Lousy wifi performance

[garyfritz]

I just got a new Spectre x360 running Win10 Pro.  The wifi seems very sluggish.  My wifi router (a new Medialink MLWR-AC1200) is in my office, about 6' away from the laptop.  Running speedtest.net, I typically get speeds from 7Mbps up to occasionally 30-40Mbps.  The speed starts out slow and gradually crawls its way up to the final result.  By comparison, if I run speedtest.net on my phone (Galaxy S8) sitting next to the laptop and connecting to the same server, it connects more quickly, and the speed instantly jumps to 60+Mbps.  (Which is the rated speed of my Internet connection.)  My old iPad 4 is a bit slower (35-45 Mbps) but it's still much faster than the Spectre.

I have applied all Windows-recommended updates.  The wifi adapter was running an older driver -- 20.50.1.1 or something similar -- and I updated it to the HP-recommended 20.60.0.7.  No noticeable difference.  Help?

[Lil_Boy_Blue]

Hi

Can you WinKey + R and type msinfo32

line 9 is the SKU:    as there are several dozen model matches for CH000.

[Lil_Boy_Blue]

Hi

This is not model dependent...

Copy, Paste and Save in Notepad, as LBB.bat and double click to run.
Post anything non-personal, but relevant please.

@ECHO OFF

PowerShell -Command "Get-NetAdapter"
PowerShell -Command "Get-NetAdapter -Name * | Format-Table -View Driver"
PAUSE
PowerShell -Command "GIP -Detailed"
PAUSE
PowerShell -Command "Test-NetConnection"

PAUSE

The underlines part is quite important.

[garyfritz]

Yes, I wouldn't expect it to be model dependent -- I would think all the Spectre x360 15 models use the same wifi hardware.  

msinfo32 SKU is 2FW62AV.

Name                      InterfaceDescription                    ifIndex Status       MacAddress             LinkSpeed
----                      --------------------                    ------- ------       ----------             ---------
Ethernet 2                TAP-Windows Adapter V9                       21 Disconnected 00-FF-E9-36-F9-DD       100 Mbps
Bluetooth Network Conn... Bluetooth Device (Personal Area Netw...      19 Disconnected 48-A4-72-45-B3-60         3 Mbps
VMware Network Adapte...1 VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for ...      18 Up           00-50-56-C0-00-01       100 Mbps
Wi-Fi                     Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless-AC 8265          12 Up           48-A4-72-45-B3-5C        52 Mbps
VMware Network Adapte...8 VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for ...       5 Up           00-50-56-C0-00-08       100 Mbps


Name                      InterfaceDescription                     DriverFileName  DriverDate DriverVersion NdisVersion
----                      --------------------                     --------------  ---------- ------------- -----------
Ethernet 2                TAP-Windows Adapter V9                   tap0901.sys     2016-04-21 9.0.0.21      6.1
Bluetooth Network Conn... Bluetooth Device (Personal Area Network) bthpan.sys      2006-06-21 10.0.17134.1  6.30
VMware Network Adapte...1 VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for V... vmnetadapter... 2017-08-15 14.0.0.0      6.20
Wi-Fi                     Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless-AC 8265      Netwtw06.sys    2018-05-09 20.60.0.7     6.60
VMware Network Adapte...8 VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for V... vmnetadapter... 2017-08-15 14.0.0.0      6.20


ComputerName                          : DESKTOP-S28OMGS
InterfaceAlias                        : VMware Network Adapter VMnet1
InterfaceIndex                        : 18
InterfaceDescription                  : VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VMnet1
NetCompartment.CompartmentId          : 1
NetCompartment.CompartmentDescription : Default Compartment
NetAdapter.LinkLayerAddress           : 00-50-56-C0-00-01
NetAdapter.Status                     : Up
IPv6LinkLocalAddress                  : fe80::81c2:2a94:e76b:2335%18
IPv4Address                           : 192.168.244.1
IPv6DefaultGateway                    :
IPv4DefaultGateway                    :
NetIPv6Interface.NlMTU                : 1500
NetIPv4Interface.NlMTU                : 1500
NetIPv6Interface.DHCP                 : Enabled
NetIPv4Interface.DHCP                 : Enabled
DNSServer                             : fec0:0:0:ffff::1
                                        fec0:0:0:ffff::2
                                        fec0:0:0:ffff::3

