For those who are having WLAN Issues - (Possible Fix - Tested for the last 48 hours)
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OP
Have you tried booting into UEFI and exit (Hard Reset)? Also what Router are you using?
CaptMurphy
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I've never had issues with non apple devices before. I did notice that I did not have 5ghz turned on so I did that changed the sp3 to connect over 5ghz and it went from ~2MB/s to ~9MB/s. At least that's usable.
I've done this sequence twice including entering UEFI and exiting and consistently get 6Mbps on 5GHz on the new driver whereas I get up to 234Mbps on the old driver. I'm starting to think it has something to do with router config, too -- and not necessarily something that might be changed by the average user. I'm running a stock ASUS RT-AC56U on firmware on 3.0.0.4.374_5656 which is not only the latest but also the latest production firmware.
CaptMurphy
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I forgot to add that I also hooked up a Belkin N router and tested it. It was the same speed as the airport at 2.4 ghz (the belkin doesn't do 5ghz).
Just tried that now. I'm using a Netgear WNDR4000.
OP
That is an older Router (at least in terms of technology), when was the last Firmware Update?
Maybe a month or two ago. I'll check to see if there are any updates. But the Surface would be the only device I own that has issues on it...
ctitanic
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Interesting. I Just did that and the WLAN adapter is behaving differently, it does not go down when I disconnect from power like before.
OP
What I mean is it came to market in early 2012....
My wifi off battery is now WORKING! i am getting a idle of 117mb on 802.11ac connection off battery. I am using a Netgear R6250 Router.
This is what i did.
I uninstalled the marvell network adapter and rebooted.
Windows reinstalled Marvell on its own with the past driver in May.
I then downgrade to the drive in 4/24/14 rebooted
now my current marvell driver is 5/15/14.
This made my surface a huge difference. So happy now.
This is what i did.
I uninstalled the marvell network adapter and rebooted.
Windows reinstalled Marvell on its own with the past driver in May.
I then downgrade to the drive in 4/24/14 rebooted
now my current marvell driver is 5/15/14.
This made my surface a huge difference. So happy now.
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Why would that be an issue though. Backwards compatibility....
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