Artyom_Ivanov:
Hello,
I received my Framework 13 7640u a couple of days ago and I have encountered one major issue.
The WiFi is simply terrible.
I get 65% of signal power in linux mint and all bars in windows (whatever that means) but I get at most 40Mb/s download in both OSs.
I do get 150Mb/s upload tough.
My desktop PC and macbook both get a snappy 300Mb/s download in the same spots.
On windows I tried forcing wifi AC, tried using 2.4 and 5Ghz bands only, no improvements.
When I get about 5m away from the AP I get 500Mb/s down and up on my macbook, whereas the framework I get 350Mb/s tops.
My SSD’s read/writes performance aren’t the problem, it’s not faulty.
The antenna’s are properly connected and do not appear to be damaged (And again I do get a nice signal according to windows and mint).
My WiFi AP is a TP-link eap-245.
Does anyone else experience bad wifi connection?
Thank you for any leads.
Welcome to the community!
For the best experience, we’d recommend Fedora 39 or Ubuntu 22.04.3 using the OEM C kernel, as described in the guides.
All of this said, there is an unofficial guide to get Mint into a better state for a Linux Mint installation .
If you still are not happy with the wireless after getting onto a tested, supported kernel as described above, installing an Intel card will work and we do have some users who have done this.