ComputerName                          : DESKTOP-S28OMGS
InterfaceAlias                        : VMware Network Adapter VMnet8
InterfaceIndex                        : 5
InterfaceDescription                  : VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VMnet8
NetCompartment.CompartmentId          : 1
NetCompartment.CompartmentDescription : Default Compartment
NetAdapter.LinkLayerAddress           : 00-50-56-C0-00-08
NetAdapter.Status                     : Up
IPv6LinkLocalAddress                  : fe80::d992:e2b5:2acb:2ea7%5
IPv4Address                           : 192.168.157.1
IPv6DefaultGateway                    :
IPv4DefaultGateway                    :
NetIPv6Interface.NlMTU                : 1500
NetIPv4Interface.NlMTU                : 1500
NetIPv6Interface.DHCP                 : Enabled
NetIPv4Interface.DHCP                 : Enabled
DNSServer                             : fec0:0:0:ffff::1
                                        fec0:0:0:ffff::2
                                        fec0:0:0:ffff::3

ComputerName                          : DESKTOP-S28OMGS
InterfaceAlias                        : Wi-Fi
InterfaceIndex                        : 12
InterfaceDescription                  : Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless-AC 8265
NetCompartment.CompartmentId          : 1
NetCompartment.CompartmentDescription : Default Compartment
NetAdapter.LinkLayerAddress           : 48-A4-72-45-B3-5C
NetAdapter.Status                     : Up
NetProfile.Name                       : Fritz
NetProfile.NetworkCategory            : Public
NetProfile.IPv6Connectivity           : NoTraffic
NetProfile.IPv4Connectivity           : Internet
IPv6LinkLocalAddress                  : fe80::8896:3f3:7fd6:1319%12
IPv4Address                           : 10.0.0.134
IPv6DefaultGateway                    :
IPv4DefaultGateway                    : 10.0.0.1
NetIPv6Interface.NlMTU                : 1500
NetIPv4Interface.NlMTU                : 1500
NetIPv6Interface.DHCP                 : Enabled
NetIPv4Interface.DHCP                 : Enabled
DNSServer                             : 9.9.9.9
                                        8.8.8.8

ComputerName                          : DESKTOP-S28OMGS
InterfaceAlias                        : Ethernet 2
InterfaceIndex                        : 21
InterfaceDescription                  : TAP-Windows Adapter V9
NetCompartment.CompartmentId          : 1
NetCompartment.CompartmentDescription : Default Compartment
NetAdapter.LinkLayerAddress           : 00-FF-E9-36-F9-DD
NetAdapter.Status                     : Disconnected

ComputerName                          : DESKTOP-S28OMGS
InterfaceAlias                        : Bluetooth Network Connection
InterfaceIndex                        : 19
InterfaceDescription                  : Bluetooth Device (Personal Area Network)
NetCompartment.CompartmentId          : 1
NetCompartment.CompartmentDescription : Default Compartment
NetAdapter.LinkLayerAddress           : 48-A4-72-45-B3-60
NetAdapter.Status                     : Disconnected


ComputerName           : internetbeacon.msedge.net
RemoteAddress          : 13.107.4.52
InterfaceAlias         : Wi-Fi
SourceAddress          : 10.0.0.134
PingSucceeded          : True
PingReplyDetails (RTT) : 2455 ms

Not sure why it showed such a long ping time.  I pinged 13.107.4.52 and got times in the 20ms range.

