Since receiving my Framework 13 7640U, I’ve been experiencing consistently poor Wi-Fi performance when running Ubuntu 22.04 on all the networks I’ve tested.
On my home network (Wi-Fi 6E), all connected devices except for the Framework consistently achieve speeds of 600/600Mbps down/up. This includes several Macbooks, various phones, and a smart TV. All devices are saturating the link speed of the Wi-Fi network, because my WAN connection (router to outside world) achieves >2Gbit/s. My Framework, however, only achieves about 120/80Mbps up/down in the best case. This issue is consistent across all the other networks I’ve tried, both private (friend’s homes, etc.) and public. Perhaps a 5-6 networks in total, all with very different AP configurations.
I haven’t taken a deep dive into the reported signal strengths yet, but it seems that my Framework consistently reports lower Wi-Fi signal quality than all the other devices I’ve checked so far (i.e, qualitatively reporting “average” or “good” instead of “excellent”).
Is anyone else experiencing the same issue? I’m curious whether this is a potential Linux driver issue or perhaps a hardware deficiency in the antenna configuration of the RZ616.
