wapAc 802.11ac tx rate won't go above 54mbps

Any ideas what’s going on here?

When I did my surveying and testing yesterday everything was great. Now today, no matter what I do, selecting channels, bandwidths manually (including superchannel for testing), I can not get tx rate above 54mbps.

So my maximum bandwidth from internet is ~24mbps :frowning:


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The above is an Intel 8260 card in my Thinkpad x1.



My phone (Lg G5) was Ok.

I altered some driver settings on my laptop (enabled U-APSD support, and enabled Throughput Booster, which were both disabled before), and now everything is back to normal.

The thing is though, i’m not sure if they have really done anything or if it was just a driver reset.

Do you think this is a MT problem or Intel problem ? It’s not the sort of thing one would usually be able to find from the laptop side, but now it reminds me of a wapAc install I did a year ago… things weren’t quite working as fast as they should.

Intel Wi-Fi drivers are horrendous. Seriously, I’ve lost years off my life expectancy because of them. They’re slightly better on Linux than Windows, but still awful. I ended up attaching a Routerboard in station bridge mode via Ethernet to my computers with fixed Intel Wi-Fi.

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See this:
http://forum.mikrotik.com/t/xiaomi-phone-low-wifi-tx-rate/93622/1