ubuntu:wifi:wifi_signal_is_weak
Ubuntu - WiFi - WiFi signal is weak
Try to install additional drivers:
Open terminal and do
List the network devices find the name of the WiFi interface.
sudo nmcli device
returns:
DEVICE TYPE STATE CONNECTION
wlp58s0 wifi connected ShareWiz
lo loopback unmanaged --
Then do this command with your interface name.
nmcli -p -f general,wifi-properties device show wlp58s0
This should give you lots of info about it including what driver you are currently using.
=============================================================================== Device details (wlp58s0) =============================================================================== GENERAL.DEVICE: wlp58s0 GENERAL.TYPE: wifi GENERAL.NM-TYPE: NMDeviceWifi GENERAL.VENDOR: Qualcomm Atheros GENERAL.PRODUCT: QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter GENERAL.DRIVER: ath10k_pci GENERAL.DRIVER-VERSION: 4.15.0-66201911071317-generic GENERAL.FIRMWARE-VERSION: WLAN.RM.4.4.1-00079-QCARMSWPZ-1 GENERAL.HWADDR: 9C:B6:D0:D3:FD:CD GENERAL.MTU: 1500 GENERAL.STATE: 100 (connected) GENERAL.REASON: 0 (No reason given) GENERAL.UDI: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.4/0000:3a:00.0/net/wlp58s0 GENERAL.IP-IFACE: wlp58s0 GENERAL.IS-SOFTWARE: no GENERAL.NM-MANAGED: yes GENERAL.AUTOCONNECT: yes GENERAL.FIRMWARE-MISSING: no GENERAL.NM-PLUGIN-MISSING: no GENERAL.PHYS-PORT-ID: -- GENERAL.CONNECTION: ShareWiz GENERAL.CON-UUID: dbade843-cae4-4d9a-9403-3ca0f4ad72cd GENERAL.CON-PATH: /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/9 GENERAL.METERED: no (guessed) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WIFI-PROPERTIES.WEP: yes WIFI-PROPERTIES.WPA: yes WIFI-PROPERTIES.WPA2: yes WIFI-PROPERTIES.TKIP: yes WIFI-PROPERTIES.CCMP: yes WIFI-PROPERTIES.AP: yes WIFI-PROPERTIES.ADHOC: yes WIFI-PROPERTIES.2GHZ: yes WIFI-PROPERTIES.5GHZ: yes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
If you want to switch to another driver then get it from here its in a.deb
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/backport-iwlwifi-dkms
Remove the driver that is currently being used:
sudo rmmod [drivername]
Then
sudo modprobe backport-iwlwifi-dkms
Not sure if its that or just
sudo modprobe iwlwifi
ubuntu/wifi/wifi_signal_is_weak.txt · Last modified: 2020/07/15 09:30 by 127.0.0.1