Wireless-AC 9560 - Connection is slower on Ubuntu 20.04 than on Windows
I have laptop Asus Zenbook Pro 15 dualboot with Ubuntu 20.04 and Windows 10. I have checked that when I am using my computer with Windows, my wireless connection is faster and the signal shows stronger than when I use Ubuntu.
sudo lshw -C network
*-network
descripción: Interfaz inalámbrica
producto: Wireless-AC 9560 [Jefferson Peak]
fabricante: Intel Corporation
id físico: 14.3
información del bus: pci@0000:00:14.3
nombre lógico: wlo1
versión: 10
serie: d0:c6:37:f8:23:48
anchura: 64 bits
reloj: 33MHz
capacidades: pm msi pciexpress msix bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuración: broadcast=yes driver=iwlwifi driverversion=5.8.0-59-generic firmware=46.6bf1df06.0 9000-pu-b0-jf-b0- ip=192.168.1.100 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11
recursos: irq:16 memoria:e531c000-e531ffff
From the output above, I am using the iwlwifi
driver. Anyone knows if I can improve my WiFi connection if I use a different driver? If that's not the case, is there any configuration which I could try in order to fix it?
EDIT:
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: wlo1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP mode DORMANT group default qlen 1000
link/ether d0:c6:37:f8:23:48 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
altname wlp0s20f3
3: docker0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default
link/ether 02:42:97:91:0e:db brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
nmcli device wifi list
IN-USE BSSID SSID MODE CHAN RATE SIGNAL BARS SECURITY
3C:84:6A:CD:41:E2 MiFibra-1B0A_EXT Infra 11 130 Mbit/s 62 ▂▄▆_ WPA2
D8:32:14:7B:CD:F9 Nova Infra 6 270 Mbit/s 57 ▂▄▆_ WPA1 WPA2
* 3C:84:6A:CD:41:E1 MiFibra-1B0A_EXT Infra 100 135 Mbit/s 50 ▂▄__ WPA2
80:78:71:5B:36:FF MOVISTAR_36F0 Infra 6 130 Mbit/s 45 ▂▄__ WPA2
10:62:E5:BF:3C:7B DIRECT-76-HP OfficeJet Pro 8710 Infra 10 65 Mbit/s 44 ▂▄__ WPA2
F8:8E:85:CE:DF:37 MOVISTAR_DF36 Infra 11 130 Mbit/s 42 ▂▄__ WPA1
30:B1:B5:07:1B:0C MiFibra-1B0A Infra 11 130 Mbit/s 42 ▂▄__ WPA2
68:FF:7B:C2:A9:21 MOVISTAR_CD78_EXT Infra 11 130 Mbit/s 40 ▂▄__ WPA1 WPA2
68:FF:7B:C2:A9:22 MOVISTAR_CD78_5GEXT Infra 36 135 Mbit/s 40 ▂▄__ WPA1 WPA2
94:6A:B0:3C:FE:BA MiFibra-FEB8 Infra 1 130 Mbit/s 39 ▂▄__ WPA2
34:57:60:DF:38:34 MOVISTAR_3832 Infra 1 130 Mbit/s 37 ▂▄__ WPA2
4C:D1:A1:FB:0E:48 HUAWEI P20 Pro Infra 1 130 Mbit/s 35 ▂▄__ WPA2
D8:32:14:7B:CD:F1 Nova Infra 6 270 Mbit/s 34 ▂▄__ WPA1 WPA2
4C:1B:86:3D:50:B6 MiFibra-50B4 Infra 6 130 Mbit/s 34 ▂▄__ WPA2
E4:AB:89:37:AA:66 MOVISTAR_AA65 Infra 1 130 Mbit/s 32 ▂▄__ WPA2
D8:32:14:7B:CD:FC Nova Infra 40 270 Mbit/s 30 ▂___ WPA1 WPA2
B2:5C:DA:53:7E:7D DIRECT-7D-HP ENVY Photo 6200 Infra 6 130 Mbit/s 29 ▂___ WPA2
0C:80:63:59:CF:58 vodafoneE638 Infra 1 405 Mbit/s 27 ▂___ WPA1 WPA2
94:6A:B0:3C:FE:BB -- Infra 108 540 Mbit/s 27 ▂___ WPA2
CC:ED:DC:5A:0E:47 Casa Maria Antonietta Infra 1 130 Mbit/s 25 ▂___ WPA2
FE:EC:DA:B7:48:0A -- Infra 6 195 Mbit/s 25 ▂___ WPA2
86:78:71:5B:36:FE MOVISTAR_36F0 Infra 104 540 Mbit/s 24 ▂___ WPA2
80:78:71:5B:36:FE MOVISTAR_PLUS_36F0 Infra 104 540 Mbit/s 24 ▂___ WPA2
62:6A:B0:3C:FE:B8 MiFibra-FEB8 Infra 108 540 Mbit/s 24 ▂___ WPA2
4C:6E:6E:BE:05:40 MIWIFI_5G_w53R Infra 112 405 Mbit/s 24 ▂___ WPA2
98:97:D1:46:F3:03 MOVISTAR_F302 Infra 1 130 Mbit/s 22 ▂___ WPA2
6A:B1:B5:07:1B:0E MiFibra-1B0A Infra 100 540 Mbit/s 22 ▂___ WPA2
30:B1:B5:07:1B:0D -- Infra 100 540 Mbit/s 20 ▂___ WPA2
Solution 1:
The SSID to which you are connected is this:
MiFibra-1B0A_EXT Infra 100 135 Mbit/s 50 ▂▄__ WPA2
If you have administrative privileges for the router, please check its settings. WPA2-AES is preferred; not any WPA and WPA2 mixed mode and certainly not TKIP.
I recommend a fixed channel rather than automatic channel selection. I notice, in your readings, that there are several other 5 gHz SSIDs and at least two others are also on channel 100. I recommend that you select a channel far away from others nearby.
You can find out what channels your wireless device supports with a terminal command:
iwlist freq
Then compare the channels available in the router and select one other than those in your readings.
Next, our wireless may be dropping or slow because of power management; that is, the feature where the card partially powers down to save battery power during periods of inactivity and then, ideally, powers back up seamlessly when activity resumes. Let's disable power saving to see if it helps. From the terminal:
sudo sed -i 's/3/2/' /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/*
After making changes in the router, reboot it by power cycling.