I am getting only 50% signal of wifi when it used to be 90-100% in the same room before I had updated all the apps pending. Even if i sit next to the router, I get 66-70% max. This has reduced the internet speed. How can i fix this issue??
WiFi signal strength depends on your location in respect to your Access Point plus the frequency used…
That said it could also be related to your WiFi driver, but you didn’t provide any info about your machine so that is just a wet finger pointing in the air…
This should be the signal to noise ratio.
The signal indicator does not work reliable.
I am using KDE and have obverserved this, too.
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This is my inxi output
[kartik@hplaptop ~]$ inxi --admin --verbosity=7 --filter --width
System:
Kernel: 5.15.76-2-rt53-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.15-rt-x86_64
root=UUID=86a34569-f59a-4b4d-92b3-7f6e1445e3e1 rw quiet apparmor=1
security=apparmor resume=UUID=6b552080-2b68-4597-bb85-46a951d277f9
udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: Cinnamon v: 5.4.12 tk: GTK v: 3.24.34 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0
Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: HP product: HP Laptop 15-db1xxx v: Type1ProductConfigId
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: HP model: 85EA v: 51.24 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Insyde
v: F.33 date: 08/17/2020
Battery:
ID-1: BAT1 charge: 22.2 Wh (64.5%) condition: 34.4/40.9 Wh (84.2%)
volts: 11.4 min: 11.3 model: Hewlett-Packard PABAS0241231 type: Li-ion
serial: <filter> status: discharging
Memory:
RAM: total: 3.29 GiB used: 1.64 GiB (49.7%)
RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 3 3300U with Radeon Vega Mobile Gfx bits: 64 type: MCP
arch: Zen/Zen+ note: check gen: 1 level: v3 note: check built: 2019
process: GF 12nm family: 0x17 (23) model-id: 0x18 (24) stepping: 1
microcode: 0x8108102
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 384 KiB
desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x64 KiB L2: 2 MiB desc: 4x512 KiB L3: 4 MiB
desc: 1x4 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1256 high: 1334 min/max: 1400/2100 boost: disabled
scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: powersave cores: 1: 1233 2: 1234
3: 1223 4: 1334 bogomips: 16768
Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm adx aes aperfmperf apic arat avic avx avx2 bmi1
bmi2 bpext clflush clflushopt clzero cmov cmp_legacy constant_tsc cpb
cpuid cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de decodeassists extapic extd_apicid f16c
flushbyasid fma fpu fsgsbase fxsr fxsr_opt ht hw_pstate ibpb irperf
lahf_lm lbrv lm mca mce misalignsse mmx mmxext monitor movbe msr mtrr
mwaitx nonstop_tsc nopl npt nrip_save nx osvw overflow_recov pae pat
pausefilter pclmulqdq pdpe1gb perfctr_core perfctr_llc perfctr_nb
pfthreshold pge pni popcnt pse pse36 rapl rdrand rdseed rdtscp rep_good
sep sev sev_es sha_ni skinit smap smca sme smep ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1
sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 succor svm svm_lock syscall tce topoext tsc tsc_scale
v_vmsave_vmload vgif vmcb_clean vme vmmcall wdt xgetbv1 xsave xsavec
xsaveerptr xsaveopt xsaves
Vulnerabilities:
Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
Type: retbleed mitigation: untrained return thunk; SMT disabled
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: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, STIBP:
disabled, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: AMD Picasso/Raven 2 [Radeon Vega Series / Radeon Mobile Series]
vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: GCN-5 code: Vega
process: GF 14nm built: 2017-20 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 ports:
active: eDP-1 empty: HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:15d8
class-ID: 0300 temp: 42.0 C
Device-2: Cheng Uei Precision Industry (Foxlink) HP TrueVision HD Camera
type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 3-2.1:4 chip-ID: 05c8:03d2 class-ID: 0e02
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.4 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu
unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu
display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22")
s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
Monitor-1: eDP-1 mapped: eDP model: BOE Display 0x0687 built: 2015
res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 142 gamma: 1.2 size: 344x193mm (13.54x7.6")
diag: 394mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
API: OpenGL Message: Unable to show GL data. Required tool glxinfo missing.
