Network takes longer to find on EOS than Mint

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OK, so I am dual booting EOS and Mint. Loving EOS. Compliments. One slight issue I have noticed is that consistently EOS takes longer to find the network (wifi) and connect to it than Mint. Am using XFCE in both distros. this is a minor, but repeated irritation since I often shut lid (suspend) and re-open, and each time EOS is a few seconds slower to reconnect to wifi.

If any solution, pl. post.

PS: Sorry I am new to this forum, so still understanding the way it works. Someone liked this post. does that mean they face similar problem as me with wifi? If so, pl. tell. Also, I am on Lenovo laptop x201 tablet (that should not matter I think). Thank you all people, and today is day to pray for France.

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I have the same installation scheme, plus even Windows 10 on the drive. I don’t notice a speed difference between network management for EOS and Linux Mint.

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What is the network chip?

Edit: Can you post the ouput of:

lspci -k

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Interesting Sir. I too actually had windows on it till last week.

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Yes, of course. Here it is.

[deolalik@dharmanagari ~]$ lspci -k
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor DRAM Controller (rev 02)
	Subsystem: Lenovo Device 2193
	Kernel modules: intel_agp
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
	Subsystem: Lenovo Device 215a
	Kernel driver in use: i915
	Kernel modules: i915
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller (rev 06)
	Subsystem: Lenovo Device 215f
	Kernel driver in use: mei_me
	Kernel modules: mei_me
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82577LM Gigabit Network Connection (rev 06)
	Subsystem: Lenovo Device 2153
	Kernel driver in use: e1000e
	Kernel modules: e1000e
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 06)
	Subsystem: Lenovo Device 2163
	Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci
	Kernel modules: ehci_pci
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio (rev 06)
	Subsystem: Lenovo Device 215e
	Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
	Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 06)
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev 06)
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 5 (rev 06)
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 06)
	Subsystem: Lenovo Device 2163
	Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci
	Kernel modules: ehci_pci
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev a6)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation QM57 Chipset LPC Interface Controller (rev 06)
	Subsystem: Lenovo Device 2166
	Kernel driver in use: lpc_ich
	Kernel modules: lpc_ich
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 6 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 06)
	Subsystem: Lenovo Device 2168
	Kernel driver in use: ahci
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset SMBus Controller (rev 06)
	Subsystem: Lenovo Device 2167
	Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus
	Kernel modules: i2c_i801
00:1f.6 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Thermal Subsystem (rev 06)
	Subsystem: Lenovo Device 2190
	Kernel driver in use: intel ips
	Kernel modules: intel_ips
02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6200 (rev 35)
	Subsystem: Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6200 2x2 AGN
	Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi
	Kernel modules: iwlwifi, wl
ff:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-core Registers (rev 02)
	Subsystem: Lenovo Device 2196
ff:00.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder (rev 02)
	Subsystem: Lenovo Device 2196
ff:02.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link 0 (rev 02)
	Subsystem: Lenovo Device 2196
ff:02.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 1st Generation Core i3/5/7 Processor QPI Physical 0 (rev 02)
	Subsystem: Lenovo Device 2196
ff:02.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 1st Generation Core i3/5/7 Processor Reserved (rev 02)
	Subsystem: Lenovo Device 2196
ff:02.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 1st Generation Core i3/5/7 Processor Reserved (rev 02)
	Subsystem: Lenovo Device 2196

EOS is totally cool man. Honestly, it takes a LOT to get me to use a distro (have been a distro hopper for over 10 years) but now I am not moving out of EOS. the last arch based distro I tried (instant os) I left in like 2 hours.

You got something right going with EOS folks, pl. continue this great work.

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Looks like it’s using e1000E so it should be good. I will look at some things and let you know if I find some info. It might be something other than the network.

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Thank you Mr. Rick. Appreciate it. Its not a big issue, so please only if you have time.

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E1000e should be the LAN driver, the wifi driver should be iwlwifi.

As the iwlwifi driver is in the kernel perhaps it is a difference between the kernel used in Mint and the one you are using on EOS. The other possibility is the Intel firmware used on Mint might be different than what you are currently using.

If it’s only a matter of a couple seconds difference between Mint and EOS, perhaps open the lid a little slower on Mint, and a little faster on EOS and then things will even out. :wink:

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Thanks, @tbg
I’m at work here & got tied up and didn’t finish. I overlooked the wifi. So it’s also Intel wifi I see. I lke your explanation. :laughing:

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Ha ha, nice one man. Liked it! Humor is always appreciated, one of the greatest things in world that is free also.

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