On 07/29/2014 02:28 AM, Borislav Boev wrote: > Hello, I am reporting this bug, though it is well known for years. In general I've experienced poor wifi performance with all Intel cards, starting from 3945abg, 4965agn and now Intel 7260 Dual-Band AC. > The old cards were on a ThinkPad T61 system, 7260 is on a brand new ThinkPad Edge E540. > > So here's the problem: > Wireless conection is slow, there's a unusual ping while browsing web pages (tried with all browsers - no luck), and sometimes drop-outs in connection. > There's a partial fix by disabling Wireless "N" mode, but this is irrational, because it limits the network to only 54mbits speed. > > Details about the system: > Hardware: > ThinkPad E540 > CPU: Intel core i5-4200m (Haswell) > Wireless adapter: Intel 7260 Dual-Band AC > > Software: > PCLinuxOS 2014.07 > Kernel: 3.15.5 (though it was the same with old kernels) > Kernel module: iwlwifi You should try the experimental firmware file from https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/egrumbach/linux-firmware.git/plain/iwlwifi-7260-9.ucode?h=Core6. I am currently testing it and getting throughput of 60 Mbps on the 2.4 GHz band, and 90 Mbps at 5 GHz. Larry -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
