5:41 p.m.
Hi All;
I'm switching from Mac back to Fedora, my new Fedora laptop is a Lenovo
W540 with this card:
Intel Dual Band Wireless 7260AC
I posted about issues earlier, which I've been able to resolve via a
clean install. The wireless and wired connections connect immediately
and behave as they should.
However, the Fedora laptop connected to my local access point shows a
download speed of 1.63Mbps, while the mac, running the same test from
the same site (http://speedtest.comcast.net) shows a download speed of
26.89Mbps
Both laptops are sitting on the same desk, same distance from the access
point
I don't expect exact matching speeds but this is a dramatic
difference... can anyone help me debug / correct this?
Thanks in advance
1:40 a.m.
On 03/18/14 14:17, Heinz Diehl wrote:
On 18.03.2014, CS_DBA wrote:
> In the meantime, does Fedora play well with USB wireless
> cards/devices?
It does. I have similar problems as you describe in this thread (F19),
and using an external USB network adapter solved it. I don't have the
time to debug the problem.
Too bad. I hope someone would have bugzilla'd the issue .... :-)
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1:41 a.m.
New subject: Help debugging / correcting wireless speed issue (SUCCESS)
On 18/03/14 19:37, Ed Greshko wrote:
On 03/18/14 14:08, Rolf Turner wrote:
> Since I don't use the KDE desktop (I use Mate) I would presume that the forgoing
is of no relevance to me. (Unless I were to switch over to KDE, which I am not inclined
to do on the basis of "Better the devil you know ....)
>
> This is an academic question only in my case, since I have WiFi working from a USB
plugin device with no problem.
Yes, the example I gave was KDE specific.
However, I believe you can do something similar in MATE. (I'm not a MATE user and
just played with it a bit on a system with only one WiFi interface).
You can create a connection for each interface/device. In the connection editor you
select the tab "WiFi" for each connection you've created and choose the
individual "Device MAC Address" (one for each interface). Then you can choose
which one to connect to.
You can even go so far as to use the "General" tab and tell one to connect
automatically and the other not.
Thanks. I shall file this away for future reference.
cheers,
Rolf
1:37 a.m.
New subject: Help debugging / correcting wireless speed issue (SUCCESS)
On 03/18/14 14:08, Rolf Turner wrote:
Since I don't use the KDE desktop (I use Mate) I would presume
that the forgoing is of no relevance to me. (Unless I were to switch over to KDE, which I
am not inclined to do on the basis of "Better the devil you know ....)
This is an academic question only in my case, since I have WiFi working from a USB plugin
device with no problem.
Yes, the example I gave was KDE specific.
However, I believe you can do something similar in MATE. (I'm not a MATE user and
just played with it a bit on a system with only one WiFi interface).
You can create a connection for each interface/device. In the connection editor you
select the tab "WiFi" for each connection you've created and choose the
individual "Device MAC Address" (one for each interface). Then you can choose
which one to connect to.
You can even go so far as to use the "General" tab and tell one to connect
automatically and the other not.
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1:20 a.m.
On 18.03.2014, Heinz Diehl wrote:
On 18.03.2014, CS_DBA wrote:
> In the meantime, does Fedora play well with USB wireless
> cards/devices?
It does. I have similar problems as you describe in this thread (F19),
and using an external USB network adapter solved it. I don't have the
time to debug the problem.
BTW: my network card which doesn't get up to speed is this one:
Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev
01)
1:08 a.m.
New subject: Help debugging / correcting wireless speed issue (SUCCESS)
On 18/03/14 15:34, Ed Greshko wrote:
On 03/18/14 10:14, CS_DBA wrote:
>
> On 03/17/2014 06:57 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
>> On 03/18/14 08:51, Rolf Turner wrote:
>>> I had (I think) a similar problem and was advised (by "poma") to
use "blacklist":
>> That will work. However, IMHO, using the GUI is far simpler and easily
reversible for testing purposes. Just my opinion.
>>
>>
>
> I did not see a way to do it via the gui but creating the blacklist file worked and
my new wireless dongle works great!
>
Happy to hear all is now working.....
FWIW, if you go to here....
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B2H9v1dYNcvpd1FpczJ0QklJelE&u...
