I did a speed test for my ubuntu 16.04and the wifi connection is capable of speeds up to 55 mbps but usually, it stays less than 1 mbps. My phone which is on the same wifi has speeds of about 50 mbps. I've tried disabling ipv6, it made no difference so I enabled it. I tried to force disable the 802.11n protocol with
Code:
sudo rmmod iwlwif
but I get this
Code:
error: rmmod: ERROR: Module iwlwif is not currently loaded

So i am guessing 802.11n is disabled already? my wireless card is
Code:
sudo lshw -c network
  *-network               
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
       logical name: enp2s0
       version: 10
       serial: d0:17:c2:1c:83:10
       size: 10Mbit/s
       capacity: 1Gbit/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=half firmware=rtl8168g-3_0.0.1 04/23/13 latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=MII speed=10Mbit/s
       resources: irq:16 ioport:d000(size=256) memory:dfb04000-dfb04fff memory:dfb00000-dfb03fff
  *-network
       description: Wireless interface
       product: RTL8821AE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
       logical name: wlp3s0
       version: 00
       serial: b0:c0:90:68:76:0b
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rtl8821ae driverversion=4.13.0-37-generic firmware=N/A ip=192.168.50.100 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11
       resources: irq:17 ioport:c000(size=256) memory:dfa00000-dfa03fff


Keep in mind that at home, my internet wifi works fine after hours of finding the right drivers for my realtek wireless card. But at work it is barely working. I got the drivers from this page

Realtek Wifi Card RTL8723be Not Working Properly

but instead of pulling from rtlwifi_new I pulled from rtlwifi_new-master. It gave me errors when I pulled from rtlwifi_new

Code:
cd Desktop
cd rtlwifi_new-master
make
sudo make install
sudo modprobe -rv rtl8821ae
sudo modprobe -v rtl8821ae ant_sel=2
sudo ip link set wlp3s0 up
sudo iw dev wlp3s0 scan
echo "options rtl8821ae ant_sel=2" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/50-rtl8821ae.conf


after some more research i realize the rtl8821ae driver does not ant_sel as a parameter so i deleted the file with "options ant_sel=2"

Then i attempted to pull extended instead of the master branch to get the latest drivers.

Code:
cd rtlwifi_new-master
sudo make uninstall
sudo modprobe -r rtl8821ae
cd ..
sudo rm -rf rtlwifi_new-master
git clone -b extended https://github.com/lwfinger/rtlwifi_new
cd rtlwifi_new
make
sudo make install
sudo modprobe rtl8821ae


Still no luck. I was told to not rule out the possibility that this has more to do with the workplace router than my drivers, since this laptop works fine at home.
But if that is the case, why does my phone work perfectly on my work connection?