Hey all, first time using Fedora and I’m really impressed. Although I am having an issue with WiFi speed or so it would seem.
Checking my WiFi speed with Ookla and https://fast.com/ I only get between 15 and 20mb download speed. This is very low. On my Android phone connected to the same router from the same distance and frequency band I get 250mb download. My Fedora desktop can also boot Windows 10 and it normally get 180~mb download speed. So the conclusion I’m drawing is that something is a miss with my Fedora install.
My PCI wifi card is the TP Link WDN4800. Dual band 802.11 a/b/g/n Chip Atheros AR9380
@vgaetera thanks for the reply. I see some interesting results.
BSSID SSID MODE CHAN RATE SIGNAL BARS SECURITY
XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:44 VMBE86611 Infra 11 130 Mbit/s 82 ▂▄▆█ WPA1 WPA2
XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:0D VMBE86611 Infra 64 405 Mbit/s 75 ▂▄▆_ WPA2
nmcli show my two networks 2.5 and 5 Ghz. When I turn off the 5Ghz network and use the 2.5Ghz my speed jumps to 50mb down and 25mb up. An improvement but I should be able to get full speed.
I think the issue is the driver. Is there a way to tell what type of connection you are using a/b/g/n/ac ? I think the driver is trying to use n but the card doesnt support it. Only a on the 5Ghz.
" Though this adapter is dual band, but doesn’t support the 802.11 ac protocol, the 5 GHz band is only for legacy 802.11 a" --pc suggest (link)
thanks for the tips @sixpack13. I’ve booted back into the Windows side and checked my speed. It seems my speed on Windows is also affected. I think the Wifi card is broken or dying.
Wifi standard n is supposed to get bandwidth from the 2.5Ghz and 5Ghz and that pairing gives the extra speed. Being stuck at 50mb max makes me thing 5GHz isn’t working but 2.5Ghz is.
I’ve tried re-seating the card and re attaching the aerials but no joy. A new PCI slot did not help either.
XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:0D VMBE86611 Infra 64 405 Mbit/s 75 ▂▄▆_ WPA2
The results from nmcli above do show that the 5Ghz network is available to join but for some reason it is unable to use it for more than 15mb DL speed at best sometimes even less. Perhaps there is some kind of N mode feature broken on either the router or the wifi card. Further tests will have to be carried out.