You'd see 3 snapshots of the Network Manager GUI on KDE.
one6.jpeg shows 2 wireless links up and configured and attached to an AP.
one7.jpeg shows the one link with its associated "Disconnect" button displayed.
After clicking on it....
one8.jpeg shows that interface disconnected and it will remain disconnected until
manually re-connected.
And.....
[egreshko@meimei 2014]$ iwconfig
wlp4s0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
lo no wireless extensions.
p128p1 no wireless extensions.
wlp0s26u1u4 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"misty-net"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: AC:22:0B:D1:5D:70
Bit Rate=72.2 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:on
Link Quality=70/70 Signal level=-35 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:6 Invalid misc:18 Missed beacon:0
Shows the interface to be "idle"
Since I don't use the KDE desktop (I use Mate) I would presume that the
forgoing is of no relevance to me. (Unless I were to switch over to
KDE, which I am not inclined to do on the basis of "Better the devil you
know ....)
This is an academic question only in my case, since I have WiFi working
from a USB plugin device with no problem.
cheers,
Rolf
1:04 a.m.
New subject: Help debugging / correcting wireless speed issue (SUCCESS)
On 18/03/14 15:14, CS_DBA wrote:
On 03/17/2014 06:57 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> On 03/18/14 08:51, Rolf Turner wrote:
>> I had (I think) a similar problem and was advised (by "poma") to use
>> "blacklist":
> That will work. However, IMHO, using the GUI is far simpler and
> easily reversible for testing purposes. Just my opinion.
>
>
I did not see a way to do it via the gui but creating the blacklist file
worked and my new wireless dongle works great!
thanks
Glad to hear it. I guess I can now say that I have made a positive
contribution to the Fedora list! :-)
cheers,
Rolf
6:58 p.m.
On 03/18/14 07:49, CS_DBA wrote:
I found a dongle on the list at a local microcenter... cannot find
any info on how to turn the built in wifi off, nothing obvious in the bios, no HW switch
other than the Fn-F8 which does not work...
Any ideas on how I could disable it via Fedora?
Within KDE, at least using the most recent (betaish), version of kde-plasma-nm it is easy
to keep a WiFi adapter from getting configured.
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9:34 p.m.
New subject: Help debugging / correcting wireless speed issue (SUCCESS)
On 03/18/14 10:14, CS_DBA wrote:
On 03/17/2014 06:57 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> On 03/18/14 08:51, Rolf Turner wrote:
>> I had (I think) a similar problem and was advised (by "poma") to use
"blacklist":
> That will work. However, IMHO, using the GUI is far simpler and easily reversible
for testing purposes. Just my opinion.
>
>
I did not see a way to do it via the gui but creating the blacklist file worked and my
new wireless dongle works great!
Happy to hear all is now working.....
FWIW, if you go to here....
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B2H9v1dYNcvpd1FpczJ0QklJelE&u...
You'd see 3 snapshots of the Network Manager GUI on KDE.
one6.jpeg shows 2 wireless links up and configured and attached to an AP.
one7.jpeg shows the one link with its associated "Disconnect" button displayed.
After clicking on it....
one8.jpeg shows that interface disconnected and it will remain disconnected until manually
re-connected.
And.....
[egreshko@meimei 2014]$ iwconfig
wlp4s0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
lo no wireless extensions.
p128p1 no wireless extensions.
wlp0s26u1u4 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"misty-net"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: AC:22:0B:D1:5D:70
Bit Rate=72.2 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:on
Link Quality=70/70 Signal level=-35 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:6 Invalid misc:18 Missed beacon:0
Shows the interface to be "idle"
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9:14 p.m.
New subject: Help debugging / correcting wireless speed issue (SUCCESS)
On 03/17/2014 06:57 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
On 03/18/14 08:51, Rolf Turner wrote:
> I had (I think) a similar problem and was advised (by "poma") to use
"blacklist":
That will work. However, IMHO, using the GUI is far simpler and easily reversible for
testing purposes. Just my opinion.
I did not see a way to do it via the gui but creating the blacklist file
worked and my new wireless dongle works great!
thanks
7:57 p.m.
On 03/18/14 08:51, Rolf Turner wrote:
I had (I think) a similar problem and was advised (by
"poma") to use "blacklist":
That will work. However, IMHO, using the GUI is far simpler and easily reversible for
testing purposes. Just my opinion.
