On same distance on phone I get normal speeds, but on laptop Asus Zenbook UX32L, internet is simply bad. Pages just load.
CPU is not used, it have 40-50% wifi signal.

Don't know if this laptop have bad wifi, due to it's metal casing.
And ultra thin look, so it's too compact.

After all wifi adapter looks too small. Is this what other laptops have ? This small wifi card ?
I think due to it's small size in general, it have trouble picking up signal properly.

In windows it's little more reliable. But not sure, as I'm not using windows often to browse.

EDIT: like, here, I'm submitting this question, and it takes a while for it to load, like few secs (more than 10-15secs), and lag is too much, really terrible. And it even uploaded, but didn't informed me.



Or maybe it have to do with Chrome browser ?

But even other apps like "software" takes a while to fetch data. It's like, it lacks initial strength to initiate connection. Like it goes in that deeper sleep, and takes a while to get it up again.

currently this site has difficulties, can be slow. Otherwise you need to check the logs if you find anything related.
Also would be nice to know exactly what is installed on that laptop.

If you want to "throw money" at the "problem" you could invest in a High Gain Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter antenna.

Archer/TP Link has multiple models to satisfy this situation; I've had good success with the AC 600 model - not sure if they still sell this particular model or not, but it's effective.

The reason I mention it is that you state that a phone produces "normal speeds", "but on laptop Asus Zenbook UX32L, internet is simply bad. Pages just load. CPU is not used, it have 40-50% wifi signal."

Adding an external antenna will tell you if it's the internal antenna or something else; the external antenna is certainly useful and can be used on any device. This, of course, is not the ONLY model available for this type of application, but something similar has the advantages of being able to rotate the antenna for best reception and also to provide signal gain over a standard antenna; given that this unit is several years old, there may be other more appropriate options available in your specific area.

Your issues may be due either to your machines metal casing however, I think that the poor connectivity metric of your issue is that your network and or your employers network doesn't have acquit access point or enough back end Wide Area Network(WAN) bandwidth to handle the number of devices that are sending and receiving data packets over the lan and the back end hardware and software interfacing with thw WAN providers or ISPS network.

There are many factors that affect wifi but there is nothing wrong with the physical size of the wireless adapter. Typically there is a wire that runs from the adapter to the back of the screen that connects to the antenna so surrounding metal is not an issue.

Post the output of the lspci command so we know the exact wireless adapter installed. It could be an Atheros device and you might not have the correct firmware installed.

As posted LQ was having some issues but that appears to be sorted now.

Funny, that.

My experience with Qualcomm Atheros has been nothing but good. Kernel firmware & devices themselves are 100% good.

I will agree that there are many crappy and poorly supported devices out there. Just found specs, and it seems the budget type of laptop. My specs had no wifi, just 10/100 lan. You can often get secondhand mains network adaptors for cheap money, and they boost speed considerably. Check locally. Also, post the line from '[sudo] lspci' or '[sudo] lsusb' about your wifi.

@masinick: I cannot endorse your recommendation of TP-link. They don't make wifi devices they justy buy crap and ship chips from nasty outfits like Ralink or Realtek. No driver/firmware updates - ever. Linux support is poor in both cases.