Wireless Throttled

Question

I've recently got installed a line of 300Mbps. The first test was 4 days ago and the real speed was 180Mbps (ookla speed test). However, it's some day that the speed is diminished... a lot! Now the same test, with the same server selected, output something like 30~40Mbps. Doing the same test on windows (same notebook), give a result of 214Mbps! Some update screwed up? How can I revert to the older wireless driver?

I'm on an Asus ROG g750JZ, with Ubuntu 14.04

Below you can find the result of wireless_script, as suggested by @Fabby:

wireless-info | mirror

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UPDATE:

I don't know if can be of any help, but Win8.1 use the Qualcomm Atheros Wireless Lan Driver, v1.0.37.1274 (... or maybe 10.0.0.287, I'm not sure)

Answer 1

Ok, after a bit of searching, I found the problem wasn't in the driver or in Ubuntu, but in the router itself. If I understood it correctly, it can emit a 2.4 (b/g) or a 5GHz (a/n) signal, but only the latter is suitable for a 300Mbs connection. I think the algorithm just chooses the one more stable, with less noise. The router came bundled with the connection I have contacted the support service; they said they will soon release a firmware update to allow disabling the 2.4 channels.

Hence, if you are experiencing something similar, check the frequency with:

iwlist wlan0 freq | tail -n 1

And ensure that the channel is >= 36!

Answer 2

You can narrow things down by downloading Kali Linux on a USB drive and boot from it. If the test goes well, you will know that it is the problem with your setup, and not with the fact that you have a Linux OS.