Cannot see my 5Ghz faster network

I have an early 2013 Macbook Pro 15 Retina with 2.7Ghz, i7 and 16GB RAM. Wifi is working and I’m currently connected and it’s reliable. The only issue is that while in Gnome, I can only see my slower network and cannot see my 5Ghz faster network. When I was running KDE Manjaro, I could see and connect to my faster network.

Here’s more info:Device-1: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM57786 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe driver: N/A
Device-2: Broadcom BCM4331 802.11a/b/g/n driver: bcma-pci-bridge

Extra info: I’m getting over 900 Mbps in data with my hard connection which is what it should be. I should be able to get about 400-500 Mbps with my 5Ghz connection at this location.

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I have added the device info above.

Any help would be appreciated.

Maybe for some reason, a channel is being blocked? Sometimes happens when the wifi driver is compiled in another country with different configs, from what I read in the past.

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=183618

Try changing the channel in your router. I ran into this issue once before long long time ago, and this fixed the issue.

Good idea, but No Joy. I tried 3 different channels.

FYI:

iw list                                                   
Wiphy phy0
	wiphy index: 0
	max # scan SSIDs: 4
	max scan IEs length: 2285 bytes
	max # sched scan SSIDs: 0
	max # match sets: 0
	Retry short limit: 7
	Retry long limit: 4
	Coverage class: 0 (up to 0m)
	Device supports RSN-IBSS.
	Supported Ciphers:
		* WEP40 (00-0f-ac:1)
		* WEP104 (00-0f-ac:5)
		* TKIP (00-0f-ac:2)
		* CCMP-128 (00-0f-ac:4)
		* CCMP-256 (00-0f-ac:10)
		* GCMP-128 (00-0f-ac:8)
		* GCMP-256 (00-0f-ac:9)
		* CMAC (00-0f-ac:6)
		* CMAC-256 (00-0f-ac:13)
		* GMAC-128 (00-0f-ac:11)
		* GMAC-256 (00-0f-ac:12)
	Available Antennas: TX 0 RX 0
	Supported interface modes:
		 * IBSS
		 * managed
		 * AP
		 * AP/VLAN
		 * monitor
		 * mesh point
	Band 1:
		Bitrates (non-HT):
			* 1.0 Mbps
			* 2.0 Mbps (short preamble supported)
			* 5.5 Mbps (short preamble supported)
			* 11.0 Mbps (short preamble supported)
			* 6.0 Mbps
			* 9.0 Mbps
			* 12.0 Mbps
			* 18.0 Mbps
			* 24.0 Mbps
			* 36.0 Mbps
			* 48.0 Mbps
			* 54.0 Mbps
		Frequencies:
			* 2412 MHz [1] (30.0 dBm)
			* 2417 MHz [2] (30.0 dBm)
			* 2422 MHz [3] (30.0 dBm)
			* 2427 MHz [4] (30.0 dBm)
			* 2432 MHz [5] (30.0 dBm)
			* 2437 MHz [6] (30.0 dBm)
			* 2442 MHz [7] (30.0 dBm)
			* 2447 MHz [8] (30.0 dBm)
			* 2452 MHz [9] (30.0 dBm)
			* 2457 MHz [10] (30.0 dBm)
			* 2462 MHz [11] (30.0 dBm)
			* 2467 MHz [12] (30.0 dBm)
			* 2472 MHz [13] (30.0 dBm)
			* 2484 MHz [14] (disabled)
	Supported commands:
		 * new_interface
		 * set_interface
		 * new_key
		 * start_ap
		 * new_station
		 * new_mpath
		 * set_mesh_config
		 * set_bss
		 * authenticate
		 * associate
		 * deauthenticate
		 * disassociate
		 * join_ibss
		 * join_mesh
		 * remain_on_channel
		 * set_tx_bitrate_mask
		 * frame
		 * frame_wait_cancel
		 * set_wiphy_netns
		 * set_channel
		 * set_wds_peer
		 * probe_client
