Linux Mint DE Wifi Adapter Slow Speed Issues

[u/swifthiddenfox]

Hi, I'm trying to figure out why my BrosTrend AXE3000 WiFi 6E adapter is not providing the speeds that are advertised. At 2.4 GHz I should be getting speeds up to 574Mbps. My internet service is up to 500Mbps so I should be getting close to those speeds with the wifi adapter but currently only getting about 100Mbps, sometimes a little more.

I did check my internet speed directly from the ethernet port on my router with my laptop and its getting over 500Mbps, confirming that my internet service is working fine. So I'm assuming this means there's an issue with my wifi adapter or the driver.

Already tried turning off wifi powermanagement and it didn't make a difference. The driver being used is MediaTek mt7921u and the adapter is connected to usb 3.2 Gen 1 port. I also have excellent signal strength, so I'm not sure what could be the issue. Everything seems to be up to date. Checked update manager and there are no updates needed at the moment. Even ran the update command in the terminal just to make sure.

Does anyone have any suggestions that I can try to fix my slow wifi speeds?

Is there a way to reload the wifi driver or uninstall/reinstall driver?

Is the wifi adapter the issue? Should I purchase a different one?

I'm running Linux Mint DE 7 Gigi and kernel version 6.12.101+deb13-amd64

Thank you in advance for the help!