This just disables other protocols than 11b and 11g. Meaning these ones: IEEE 802.11 - Wikipedia
By default it uses the hardware on the chip for encrypting the connection. This replace it with a software one, what could result in a faster connection:
That disables the power managment of the wifi card. That means it will always stay at 100% and don’t try to save power:
So at this moment both connection are equal balanced (Download and Upload)…
Replace this option (1->8):
options iwlwifi 11n_disable=8
Explanation:
RX → Download
TX → Upload
11n_disable: disable 11n functionality
bitmap:
1: full
2: disable agg TX (uint)
4: disable agg RX (uint)
8: enable agg TX (uint)
I am not 100% what the result will be, but worth a try. So as @Olli suggested.