		 * set_noack_map
		 * register_beacons
		 * start_p2p_device
		 * set_mcast_rate
		 * connect
		 * disconnect
		 * set_qos_map
		 * set_multicast_to_unicast
	software interface modes (can always be added):
		 * AP/VLAN
		 * monitor
	interface combinations are not supported
	HT Capability overrides:
		 * MCS: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
		 * maximum A-MSDU length
		 * supported channel width
		 * short GI for 40 MHz
		 * max A-MPDU length exponent
		 * min MPDU start spacing
	Device supports TX status socket option.
	Device supports HT-IBSS.
	Device supports SAE with AUTHENTICATE command
	Device supports low priority scan.
	Device supports scan flush.
	Device supports AP scan.
	Device supports per-vif TX power setting
	Driver supports full state transitions for AP/GO clients
	Driver supports a userspace MPM
	Device supports configuring vdev MAC-addr on create.
	max # scan plans: 1
	max scan plan interval: -1
	max scan plan iterations: 0
	Supported TX frame types:
		 * IBSS: 0x00 0x10 0x20 0x30 0x40 0x50 0x60 0x70 0x80 0x90 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 0xe0 0xf0
		 * managed: 0x00 0x10 0x20 0x30 0x40 0x50 0x60 0x70 0x80 0x90 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 0xe0 0xf0
		 * AP: 0x00 0x10 0x20 0x30 0x40 0x50 0x60 0x70 0x80 0x90 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 0xe0 0xf0
		 * AP/VLAN: 0x00 0x10 0x20 0x30 0x40 0x50 0x60 0x70 0x80 0x90 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 0xe0 0xf0
		 * mesh point: 0x00 0x10 0x20 0x30 0x40 0x50 0x60 0x70 0x80 0x90 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 0xe0 0xf0
		 * P2P-client: 0x00 0x10 0x20 0x30 0x40 0x50 0x60 0x70 0x80 0x90 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 0xe0 0xf0
		 * P2P-GO: 0x00 0x10 0x20 0x30 0x40 0x50 0x60 0x70 0x80 0x90 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 0xe0 0xf0
		 * P2P-device: 0x00 0x10 0x20 0x30 0x40 0x50 0x60 0x70 0x80 0x90 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 0xe0 0xf0
	Supported RX frame types:
		 * IBSS: 0x40 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0
		 * managed: 0x40 0xb0 0xd0
		 * AP: 0x00 0x20 0x40 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0
		 * AP/VLAN: 0x00 0x20 0x40 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0
		 * mesh point: 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0
		 * P2P-client: 0x40 0xd0
		 * P2P-GO: 0x00 0x20 0x40 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0
		 * P2P-device: 0x40 0xd0
	Supported extended features:
		* [ RRM ]: RRM
		* [ FILS_STA ]: STA FILS (Fast Initial Link Setup)
		* [ CQM_RSSI_LIST ]: multiple CQM_RSSI_THOLD records
		* [ CONTROL_PORT_OVER_NL80211 ]: control port over nl80211
		* [ SCAN_RANDOM_SN ]: use random sequence numbers in scans
		* [ SCAN_MIN_PREQ_CONTENT ]: use probe request with only rate IEs in scans
		* [ CONTROL_PORT_NO_PREAUTH ]: disable pre-auth over nl80211 control port support
		* [ DEL_IBSS_STA ]: deletion of IBSS station support
		* [ SCAN_FREQ_KHZ ]: scan on kHz frequency support
		* [ CONTROL_PORT_OVER_NL80211_TX_STATUS ]: tx status for nl80211 control port support

