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Updated: 11/18/2019
Marvell Semiconductor, Inc. – Net – 15.68.17013.110 WiFi driver breaks 5GHz connection on the Surface Book (1st Gen i5 with dGPU 256 GB)
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The title says it all, I updated the wifi driver to "Marvell Semiconductor, Inc. – Net – 15.68.17013.110", and after that update, I can't connect to a 5GHz wifi connection, I can only connect to 2.4 GHz. when i try to connect to the 5GHz, it says: "Unable to connect to this network". Uninstalling the wifi driver, and restarting the device did help me get the 5GHz connection back to my Surface book, but when i decided to try to install the same driver again, and try to connect to 5GHz again, the same "Unable to connect to this network" appears. Does anyone have this issue?
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Anonymous
2019-08-08T10:59:49+00:00 Not to mention that they deploy these in advanced to customers in the Insiders
Rings before deploying to production and in this case, seemingly ignored the
bugs that were filed in the Feedback Hub clearly showing broken connectivity.
Many people are mentioning commercial grade/mesh AP's like Amplify, Unify,
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Anonymous
2019-08-08T09:07:07+00:00 Hey,
i can confirm this Problem with a Laptop 2 and Ubiquiti AC-Pro (4.0.21.9965) other Access Points like a AVM FritzBox 7590 have no issues. I used the workaround and with the old driver is working fine.
So long
Odi
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Anonymous
2019-08-08T00:29:45+00:00 What really frustrates me is that this component was (I believe) made bespoke for Microsoft by Marvell specifically for the surface device lineup. How is it therefore that Microsoft/Marvell can fail so consistently and completely !?! Every update is the same, something breaks. I could understand if it were some other device, Microsoft is expected to support many legacy devices made by many other OEM's, but it's own devices ?? Apple seems to be able to keep it's users happy with devices that 'just work', sure they are only making drivers and firmware for a limited set of components, but in this case Microsoft is in the same position, it only has to make a stuff 'just work' for a limited product line over which they have total control !
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Anonymous
2019-08-07T23:49:37+00:00 I have a similar problem on my surface GO. Sometimes the wifi takes awhile to connect, when I first bootup the OS. Also the bluetooth mouse sometimes acts not as responsive. Please Microsoft fix your updates.
Thank you