Marvell Semiconductor, Inc. – Net – 15.68.17013.110 WiFi driver breaks 5GHz connection on the Surface Book (1st Gen i5 with dGPU 256 GB)

Anonymous
2019-08-04T02:22:56+00:00

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
2019-09-27T21:26:13+00:00

Thank you for reporting the issue. A fix is now available through Windows Update.

For more information, please visit our Surface Update History page.

Eddy.

Updated: 11/18/2019

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-01-27T23:29:46+00:00

    Just want to report that with 15.68.17017.115 9/25/2019 has fixed my problem with Surface Book 2.  I can now connect with 2.4 or 5g now.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-01-28T10:40:52+00:00

    >Just want to report that with 15.68.17017.115 9/25/2019 has fixed my problem with Surface Book 2.  I can now connect with 2.4 or 5g now.

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    This is not listed on the SB2 update history page

    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4055398/surface-book-2-update-history

    When did you receive this update? Are you in an Insiders ring or not?

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-01-28T19:15:59+00:00

    @Barb

    I'm still experiencing this issue. The latest update, including security patches which install despite having updates turned off, broke the Wifi AGAIN!! This is incredibly annoying. I'm still having to switch back and forth with a Macbook.

    Is this how MSFT wants to convince people to use its own Surface Hardware? Because I can tell you i've already told numerous people NOT to buy this machine, as MS provides zero support. Compared to a Mac, the Surface is a complete failure!!

    MS says the .112 update fixed it, and you can see from multiple users here, that clearly it doesn't fix the issue. Why do they keep ignoring this?? Eddy hasn't responded here for months, clearly just avoiding dealing with the issue. They have teams of developers around the world working full-time. How can a critical piece still not be getting attention?

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-01-28T20:11:07+00:00

    I'm trying to get the previous poster to clarify where he got the .115 driver he mentioned. 

    And I agree with everything YOU said.

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