<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title></title></head><body><div>What WiFi card does bob have? </div><div><br></div><div>On Thu, Jan 29, 2026, at 10:36 AM, Bill Thorson wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite" id="qt" style=""><div>NCLUGers,</div><div> <br></div><div> I am trying to see why my laptop network speed seems slow and get
ideas for if/how I can fix it. These are a couple test I ran on the
same network with my desktop and laptop right next to each other and
WIFI'ed to the same router connected to Fort Collins Connexion.</div><div> <br></div><div> I don't buy expensive boxes so this is what I have.</div><div> <br></div><div> Desktop named "klr" - 3+ years</div><div> <a href="https://www.zotac.com/us/product/mini_pcs/zbox-ci338-nano-windows">Zotac
Zbox CI329 Nano</a> (~$300)</div><div> Debian Mate GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)</div><div> <br></div><div> Laptop named "bob" - 1 month</div><div> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/TRHRO-Inch-Traditional-Laptop-Computers/dp/B0FVL485QG">Amazon.com:
TRHRO 14 Inch Traditional Laptop</a> ($230)</div><div> Debian Mate GNU/Linux 13 (trixie)</div><div> <br></div><div> Here's a speed test from <a class="qt-moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.speedtest.com">www.speedtest.com</a></div><blockquote><img src="cid:part1.voAXDAvD.1f1WjBbs@tstorms.com" alt="" width="741" height="645"><br></blockquote><div>And here is a couple simple ping tests:</div><div> Desktop:</div><blockquote><span class="font" style="font-family:monospace;">bill@klr:~$ ping -c 10 google.com<br> PING google.com (142.251.46.142) 56(84) bytes of data.<br> 64 bytes from dfw28s35-in-f14.1e100.net (142.251.46.142):
icmp_seq=1 ttl=117 time=7.23 ms<br> 64 bytes from dfw28s35-in-f14.1e100.net (142.251.46.142):
icmp_seq=2 ttl=117 time=9.36 ms<br> 64 bytes from dfw28s35-in-f14.1e100.net (142.251.46.142):
icmp_seq=3 ttl=117 time=7.26 ms<br> 64 bytes from dfw28s35-in-f14.1e100.net (142.251.46.142):
icmp_seq=4 ttl=117 time=10.2 ms<br> 64 bytes from dfw28s35-in-f14.1e100.net (142.251.46.142):
icmp_seq=5 ttl=117 time=10.8 ms<br> 64 bytes from ncdena-aa-in-f14.1e100.net (142.251.46.142):
icmp_seq=6 ttl=117 time=8.35 ms<br> 64 bytes from ncdena-aa-in-f14.1e100.net (142.251.46.142):
icmp_seq=7 ttl=117 time=9.22 ms<br> 64 bytes from dfw28s35-in-f14.1e100.net (142.251.46.142):
icmp_seq=8 ttl=117 time=6.79 ms<br> 64 bytes from dfw28s35-in-f14.1e100.net (142.251.46.142):
icmp_seq=9 ttl=117 time=8.16 ms<br> 64 bytes from dfw28s35-in-f14.1e100.net (142.251.46.142):
icmp_seq=10 ttl=117 time=9.70 ms<br> <br> --- google.com ping statistics ---<br> 10 packets transmitted, 10 received, 0% packet loss, time 9013ms<br> rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 6.794/8.713/10.820/1.297 ms<br> bill@klr:~$ </span></blockquote><div> Laptop:</div><blockquote><span class="font" style="font-family:monospace;">bill@bob:~$ ping -c 10 google.com<br> PING google.com (142.251.46.142) 56(84) bytes of data.<br> 64 bytes from dfw28s35-in-f14.1e100.net (142.251.46.142):
icmp_seq=1 ttl=117 time=9.16 ms<br> 64 bytes from dfw28s35-in-f14.1e100.net (142.251.46.142):
icmp_seq=2 ttl=117 time=5.83 ms<br> 64 bytes from dfw28s35-in-f14.1e100.net (142.251.46.142):
icmp_seq=3 ttl=117 time=427 ms<br> 64 bytes from dfw28s35-in-f14.1e100.net (142.251.46.142):
icmp_seq=4 ttl=117 time=73.7 ms<br> 64 bytes from dfw28s35-in-f14.1e100.net (142.251.46.142):
icmp_seq=5 ttl=117 time=677 ms<br> 64 bytes from dfw28s35-in-f14.1e100.net (142.251.46.142):
icmp_seq=6 ttl=117 time=221 ms<br> 64 bytes from dfw28s35-in-f14.1e100.net (142.251.46.142):
icmp_seq=7 ttl=117 time=312 ms<br> 64 bytes from dfw28s35-in-f14.1e100.net (142.251.46.142):
icmp_seq=8 ttl=117 time=164 ms<br> 64 bytes from dfw28s35-in-f14.1e100.net (142.251.46.142):
icmp_seq=9 ttl=117 time=360 ms<br> 64 bytes from dfw28s35-in-f14.1e100.net (142.251.46.142):
icmp_seq=10 ttl=117 time=210 ms<br> <br> --- google.com ping statistics ---<br> 10 packets transmitted, 10 received, 0% packet loss, time 9013ms<br> rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 5.832/245.939/676.631/196.908 ms<br> bill@bob:~$ </span></blockquote><div>Any idea on how to speed up my very nice and cheap laptop?</div><div> <br></div><div> Bill</div><div> Only Linux on my desktops/laptops since 1992 starting with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softlanding_Linux_System">SLS</a></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div id="sig151485415"><div class="signature">Daniel Vinci</div><div class="signature">em: <a href="mailto:me@danielvinci.com">me@danielvinci.com</a></div><div class="signature">mx: @xylobol:amber.tel</div></div><div><br></div></body></html>