Hi
I’ve have a very strange wifi problem
wifi strength is very low on manjaro (kde)
I’ve tried two completely different hardware
1- new asus vivo book (uefi) with Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX201 160MHz
2- old dell vostro (legacy bios boot) with broadcom bcm4312
at first of connection wifi quality is at 100 percent, but suddenly it drops (in new hardware to 76 percent and in old hardware to 3 percent)
also connection seems to be too unstable and also affect other devices connected to wifi
please check the links about wifi and powermanagement. it’s possible that wifi power get’s limited and forces your trouble. especially the “unstable” connection is a indicator, this happens if wifi is powered down and it takes time to power up again.
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=171342
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Power_saving#Network_interfaces
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/269661/how-to-turn-off-wireless-power-management-permanently
tnx for your reply
i’ve tried suggestions in those link but nothing change with my home wifi
but i think it made a change with my phone hotspot because connection quality was 100%
both my laptops work great with ubuntu
even my old laptop has 88 percent signal strnght while its 3 percent at manjaro
i’ve also tried xfce and gnome but no luck
manjaro is really a good distro but this i only and very old problem i have.
i have this problem in garuda linux which is a arch based distro too
why there is no fix for this problem while it affects every laptop?
System:
Kernel: 5.15.16-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-x86_64 lang=en_US keytable=us tz=UTC
misobasedir=manjaro misolabel=MANJARO_GNOME_2122 quiet
systemd.show_status=1 driver=free nouveau.modeset=1 i915.modeset=1
radeon.modeset=1
Desktop: GNOME 41.3 tk: GTK 3.24.31 wm: gnome-shell dm: GDM 41.3
Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: VivoBook_ASUSLaptop X521EQ_S533EQ
v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: X521EQ v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: X521EQ.306 date: 06/02/2021
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 21.5 Wh (45.4%) condition: 47.4/50.0 Wh (94.8%)
volts: 11.9 min: 11.9 model: ASUSTeK ASUS Battery type: Li-ion serial: N/A
status: Charging cycles: 220
Memory:
RAM: total: 15.31 GiB used: 2.53 GiB (16.5%)
RAM Report:
permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: model: 11th Gen Intel Core i7-1165G7 bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Tiger Lake family: 6 model-id: 0x8C (140) stepping: 1 microcode: 0x88
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 tpc: 2 threads: 8 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 320 KiB desc: d-4x48 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 5 MiB desc: 4x1.2 MiB
L3: 12 MiB desc: 1x12 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 738 high: 1026 min/max: 400/4700 scaling:
driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 511 2: 1026 3: 1026
4: 487 5: 812 6: 529 7: 928 8: 586 bogomips: 44864
Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat
arch_capabilities arch_perfmon art avx avx2 avx512_bitalg avx512_vbmi2
avx512_vnni avx512_vp2intersect avx512_vpopcntdq avx512bw avx512cd
avx512dq avx512f avx512ifma avx512vbmi avx512vl bmi1 bmi2 bts cat_l2
cdp_l2 clflush clflushopt clwb cmov constant_tsc cpuid cpuid_fault cx16
cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts epb ept ept_ad erms est f16c flexpriority
flush_l1d fma fpu fsgsbase fsrm fxsr gfni ht hwp hwp_act_window hwp_epp
hwp_notify hwp_pkg_req ibpb ibrs ibrs_enhanced ida intel_pt invpcid
invpcid_single lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor movbe movdir64b
movdiri msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx ospke pae pat pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm
pdpe1gb pebs pge pku pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pts rdpid rdrand rdseed
rdt_a rdtscp rep_good sdbg sep sha_ni smap smep split_lock_detect ss ssbd
sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc
tsc_adjust tsc_deadline_timer tsc_known_freq umip vaes vme vmx vnmi
vpclmulqdq vpid x2apic xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveopt xsaves xtopology xtpr
Vulnerabilities:
Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
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: Enhanced IBRS, IBPB: conditional, RSB filling
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel TigerLake-LP GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics] vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: i915 v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:9a49 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA GP107M [GeForce MX350] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nouveau
v: kernel bus-ID: 2d:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1c94 class-ID: 0302
Device-3: IMC Networks USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam type: USB driver: uvcvideo
bus-ID: 3-6:4 chip-ID: 13d3:56a2 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Display: wayland server: X.org 1.21.1.3 compositor: gnome-shell driver:
loaded: nouveau note: n/a (using device driver) - try sudo/root
display-ID: 0 resolution: <missing: xdpyinfo>
Message: Unable to show advanced data. Required tool glxinfo missing.