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6:49 p.m.
On 03/17/2014 05:27 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
On 03/18/14 07:20, CS_DBA wrote:
> If I get a USB wifi dongle how do I go about telling my system to NOT use the built
in 7260 and use the dongle instead?
Usually you can disable the on-board wireless of a laptop in either the BIOS or a
physical switch on the laptop.
> Also any advice per usb dongle wifi compatibility?
Google would be your friend in that regard.... One link would be
http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Devices/USB
As I mentioned earlier, best to buy products that are not newly released as linux support
often lags.
I found a dongle on the list at a local microcenter... cannot find any
info on how to turn the built in wifi off, nothing obvious in the bios,
no HW switch other than the Fn-F8 which does not work...
Any ideas on how I could disable it via Fedora?
6:27 p.m.
On 03/18/14 07:20, CS_DBA wrote:
If I get a USB wifi dongle how do I go about telling my system to NOT
use the built in 7260 and use the dongle instead?
Usually you can disable the on-board wireless of a laptop in either the BIOS or a physical
switch on the laptop.
Also any advice per usb dongle wifi compatibility?
Google would be your friend in that regard.... One link would be
http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Devices/USB
As I mentioned earlier, best to buy products that are not newly released as linux support
often lags.
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6:20 p.m.
On 03/17/2014 05:10 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
On 03/18/14 06:25, CS_DBA wrote:
> 03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless 7260 (rev 83)
Is what you have.... If you do an lsmod you should see iwlwifi as loaded.
A quick google about this seems to indicate that others, even on Ubuntu, hare having
similar issues....at least in the second half of 2013.
Name : iwl7260-firmware
Arch : noarch
Version : 22.15.8.0
Release : 35.fc20
Size : 1.4 M
Repo : installed
From repo : updates
Summary : Firmware for Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link 7260 Series Adapters
URL : http://www.kernel.org/
License : Redistributable, no modification permitted
Description : This package contains the firmware required by the iwlagn driver
: for Linux. Usage of the firmware is subject to the terms and
: conditions contained inside the provided LICENSE file. Please read
: it carefully.
Is apparently the most recent one available from Intel....
http://www.intel.com/support/wireless/wlan/sb/CS-034398.htm
It may be worthwhile to pick up a USB wifi dongle. I recall my buffalo being rather
inexpensive.
If I get a USB wifi dongle how do I go about telling my system to NOT
use the built in 7260 and use the dongle instead?
Also any advice per usb dongle wifi compatibility?
Thanks for your help...
6:10 p.m.
On 03/18/14 06:25, CS_DBA wrote:
03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless 7260 (rev 83)
Is what you have.... If you do an lsmod you should see iwlwifi as loaded.
A quick google about this seems to indicate that others, even on Ubuntu, hare having
similar issues....at least in the second half of 2013.
Name : iwl7260-firmware
Arch : noarch
Version : 22.15.8.0
Release : 35.fc20
Size : 1.4 M
Repo : installed
From repo : updates
Summary : Firmware for Intel(R)
Wireless WiFi Link 7260 Series Adapters
URL : http://www.kernel.org/
License : Redistributable, no modification permitted
Description : This package contains the firmware required by the iwlagn driver
: for Linux. Usage of the firmware is subject to the terms and
: conditions contained inside the provided LICENSE file. Please read
: it carefully.
Is apparently the most recent one available from Intel....
http://www.intel.com/support/wireless/wlan/sb/CS-034398.htm
It may be worthwhile to pick up a USB wifi dongle. I recall my buffalo being rather
inexpensive.
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5:25 p.m.
On 03/17/2014 04:19 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
On 03/18/14 05:37, CS_DBA wrote:
> Hi all;
>
> I'm getting wildly inconsistent results... when I first connected to the wireless
at a client site today I got speeds up to 25Mbps!
>
> Later the wireless disconnected and then cycled through asking me for the password
over and over and never connecting... since then the few times I did get connected I could
not even go to a web page, it tried for awhile then disconnected again
>
> Any help debugging this would be appreciated. In the meantime, does Fedora play well
with USB wireless cards/devices? would it be worthwhile to grab a USB wireless card while
I try and work through this?
I've not run into the situation you're describing....
