Question WIFI PCIe is slow...

[dani3lofficial]

Hi! I have bought recently a PCIE Wifi card from Amazon

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B08519ST43/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

It seemed to work fine when I installed it but now I have like 20-30 mbps on Speedtest.net
and here's the results from a cmd command

Name : Wi-Fi
Description : Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6E AX210 160MHz
GUID : 939af537-ae34-4b36-828a-a055a028d6e9
Physical address : 8c:1d:96:5d:44:40
Interface type : Primary
State : connected
SSID : VSQS GTAWD-5G
BSSID : fa:1d:0f:82:81:f0
Network type : Infrastructure
Radio type : 802.11ac
Authentication : WPA2-Personal
Cipher : CCMP
Connection mode : Auto Connect
Band : 5 GHz
Channel : 36
Receive rate (Mbps) : 52
Transmit rate (Mbps) : 175.5
Signal : 67%
Profile : HOME WIFI

Hosted network status : Not available

I have another macbook pro in the same room connected to the same wifi and I get there around 240mbps..
I don't know what is the problem... is it the wifi card? or the drivers?
Network usage on Task manager is %0.

Any help will be appreciated!

 

[kanewolf]

Hi! I have bought recently a PCIE Wifi card from Amazon

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B08519ST43/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

It seemed to work fine when I installed it but now I have like 20-30 mbps on Speedtest.net
and here's the results from a cmd command

Name : Wi-Fi
Description : Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6E AX210 160MHz
GUID : 939af537-ae34-4b36-828a-a055a028d6e9
Physical address : 8c:1d:96:5d:44:40
Interface type : Primary
State : connected
SSID : VSQS GTAWD-5G
BSSID : fa:1d:0f:82:81:f0
Network type : Infrastructure
Radio type : 802.11ac
Authentication : WPA2-Personal
Cipher : CCMP
Connection mode : Auto Connect
Band : 5 GHz
Channel : 36
Receive rate (Mbps) : 52
Transmit rate (Mbps) : 175.5
Signal : 67%
Profile : HOME WIFI

Hosted network status : Not available

I have another macbook pro in the same room connected to the same wifi and I get there around 240mbps..
I don't know what is the problem... is it the wifi card? or the drivers?
Network usage on Task manager is %0.

Any help will be appreciated!

The most common problem is that the antennas are shielded by the case. The macbook has the antennas behind the screen.
Your receive rate of 52Mbit is very low. Your WIFI source can't reach your antennas. Try rotating the case so that the antennas are facing your WIFI source.
It may not be a permanent solution, but it will definitely show what the problem is.

 

[dani3lofficial]

The most common problem is that the antennas are shielded by the case. The macbook has the antennas behind the screen.
Your receive rate of 52Mbit is very low. Your WIFI source can't reach your antennas. Try rotating the case so that the antennas are facing your WIFI source.
It may not be a permanent solution, but it will definitely show what the problem is.

The thing is I have received better speeds before around 100-150 and the case was at the same location.

 

[kanewolf]

The thing is I have received better speeds before around 100-150 and the case was at the same location.

There could be interference on channel 36. You could try changing the channel on your 5ghz setting in your WIFI router.

 

[bill001g]

Both the signal level in your post as well as the speeds it negotiated indicate it has a rather poor signal.

When it is using a encoding rate of 52 that is theoretical number you never get. Most times you get well under 1/2 these rates so the 20-30 mbps is what is expected.

If we assume your card is running 2x2 mimo the 52 number means you are only using 20mhz wide channels and your signal level is only good enough to get 16-qam.

Not sure why it is using 20mhz channels 802.11ac has the ability to run 80mhz channels. You should be able to get 866.7 rates....note manufacture advertising called this 900 but what you will see on the command is 866.7. This should allow you to get 200-300mbps and if you are very close to the router a bit more.

I would first check that your antenna are both correctly attached to the board. As mentioned above try turning the pc to get better signal levels. Changing the channel in the router is another good thing to try be sure the router is not forcing 20 or 20/40 channel widths. The default for most router allow the 80mhz range.