On 19 May 2017 at 01:14, David C. Rankin
- 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.
Unless you are actually timing the download (stopwatch and then using the filesize to calculate the rate) the reported differences in rates are probably more due to differences in what is reported by the OS than actual differences in rates.
I have enabled the 5 GHz network too and set it up on the Win7 laptop, instantly bumping the reported speed on that machine to 35-36 MBps (same as Ethernet). So this is not about OS reporting. 5 GHz has less range, but I would not be worried as both the Win7 laptop and the Linux desktop are not used far from the AP. So now I just want to move the Linux desktop to 5 GHz, which requires replacement of my card. The current card is a 802.11N Ralink PCI device, vintage 2008. I don't want to spend a lot of money to replace it, so I've sent a question here about RTL8811AU devices. There are cheap USB dongles on ebay and I can wait for the delivery from China, so I just need to know if they will run. -- 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