Hello everyone,
I’m running a dual-boot manjaro(gnome) and Win10 machine. The machine is connected to the internet with a 100 Mbit/s copper-cable. Due to the fact, that I’ve no wifi in my room, I’m running a Wi-Fi- Hotspot on this machine. This hotspot is running on the 5Ghz-Network. When I run a speedtest with a device connected to my manjaro hotspot I get approximate 5 Mbit/s. When I then reboot my machine and start to “Windows 10” I get about 50 Mbit/s (2.4 Ghz). (The ping stays approximate the same with less then four ms.)
I want to speed up my manjaro hotspot-Wifi speed, since I rarely use Windows 10. (Less then 10% of my time, and only if I need it for work.)
What I’ve already tried are the following points(from Slow speed on Hotspot created from Ubuntu 16.04 with RTL8723BE Wireless Network Adapter - Ask Ubuntu)
- Play with the antennae number
- Play with the power saving modes
- I checked even the entropy level, which is over 3000
- I tried also changing to the 2.4 Ghz Band, but then the speed dropped to 0.5 Mbit/s
(Funny was, yesterday when the hotspot window problem was, I was playing around with these possible solutions and then I thought I broke something.
So I’m asking you, what you consider to be other options to speed up my wifi-hotspot? (If you need additional information, just say so, due to the fact, that I’m not sure, what may is still relevant.)
Thanks for your answers in advance.
PS: Even if I read my writing twice, I’m excusing myself for any mistakes.
Edit: As @TriMoon suggested I provide some further information about my system: (I’m sorry for not providing it immediately)
System:
Kernel: 5.9.12-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.9-x86_64
root=UUID=8b47f208-1cb5-4900-8061-5aa234642224 rw apparmor=1
security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: GNOME 3.38.2 tk: GTK 3.24.24 wm: gnome-shell dm: GDM 3.38.2
Distro: Manjaro Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: Acer model: Predator G3-605 serial: <filter>
UEFI: American Megatrends v: P11-C1 date: 09/12/2014
CPU:
Info: Quad Core model: Intel Core i7-4790 bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Haswell family: 6 model-id: 3C (60) stepping: 3 microcode: 28
L2 cache: 8192 KiB
flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
bogomips: 57480
Speed: 3591 MHz min/max: 800/4000 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 3592 2: 2820
3: 3592 4: 3592 5: 3591 6: 3594 7: 3594 8: 3594
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 mitigation: Microcode
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GM107 [GeForce GTX 745]
vendor: PC Partner Limited / Sapphire driver: nvidia v: 455.45.01
alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 10de:1382
Display: x11 server: X.org 1.20.10 compositor: gnome-shell driver: nvidia
resolution: <missing: xdpyinfo>
OpenGL: renderer: GeForce GTX 745/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 455.45.01
direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 8 Series/C220 Series High Definition Audio
vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus ID: 00:1b.0 chip ID: 8086:8c20
Device-2: NVIDIA GM107 High Definition Audio [GeForce 940MX]
vendor: PC Partner Limited / Sapphire driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus ID: 01:00.1 chip ID: 10de:0fbc
Device-3: Kingston HyperX Cloud Stinger Core Wireless + 7.1 type: USB
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus ID: 2-1:2 chip ID: 0951:170b
serial: <filter>
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.9.12-1-MANJARO
Network:
Device-1: Intel Ethernet I217-V vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: e1000e
v: kernel port: f040 bus ID: 00:19.0 chip ID: 8086:153b
IF: eno1 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8821AE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: AzureWave driver: rtl8821ae v: kernel port: d000 bus ID: 03:00.0
chip ID: 10ec:8821
IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 2.04 TiB used: 417.03 GiB (20.0%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Western Digital model: WD10EZEX-21M2NA0
size: 931.51 GiB block size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
rotation: 7200 rpm serial: <filter> rev: 1A01 scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Western Digital model: WD10EZEX-00BN5A0
size: 931.51 GiB block size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
rotation: 7200 rpm serial: <filter> rev: 1A01 scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sdc vendor: Western Digital model: WDS240G2G0A-00JH30
size: 223.58 GiB block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s
serial: <filter> rev: 0000 scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw size: 64.26 GiB size: 62.75 GiB (97.65%) used: 44.20 GiB (70.4%)
fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdc9
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 12.21 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
dev: /dev/sdc7
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 46.0 C mobo: 27.8 C gpu: nvidia temp: 57 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 841 fan-1: 0 fan-3: 0 fan-4: 0 fan-5: 0 gpu: nvidia
fan: 35%
Power: 12v: N/A 5v: N/A 3.3v: 3.33 vbat: 3.30
Info:
Processes: 289 Uptime: 3h 17m wakeups: 0 Memory: 15.56 GiB
used: 4.96 GiB (31.9%) Init: systemd v: 247 Compilers: gcc: 10.2.0 Packages:
pacman: 1682 lib: 381 flatpak: 0 Shell: Zsh v: 5.8
running in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.1.09
I’ve made my hotspot as suggested here: https://www.linuxuprising.com/2018/09/how-to-create-wi-fi-hotspot-in-ubuntu.html with option 2. And I’m using “WPA & WPA2 Personal” as security method.