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Markus00000

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Registered: 2011-03-27

Posts: 323

linux 4.0.1-1: WiFi rate is 1 Mb/s, reaches 1.45 MB/s

$ iwlist wlp2s0 rate
wlp2s0    unknown bit-rate information.
          Current Bit Rate=1 Mb/s

$ wget -O /dev/null http://speedtest.london.linode.com/100MB-london.bin
--2015-04-30 17:11:14--  http://speedtest.london.linode.com/100MB-london.bin
Resolving speedtest.london.linode.com (speedtest.london.linode.com)... 176.58.107.39, 2a01:7e00::4b
Connecting to speedtest.london.linode.com (speedtest.london.linode.com)|176.58.107.39|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 104857600 (100M) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘/dev/null’

/dev/null               100%[================================>] 100.00M  1.45MB/s   in 69s    

2015-04-30 17:12:23 (1.45 MB/s) - ‘/dev/null’ saved [104857600/104857600]

Card is an Intel Advanced-N 6205.

After downgrading linux, the Wifi rate is again displayed as 36 Mb/s or more. Anyone having the same issue?

Last edited by Markus00000 (2015-04-30 15:30:32)

ingemar

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From: Sweden

Registered: 2010-01-04

Posts: 4

Re: linux 4.0.1-1: WiFi rate is 1 Mb/s, reaches 1.45 MB/s

I'm experiencing this as well. Did you ever find the solution?

Markus00000

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Registered: 2011-03-27

Posts: 323

Re: linux 4.0.1-1: WiFi rate is 1 Mb/s, reaches 1.45 MB/s

No. Currently running 4.3.0-rc1 and still the same issue. I hid the rate from my bar…

I’ve been wanting to file a bug but haven’t come around to actually doing it.

dice

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From: Germany

Registered: 2014-02-10

Posts: 413

Re: linux 4.0.1-1: WiFi rate is 1 Mb/s, reaches 1.45 MB/s

iwlist from wireless_tools is deprecated and works only for old cards.
try using

iw wlp2s0 link

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Markus00000

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Registered: 2011-03-27

Posts: 323

Re: linux 4.0.1-1: WiFi rate is 1 Mb/s, reaches 1.45 MB/s

Thanks a lot, dice. For anyone coming here because i3status shows the wrong rate: issue 32

Last edited by Markus00000 (2015-09-23 18:08:19)