Any other ideas? This faster network works fine with Manjaro KDE, but not Gnome.

Can you please provide the output inxi -Fza? (it hides identifying data so don’t worry)

Have you tried other kernels?

I’ve had the same problem with 5.9 and I’m running 5.10.

System:
  Kernel: 5.10.7-3-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 
  parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10-x86_64 
  root=UUID=544910ae-25e2-4f87-a7c8-6e868034c49c ro quiet splash apparmor=1 
  security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3 
  Desktop: GNOME 3.38.3 tk: GTK 3.24.24 wm: gnome-shell dm: GDM 3.38.2.1 
  Distro: Manjaro Linux 
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Apple product: MacBookPro10,1 v: 1.0 serial: <filter> 
  Chassis: type: 10 v: Mac-C3EC7CD22292981F serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: Apple model: Mac-C3EC7CD22292981F v: MacBookPro10,1 serial: <filter> 
  UEFI: Apple v: 262.0.0.0.0 date: 06/10/2020 
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 94.0 Wh condition: 94.0/91.6 Wh (103%) volts: 12.7/10.9 
  model: Newer Tech A1417 type: Li-ion serial: N/A status: Full cycles: 60 
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse MX Master 3 
  serial: <filter> charge: 100% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes 
  status: Discharging 
CPU:
  Info: Quad Core model: Intel Core i7-3740QM bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
  arch: Ivy Bridge family: 6 model-id: 3A (58) stepping: 9 microcode: 21 
  L2 cache: 6 MiB 
  flags: avx lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 43112 
  Speed: 1197 MHz min/max: 1200/3700 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1197 2: 1197 
  3: 1198 4: 1198 5: 1197 6: 1197 7: 1197 8: 1198 
  Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled 
  Type: l1tf 
  mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable 
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable 
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI 
  Type: spec_store_bypass 
  mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp 
  Type: spectre_v1 
  mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full generic retpoline, IBPB: conditional, 
  IBRS_FW, STIBP: conditional, RSB filling 
  Type: srbds status: Vulnerable: No microcode 
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics vendor: Apple driver: i915 
  v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:0166 
  Device-2: NVIDIA GK107M [GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition] vendor: Apple 
  driver: nouveau v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 10de:0fd5 
  Device-3: Apple FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in) type: USB driver: uvcvideo 
  bus ID: 1-1.1:3 chip ID: 05ac:8510 serial: <filter> 
  Device-4: Apple FaceTime HD Camera (Display) type: USB driver: uvcvideo 
  bus ID: 3-1.5:4 chip ID: 05ac:1112 serial: <filter> 
  Device-5: Apple FaceTime HD Camera (Display) type: USB driver: uvcvideo 
  bus ID: 4-1.5:4 chip ID: 05ac:1112 serial: <filter> 
  Display: x11 server: X.org 1.20.10 compositor: gnome-shell driver: 
  loaded: intel,nouveau unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,nv,vesa 
  resolution: <missing: xdpyinfo> 
  OpenGL: renderer: NVE7 v: 4.3 Mesa 20.3.3 direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 7 Series/C216 Family High Definition Audio 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0 chip ID: 8086:1e20 
  Device-2: NVIDIA GK107 HDMI Audio vendor: Apple driver: snd_hda_intel 
  v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.1 chip ID: 10de:0e1b 
  Device-3: Apple Thunderbolt Display Audio type: USB 
  driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus ID: 4-1.4:3 
  chip ID: 05ac:1107 serial: <filter> 
  Device-4: Apple Thunderbolt Display Audio type: USB 
  driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.10.7-3-MANJARO 
Network:
  Device-1: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM57786 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe driver: N/A 
  port: 2000 bus ID: 03:00.0 chip ID: 14e4:16a3 
  Device-2: Broadcom BCM4331 802.11a/b/g/n vendor: Apple AirPort Extreme 
  driver: bcma-pci-bridge v: N/A modules: bcma port: 2000 bus ID: 04:00.0 
  chip ID: 14e4:4331 
  Device-3: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM57761 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe vendor: Apple 
  driver: tg3 v: kernel port: 2000 bus ID: 0d:00.0 chip ID: 14e4:16b0 
  IF: enp13s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
  Device-4: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM57761 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe vendor: Apple 
  driver: tg3 v: kernel port: 2000 bus ID: 3e:00.0 chip ID: 14e4:16b0 
  IF: enp62s0 state: down mac: <filter> 
  IF-ID-1: wlp4s0b1 state: up mac: <filter> 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 148.67 GiB (16.0%) 
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends 
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 model: Aura Pro S MB258 size: 931.51 GiB 
  block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s 
  serial: <filter> rev: 6ANR 
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw size: 186.06 GiB size: 182.13 GiB (97.89%) 
  used: 148.64 GiB (81.6%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda4 maj-min: 8:4 
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw size: 200 MiB size: 196.9 MiB (98.45%) 
  used: 300 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache pressure: 100 (default) 
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 14.89 GiB used: 27.8 MiB (0.2%) 
  priority: -2 dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 69.0 C mobo: 53.0 C gpu: nouveau temp: 60.0 C 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Info:
  Processes: 298 Uptime: 4h 56m wakeups: 27 Memory: 15.54 GiB 
  used: 3.11 GiB (20.0%) Init: systemd v: 247 Compilers: gcc: 10.2.0 
  Packages: 1288 pacman: 1251 lib: 373 flatpak: 20 snap: 17 Shell: Zsh 
  v: 5.8 running in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.2.02