If this is the Elitebook (not the ProBook) model then it should have "Three WLAN antennas built into display assembly"
But for the 5G, you definitely need to check what is is selecting since the wifi router could be broadcasting in dual-band mode. -Ben On Monday, September 23rd, 2024 at 7:02 PM, Russell Senior <[email protected]> wrote: > It says 802.11a (amongst others "802.11a/b/g/n") which implies it also > can tune 5GHz channels. > > On Mon, Sep 23, 2024 at 7:00 PM Tomas Kuchta > [email protected] wrote: > > > I noticed that the wifi card is 2.4GHz - if I have not overlooked the 5GHz > > part, it may not even have 5GHZ antena to plug into the new wifi 6e (ax) > > card. That could spoil the replacement idea. > > > > I suggest to open the laptop and look for the 5GHz antena. It may be there > > unplugged or taped to some safe spot. > > > > Tomas > > > > On Mon, Sep 23, 2024, 20:08 Russell Senior [email protected] > > wrote: > > > > > Broadcom wifi is famously bad on Linux because of hostility from > > > Broadcom to open source software. Broadcom is the NVidia of the > > > networking world. In theory, you might be able to replace the wifi > > > radio with an Intel wifi radio. Although, sometimes the radios are > > > locked by BIOS checks. Also, it seems to be limited to 802.11n (which > > > is a couple generations old), which could also explain the speed > > > differences. > > > > > > Maybe something like this would work: > > > https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09CDFV2CL/ > > > > > > On Mon, Sep 23, 2024 at 4:48 PM David Fleck [email protected] wrote: > > > > > > > Output of command: > > > > > > > > 25:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries > > > > BCM43224 802.11a/b/g/n [14e4:4353] (rev 01) > > > > Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company WMIB-275N Half-size Mini PCIe > > > > Card [103c:1509] > > > > Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19 > > > > Memory at d4100000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] > > > > Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3 > > > > Capabilities: [58] Vendor Specific Information: Len=78 <?> > > > > Capabilities: [48] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+ > > > > Capabilities: [d0] Express Endpoint, MSI 00 > > > > Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting > > > > Capabilities: [13c] Virtual Channel > > > > Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 00-00-7a-ff-ff-2b-20-10 > > > > Capabilities: [16c] Power Budgeting <?> > > > > Kernel driver in use: bcma-pci-bridge > > > > Kernel modules: bcma > > > > > > > > -- > > > > - David Fleck > > > > > > > > On Monday, September 23rd, 2024 at 2:27 PM, Russell Senior < > > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > e.g.: > > > > > > > > > > $ lspci | grep Network | awk '{ print $1}' | while read d ; do lspci > > > > > -s $d -v -nn ; done > > > > > aa:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Wi-Fi 6 > > > > > AX210/AX211/AX411 160MHz [8086:2725] (rev 1a) > > > > > Subsystem: Intel Corporation Wi-Fi 6 AX210 160MHz [8086:0024] > > > > > Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16, IOMMU group 17 > > > > > Memory at 7a200000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] > > > > > Capabilities: <access denied> > > > > > > > > > > Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi > > > > > Kernel modules: iwlwifi > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Sep 23, 2024 at 9:24 AM Russell Senior > > > > > [email protected] wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Sep 23, 2024 at 5:51 AM David Fleck [email protected] > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > > > > > > > A good place to start is to figure out what the wifi interface is. > > > > > > What does lspci call the wifi interface? > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Russell Senior > > > > > > [email protected]