Audio:
Device-1: AMD Raven/Raven2/Fenghuang HDMI/DP Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 03:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:15de class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: snd_pci_acp3x v: kernel alternate: snd_rn_pci_acp3x pcie: gen: 3
speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 03:00.5 chip-ID: 1022:15e2 class-ID: 0480
Device-3: AMD Family 17h/19h HD Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 03:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
Sound API: ALSA v: k5.15.76-2-rt53-MANJARO running: yes
Sound Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.21 running: no
Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: yes
Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.59 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: eno1 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8723DE 802.11b/g/n PCIe Adapter
vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: rtw_8723de v: N/A modules: rtw88_8723de pcie:
gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 2000 bus-ID: 02:00.0
chip-ID: 10ec:d723 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Realtek Bluetooth 4.2 Adapter type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
bus-ID: 3-2.3:5 chip-ID: 0bda:b009 class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: see --recommends
Logical:
Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 621.79 GiB (66.8%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Western Digital model: WD10SPZX-60Z10T0
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
type: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> rev: 1A04 scheme: GPT
Optical-1: /dev/sr0 vendor: hp model: DVDRW GUE1N rev: UE01
dev-links: cdrom
Features: speed: 24 multisession: yes audio: yes dvd: yes
rw: cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r,dvd-ram state: running
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 29.3 GiB size: 28.67 GiB (97.86%) used: 19.1 GiB (66.6%)
fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda9 maj-min: 8:9 label: N/A
uuid: 86a34569-f59a-4b4d-92b3-7f6e1445e3e1
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 1024 MiB size: 1022 MiB (99.80%)
used: 288 KiB (0.0%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda8 maj-min: 8:8 label: NO_LABEL
uuid: E9D9-18BE
ID-3: /home raw-size: 79.53 GiB size: 77.72 GiB (97.73%)
used: 11.86 GiB (15.3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda11 maj-min: 8:11 label: N/A
uuid: 2092591c-089a-4ea8-8adf-69532d6c0d70
ID-4: /run/media/kartik/Files 2 raw-size: 163.7 GiB
size: 163.7 GiB (100.00%) used: 138.24 GiB (84.4%) fs: ntfs dev: /dev/sda3
maj-min: 8:3 label: Files 2 uuid: 30087D6403AD46DD
ID-5: /sda4 raw-size: 601.03 GiB size: 601.03 GiB (100.00%)
used: 452.14 GiB (75.2%) fs: ntfs dev: /dev/sda4 maj-min: 8:4 label: Files
uuid: 764048EF4048B79F
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 3.91 GiB used: 459.7 MiB (11.5%)
priority: -2 dev: /dev/sda10 maj-min: 8:10 label: N/A
uuid: 6b552080-2b68-4597-bb85-46a951d277f9
Unmounted:
Message: No unmounted partitions found.
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 2 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 3-1:2 info: ASMedia ASM1051E SATA 6Gb/s bridge ASM1053E ASM1153
3Gb/s ASM1153E bridge type: Mass Storage driver: usb-storage interfaces: 1
rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 174c:55aa class-ID: 0806 serial: <filter>
Hub-4: 3-2:3 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
power: 100mA chip-ID: 05e3:0608 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 3-2.1:4 info: Cheng Uei Precision Industry (Foxlink) HP
TrueVision HD Camera type: Video driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 05c8:03d2 class-ID: 0e02
Device-2: 3-2.3:5 info: Realtek Bluetooth 4.2 Adapter type: Bluetooth
driver: btusb interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 500mA
chip-ID: 0bda:b009 class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
Hub-5: 4-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 1 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 43.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 43.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 273 Uptime: 7h 41m wakeups: 1 Init: systemd v: 251
default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 clang: 14.0.6
Packages: 1372 pm: pacman pkgs: 1365 libs: 384 tools: pamac,yay pm: flatpak
pkgs: 0 pm: snap pkgs: 7 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: gnome-terminal
inxi: 3.3.23
[kartik@hplaptop ~]$
After some research on the internet i came upon this page, can you try what is suggested here: Poor WiFi Range@ Realtek d723 WiFi driver
(Don’t use the method to edit the /etc/rc.local file because we use systemd)
To test you should be able to temporarily edit your kernel-command-line that is used in your Grub menu,
The corresponding kernel-command-line option to add would be fe. rtl8723be.ant_sel=1 or rtl8723be.ant_sel=2
Edit: Looks to me as they made a typo on that page, i “think” they meant to write “rtl8723de” instead of “rtl8723be”, so if the above doesn’t work try the corrected name…
If one of them works, you might want to make it permanent with a confg file, see Kernel module - ArchWiki
None of them did work. Is there anything else that could be the problem?
That’s all the info I could find…
Just to be sure, you did try the renamed versions right?
rtl8723de.ant_sel=1 and rtl8723de.ant_sel=2
(Note the one letter difference)
I am facing this problem too. I dont know if the user had this problem solved or not… but after doing a lot of observations and fix attempts, I think
Keruskerfuerst is right.
The indicator simply isnt showing the right readings. The wifi indicator shows just 20-30 % signal, but when i dual boot to windows on the same machine on the exact same location , It shows 100% .
And whats more interesting is that, during heavy networking tasks, The signal momentarily bumps to 100% in manjaro too. And after the intensive tasks ends, it drops to 20% lol.
TLDR: So I think that the problem is not with adapter or it’s driver… Its just inaccurate readings just like @Keruskerfuerst said
similar to the intel-9560 module. these are combined wifi/bluetooth modules and cause trouble while sharing the same hardware especially if powersaving-features are enabled.
search for “iwlwifi 11n_disable” and “bt_coex_activ” etc…