It may be helpful to learn what hardware is involved. For your laptop, you can do lspci,
assuming the wifi is on the PCI bus, or lsusb if it on the USB bus. Also you can do
"ifconfig" and look for the number associated with "ether" and look
that up on http://www.macvendorlookup.com/ .
To find out the hardware of the AP you would do iwconfig and use the Access Point:
information.
As for USB dongles, the ones that have been on the market for a while are normally
supported. There probably is a site which lists tested models...you can google that.
Mine is....
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0411:015d BUFFALO INC. (formerly MelCo., Inc.) WLI-UC-GN Wireless
LAN Adapter [Ralink RT3070]
and works fine.
$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core
Processor DRAM Controller (rev 06)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core
Processor PCI Express x16 Controller (rev 06)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 4th Gen Core
Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 06)
00:03.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core
Processor HD Audio Controller (rev 06)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset
Family USB xHCI (rev 04)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series
Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection
I217-LM (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset
Family USB EHCI #2 (rev 04)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset
High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset
Family PCI Express Root Port #1 (rev d4)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset
Family PCI Express Root Port #2 (rev d4)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset
Family PCI Express Root Port #3 (rev d4)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset
Family PCI Express Root Port #5 (rev d4)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset
Family USB EHCI #1 (rev 04)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation QM87 Express LPC Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset
Family 6-port SATA Controller 1 [AHCI mode] (rev 04)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family
SMBus Controller (rev 04)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GK107GLM [Quadro
K1100M] (rev a1)
02:00.0 SD Host controller: O2 Micro, Inc. SD/MMC Card Reader Controller
(rev 01)
03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless 7260 (rev 83)
5:19 p.m.
On 03/18/14 05:37, CS_DBA wrote:
Hi all;
I'm getting wildly inconsistent results... when I first connected to the wireless at
a client site today I got speeds up to 25Mbps!
Later the wireless disconnected and then cycled through asking me for the password over
and over and never connecting... since then the few times I did get connected I could not
even go to a web page, it tried for awhile then disconnected again
Any help debugging this would be appreciated. In the meantime, does Fedora play well
with USB wireless cards/devices? would it be worthwhile to grab a USB wireless card while
I try and work through this?
I've not run into the situation you're describing....
It may be helpful to learn what hardware is involved. For your laptop, you can do lspci,
assuming the wifi is on the PCI bus, or lsusb if it on the USB bus. Also you can do
"ifconfig" and look for the number associated with "ether" and look
that up on http://www.macvendorlookup.com/ .
To find out the hardware of the AP you would do iwconfig and use the Access Point:
information.
As for USB dongles, the ones that have been on the market for a while are normally
supported. There probably is a site which lists tested models...you can google that.
Mine is....
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0411:015d BUFFALO INC. (formerly MelCo., Inc.) WLI-UC-GN Wireless
LAN Adapter [Ralink RT3070]
and works fine.
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4:38 p.m.
On 03/17/2014 03:37 PM, CS_DBA wrote:
On 03/17/2014 07:58 AM, CS_DBA wrote:
>
> On 03/17/2014 07:57 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:
>> On 03/17/14 21:35, CS_DBA wrote:
>>> [root@localhost data]# iwconfig
>>> wlp3s0 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:"Omega250"
>>> Mode:Managed Frequency:2.427 GHz Access Point:
>>> F8:D1:11:BF:90:67
>>> Bit Rate=121.5 Mb/s Tx-Power=16 dBm
>>> Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
>>> Encryption key:off
>>> Power Management:on
>>> Link Quality=47/70 Signal level=-63 dBm
>>> Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
>>> Tx excessive retries:1068 Invalid misc:822 Missed beacon:0
>> Other than what I think may be a higher than normal Tx excessive
>> retries and Invalid misc this doesn't seem bad.
>>
>> Have you tried taking the laptop to a different location and trying
>> with another access point? I know your MAC is working fine. But
>> just to make sure it isn't an AP issue it may be a good thing to try.
>>
>>
>
> I'll be doing this later today and report back,
>
Hi all;
I'm getting wildly inconsistent results... when I first connected to
the wireless at a client site today I got speeds up to 25Mbps!
