[SOLVED] Ralink corp. RT5390 Wireless 802.11n Drivers?

cmcjacob · 2018-05-04 01:53:55

I have decided to switch from BlackArch to Arch. I have everything up and running but it seems my wireless internet speed has went way down.

A google search for its drivers showed that at one point in time, there was an AUR package called 'RT5390' here: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/rt5390/

But it no longer exists. Have the new drivers already been built into the kernel, or are the Arch repositories just slow? For instance, when downloading packages it rarely goes over 1M/s when previously I was able to get upto 5M/s.

Last edited by cmcjacob (2018-05-05 05:28:08)

seth · 2018-05-04 06:26:51

The chip is supposed to be covered by the rt2800pci module.
Please paste your dmesg and outputs of

iw dev <interface> link
iw dev <interface> station dump

Also perform a speed test, https://linhost.info/2013/10/download-test-files/

As for the repos, it's *your* job to configure them and make a decent selection. Or you let reflector do that for you...

cmcjacob · 2018-05-04 22:45:53

$ iw dev wlo1 link
Connected to 0c:47:3d:a5:9b:d8 (on wlo1)
	SSID: cmc
	freq: 2437
	RX: 27166694 bytes (22766 packets)
	TX: 1102471 bytes (10888 packets)
	signal: -37 dBm
	tx bitrate: 57.8 MBit/s MCS 5 short GI

	bss flags:	short-slot-time
	dtim period:	1
	beacon int:	100
[cmc@zyronix /]$ iw dev wlo1 station dump
Station 0c:47:3d:a5:9b:d8 (on wlo1)
	inactive time:	220 ms
	rx bytes:	27257900
	rx packets:	23522
	tx bytes:	1107690
	tx packets:	10944
	tx retries:	273
	tx failed:	0
	beacon loss:	0
	beacon rx:	2383
	rx drop misc:	2
	signal:  	-37 dBm
	signal avg:	-37 dBm
	beacon signal avg:	220 dBm
	tx bitrate:	57.8 MBit/s MCS 5 short GI
	rx bitrate:	65.0 MBit/s MCS 7
	expected throughput:	29.21Mbps
	authorized:	yes
	authenticated:	yes
	associated:	yes
	preamble:	long
	WMM/WME:	yes
	MFP:		no
	TDLS peer:	no
	DTIM period:	1
	beacon interval:100
	short slot time:yes
	connected time:	245 seconds

I'm not sure if you can see anything that's off there. I did set a U.S. server as my first entry in the repo mirror list, and that's where I live but I'm leaning towards that being the problem because the wget speedtest from the linhost server was optimal.

I was also wondering what this extra adapter that has suddenly popped up might be?:

[cmc@zyronix /]$ ip link
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
2: eno1: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 78:e3:b5:5a:44:cb brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
3: wlo1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP mode DORMANT group default qlen 1000
    link/ether cc:af:78:66:ab:4d brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

When I set up this system, I only installed wireless. The command previously only showed wlo1 as the adapter (had to USB tether in from a phone at initial setup). What is the first 'lo' device? Sorry for the basic questions.

Last edited by cmcjacob (2018-05-04 23:15:36)

loqs · 2018-05-04 22:50:48

cmcjacob wrote:

What is the first 'lo' device?

Loopback (it should always be present)
Edit:
There are over thirty official arch mirrors in the United States I would not assume connectivity issues to one would be representative of the rest.

Last edited by loqs (2018-05-04 22:54:18)

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#1 2018-05-04 01:53:55

[SOLVED] Ralink corp. RT5390 Wireless 802.11n Drivers?

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