[PSA] Fixing Wifi Reliability

3 years ago by EK13 to c/steamdeck

This is probably old news to most people but I'm posting here in case it helps anyone else! Turns out there's a power management setting you can disable that really improved the wireless reliability for me.

You first have to enable Developer Mode in Settings > System. Then you should see a new menu right at the bottom of the settings list called Developer. Under Miscellaneous you should see the option Enable Wifi Power Management.

Turning this off completely solved the problems I was having with Wifi being either really slow or dropping out completely to the point where it was almost unusable.

derin 4 points 3 years ago

Holy shit, thank you. I've been occasionally toggling the wi-fi on and off to fix it, basically dropping the connection!

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BigJim 1 point 3 years ago

I've had this disabled for months but I still have frequent wifi connectivity issues

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twistypencil 1 point 3 years ago

Wow, this is one of the reasons I went for the new deck, the wifi and Bluetooth were not great

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Papa_Samu 1 point 3 years ago
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Fubarberry 2 points 3 years ago

I've had it turned off for awhile now, and I haven't noticed any battery difference. I didn't do benchmarks or anything though.

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Papa_Samu 3 points 3 years ago
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EK13 3 points 3 years ago

So I’ve done a small amount of testing this morning and had the same drop in battery over the same amount of time with it on vs with it off. I’d say you’re probably right that it’s only a few percent!

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Papa_Samu 1 point 3 years ago
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EK13 1 point 3 years ago

Good question! I assume there’s some trade-off but I haven’t properly tested it yet since I was just excited to see it working properly. I can try running some experiments tomorrow.

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Papa_Samu 2 points 3 years ago
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