Later the wireless disconnected and then cycled through asking me for
the password over and over and never connecting... since then the few
times I did get connected I could not even go to a web page, it tried
for awhile then disconnected again
Any help debugging this would be appreciated. In the meantime, does
Fedora play well with USB wireless cards/devices? would it be
worthwhile to grab a USB wireless card while I try and work through this?
Thx
One odd note: it connects to my phone hot spot every time without
issues... using this now
4:37 p.m.
On 03/17/2014 07:58 AM, CS_DBA wrote:
On 03/17/2014 07:57 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> On 03/17/14 21:35, CS_DBA wrote:
>> [root@localhost data]# iwconfig
>> wlp3s0 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:"Omega250"
>> Mode:Managed Frequency:2.427 GHz Access Point:
>> F8:D1:11:BF:90:67
>> Bit Rate=121.5 Mb/s Tx-Power=16 dBm
>> Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
>> Encryption key:off
>> Power Management:on
>> Link Quality=47/70 Signal level=-63 dBm
>> Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
>> Tx excessive retries:1068 Invalid misc:822 Missed beacon:0
> Other than what I think may be a higher than normal Tx excessive
> retries and Invalid misc this doesn't seem bad.
>
> Have you tried taking the laptop to a different location and trying
> with another access point? I know your MAC is working fine. But
> just to make sure it isn't an AP issue it may be a good thing to try.
>
>
I'll be doing this later today and report back,
Hi all;
I'm getting wildly inconsistent results... when I first connected to the
wireless at a client site today I got speeds up to 25Mbps!
Later the wireless disconnected and then cycled through asking me for
the password over and over and never connecting... since then the few
times I did get connected I could not even go to a web page, it tried
for awhile then disconnected again
Any help debugging this would be appreciated. In the meantime, does
Fedora play well with USB wireless cards/devices? would it be worthwhile
to grab a USB wireless card while I try and work through this?
Thx
8:58 a.m.
On 03/17/2014 07:57 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:
On 03/17/14 21:35, CS_DBA wrote:
> [root@localhost data]# iwconfig
> wlp3s0 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:"Omega250"
> Mode:Managed Frequency:2.427 GHz Access Point: F8:D1:11:BF:90:67
> Bit Rate=121.5 Mb/s Tx-Power=16 dBm
> Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
> Encryption key:off
> Power Management:on
> Link Quality=47/70 Signal level=-63 dBm
> Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
> Tx excessive retries:1068 Invalid misc:822 Missed beacon:0
Other than what I think may be a higher than normal Tx excessive retries and Invalid misc
this doesn't seem bad.
Have you tried taking the laptop to a different location and trying with another access
point? I know your MAC is working fine. But just to make sure it isn't an AP issue
it may be a good thing to try.
I'll be doing this later today and report back,
8:57 a.m.
On 03/17/14 21:35, CS_DBA wrote:
[root@localhost data]# iwconfig
wlp3s0 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:"Omega250"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.427 GHz Access Point: F8:D1:11:BF:90:67
Bit Rate=121.5 Mb/s Tx-Power=16 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:on
Link Quality=47/70 Signal level=-63 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:1068 Invalid misc:822 Missed beacon:0
Other than what I think may be a higher than normal Tx excessive retries and Invalid misc
this doesn't seem bad.
Have you tried taking the laptop to a different location and trying with another access
point? I know your MAC is working fine. But just to make sure it isn't an AP issue
it may be a good thing to try.
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8:35 a.m.
On 03/16/2014 11:03 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
On 03/17/14 12:52, CS_DBA wrote:
> On 03/16/2014 10:20 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
>> On 03/17/14 12:02, CS DBA wrote:
>>> On 3/16/14, 7:50 PM, CS DBA wrote:
>>>> On 3/16/14, 4:45 PM, Joe Zeff wrote:
>>>>> On 03/16/2014 03:41 PM, CS DBA wrote:
>>>>>> However, the Fedora laptop connected to my local access point
shows a
>>>>>> download speed of 1.63Mbps, while the mac, running the same test
from
>>>>>> the same site (http://speedtest.comcast.net) shows a download
speed of
>>>>>> 26.89Mbps
>>>>> Before worrying about things like that, it helps to get a second
opinion. Try this speed test on both machines and see if you get similar results:
http://www.abeltronica.com/velocimetro/pt/?idioma=uk&newlang=uk
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On the Fedora (Lenovo) box:
>>>> testmy.net:
>>>> Download: 2.6 Mbps
>>>> Upload: 2.8 Mbps
>>>>
>>>> Speed.io:
>>>> Download: 2.704 Kbit/s
>>>> Upload: 1.458 Kbis/s
>>>>
>>>> speedtest.net:
>>>> Download: 3.77 Mbps
>>>> Upload: 2.75 Mbps
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Anyone have any thoughts?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Just an FYI:
>>>
>>> I tried disabling NetworkManager and installed wicd, same results...
