Network Speeds ath9k Atheros

[firenice03]

So I picked up an Asus E402W, not a bad lil machine, have the UEFI version of LL4.2 installed and updated.
It had a slot for a drive - so I added an SSD.. Thus far all is good, except for 1 little thing - Atheros wireless adapter..Max speed is about half of what I should get and it will fluctuate all the way down to 1 Mb/s to its max of 72 Mb/s (normal should be 114/115 Mb/s)
Hers is some output:

Code:

uname -r
4.15.0-52-generic

I have tried 4.16, 4.20 and 5.0 to see if any difference - alas no

Code:

inxi -n
Network:   Card-1: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9565 / AR9565 Wireless Network Adapter driver: ath9k
           IF: wlp1s0 state: up mac: 80:c5:f2:6c:86:83

Code:

lspci -nnk -d 168c:
01:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9565 / AR9565 Wireless Network Adapter [168c:0036] (rev 01)
    Subsystem: AzureWave QCA9565 / AR9565 Wireless Network Adapter [1a3b:218d]
    Kernel driver in use: ath9k
    Kernel modules: ath9k

I've tried a few of the usual;
-- Checked Install Drivers - Nada
-- Synaptic - nothing for the 9565
-- Bluetooth disabled (no change)
-- Tried the mod - ath9k nohwcrypt=1 (per https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2397106)

Any ideas from the census   - other mods / kernels etc..

TIA

[firenice03]

Another set of commands ran... Should I be missing something

Code:

sudo lshw -C network
  *-network                 
       description: Wireless interface
       product: QCA9565 / AR9565 Wireless Network Adapter
       vendor: Qualcomm Atheros
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
       logical name: wlp1s0
       version: 01
       serial: 80:c5:f2:6c:86:83
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath9k driverversion=4.15.0-52-generic firmware=N/A ip=192.168.200.44 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11
       resources: irq:35 memory:fe900000-fe97ffff memory:fe980000-fe98ffff

[Valtam]

Try connecting to a wireless network while running dmesg in a terminal. See how stable connection is. Then report dmesg here. There appears to be no decent fixes on the internet, I would say the current driver is not optimal, but 'just works'. Someone needs to put some love into the driver module.

[firenice03]

Thanks [member=2]Jerry[/member]
Here's the output of dmesg -wH - Showing the network disconnect and reconnect.

Code:

[Jun27 22:33] [UFW BLOCK] IN=wlp1s0 OUT= MAC=01:00:5e:00:00:fb:e8:de:27:a9:88:1c:08:00 SRC=192.168.200.21 DST=224.0.0.251 LEN=32 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=1 ID=27577 PROTO=2
[ +36.617894] wlp1s0: deauthenticating from cc:7b:35:08:34:b3 by local choice (Reason: 3=DEAUTH_LEAVING)
[Jun27 22:34] wlp1s0: authenticate with cc:7b:35:08:34:b3
[  +0.016443] wlp1s0: send auth to cc:7b:35:08:34:b3 (try 1/3)
[  +0.003680] wlp1s0: authenticated
[  +0.002231] wlp1s0: associate with cc:7b:35:08:34:b3 (try 1/3)
[  +0.003540] wlp1s0: RX AssocResp from cc:7b:35:08:34:b3 (capab=0x411 status=0 aid=6)
[  +0.000144] wlp1s0: associated

Here's additional while running:

Code:

[Jun27 22:35] [UFW BLOCK] IN=wlp1s0 OUT= MAC=80:c5:f2:6c:86:83:cc:7b:35:08:34:b0:08:00 SRC=192.168.200.1 DST=224.0.0.1 LEN=32 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=1 ID=0 DF PROTO=2
[  +0.233656] [UFW BLOCK] IN=wlp1s0 OUT= MAC=01:00:5e:00:00:fb:e8:de:27:a9:88:1c:08:00 SRC=192.168.200.21 DST=224.0.0.251 LEN=32 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=1 ID=27578 PROTO=2
[Jun27 22:37] [UFW BLOCK] IN=wlp1s0 OUT= MAC=80:c5:f2:6c:86:83:cc:7b:35:08:34:b0:08:00 SRC=192.168.200.1 DST=224.0.0.1 LEN=32 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=1 ID=0 DF PROTO=2
[  +0.168983] [UFW BLOCK] IN=wlp1s0 OUT= MAC=01:00:5e:00:00:fb:e8:de:27:a9:88:1c:08:00 SRC=192.168.200.21 DST=224.0.0.251 LEN=32 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=1 ID=27579 PROTO=2
[Jun27 22:39] [UFW BLOCK] IN=wlp1s0 OUT= MAC=01:00:5e:00:00:fb:e8:de:27:a9:88:1c:08:00 SRC=192.168.200.21 DST=224.0.0.251 LEN=32 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=1 ID=27580 PROTO=2
[Jun27 22:41] [UFW BLOCK] IN=wlp1s0 OUT= MAC=01:00:5e:00:00:fb:e8:de:27:a9:88:1c:08:00 SRC=192.168.200.21 DST=224.0.0.251 LEN=32 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=1 ID=27581 PROTO=2
[Jun27 22:43] [UFW BLOCK] IN=wlp1s0 OUT= MAC=01:00:5e:00:00:fb:e8:de:27:a9:88:1c:08:00 SRC=192.168.200.21 DST=224.0.0.251 LEN=32 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=1 ID=27582 PROTO=2
[Jun27 22:45] [UFW BLOCK] IN=wlp1s0 OUT= MAC=01:00:5e:00:00:fb:e8:de:27:a9:88:1c:08:00 SRC=192.168.200.21 DST=224.0.0.251 LEN=32 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=1 ID=27583 PROTO=2

I have from boot too but its lengthy..

[Valtam]

Looks fine. Just stuck with a crappy driver.

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[firenice03]

Looks fine. Just stuck with a crappy driver.

Thanks Jerry...
I'll keep looking - I have a USB adapter I can use if I need better speeds....

[Valtam]

I go for Realtek chipset or Panda adapters to stay on the safe side. Good luck

[diskrod]

Hi.  I'm new to the Linux OS.  I have the same problem as you do but with a RealTek d723.  I did all the steps in the video (https://youtu.be/MbrYpqHadVQ) but what has helped me is step 8.  I too had a weak signal as well as drop signals. Step 8 allows me to switch to a different frequency or antenna and brings me up to a decent speed of 72 Mb/s which I think is the max for the RealTek d723 wireless card. Step 8 is sudo modprobe -r rtl8723de && sleep 5 && sudo modprobe rtl8723de ant_sel=2. By the way, I've had to use step 8 each time I boot up and sometimes more than once in each boot but the second time is a charm. This is just a suggestion and I hope it helps. 

[trinidad]

See here: https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ath9k
And here: https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/user...th9k/debug

Pretty much about all you can do with it. Your current config looks corrected to the latest but with debug you would probably need recompile for changes/modifications.

TC