While I’m testing out WiFi-6e using the AMD-RZ616 (which is a Mediatek MT7922) interface, I’ve noticed the throughput being decent (~50 to 70MB/s). However, I’ve found it to be a lot better when the laptop stands on the side (hitting the Gigabit limit of my WAN-router’s NIC). I measure using iperf3:
Framework 13 AMD --??--> WiFi-6e AP --1GBit/s--> WAN-Router (iperf3 server).
Laptop standing in normal position, all bytes await transmission while standing in one of those beautifully sorted and well-aligned TX queues…
I’d be interested if other users had similar observations, as this might indicate possible room for improvements on antenna alignment (vertical instead if horizontal) in a future Framework laptop version, or an antenna upgrade to the current lines .
Best regards!
PS: a few side-notes…
Framework laptop’s behavior is reproducible.
I did not notice any difference of that significance in throughput when I re-oriented the access point instead of the laptop.
I tested as well using a Lenovo A485 (which I upgraded with a RZ616 module) which shows a uniform behavior, regardless of orientation.
It’s probably the antenna layout.
try rotating the laptop in 45 degree increments laterally as well, it probably depends on the direction to the router
The FW supplied antennas are pretty far from uniform in signal transmission and reception. Considering the shell that they are trying to integrate physically and electromagnetically into, I’m not surprised.
It’s very usable as is for most people / use cases. But probably could stand some optimization and maybe even a full gen 2 revision of the part.
‘The FW supplied antennas are pretty far from uniform in signal transmission and reception.’ Please clarify. You could mean either or both of the following.
Antenna’s abilities vary from one model (e.g. F13, F16) and/or generation (one generation of, say, F13, and the next generation of the F13).
Antenna’s abilities vary between different instances of the same computer (e.g. between two 2024 F16s).
they aren’t uniform in terms of throughput with regard to the direction in which data is being sent/received. This is because you’re trying to fit a big antenna into a tiny laptop, which doesn’t lend itself to an omnidirectional style antenna design.
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