My initial thought, have you confirmed the EFI settings are proper? Do you need to replace a coin battery and reset to factory defaults?
On Mon, Sep 23, 2024 at 5:58 AM Richard Owlett <rowl...@access.net> wrote: > On 09/23/2024 07:51 AM, David Fleck wrote: > > So far, my laptop quest has lead me to an HP EliteBook 8560p cast off by > my employer. So, yay, free! > > > > Installed OpenSuse Leap 15.6, everything seems to just work, except: > battery is dead (easily fixed) and the wifi is molasses-in-January slow, as > in 2 orders of magnitude slower than other laptops in the house. > > Try again after battery has come up to full charge. > IIRC I once had an over-protective BIOS which slowed selected items when > battery was charging. > YMMV > > > > > Before I pick up a USB wifi adapter, can anyone give me some ideas > w.r.t. troubleshooting why the onboard adapter is so slow? It's been many > years since I had to mess around with tweaking network interfaces, so I've > forgotten most of what is involved. > > > > Thanks- > > > > -- > > - David Fleck > > >
