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I have enabled option

# Line from my config
${color grey}Rate:$color ${wireless_bitrate wlp1s0}

in my config.
But i noticed that it is not updating properly.
Here is screenshot from NetworManager Networ Manager screenshot

Here is conky screenschot
enter image description here

It seems that conky checks download bitrate only an connection and does not update this value.

How can i enable update of this value? Also question: wich option shows ethernet connection Rate(speed)?

UPD

From comment @WinEunuuchs2Unix
Command iwlist shows all time one fixed speed.
Here is example with watch

Every 1,0s: iwlist wlp1s0 bitrate                       Sun Apr  8 18:58:12 2018

wlp1s0    unknown bit-rate information.
      Current Bit Rate=144,4 Mb/s

But NetworkManager show that speed is changing.
Screenshot in front of router: enter image description here

Screenshot in other room: enter image description here

UNIm95
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May we call this an educated speculation rather than an answer?

I strongly feel that this, gathered from iwconfig as well as Network Manager, tells us what the wireless router and the wireless card have negotiated:

Bit Rate=866.7 Mb/s

I think that means, that the router will communicate at, in my case, 866.7 Mb/s with several big caveats:

• Does your ISP provide service at 866.7 Mb/s or greater?

• Does the website you’ve contacted transmit data at 866.7 Mb/s or greater? This is doubtful, except for some speedtest sites.

• Are other devices on the same network busy using the wireless at the same time you need it? Is Dropbox running? Is an iPad backing up in the upstairs bedroom?

• Is there any interference from microwave ovens, cordless phones, near power lines in a wall, or near a breaker box?

• Are we on a non-overlapping channel?

In practice, we will almost never achieve the maximum negotiated speed.

In the case of conky, I feel that the screenshot you posted reflects what is actually happening at the moment the screenshot was taken. Network Manager reflects what is theoretically possible in shielded, laboratory conditions.

chili555
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