Bug 28650

Summary:	The network range of the RTL8821ce driver is less strong than in the other RTL8821ce drivers
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	Omer I.S. <omeritzicschwartz>
Component:	RPM Packages	Assignee:	Kernel and Drivers maintainers <kernel>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
Severity:	minor
Priority:	Normal	CC:	egc, ouaurelien
Version:	Cauldron
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Source RPM:	kernel-5.10.30-1.mga8.src.rpm	CVE:
Status comment:
Attachments:	The speedtest results with the current driver

Description Omer I.S. 2021-03-26 16:16:03 CET

Description of problem:
The network range of the RTL8821ce driver is less strong than in the other RTL8821ce drivers.

How reproducible:
(For this you need the RTL8821ce card) Try to compare between the network strength and range.

Using the latest version this RTL8821ce driver may improve the networking with RTL8821ce:
https://github.com/tomaspinho/rtl8821ce

Comment 1 Aurelien Oudelet 2021-04-03 21:57:42 CEST

Hi, thanks reporting this.

Can you tell me which driver is slower than the other?

Status: NEW => NEEDINFO
CC: (none) => ouaurelien

Comment 2 Omer I.S. 2021-04-03 22:14:56 CEST

Created attachment 12563 [details]
The speedtest results with the current driver

CC: (none) => omeritzicschwartz

Comment 3 Omer I.S. 2021-04-05 08:50:20 CEST

(In reply to Aurelien Oudelet from comment #1)
> Hi, thanks reporting this.
> 
> Can you tell me which driver is slower than the other?

Hello, I am sorry for the long time to reply. The other internet connection with the other driver is more stable, and its range is wider. There are speed difference between the drivers is minor.

Comment 4 Aurelien Oudelet 2021-04-06 16:26:57 CEST

@Omer,

I don't understand: WHICH RTL8821ce driver is slower than an other?
in-tree Kernel one? 3rd party Kernel? DKMS? please help me.

Comment 5 Omer I.S. 2021-04-07 17:00:04 CEST

(In reply to Aurelien Oudelet from comment #4)
> @Omer,
> 
> I don't understand: WHICH RTL8821ce driver is slower than an other?
> in-tree Kernel one? 3rd party Kernel? DKMS? please help me.

The default Mageia pre-installed driver is the slower, and the DKMS driver is faster.

Comment 6 egc 2021-04-12 16:53:18 CEST

The same here, i also noticed a less strong and unstable signal since 2-3 kernel updates (don't know exactly when it started).
kernel-desktop-5.10.27-1.mga7-1-1.mga7

CC: (none) => egc

Comment 7 Aurelien Oudelet 2021-04-20 09:48:20 CEST

Assigning.

(In reply to Omer I.S. from comment #5)
> (In reply to Aurelien Oudelet from comment #4)
> > @Omer,
> > 
> > I don't understand: WHICH RTL8821ce driver is slower than an other?
> > in-tree Kernel one? 3rd party Kernel? DKMS? please help me.
> 
> The default Mageia pre-installed driver is the slower, and the DKMS driver
> is faster.

Source RPM: (none) => kernel-5.10.30-1.mga8.src.rpm
Assignee: bugsquad => kernel
Status: NEEDINFO => NEW

Omer I.S. 2021-11-19 13:40:14 CET

CC: omeritzicschwartz => (none)

Comment 8 Omer I.S. 2022-08-13 21:26:16 CEST

Closing as wontfix

Resolution: (none) => WONTFIX
Status: NEW => RESOLVED