My WIFI disconnects at random intervals

My WIFI connection seems to be randomly cutting out. Signal is fine and 19.04 is fully updated. I don't get this issue on any non-Ubuntu based distribution.

I'm using an Entroware Triton with an Intel Wireess card, with which I'm had no issues until 19.04.

olenna@highgarden:~$ lspci | grep -i wireless
02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless 3165 (rev 81)
olenna@highgarden:~$ sudo lshw | grep driverversion
[sudo] password for olenna:
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=iwlwifi driverversion=5.0.0-20-generic firmware=29.1044073957.0 ip=192.168.1.148 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11
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Look for this issue. It's same problem. Link

Thanks, I'll report back once I see if that solution works.

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Okay, it seems this hasn't solved the problem. Drivers were installed during the process but every now and then it still disconnects.

I would recommend opening a bug.

I think I've worked it out. It seems that for some reason, Ubuntu MATE wants to switch WIFI bands from time to time, so I just set the band from "Automatic" to "A (5 GHz)" and so far so good.

I'll keep you all posted on whether this works fully, but it's been a few hours and I've not had an issue.