On ubuntu artful (17.10), both `iwconfig` and `iw dev` report 6Mb/s :
$ iwconfig wlp6s0 wlp6s0 IEEE 802.11 ESSID:"eduroam" Mode:Managed Frequency:5.24 GHz Access Point: CC:46:D6:CB:1E:6E Bit Rate=6 Mb/s Tx-Power=18 dBm Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Power Management:on Link Quality=53/70 Signal level=-57 dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:18 Missed beacon:0
$ iw dev wlp6s0 link Connected to cc:46:d6:cb:1e:6e (on wlp6s0) SSID: eduroam freq: 5240 RX: 245022251 bytes (1712002 packets) TX: 26564 bytes (225 packets) signal: -56 dBm tx bitrate: 6.0 MBit/s
bss flags: short-slot-time dtim period: 1 beacon int: 102
On ubuntu artful (17.10), both `iwconfig` and `iw dev` report 6Mb/s :
$ iwconfig wlp6s0
Mode: Managed Frequency:5.24 GHz Access Point: CC:46:D6:CB:1E:6E
wlp6s0 IEEE 802.11 ESSID:"eduroam"
Bit Rate=6 Mb/s Tx-Power=18 dBm
Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:on
Link Quality=53/70 Signal level=-57 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:18 Missed beacon:0
$ iw dev wlp6s0 link
Connected to cc:46:d6:cb:1e:6e (on wlp6s0)
SSID: eduroam
freq: 5240
RX: 245022251 bytes (1712002 packets)
TX: 26564 bytes (225 packets)
signal: -56 dBm
tx bitrate: 6.0 MBit/s
bss flags: short-slot-time
dtim period: 1
beacon int: 102