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I just added a D-Link DWA-582 PCI-e WiFi adapter using the Realtek RTL8812AE chipset. I confirmed the support for the chipset at https://wiki.debian.org/rtl819x#rtl8821ae . I have installed the Realtek firmware using apt-get install firmware-realtek and confirmed that it is in use using modprobe rtl8821aeWhen I connect to the wireless access point I can maintain a connection for ~6 seconds. I usually am connected just long enough to establish a dhcp lease and then the network disconnects again. I have not been very successful in finding much information on how to diagnose/resolve this issue despite several hours of reading forum posts and trying suggestions.

I have tried replacing Network Manager with wicd without any change or improvement.

I am not really sure what the best information is for diagnosing this issue, so I have posted something to get started, and I hope all you guru's will want more and/or have some ideas and solutions!

Wireless Info tool output http://pastebin.com/Dd7igCqb 

root@pink-fluffy-unicorn:~# uname -v
#1 SMP Debian 3.16.7-ckt20-1+deb8u3 (2016-01-17)


root@pink-fluffy-unicorn:~# lspci | grep Network
04:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8812AE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)


root@pink-fluffy-unicorn:~# apt-get install firmware-realtek
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
firmware-realtek is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.


root@pink-fluffy-unicorn:~# modprobe rtl8821ae
root@pink-fluffy-unicorn:~#


root@pink-fluffy-unicorn:~# iwconfig
eth0      no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11abgn  ESSID:"WLAN-927602"

          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.462 GHz  Access Point: 94:4A:0C:DF:A5:BB

          Bit Rate=1 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm

          Retry short limit:7   RTS thr=2347 B   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=62/70  Signal level=-48 dBm

          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0


lo        no wireless extensions.

journalctl -u NetworkManager http://pastebin.com/4zzbMxcC

journalctl -u wpa_supplicant http://pastebin.com/1MPx03fj

journalctl -k http://pastebin.com/JAvM9gDy

Updates:

Following the suggestion from GAD3R I tried to disable power management using iwconfig with the following results:

root@pink-fluffy-unicorn:~# iwconfig wlan0 power off
Error for wireless request "Set Power Management" (8B2C) :
    SET failed on device wlan0 ; Operation not supported.

I then enabled power management using modprobe rtl8821ae swlps=1 to power management and then ran iwconfig wlan0 power off again, which executed without error. I then confirmed that power management was disabled using iwconfig wlan0 and monitored the output from journalctl -f. There did not appear to be any change from the altered configuration (I also tried iwconfig wlan0 power on to see if there was any change/improvement but it did not appear to have any significant impact)

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chaosaffe
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This what worked in linux for this awful card:

WIFI DRIVER - Wireless AC1200 Dual Band PCI Express Adapter rtl8812ae DWA‑582 

sudo pacman -S linux419-headers
git clone http://github.com/lwfinger/rtlwifi_new.git 
cd rtlwifi_new
make
sudo make install
sudo modprobe rtl8821ae

Now on linux system my wifi works better then in windows 10, in windows I have random disconnects which I don't have on linux, or at least much less disconnects. Really hate this card, it killed a lot of my time and nerve cells

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Soltys Yurii
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You need to disable power management

iwconfig wlan0 power off
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