>>>
>> On your F20 system. What is the output of iwconfig ?
>>
>> Also, while running the speed test..... what is the output of ...
>>
>> iwlist (interface) rate
>>
>> You can see the value of "interface" in the output of the iwconfig
command.
>>
>>
>>
>
> [root@localhost ~]# iwlist wlp3s0 rate
> wlp3s0 unknown bit-rate information.
> Current Bit Rate:108 Mb/s
>
> [root@localhost ~]# iwlist wlp3s0 rate
> wlp3s0 unknown bit-rate information.
> Current Bit Rate:120 Mb/s
>
> [root@localhost ~]# iwlist wlp3s0 rate
> wlp3s0 unknown bit-rate information.
> Current Bit Rate:150 Mb/s
Well, that's rather odd.....
That looks quite good. Seems at odds with what you're seeing in the speed tests.
How about the output of iwconfig?
[root@localhost data]# iwconfig
wlp3s0 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:"Omega250"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.427 GHz Access Point:
F8:D1:11:BF:90:67
Bit Rate=121.5 Mb/s Tx-Power=16 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:on
Link Quality=47/70 Signal level=-63 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:1068 Invalid misc:822 Missed beacon:0
lo no wireless extensions.
em1 no wireless extensions.
12:03 a.m.
On 03/17/14 12:52, CS_DBA wrote:
On 03/16/2014 10:20 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> On 03/17/14 12:02, CS DBA wrote:
>> On 3/16/14, 7:50 PM, CS DBA wrote:
>>> On 3/16/14, 4:45 PM, Joe Zeff wrote:
>>>> On 03/16/2014 03:41 PM, CS DBA wrote:
>>>>> However, the Fedora laptop connected to my local access point shows
a
>>>>> download speed of 1.63Mbps, while the mac, running the same test
from
>>>>> the same site (http://speedtest.comcast.net) shows a download speed
of
>>>>> 26.89Mbps
>>>> Before worrying about things like that, it helps to get a second opinion.
Try this speed test on both machines and see if you get similar results:
http://www.abeltronica.com/velocimetro/pt/?idioma=uk&newlang=uk
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On the Fedora (Lenovo) box:
>>> testmy.net:
>>> Download: 2.6 Mbps
>>> Upload: 2.8 Mbps
>>>
>>> Speed.io:
>>> Download: 2.704 Kbit/s
>>> Upload: 1.458 Kbis/s
>>>
>>> speedtest.net:
>>> Download: 3.77 Mbps
>>> Upload: 2.75 Mbps
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Anyone have any thoughts?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Just an FYI:
>>
>> I tried disabling NetworkManager and installed wicd, same results...
>>
> On your F20 system. What is the output of iwconfig ?
>
> Also, while running the speed test..... what is the output of ...
>
> iwlist (interface) rate
>
> You can see the value of "interface" in the output of the iwconfig
command.
>
>
>
[root@localhost ~]# iwlist wlp3s0 rate
wlp3s0 unknown bit-rate information.
Current Bit Rate:108 Mb/s
[root@localhost ~]# iwlist wlp3s0 rate
wlp3s0 unknown bit-rate information.
Current Bit Rate:120 Mb/s
[root@localhost ~]# iwlist wlp3s0 rate
wlp3s0 unknown bit-rate information.
Current Bit Rate:150 Mb/s
Well, that's rather odd.....
That looks quite good. Seems at odds with what you're seeing in the speed tests.
How about the output of iwconfig?
--
Getting tired of non-Fedora discussions and self-serving posts
11:52 p.m.
