[NOT SOLVED] MX 23 KDE wifi connection speed always 0 Bit/s in MX 23 & 21

[mike lovin]

Hi MX people,

Does anyone know why my wifi connection speed always shows 0 Bit/s when connected in MX 23 KDE? I noticed that the same thing happened in MX 21 KDE but I didn't use it as a daily OS, I was using MX 19.4 KDE as a daily OS and it worked normal. Btw the signal strength % works.

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[CODE]Snapshot created on: 20230819_0113
System:
  Kernel: 6.1.0-10-amd64 [6.1.38-2] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1.0-10-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.5 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 7 dm: SDDM Distro: Mike-MX-23_x64 Libretto
    August 19 2023 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Portable System: Dell product: Inspiron N5010 v: A15 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Dell model: 0WXY9J v: A15 serial: <superuser required> BIOS: Dell v: A15 date: 07/19/2011
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 80.4 Wh (100.0%) condition: 80.4/73.3 Wh (109.8%) volts: 12.4 min: 11.1
    model: SMP DELL 8NH5515 type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: full
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i5 M 450 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Westmere gen: core 1 level: v2
    built: 2010-11 process: Intel 32nm family: 6 model-id: 0x25 (37) stepping: 5 microcode: 0x7
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 tpc: 2 threads: 4 smt: enabled cache: L1: 128 KiB
    desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 512 KiB desc: 2x256 KiB L3: 3 MiB desc: 1x3 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1197 min/max: 1197/2395 boost: enabled scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq
    governor: ondemand cores: 1: 1197 2: 1197 3: 1197 4: 1197 bogomips: 19199
  Flags: ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
  Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
  Type: mds status: Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode; SMT vulnerable
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP: conditional, RSB
    filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Core Processor Integrated Graphics vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel
    arch: Gen-5.75 process: Intel 45nm built: 2010 ports: active: LVDS-1 empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1,VGA-1
    bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0046 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Microdia Laptop_Integrated_Webcam_1.3M type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-1.6:4
    chip-ID: 0c45:6461 class-ID: 0e02
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.9 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:
    loaded: intel dri: crocus gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 361x203mm (14.21x7.99") s-diag: 414mm (16.31")
  Monitor-1: LVDS-1 mapped: LVDS1 model-id: INL 0x000a built: 2009 res: 1366x768 hz: 60 dpi: 101
    gamma: 1.2 size: 344x194mm (13.54x7.64") diag: 395mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1366x768
  API: OpenGL v: 2.1 Mesa 23.1.2-1~mx23ahs renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics (ILK)
    direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 5 Series/3400 Series High Definition Audio vendor: Dell 5 driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:3b56 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-10-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 0.3.65 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
    2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Broadcom BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Dell Inspiron M5010 / XPS
    8300 driver: wl v: kernel modules: bcma pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 12:00.0
    chip-ID: 14e4:4727 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet vendor: Dell driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie:
    gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: e000 bus-ID: 13:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8136 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Dell Wireless 365 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 2-1.6.3:6
    chip-ID: 413c:8160 class-ID: fe01
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: down bt-service: N/A rfk-block: hardware: no
    software: yes address: <filter>
  Info: acl-mtu: 1021:8 sco-mtu: 64:1 link-policy: rswitch hold sniff park
    link-mode: peripheral accept
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 447.13 GiB used: 192.21 GiB (43.0%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Kingston model: SA400S37480G size: 447.13 GiB block-size:
    physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: K1B3 scheme: MBR
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 50 GiB size: 48.91 GiB (97.83%) used: 8.85 GiB (18.1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
    maj-min: 8:1
  ID-2: /home raw-size: 393.11 GiB size: 385.87 GiB (98.16%) used: 183.36 GiB (47.5%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/dm-1 maj-min: 253:1 mapped: luks-319b8d71-83ab-4cb7-9715-019252ae7d0f
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 3.98 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/dm-0
    maj-min: 253:0 mapped: luks-74316f23-4aac-46f8-98eb-3207d843cec7
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 49.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0
Repos:
  Packages: 2463 pm: dpkg pkgs: 2456 libs: 1347 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala pm: rpm pkgs: 0
    pm: flatpak pkgs: 7
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
    1: deb http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/mxlinux/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
    2: deb http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/mxlinux/mx/repo/ bookworm ahs
Info:
  Processes: 225 Uptime: 3m wakeups: 2 Memory: 7.56 GiB used: 1.2 GiB (15.9%) Init: SysVinit
  v: 3.06 runlevel: 5 default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12 Client: shell wrapper
  v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.26
Boot Mode: BIOS (legacy, CSM, MBR)

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[markol]

I have my own Conky and on Thinkpad T490s the wifi speed shows correctly, but on DELL XPS 9510 just shows 1MB/s
Both running MX23 KDE

[mike lovin]

I have my own Conky and on Thinkpad T490s the wifi speed shows correctly, but on DELL XPS 9510 just shows 1MB/s
Both running MX23 KDE

That's interesting, I noticed I said 0% but I meant 0 Bit/s and it always happens regardless of the network I use on my Dell N5010 and my HP Probook 4710s both running MX23 KDE

[mike lovin]

Still no fix for this issue...

[CharlesV]

Have you tried a different conky?

It looks like your using MX-Conkypatch ?
It is possible that your template is not correct in this conky. There are two templates for wifi and two for ethernet. But in my conky there is only template0 set for either one

Both on my laptop (wireless) and on my VM (wired) it shows perfectly.

[j2mcgreg]

Have you run one of the internet speed tests to determine what the value should be?

[mike lovin]

Have you tried a different conky?

It looks like your using MX-Conkypatch ?
It is possible that your template is not correct in this conky. There are two templates for wifi and two for ethernet. But in my conky there is only template0 set for either one

Both on my laptop (wireless) and on my VM (wired) it shows perfectly.

Sorry for the late reply, been really busy lately.

It's not a conky, it's the wifi in the task bar as the pic shows. Thanks anyway.

[mike lovin]

Have you run one of the internet speed tests to determine what the value should be?

Sorry for the late reply, been really busy lately.

It's not the internet speed per se, it's the wireless connection speed from router to the laptop. Thanks anyway.

[j2mcgreg]

Have you run one of the internet speed tests to determine what the value should be?

Sorry for the late reply, been really busy lately.

It's not the internet speed per se, it's the wireless connection speed from router to the laptop. Thanks anyway.

Is this a case where the WiFi is working but you have no idea of what your throughput is? Or is it hardly working at all?

[mike lovin]

Have you run one of the internet speed tests to determine what the value should be?

Sorry for the late reply, been really busy lately.

It's not the internet speed per se, it's the wireless connection speed from router to the laptop. Thanks anyway.

Is this a case where the WiFi is working but you have no idea of what your throughput is? Or is it hardly working at all?

Yes my internet is working fine, it's the OS that's not showing the connection speed as in the pic I posted, it's always at 0 Bit/s.