Mediatek wifi adapter & Mint

[froman]

Same computer, Win11 & Fedora get me 1000+ mbps, Mint is BELOW 5mbps!!!
Based on internet, get use to it, NOPE, just get rid of anything Debian like all Ubuntu derivatives!
Fedora and CachyOS work great, so just SW!!!
Get rid of the garbage!!! Don't spend $$$ on new hardware. Problem solved for FREE!!!

 

[piorunz]

What is your question again? All I've seen in your post is random ramblings with plenty of exclamation marks.

 

[froman]

1000+ vs 5< what don't you get

 

[piorunz]

1000+ vs 5< what don't you get

Honestly, I don't care what your problem is. You failed to fix your WiFi speed problem in Mint, and decided to vent here. Unless you decide to write it again like a civilized man, I don't think anyone want to hear your ramblings.

 

[f33dm3bits]

Based on internet, get use to it, NOPE, just get rid of anything Debian like all Ubuntu derivatives!

Get rid of the garbage!!! Don't spend $$$ on new hardware. Problem solved for FREE!!!

If you have bleeding edge hardware distributions with newer kernels are usually the better choice, Debian most of the time for older hardware and Ubuntu and Mint somewhere in the middle and it depends on what you want. It doesn't make one distribution better than another.

Also more of a mediatek thing as that hardware I've seen caused a lot of trouble on Linux for some people even on CachyOS and Fedora

F

Thread 'Cant use my wifi adapter in cachyos'

Oct 18, 2025

So i recently installed cachy os. I had a mt7601u wifi adapter but it didnt work .. i researched a bit and learnt that this one is a bad adapter for linux so i bought a new adapter With The rtl8812bu which is the Archer T4u V3 wifi adapter. but the problem is it still doesnt work on linux. i downloaded the driver https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/rtl88x2bu-dkms-git from this link. It Ip link it says the wifi is down when i turn it up with command the LED only lights up for a second. and when i use the iw dev wlan0 | grep ssid it shows the routers around my area but the LED turns off...

• Feedback011
• Replies: 13
• Forum: Linux Networking

Thread 'Need help with network issues. Whenever software update on Fedora, internet goes out for ALL devices for about 3 minutes.'

Jun 2, 2024

When I click on the download button in the software center's "Updates" tab, it first loads to about 25% and then stops, and after that my internet goes out (this also happens when I run "sudo dnf upgrade"). All of my device's internet go out at the same time, even my television. It comes back about 3 minutes later. I'm a real beginner when it comes to actual issues so I would like to find a fix. Thanks!

Motherboard: TUF GAMING B550-PLUS WIFI II
CPU: Ryzen 5 5600x
GPU: RTX 2060
Internet Adapter: Not sure but I think it was: MediaTek MT7921~, it came with the motherboard.
Router is the...

• thomwalks
• Replies: 8
• Forum: Fedora

H

Thread 'Asus Vivobook 15 x1502va - WIFI doesn't work. Fedora 38'

Oct 31, 2023

Hi my favorite community!
I was not sure in which forum to create a topic, hardware or laptops, because the laptop works, but WIFI does not work.

So I have:
Laptop: Asus Vivobook 15 model: x1502va (bq079)
OS: Fedora 38

Network controller: MEDIATEK Corp. Device 7902
DeviceName: WLAN
Subsystem: AzureWave Device 5520
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 255
Memory at 6000000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=1M]
Memory at 84000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32K]
Capabilities: <access denied>

rfkill list
0: asus-wlan: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1...

• hasu
• wifi adapter not detected wifi help wifi problem
• Replies: 16
• Forum: Linux Networking

It's okay to rant but not to spread non-sense.

 

[froman]

Honestly, I don't care what your problem is. You failed to fix your WiFi speed problem in Mint, and decided to vent here. Unless you decide to write it again like a civilized man, I don't think anyone want to hear your ramblings.

1000+ vs 5< what don't you get


this after 10+ hrs typing in various config files, and everytime I rebooted all changes would revert back, like power state from default 3 to 2 to disable

1000+ vs 5< what don't you get


google says it's a know problem, so either sw distro or spend $$$


1000+ vs 5< what don't you get

 

[f33dm3bits]

google says it's a know problem, so either sw distro or spend $$$

A problem that even happens on distributions like CachyOS and Fedora if you took the time to look at the posts I linked to that we've had here.

 

[froman]

both fedora and cachy connect at 1000+Mbpc, only mint and after hours this is what I get

Since we have exhausted every software override, driver option file, and terminal configuration possible, we have reached the definitive structural reality: The generic mt7921e driver built into your Linux kernel cannot natively handle the advanced 802.11ax package framing of your router. Every time it authenticates, the wireless module experiences a silent microcode panic and retreats into a 20-year-old legacy safe-mode (54 Mb/s) to prevent your computer from freezing. [1, 2]

 

[froman]

why do you all hate when people complain about linux distros having hardware incompatibilities, there is a reason a billion people won't sw. and not just hardware!!!
I started using linux back in the early '90's with redhat, back when I also used tandy coco and ibm os2, 286 intel w/dos. been a Ubuntu guy fr day one, 20+ years and it just looks prettier, can't keep blaming everything except linux!!! as smart as this community is and still can't solve the basic issue, proprietary hardware and software are owned by big corps and WE want free uncontrolled ****!! go figure.

 

[wizardfromoz]

Do let us know if you find a solution to your problem, we could add the information to our Wiki.

Wizard