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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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
    2019-08-05T17:54:17+00:00

    the wifi channel is setted as automatic for me, which means that by default it is set at channel 149

    and the brand and model router is the Hitron CGNM-2250 Advanced WiFi Modem

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  2. Anonymous
    2019-08-05T19:41:55+00:00

    I have the same problem with my Surface Pro 6.  Upgraded to driver 15.68.17013.110 and I couldn't get connected to my wifi either.  I tried forcing 2.4 and 5 Ghz neither worked.  I am using UniFi AC pro access points.  Rolling back to an older version got me back online.

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  3. Anonymous
    2019-08-06T11:41:00+00:00

    I am seeing the same issue with a total WiFi failure on all bands and channels.

    In our case the problem seems to limited to WatchGuard AP325 8.6.0-646.

    They work with WatchGuard AP120 8.6.0-646 and other APs.

    Rolling back the driver restores normal operation.

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