[Lil_Boy_Blue]

Hi

PartSurfer (http://partsurfer.hp.com/Search.aspx?searchText=2FW62AV) says you have a

921061-856

ASSY WLAN 11AC 2X2 INT 8265D2W NV SD

fitted in your  HP Spectre x360 - 15t-ch000 CTO

The install says

Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless-AC 8265          12 Up           48-A4-72-45-B3-5C        52 Mbps

So the correct WiFi adapter is there, but the connection speed is pretty low.

This must be the Driver installed?  File name:    sp87786.exe

Mine is  Realtek RTL8723BE 802.11 bgn Wi-Fi A...      23 Up           48-48-48-48-48-27      72.2 Mbps

So are you connecting to a 2.4 Ghz frequency or the faster 5.0 Ghz?

Either way it's wrong.

My ping for WiFi from the UK

RemoteAddress          : 13.107.4.52
SourceAddress          : 192.168.0.11
PingReplyDetails (RTT) : 17 ms

Best Ethernet  Minimum = 12ms, Maximum = 19ms, Average = 15ms

Are your DNS servers the optimum?

Hopefully something helpful later.

[Lil_Boy_Blue]

Hi

So you have differing networks for differing devices.

WiFi is on a 10 network.

Desktop on a 192 network.

Router is a 192 network?

So just to check what you are connecting to...

Copy and Paste into Notepad,
Save as A2Z.bat
Double click to run.


@ECHO THIS MAY HELP TO REPAIR / RECTIFY,
@ECHO VERY, SIMPLE NETWORK DIFFICULTIES.
@ECHO BOTH ETHERNET & WIRELESS PROBLEMS.
@ECHO THE RESULTS WILL VARY ACCORDING TO
@ECHO YOUR CONFIGURATION AND USER LEVEL.
@ECHO A RE-BOOT MUST BE DONE AFTER DOING
@ECHO SOME OF THE CHECKS OPTIONED BELOW.
@ECHO....................................
:MENU
@ECHO TYPE IN YOUR PREFERRED MENU CHOICE
@ECHO....................................
@ECHO.
@ECHO A - PING_LO Ping test to 127.0.0.1
@ECHO B - PING_TO Pinging out to 8.8.8.8
@ECHO C - GET_IFS Display each Interface
@ECHO D - DNSFLSH Flush out DNS Register
@ECHO E - DNS_REG Register new DNS value
@ECHO F - IPvFOUR Reset to remove errors
@ECHO G - IP_RNEW Force/Renew IP address
@ECHO H - IPv_SIX Reset to remove errors
@ECHO I - NB_STAT NETBIOS -Renew -Repair
@ECHO J - DIS_HEU Disable TCP Heuristics
@ECHO K - SH_ETH0 Display ETH0 interface
@ECHO L - DR_WLAN Drivers WLAN interface
@ECHO M - SH_WLAN Display WLAN interface
@ECHO N - NS_LKUP Shows your Name Server
@ECHO O - GET_MAC Obtain MAC address(es)
@ECHO P - GTMAC-A Create address(es)-TXT
@ECHO Q - IP_CONF Display Network Config
@ECHO R - IPCNF-A All Network Config-TXT
@ECHO S - SYS_SUM System Summary Display
@ECHO T - INFO_32 Shows MSINFO32 Screens
@ECHO U - NETSTAT All Network Statistics
@ECHO V - NSTAT-A Show Network Stats-TXT
@ECHO W - WINSOCK Reset to remove errors
@ECHO X - PROFILE Displays SSID listings
@ECHO Y - WIFIKEY Displays as clear text
@ECHO Z - FINISHD Close this Command Box
@ECHO ...................................
@ECHO OFF
COLOR B1
SET /P M= Press A-Z, and then ENTER:

