Problem with WiFi driver in arch linux

Hi everyone

I’ve been trying to solve a problem with my arch (endeavour) instalation and wanted to know if anyone here can help

Everything is working well, excepting the WiFi connection. It is extremely slow, sometimes disconnecting from the network, and in the task bar, the WiFi icon shows that the signal strength is weak, although the router is in the same room. Switching between r8168 and r8169 as recommended doesnt work. Any ideas?

@linux

  • Rustmilian@lemmy.world
    1·
    1 year ago

    I’m glad to hear that worked.
    I suggest trying sudo iwconfig wlan0 power off this temporarily disables the wireless card’s power saving features.
    Then check if the speed has improved, if not, skip the following.
    If it has improved make the change permanent by adding the following to file /etc/pm/power.d/disable-wireless-power-management :

    #!/bin/bash
/sbin/iwconfig wlan0 power off

    Then run sudo chmod +x /etc/pm/power.d/disable-wireless-power-management

    I assume the linux-firmware package is already installed, but double check if you’re not sure. It provides iwlwifi-8265-36.ucode in /usr/lib/firmware/ which I believe is your cards specific iwlwifi driver. Intel Wireless Firmware Page is the source that made me think to check.