wlan0 IEEE 802.11 ESSID:"xxxxxxxxx"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.427 GHz Access Point: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
Bit Rate=117 Mb/s Tx-Power=19 dBm
Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=64/70 Signal level=-46 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:427 Missed beacon:0
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- David Fleck
On Monday, September 23rd, 2024 at 11:09 AM, Bill Barry <[email protected]>
wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 23, 2024 at 7:58 AM Richard Owlett [email protected] wrote:
>
> > On 09/23/2024 07:51 AM, David Fleck wrote:
> >
> > > So far, my laptop quest has lead me to an HP EliteBook 8560p cast off by
> > > my employer. So, yay, free!
> > >
> > > Installed OpenSuse Leap 15.6, everything seems to just work, except:
> > > battery is dead (easily fixed) and the wifi is molasses-in-January slow,
> > > as in 2 orders of magnitude slower than other laptops in the house.
> >
> > Try again after battery has come up to full charge.
> > IIRC I once had an over-protective BIOS which slowed selected items when
> > battery was charging.
> > YMMV
> >
> > > Before I pick up a USB wifi adapter, can anyone give me some ideas w.r.t.
> > > troubleshooting why the onboard adapter is so slow? It's been many years
> > > since I had to mess around with tweaking network interfaces, so I've
> > > forgotten most of what is involved.
> > >
> > > Thanks-
> > >
> > > --
> > > - David Fleck
>
>
> Maybe it is a power management issue. As root, run iwconfig and see if
> Power Management is on for the wifi.
>
> Bill