On 03/16/2014 10:20 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
On 03/17/14 12:02, CS DBA wrote:
> On 3/16/14, 7:50 PM, CS DBA wrote:
>> On 3/16/14, 4:45 PM, Joe Zeff wrote:
>>> On 03/16/2014 03:41 PM, CS DBA wrote:
>>>> However, the Fedora laptop connected to my local access point shows a
>>>> download speed of 1.63Mbps, while the mac, running the same test from
>>>> the same site (http://speedtest.comcast.net) shows a download speed of
>>>> 26.89Mbps
>>> Before worrying about things like that, it helps to get a second opinion.
Try this speed test on both machines and see if you get similar results:
http://www.abeltronica.com/velocimetro/pt/?idioma=uk&newlang=uk
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On the Fedora (Lenovo) box:
>> testmy.net:
>> Download: 2.6 Mbps
>> Upload: 2.8 Mbps
>>
>> Speed.io:
>> Download: 2.704 Kbit/s
>> Upload: 1.458 Kbis/s
>>
>> speedtest.net:
>> Download: 3.77 Mbps
>> Upload: 2.75 Mbps
>>
>>
>>
>> Anyone have any thoughts?
>>
>>
>>
>
> Just an FYI:
>
> I tried disabling NetworkManager and installed wicd, same results...
>
On your F20 system. What is the output of iwconfig ?
Also, while running the speed test..... what is the output of ...
iwlist (interface) rate
You can see the value of "interface" in the output of the iwconfig command.
[root@localhost ~]# iwlist wlp3s0 rate
wlp3s0 unknown bit-rate information.
Current Bit Rate:108 Mb/s
[root@localhost ~]# iwlist wlp3s0 rate
wlp3s0 unknown bit-rate information.
Current Bit Rate:120 Mb/s
[root@localhost ~]# iwlist wlp3s0 rate
wlp3s0 unknown bit-rate information.
Current Bit Rate:150 Mb/s
11:20 p.m.
On 03/17/14 12:02, CS DBA wrote:
On 3/16/14, 7:50 PM, CS DBA wrote:
> On 3/16/14, 4:45 PM, Joe Zeff wrote:
>> On 03/16/2014 03:41 PM, CS DBA wrote:
>>>
>>> However, the Fedora laptop connected to my local access point shows a
>>> download speed of 1.63Mbps, while the mac, running the same test from
>>> the same site (http://speedtest.comcast.net) shows a download speed of
>>> 26.89Mbps
>>
>> Before worrying about things like that, it helps to get a second opinion. Try
this speed test on both machines and see if you get similar results:
http://www.abeltronica.com/velocimetro/pt/?idioma=uk&newlang=uk
>
>
>
>
>
> On the Fedora (Lenovo) box:
> testmy.net:
> Download: 2.6 Mbps
> Upload: 2.8 Mbps
>
> Speed.io:
> Download: 2.704 Kbit/s
> Upload: 1.458 Kbis/s
>
> speedtest.net:
> Download: 3.77 Mbps
> Upload: 2.75 Mbps
>
>
>
> Anyone have any thoughts?
>
>
>
Just an FYI:
I tried disabling NetworkManager and installed wicd, same results...
On your F20 system. What is the output of iwconfig ?
Also, while running the speed test..... what is the output of ...
iwlist (interface) rate
You can see the value of "interface" in the output of the iwconfig command.
--
Getting tired of non-Fedora discussions and self-serving posts
11:02 p.m.
On 3/16/14, 7:50 PM, CS DBA wrote:
On 3/16/14, 4:45 PM, Joe Zeff wrote:
> On 03/16/2014 03:41 PM, CS DBA wrote:
>>
>> However, the Fedora laptop connected to my local access point shows a
>> download speed of 1.63Mbps, while the mac, running the same test from
>> the same site (http://speedtest.comcast.net) shows a download speed of
>> 26.89Mbps
>
> Before worrying about things like that, it helps to get a second
> opinion. Try this speed test on both machines and see if you get
> similar results:
> http://www.abeltronica.com/velocimetro/pt/?idioma=uk&newlang=uk
I tried 2 additional sites (the link above never returned):
On the Mac:
testmy.net:
Download: 17.1 Mbps
Upload: 9.1 Mbps
Speed.io:
Download: 25.252 Kbit/s
Upload: 2.530 Kbis/s
speedtest.net:
Download: 19.28 Mbps
Upload: 1.52 Mbps
On the Fedora (Lenovo) box:
testmy.net:
Download: 2.6 Mbps
Upload: 2.8 Mbps
Speed.io:
Download: 2.704 Kbit/s
Upload: 1.458 Kbis/s
speedtest.net:
Download: 3.77 Mbps
Upload: 2.75 Mbps
Anyone have any thoughts?
