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    Intel 7260 AC wireless help

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by ourfinal, Sep 24, 2013.

  1. ourfinal

    ourfinal Notebook Geek

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    I have a weird problem and I'm not sure how to go about fixing it. After long periods of inactivity my wireless card slowly decreases speed. Everything works great at 300tx/300rx for the most part, but I will wake up in the morning and it will have dropped to 11/11 until I enable/disable the card and then it reconnects at the full speed. It's the same during the day when I come home from work. I'm using Windows 8 on a Sager NP9150 with driver 16.1.5.2. Does anyone have an idea about which settings would cause it to behave this way?
     
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    downloads No, Dee Dee, no! Super Moderator

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    Make sure that wireless set to "802.11n" only on the router.
     
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    ourfinal Notebook Geek

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    It is set to 802.11n on the router. I turned off power management. I will turn on Intel's logging and post the overnight stream information.
     
    ourfinal, Sep 25, 2013
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  4. Scott_RC-TEK

    Scott_RC-TEK Notebook Deity

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    I have seen this with the same card on a Windows 7 system. I think it is a driver issue. Did you ever resolve it on your side?

    Scott-
     
    Scott_RC-TEK, Dec 29, 2013
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    cbautis2 Notebook Consultant

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    That happens to me as well if and only if the adapter is connected to 2.4 GHz. The only temporary fix is to buy a reliable WiFi AC router and only connect your laptop to WiFi AC.

    It's a driver issue and the driver only excels in 5 GHz band regardless of Windows versions.
     
    cbautis2, Dec 29, 2013
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