I get the same problem, except rate sits at 36Mb/s as I walk around the house and real rate varies between 1 - 54Mb/s.
OS: 64bit Distro: Lubuntu 15.10 Desktop: LXDE uname -a: 4.2.0-19-generic #23-Ubuntu SMP Wed Nov 11 11:39:30 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to wireless-tools in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1492180 Title: iwconfig reports wrong bitrate (6 Mb/s) Status in wireless-tools package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Upgraded to Wily. iwconfig now says the Bitrate is 6 Mb/s when 'iw dev wlan0 link' seems to report the correct bitrate. Firmware iwlwifi-7260-13.ucode ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10 Package: wireless-tools 30~pre9-8ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.1.0-3.3-generic 4.1.3 Uname: Linux 4.1.0-3-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl ApportVersion: 2.18-0ubuntu9 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Fri Sep 4 12:43:52 2015 Dependencies: gcc-5-base 5.2.1-15ubuntu5 libc6 2.21-0ubuntu4 libgcc1 1:5.2.1-15ubuntu5 libiw30 30~pre9-8ubuntu1 multiarch-support 2.21-0ubuntu4 InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-11-11 (1393 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012) SourcePackage: wireless-tools UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to wily on 2015-09-04 (0 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wireless-tools/+bug/1492180/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
