Re: iwlwifi speed test report

From: Ben Hutton <ben_at_benhutton.com.au>
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2025 13:28:11 UTC
Hi Bjoern,

Thanks. I'll have a look into the regdomain as well.

Kind regards
Ben

On 18/04/2025 00:57, Bjoern A. Zeeb wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Apr 2025, Ben Hutton wrote:
>
> Hi Ben,
>
>> Have also been doing some speed tests on the updated wifi drivers. 
>> While they are faster than before (around 12Mbps downloads) they are 
>> still far short of what my Macbooks are getting on the same network. 
>> I'm wondering if that's a misconfiguration on my part? Or is the 
>> speed still a work in progress?
>
> There's always still progress on improving things currently but ...
>
>> I noticed it's not connecting at 11ac.
>
> Right and that's likely your speed problem.  I assume your OSX machine
> is not on 11ng HT20.
>
> I would think we'll need to update regdomain for APAC2/AU as well.
>  Let's fix this and then see again.
>
> Good news though is that you are another AX201 user now and it seems it
> at least works on HT, which is good to know.
>
>> Do I need to do anything other than install the package or do I need 
>> the build the world and kernel?
>
> No, I don't think so.  Updating regdomain.xml and then ifconfig wlan0
> down && ifconfig wlan0 up and then see.
>
> I'll go and see about regdomain for AU as well.
>
> Lots of health,
> Bjoern
>