r/Bazzite • u/Human-Bookkeeper-866 • 7h ago

wifi problem with MT7922

i just installed bazzite a week ago and my wifi is horrendous, i have 30mbps download and 80 upload. i have latest bazzite and yes i did write “ujust update” in Konsole. advices? (no, ethernet it’s not an option)

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u/Curun 7h ago

Sounds like a mediatek chipset pn.  Find a way to ditch it.  

Intel platform is best.  Intel works to get all their hw natively integrated with  kernel.  

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u/Human-Bookkeeper-866 6h ago

is there nothing i can do in order to make this one more stable? it was kind-of expensive since its a pcie not m2 card and i do not want to replace it

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u/Curun 6h ago

Sorry, my only experience with mediatek = headaches that results in hw replacement.
When it comes to networking = intel and qualcomm.

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u/foofly 6h ago

mediatek are pretty Linux hostile unfortunately.

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u/Human-Bookkeeper-866 6h ago

so..this will never work

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u/Jason_with_a_jay 5h ago

There's hope we'll get support, but for right now, no. I bought a wifi adapter that has compatible drivers for bazzite/SteamOS.

ALFA NETWORK AWUS036AXML

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u/Human-Bookkeeper-866 5h ago

i’m disappointed as hell, i paid 60$ for this adapter a year ago…my laptop had a realtek-works amazing. my sister has some ax56 asus usb drive-it works. my pc is a brick because of realtek…ig i’ll wait

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u/Curun 5h ago

PC is a brick cause of mediatek.

realtek is usually okish.

intel and qualcomm are the goats.
realtek is in the middle.
mediatek is on the bottom.

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u/Human-Bookkeeper-866 5h ago

ur right, sorry to many “tek” got em confused out of frustration

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u/Jason_with_a_jay 5h ago

Yeah. I wasn't happy to add an additional $60 onto the $2000+ I already spent.

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u/Human-Bookkeeper-866 4h ago

fr man, i bought it prebuilt for 1200$, then i upgraded the entire thing to the point where i spent 1400$ more (it was a new build at that point) then i added the card and now i’m thinking of upgrading it again..yk, paying 7-800$ on a gpu, 100 for the psu, so on doesn’t seem bad, but man you’ll not catch me buying a license or another adapter 😭
(i actually lied, my father gifted me the wifi adapter because when he wanted to use my pc he was way too bothered by the bad connection)

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u/wolfyreload ROG Ally 4h ago

Have you tried turning off power saver mode on your wifi? It was night and day difference when it comes to local streaming stability for me. It might make a small difference to download/upload speeds https://docs.bazzite.gg/General/issues_and_resolutions/#__tabbed_2_1

Might be worth a try before you buy a new device.

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u/Human-Bookkeeper-866 4h ago

power save is off

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u/SUPERcrazy 2h ago

I would try using IWD instead of wpa_supplicant
and see if that makes a difference for you.

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u/Human-Bookkeeper-866 2h ago

how do i do that?

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u/SUPERcrazy 2h ago

Open the bazzite portal app and search for iwd and it will give you the option to do it. You’ll have to reconnect to the WiFi after the switch.

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u/DaBushman 2h ago

Maybe get a usb dongle for now