IF /I %M%==A GOTO PING_LO
IF /I %M%==B GOTO PING_TO
IF /I %M%==C GOTO GET_IFS
IF /I %M%==D GOTO DNSFLSH
IF /I %M%==E GOTO DNS_REG
IF /I %M%==F GOTO IPvFOUR
IF /I %M%==G GOTO IP_RNEW
IF /I %M%==H GOTO IPv_SIX
IF /I %M%==I GOTO NB_STAT
IF /I %M%==J GOTO DIS_HEU
IF /I %M%==K GOTO SH_ETH0
IF /I %M%==L GOTO DR_WLAN
IF /I %M%==M GOTO SH_WLAN
IF /I %M%==N GOTO NS_LKUP
IF /I %M%==O GOTO GET_MAC
IF /I %M%==P GOTO GTMAC-A
IF /I %M%==Q GOTO IP_CONF
IF /I %M%==R GOTO IPCNF-A
IF /I %M%==S GOTO SYS_SUM
IF /I %M%==T GOTO INFO_32
IF /I %M%==U GOTO NETSTAT
IF /I %M%==V GOTO NSTAT-A
IF /I %M%==W GOTO WINSOCK
IF /I %M%==X GOTO PROFILE
IF /I %M%==Y GOTO WIFIKEY
IF /I %M%==Z GOTO FINISHD

:PING_LO
ping LOOPBACK
echo.
GOTO MENU

:PING_TO
ping 13.107.4.52
echo.
GOTO MENU

:GET_IFS
netsh interface ip show interface
echo.
GOTO MENU

:DNSFLSH
ipconfig /flushdns
echo.
GOTO MENU

:DNS_REG
ipconfig /registerdns
echo.
GOTO MENU

:IPvFOUR
netsh int ipv4 reset reset.log
echo.
GOTO MENU

:IP_RNEW
ipconfig /release
pause
ipconfig /renew
echo.
GOTO MENU

:IPv_SIX
netsh int ipv6 reset reset.log
echo.
GOTO MENU

:NB_STAT
nbtstat -RR
echo.
GOTO MENU

:DIS_HEU
netsh int tcp set heuristics disabled
echo.
GOTO MENU

:SH_ETH0
netsh lan show interfaces | more /c
echo.
GOTO MENU

:DR_WLAN
netsh wlan show drivers | more /c
echo.
GOTO MENU

:SH_WLAN
netsh wlan show interfaces | more /c
echo.
GOTO MENU

:NS_LKUP
nslookup /ns
echo.
GOTO MENU

:GET_MAC
getmac | more /c
echo.
GOTO MENU

:GTMAC-A
getmac >> c:\GM.txt
Notepad c:\GM.txt
echo.
GOTO MENU

:IP_CONF
ipconfig -all
echo.
GOTO MENU

:IPCNF-A
ipconfig -all >> C:\IP.txt
Notepad C:\IP.txt
echo.
GOTO MENU

:SYS_SUM
systeminfo
echo.
GOTO MENU

:INFO_32
msinfo32
echo.
GOTO MENU

:NETSTAT
netstat -e -r -s | more /c
echo.
GOTO MENU

:NSTAT-A
netstat -e -r -s >> NetStat.txt
Notepad NetStat.txt
echo.
GOTO MENU

:WINSOCK
netsh winsock reset catalog
echo.
GOTO MENU

:PROFILE
netsh wlan show profiles
echo.
@ECHO PLEASE NOTE any NETWORK-SSID name(s)
@ECHO that you want the PASSPHRASE(S) for.
echo.
GOTO MENU

:WIFIKEY
set /p wkey=Please type in the SSID
Please type in the SSID
netsh wlan show profile name=%wkey% key=clear
echo.
GOTO MENU

:FINISHD
EXIT

It is specifically X, Y and Z and it may/should show your WiFi name and passphrase.

So don't post them.

Just to check if it is your 2.4Ghz or 5.0ghz by the name you specified.

[garyfritz]

This must be the Driver installed?  File name:    sp87786.exe

Yes.  That's the current driver from the Spectre download page, version 20.60.0.7.

So are you connecting to a 2.4 Ghz frequency or the faster 5.0 Ghz?

I tried both.  Both were about the same.  

