Mar 23, 2025
Slow wifi
How to improve your wifi if you have a Realtek 8821CE on Archlinux
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2025-03-23 14:21 +0100
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|55 Mbps
|3.21 Mbps
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My wifi was very slow and i was thinking about changing my network adapter.
But first i've looked to the characteristics of my current network card :
[source,bash]
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# lspci
01:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8821CE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
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After some research it can go up to 433Mbps, maybe the problem is somewhere else.
I've found that the manufacturer has made some drivers for linux.
[source,bash]
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paru -Ss rtl8821ce
aur/rtl8821ce-dkms-git 1.0.5.r36.gca4abd8-1 [+36 ~0.00] [Installés : 1.0.5.r176.g1bbfc35-1]
rtl8821CE driver with firmware
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Here are the steps to install them :
* Install the driver from the AUR repository (i use paru but you can use yay or any other method)
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paru -S rtl8821ce-dkms-git
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* Blacklist the kernel driver
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#/etc/modprobre.d/blacklist.conf
#blacklist the wifi builtin kernel driver
blacklist rtw88_8821ce
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* Reboot
* Results :
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|108 Mbps
|26.79 Mbps
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And near the router :
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|214.09 Mbps
|275.08 Mbps
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