Just an FYI:
I tried disabling NetworkManager and installed wicd, same results...
8:50 p.m.
On 3/16/14, 4:45 PM, Joe Zeff wrote:
On 03/16/2014 03:41 PM, CS DBA wrote:
>
> However, the Fedora laptop connected to my local access point shows a
> download speed of 1.63Mbps, while the mac, running the same test from
> the same site (http://speedtest.comcast.net) shows a download speed of
> 26.89Mbps
Before worrying about things like that, it helps to get a second
opinion. Try this speed test on both machines and see if you get
similar results:
http://www.abeltronica.com/velocimetro/pt/?idioma=uk&newlang=uk
I tried 2 additional sites (the link above never returned):
On the Mac:
testmy.net:
Download: 17.1 Mbps
Upload: 9.1 Mbps
Speed.io:
Download: 25.252 Kbit/s
Upload: 2.530 Kbis/s
speedtest.net:
Download: 19.28 Mbps
Upload: 1.52 Mbps
On the Fedora (Lenovo) box:
testmy.net:
Download: 2.6 Mbps
Upload: 2.8 Mbps
Speed.io:
Download: 2.704 Kbit/s
Upload: 1.458 Kbis/s
speedtest.net:
Download: 3.77 Mbps
Upload: 2.75 Mbps
Anyone have any thoughts?
7:51 p.m.
On 18/03/14 12:49, CS_DBA wrote:
On 03/17/2014 05:27 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> On 03/18/14 07:20, CS_DBA wrote:
>> If I get a USB wifi dongle how do I go about telling my system to NOT
>> use the built in 7260 and use the dongle instead?
> Usually you can disable the on-board wireless of a laptop in either
> the BIOS or a physical switch on the laptop.
>
>> Also any advice per usb dongle wifi compatibility?
> Google would be your friend in that regard.... One link would be
> http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Devices/USB
>
> As I mentioned earlier, best to buy products that are not newly
> released as linux support often lags.
>
I found a dongle on the list at a local microcenter... cannot find any
info on how to turn the built in wifi off, nothing obvious in the bios,
no HW switch other than the Fn-F8 which does not work...
Any ideas on how I could disable it via Fedora?
I had (I think) a similar problem and was advised (by "poma") to use
"blacklist":
(1) Issue the command "lspci -knn".
(2) Find the line with "WiFi Adapter" in it.
(3) A couple of lines below that there should be a line like:
Kernel driver in use: rtl8192ce
(That was what showed up when I did it.) The key bit of information is
the string "rtl8192ce".
(4) As *root* create a file /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-rtl8192ce.conf
(replace the string "rtl8192ce" by whatever you got out of the "lspci
-knn" exercise).
(5) Edit this file as *root* and add the line
blacklist rtl8192ce
(replacing the string "rtl8192ce" with the string that is appropriate in
your case).
(6) Save the file; exit from your editor; re-boot.
Take all this advice with a grain of salt; I don't really know what I'm
talking about. Just giving the recipe for what I did in what I *think*
were similar circumstances.
My apologies if this advice is incorrect or misleading or if it
completely misses the point.
Good luck.
cheers,
Rolf Turner
P. S. I was/am running Fedora 17; I forget what version you are using
(or if you even specified the version) but presumably it is more
up-to-date than mine. If so, that could have an impact on the
appropriateness of my advice.
R. T.
5:45 p.m.
On 03/16/2014 03:41 PM, CS DBA wrote:
However, the Fedora laptop connected to my local access point shows a
download speed of 1.63Mbps, while the mac, running the same test from
the same site (http://speedtest.comcast.net) shows a download speed of
26.89Mbps
Before worrying about things like that, it helps to get a second
opinion. Try this speed test on both machines and see if you get
similar results:
http://www.abeltronica.com/velocimetro/pt/?idioma=uk&newlang=uk
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