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Tiger Lake-LP Smart Sound Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl
bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a0c8 class-ID: 0403
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.16-1-MANJARO running: yes
Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.20 running: no
Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.43 running: no
Network:
Device-1: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel bus-ID: 00:14.3
chip-ID: 8086:a0f0 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: Intel AX201 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
bus-ID: 3-10:6 chip-ID: 8087:0026 class-ID: e001
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: up address: see --recommends
Logical:
Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 961.37 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Intel model: SSDPEKNW010T8
size: 953.87 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 004C temp: 26.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 type: USB vendor: Generic model: Flash Disk
size: 7.5 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: SSD
serial: <filter> rev: 8.07 scheme: MBR
SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
Message: No partition data found.
Swap:
Alert: No swap data was found.
Unmounted:
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 size: 16 MiB fs: <superuser required>
label: N/A uuid: N/A
ID-2: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3 size: 100 MiB fs: vfat label: N/A
uuid: 9633-A3DE
ID-3: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4 size: 476.47 GiB fs: bitlocker
label: N/A uuid: N/A
ID-4: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:5 size: 604 MiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
uuid: F87ED3487ED2FDF6
ID-5: /dev/nvme0n1p6 maj-min: 259:6 size: 256.28 GiB fs: bitlocker
label: N/A uuid: N/A
ID-6: /dev/nvme0n1p7 maj-min: 259:7 size: 111.65 GiB fs: bitlocker
label: N/A uuid: N/A
ID-7: /dev/nvme0n1p9 maj-min: 259:9 size: 29.48 GiB fs: bitlocker
label: N/A uuid: N/A
ID-8: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 size: 3.28 GiB fs: iso9660
ID-9: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 size: 4 MiB fs: vfat label: MISO_EFI
uuid: FFD4-D361
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 1 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: 12 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 3-3:2 info: Pixart Imaging Optical Mouse type: Mouse
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 1.5 Mb/s
power: 100mA chip-ID: 093a:2510 class-ID: 0301
Device-2: 3-4:3 info: Alcor Micro Flash Drive type: Mass Storage
driver: usb-storage interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 200mA
chip-ID: 058f:6387 class-ID: 0806 serial: <filter>
Device-3: 3-6:4 info: IMC Networks USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam type: Video
driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA
chip-ID: 13d3:56a2 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Device-4: 3-7:5 info: Realtek RTS5129 Card Reader Controller
type: <vendor specific> driver: rtsx_usb,rtsx_usb_ms,rtsx_usb_sdmmc
interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 0bda:0129
class-ID: ff00 serial: <filter>
Device-5: 3-10:6 info: Intel AX201 Bluetooth type: Bluetooth driver: btusb
interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 8087:0026
class-ID: e001
Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 45.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nouveau temp: 43.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0
Info:
Processes: 265 Uptime: 2m wakeups: 231 Init: systemd v: 250 tool: systemctl
Compilers: gcc: N/A Packages: pacman: 1209 lib: 307 flatpak: 0 Shell: Zsh
v: 5.8 running-in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.12
if you search the net “intel wi-fi6 ax201 manjaro” there are several issues and it helped a lot of users to update the linux-firmware:
sudo pacman -Qs linux-firmware
remember to reboot if you update the firmware.
You’re so helpful.
It’s now a little better than before but i need more investigating by my self.