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#1 2020-06-19 14:09:55

TimelyPeach
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[SOLVED] Wifi very slow - Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless AC 3168

Hello, my Wifi speed is very slow compared to benchmarking on a separate device (download speed of <10Mbps vs 30Mbps). I am using a newly built computer using the ASRock Fatal1ty B450 Gaming-ITX/ac motherboard. I have gone through the wiki and other forum posts, but I have not been able to fix the issue. Please could you help?

Here is the relevant section of lspci -k:

Network controller: Intel Corporation Dual Band Wireless-AC 3168NGW [Stone Peak] (rev 10)
        Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 2110
        Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi
        Kernel modules: iwlwifi

dmesg | grep firmware gives:

[    2.708324] iwlwifi 0000:08:00.0: loaded firmware version 29.163394017.0 3168-29.ucode op_mode iwlmvm
[    2.708349] iwlwifi 0000:08:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwl-debug-yoyo.bin failed with error -2

dmesg | grep iwlwifi gives:

[    2.705727] iwlwifi 0000:08:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
[    2.708324] iwlwifi 0000:08:00.0: loaded firmware version 29.163394017.0 3168-29.ucode op_mode iwlmvm
[    2.708349] iwlwifi 0000:08:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwl-debug-yoyo.bin failed with error -2
[    2.877261] iwlwifi 0000:08:00.0: Detected Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless AC 3168, REV=0x220
[    2.894946] iwlwifi 0000:08:00.0: base HW address: 98:3b:8f:d2:58:7f
[    2.946790] iwlwifi 0000:08:00.0 wlp8s0: renamed from wlan0

This is my /etc/modprobe.d/iwlwifi.conf (adding these after searching my issue on many forums):

options iwlwifi 11n_disable=1 swcrypto=1 power_save=0 bt_coex_active=0
options iwlmvm power_scheme=1

iw reg get gives (I am in the UK):

global
country GB: DFS-ETSI
        (2402 - 2482 @ 40), (N/A, 20), (N/A)
        (5170 - 5250 @ 80), (N/A, 20), (N/A), AUTO-BW
        (5250 - 5330 @ 80), (N/A, 20), (0 ms), DFS, AUTO-BW
        (5490 - 5710 @ 160), (N/A, 27), (0 ms), DFS
        (57000 - 66000 @ 2160), (N/A, 40), (N/A)