Huh.  I just tried again this morning, and both are getting around 60 Mbps!?  I don't think anything has changed since yesterday.  I've been getting the slow speeds ever since I got the new laptop three weeks ago, and suddenly this morning, pow!  60 Mbps.  Hm.

There are other strong wifi signals in the area, but none within 2 channels  on 2.4Ghz.  There is one signal on the same channel on 5Ghz, but I'm getting 60Mbps this morning on 5GHz in spite of that.  My router is actually set to a different 5GHz channel -- not sure why it's ignoring that setting and parking on the same channel as my neighbor.  It seems to only accept two different 5GHz channels, regardless of how you set it.  But now I only have a fairly weak signal competing on 5GHz.

My ping for WiFi from the UK

Best Ethernet  Minimum = 12ms, Maximum = 19ms, Average = 15ms

 I get just about the same.  I don't know why the Powershell script got such a bad ping time the first time I ran it.  If I run it again, the script sees ping times around 15-20ms.

Are your DNS servers the optimum?

Maybe not the fastest they could be, but DNS isn't going to affect wifi speeds, especially from speedtest.net.  They're not doing a DNS lookup during their download test.

So you have differing networks for differing devices.

WiFi is on a 10 network.

Desktop on a 192 network.

Router is a 192 network?

The 10-net is my local physical router and wifi.  The 192 network is just used for VMware virtual network adapters.  They're not involved in normal network connections.  

A2Z X results:

Profiles on interface Wi-Fi:

Group policy profiles (read only)
---------------------------------
    <None>

User profiles
-------------
    All User Profile     : Fritz
    All User Profile     : Toronto Pearson Wi-Fi
    All User Profile     : CISNET-Mississauga
    All User Profile     : Courtyard_GUEST
    All User Profile     : United_Wi-Fi
    All User Profile     : Fritz_5G

A2Z Y results:

Profile Fritz_5G on interface Wi-Fi:
=======================================================================

Applied: All User Profile

Profile information
-------------------
    Version                : 1
    Type                   : Wireless LAN
    Name                   : Fritz_5G
    Control options        :
        Connection mode    : Connect automatically
        Network broadcast  : Connect only if this network is broadcasting
        AutoSwitch         : Do not switch to other networks
        MAC Randomization  : Disabled

Connectivity settings
---------------------
    Number of SSIDs        : 1
    SSID name              : "Fritz_5G"
    Network type           : Infrastructure
    Radio type             : [ Any Radio Type ]
    Vendor extension          : Not present

Security settings
-----------------
    Authentication         : WPA2-Personal
    Cipher                 : CCMP
    Authentication         : WPA2-Personal
    Cipher                 : GCMP
    Security key           : Present
    Key Content            : <redacted>

Cost settings
-------------
    Cost                   : Unrestricted
    Congested              : No
    Approaching Data Limit : No
    Over Data Limit        : No
    Roaming                : No
    Cost Source            : Default

[Lil_Boy_Blue]

Hi

So the jigsaw puzzle you have created is not that bad a picture to help piece things together.

I am at a loss as to what else there maybe to do.

I would suggest inSSIDer, but I think you already run something similar.

[garyfritz]

Yes, I use inSSIDer on my iPad but they don't seem to support Android any more.  I use a wifi analyzer app that is very similar.

I had a hidden grayed-out entry for a USB adapter I inserted once (now deleted) and a few Microsoft virtual adapters.  Transmit power already set to 5.  No conflicts.

Since it suddenly started working fine, without any changes to the laptop, apparently there is something external that is causing the problem.  Maybe I was getting excessive interference from my neighbors' hotspots -- I had not thought to check that before yesterday.  But even when it started working well, my nearest/loudest neighbor was still right on top of my signal, so... who knows.  I guess we chalk this one up to mystery gremlins and hope they don't come back.

Thanks much for all your help!

Gary

[Lil_Boy_Blue]

Prego

and Happy Holidays.