bw123 wrote:Some routers have a setting to limit how many devices are allowed? Are they all set to use dhcp? Also, what happens if the debian machine is the only one connected?
Both laptops are using dhcp.
Debian acts up as always, even if it's the only one connected. The other devices' behavior is relevant in pinpointing the source of the wifi crash, which would be the router, not the Debian machine itself. Debian is causing the router to crash though!
It is strange that Debian downloaded a lot of data during the installation, while the other laptop was connected to wifi with no issues, but after the installation was complete, wifi was not readily available. I had to setup wifi manually (don't remember how I did it).
More on the installation process:
As I remember, network could not be set up using the base package (debian-9.3.0-amd64-netinst.iso), so I had a second USB containing firmware-iwlwifi_0.43_all.deb plugged in. After installation, the wireless card was not listed (lspci) so I think (not sure) I have installed the package above (firmware-iwlwifi_0.43_all.deb).