Wifi slow when directly connected to router but fast through mobile hotspot

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rajeevrdev
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Wifi slow when directly connected to router but fast through mobile hotspot

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I have had this problem with Mint 18.0 and I installed Mint 20.2 on my laptop hoping the issue would go away. But it hasnt. My mint wifi speed when connected to Home router is around 2mbps where the plan is of 20mbps and I get that 20mbps speed on all the mobile and another windows laptop connected to it. interestingly if I connect my mint laptop to my phone(through hotspot) which is connected to this router I get 20mbps speed on my laptop.

I have no idea whats happening or how to debug the issue. Any advice on how to figure out the issue or solutions would be appreciated. If you need any more information, please ask.

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iwconfig

wlp3s0    IEEE 802.11  ESSID:"FTTH-BBB6"  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.432 GHz  Access Point: 14:A7:2B:96:BB:B6   
          Bit Rate=72.2 Mb/s   Tx-Power=22 dBm   
          Retry short limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=69/70  Signal level=-41 dBm  
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:80   Missed beacon:0

lo        no wireless extensions.

enp2s0    no wireless extensions.

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 lspci
 
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Broadwell-U Host Bridge -OPI (rev 09)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation HD Graphics 5500 (rev 09)
00:03.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Broadwell-U Audio Controller (rev 09)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP USB xHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP MEI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP High Definition Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #1 (rev e3)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #3 (rev e3)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #4 (rev e3)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #5 (rev e3)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP USB EHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP LPC Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP SATA Controller [AHCI Mode] (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP SMBus Controller (rev 03)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 10)
03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless 3160 (rev 93)
04:00.0 Display controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Sun XT [Radeon HD 8670A/8670M/8690M / R5 M330 / M430 / Radeon 520 Mobile] (rev 83)
Heres result of my mobile hotspot which gives 20mbps internet

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enp2s0    no wireless extensions.

wlp3s0    IEEE 802.11  ESSID:"Redmi Note 10 Pro"  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.432 GHz  Access Point: A6:0C:E5:82:EE:9B   
          Bit Rate=72.2 Mb/s   Tx-Power=22 dBm   
          Retry short limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=70/70  Signal level=-36 dBm  
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:299   Missed beacon:0

lo        no wireless extensions.

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inxi -Fxz
System:    Kernel: 5.4.0-80-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 5.0.5 Distro: Linux Mint 20.2 Uma 
           base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal 
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 80E5 v: Lenovo G50-80 serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: LENOVO model: Lenovo G50-80 v: NO DPK serial: <filter> UEFI: LENOVO v: B0CN97WW date: 01/08/2016 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT0 charge: 23.5 Wh condition: 23.5/37.6 Wh (63%) model: Lenovo IdeaPad status: Full 
CPU:       Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core i5-5200U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Broadwell rev: 4 L2 cache: 3072 KiB 
           flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 17559 
           Speed: 798 MHz min/max: 500/2700 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1699 2: 1777 3: 1781 4: 1311 
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 5500 vendor: Lenovo driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 
           Device-2: AMD Sun XT [Radeon HD 8670A/8670M/8690M / R5 M330 / M430 / Radeon 520 Mobile] vendor: Lenovo 
           driver: radeon v: kernel bus ID: 04:00.0 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.9 driver: ati,modesetting,radeon unloaded: fbdev,vesa resolution: 1366x768~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 5500 (BDW GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 20.2.6 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel Broadwell-U Audio vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:03.0 
           Device-2: Intel Wildcat Point-LP High Definition Audio vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel 
           bus ID: 00:1b.0 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-80-generic 
Network:   Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Lenovo driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 4000 
           bus ID: 02:00.0 
           IF: enp2s0 state: down mac: <filter> 
           Device-2: Intel Wireless 3160 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: 4000 bus ID: 03:00.0 
           IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter> 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 284.88 GiB (30.6%) 
           ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Western Digital model: WD10JPCX-24UE4T0 size: 931.51 GiB 
Partition: ID-1: / size: 91.17 GiB used: 16.15 GiB (17.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda5 
           ID-2: /home size: 809.06 GiB used: 268.72 GiB (33.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda7 
           ID-3: swap-1 size: 14.90 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda6 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 43.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: radeon temp: 38 C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Info:      Processes: 203 Uptime: 6h 42m Memory: 7.69 GiB used: 2.09 GiB (27.1%) Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers: 
           gcc: 9.3.0 Shell: bash v: 5.0.17 inxi: 3.0.38
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Moonstone Man
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Re: Wifi slow when directly connected to router but fast through mobile hotspot

Post by Moonstone Man »

rajeevrdev wrote: ⤴Mon Aug 02, 2021 11:15 am

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iwconfig

wlp3s0    IEEE 802.11  ESSID:"FTTH-BBB6"  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.432 GHz  Access Point: 14:A7:2B:96:BB:B6   
          Bit Rate=72.2 Mb/s   Tx-Power=22 dBm   
          Retry short limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=69/70  Signal level=-41 dBm  
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:80   Missed beacon:0
You mention at least two connection configurations but provide iwconfig output for only one of them so we can't do any kind of comparison. It would be helpful if you provided all of the relevant information, including the output of inxi -Fxz.
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Re: Wifi slow when directly connected to router but fast through mobile hotspot

Post by rajeevrdev »

I have updated those details in my post.
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