phy#0 (self-managed)
country GB: DFS-UNSET
        (2402 - 2437 @ 40), (6, 22), (N/A), AUTO-BW, NO-HT40MINUS, NO-80MHZ, NO-160MHZ
        (2422 - 2462 @ 40), (6, 22), (N/A), AUTO-BW, NO-80MHZ, NO-160MHZ
        (2447 - 2482 @ 40), (6, 22), (N/A), AUTO-BW, NO-HT40PLUS, NO-80MHZ, NO-160MHZ
        (5170 - 5190 @ 80), (6, 22), (N/A), NO-OUTDOOR, AUTO-BW, IR-CONCURRENT, NO-HT40MINUS, NO-160MHZ, PASSIVE-SCAN
        (5190 - 5210 @ 80), (6, 22), (N/A), NO-OUTDOOR, AUTO-BW, IR-CONCURRENT, NO-HT40PLUS, NO-160MHZ, PASSIVE-SCAN
        (5210 - 5230 @ 80), (6, 22), (N/A), NO-OUTDOOR, AUTO-BW, IR-CONCURRENT, NO-HT40MINUS, NO-160MHZ, PASSIVE-SCAN
        (5230 - 5250 @ 80), (6, 22), (N/A), NO-OUTDOOR, AUTO-BW, IR-CONCURRENT, NO-HT40PLUS, NO-160MHZ, PASSIVE-SCAN
        (5250 - 5270 @ 80), (6, 22), (0 ms), DFS, AUTO-BW, NO-HT40MINUS, NO-160MHZ, PASSIVE-SCAN
        (5270 - 5290 @ 80), (6, 22), (0 ms), DFS, AUTO-BW, NO-HT40PLUS, NO-160MHZ, PASSIVE-SCAN
        (5290 - 5310 @ 80), (6, 22), (0 ms), DFS, AUTO-BW, NO-HT40MINUS, NO-160MHZ, PASSIVE-SCAN
        (5310 - 5330 @ 80), (6, 22), (0 ms), DFS, AUTO-BW, NO-HT40PLUS, NO-160MHZ, PASSIVE-SCAN
        (5490 - 5510 @ 80), (6, 22), (0 ms), DFS, AUTO-BW, NO-HT40MINUS, NO-160MHZ, PASSIVE-SCAN
        (5510 - 5530 @ 80), (6, 22), (0 ms), DFS, AUTO-BW, NO-HT40PLUS, NO-160MHZ, PASSIVE-SCAN
        (5530 - 5550 @ 80), (6, 22), (0 ms), DFS, AUTO-BW, NO-HT40MINUS, NO-160MHZ, PASSIVE-SCAN
        (5550 - 5570 @ 80), (6, 22), (0 ms), DFS, AUTO-BW, NO-HT40PLUS, NO-160MHZ, PASSIVE-SCAN
        (5570 - 5590 @ 80), (6, 22), (0 ms), DFS, AUTO-BW, NO-HT40MINUS, NO-160MHZ, PASSIVE-SCAN
        (5590 - 5610 @ 80), (6, 22), (0 ms), DFS, AUTO-BW, NO-HT40PLUS, NO-160MHZ, PASSIVE-SCAN
        (5610 - 5630 @ 80), (6, 22), (0 ms), DFS, AUTO-BW, NO-HT40MINUS, NO-160MHZ, PASSIVE-SCAN
        (5630 - 5650 @ 80), (6, 22), (0 ms), DFS, AUTO-BW, NO-HT40PLUS, NO-160MHZ, PASSIVE-SCAN
        (5650 - 5670 @ 80), (6, 22), (0 ms), DFS, AUTO-BW, NO-HT40MINUS, NO-160MHZ, PASSIVE-SCAN
        (5670 - 5690 @ 80), (6, 22), (0 ms), DFS, AUTO-BW, NO-HT40PLUS, NO-160MHZ, PASSIVE-SCAN
        (5690 - 5710 @ 80), (6, 22), (0 ms), DFS, AUTO-BW, NO-HT40MINUS, NO-160MHZ, PASSIVE-SCAN
        (5710 - 5730 @ 80), (6, 22), (0 ms), DFS, AUTO-BW, NO-HT40PLUS, NO-160MHZ, PASSIVE-SCAN
        (5735 - 5755 @ 80), (6, 22), (N/A), AUTO-BW, IR-CONCURRENT, NO-HT40MINUS, NO-160MHZ, PASSIVE-SCAN
        (5755 - 5775 @ 80), (6, 22), (N/A), AUTO-BW, IR-CONCURRENT, NO-HT40PLUS, NO-160MHZ, PASSIVE-SCAN
        (5775 - 5795 @ 80), (6, 22), (N/A), AUTO-BW, IR-CONCURRENT, NO-HT40MINUS, NO-160MHZ, PASSIVE-SCAN
        (5795 - 5815 @ 80), (6, 22), (N/A), AUTO-BW, IR-CONCURRENT, NO-HT40PLUS, NO-160MHZ, PASSIVE-SCAN
        (5815 - 5835 @ 20), (6, 22), (N/A), AUTO-BW, IR-CONCURRENT, NO-HT40MINUS, NO-HT40PLUS, NO-80MHZ, NO-160MHZ, PASSIVE-SCAN

Last edited by TimelyPeach (2020-07-28 07:36:16)

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#2 2020-07-28 06:40:01

kerr
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Re: [SOLVED] Wifi very slow - Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless AC 3168

Yeah , Me too! Have you found a solution

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#3 2020-07-28 07:02:45

kerr
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Re: [SOLVED] Wifi very slow - Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless AC 3168

Hei, I'm back ! I tried to delete iw pkg ,and mkinitcpio again,It looks normal.

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#4 2020-07-28 07:09:30

TimelyPeach
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Re: [SOLVED] Wifi very slow - Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless AC 3168

Hello! I have not solved the issue - I am no longer in a position to test it (moved to a room without wifi, and just using ethernet), so I would be interested to learn more about your way. Why did you do these steps? I don't understand why deleting iw would work...

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#5 2020-07-28 07:17:55

kerr
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Re: [SOLVED] Wifi very slow - Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless AC 3168

Maybe I have wpa_supplicant installed,I'm not sure,But right now I'm normal

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#6 2020-07-28 07:21:44

TimelyPeach
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Re: [SOLVED] Wifi very slow - Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless AC 3168

Ok, thanks for letting me know. Did you find this solution somewhere or did you just try it?

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#7 2020-07-28 07:29:12

kerr
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Re: [SOLVED] Wifi very slow - Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless AC 3168

Just try it!
I didn't find the information,Or I won't email you,Let you find a solution and reply to me.

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#8 2020-07-28 07:35:55

TimelyPeach
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Re: [SOLVED] Wifi very slow - Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless AC 3168

Ok, thanks for your help! I will mark this issue as solved then.

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#9 2020-07-28 07:40:02

kerr
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Re: [SOLVED] Wifi very slow - Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless AC 3168

It's better to wait until you solve it,then mark this issue as solved then.

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#10 2020-07-28 12:32:31

kerr
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Re: [SOLVED] Wifi very slow - Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless AC 3168

My problem is still the same. Deleting IW will not solve the problem.

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#11 2020-07-28 23:06:41

kerr
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Re: [SOLVED] Wifi very slow - Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless AC 3168

2.4G wifi normal
5G wifi slow
I'm far from the router

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