecting right after they replace the battery, even though nearby networks still appear in the list.
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