Hello, I have a Leap 42.2 desktop with a Ralink RT2800 PCI 802.11n Wi-FI card. I have recently upgraded my broadband download speed to 40 Mbps and was testing speeds. Unfortunately, I do not have a patch cord that would reach from the desktop to the modem/router. I use speedtest.net. Only 2.4 Ghz Wi-Fi is now enabled on the modem (but I can enable 5 GHz). What I get, in the same geographical position across one internal wall from the modem/router, is: - On an Android phone and on a Windows 10 Toshiba laptop, about 35 MBps, which sounds about right for this Internet connection. - On a Windows 7 Lenovo laptop, initially 20-22 MBps. After updating the Wi-Fi driver, 24 MBps; disabling MIMO power save, 25 MBps. This increases to about 35MBps when I connect it to the modem with a patch cord. - On the Leap desktop using speedtest-cli, 25-27 Mbit/s. - On the Leap desktop using Chrome or Firefox, about 12 Mbps! Upload speeds are pretty much the same everywhere at just under 10 Mbps, which is correct for this Internet connection. So my questions are: - Why could browser-based speed be so much lower? Might downloads using these browsers and other programs be affected? Is there any way I can fix that? - Is there any way to improve the speedtest-cli speed, presumably limited by wi-fi, other than getting a new wi-fi adapter? Might there be driver tweaks? - If I do need to get a new adapter, I guess a 5 GHz one would be sure to get the speed up, as the modem can do 5 GHz, and there are a lot of cheap RTL8811AU USB dongles, but I wonder if the drivers will be a hassle? /sbin/iwconfig output: lo no wireless extensions. wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"Ramendik_44" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.422 GHz Access Point: DC:EE:06:B1:81:F0 Bit Rate=144.4 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Power Management:off Link Quality=59/70 Signal level=-51 dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:684 Invalid misc:2129 Missed beacon:0 eth0 no wireless extensio -- Yours, Mikhail Ramendik Unless explicitly stated, all opinions in my mail are my own and do not reflect the views of any organization -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org