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Bug 872239

Summary: intel WiFi not working well with 5GHz
Product: Gentoo Linux Reporter: heikki kniivila <heikki>
Component: Current packagesAssignee: Distribution Kernel Project <dist-kernel>
Status: UNCONFIRMED ---    
Severity: normal    
Priority: Normal    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: AMD64   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard:
Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---
Attachments: emerge --info

Description heikki kniivila 2022-09-21 18:59:38 UTC
Created attachment 813382 [details]
emerge --info

Hi.

I have a router that has 2 channels of WiFi, one 2.5GHz and the other is 5GHz.
If i connect to the 5GHz network, the connection is fast but very unstable.
for example speedtest.net sometimes isn't connecting at all and Youtube runs at the lowest quality with automatic settings turned on...

The 2.5GHz connection works and is very stable. I can have 150Mbps
 at speedtest.

This is the WiFi controller i have:
00:14.3 Network controller: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH CNVi WiFi (rev 10)

journalctl isn't giving me any errors, also dmesg gives nothing.

$ uname -a
Linux gentoo 5.15.69-gentoo-dist #1 SMP Tue Sep 20 14:40:36 -00 2022 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-9300H CPU @ 2.40GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

So i am running sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel-bin