Surface Pro 3 Slow WiFi - 72Mbps Max (driver)

On Thu, 7 Aug 2014 04:01:32 +0000, panicsteve wrote:

|Apple Airport AC base station: simply adding a specific SSID to the 5 GHz

network and connecting to that SSID specifically by name instantly bumped my

link speed from about 60Mbps to 600-700Mbps, in line with my other AC devices.

Can I ask you which model/generation Apple Airport Extreme ?

EVERYONE ELSE:

Those of you with issues of slow 72Mbps--

1. brand and model of router
2. are the SSID's for 2.4GHz and 5 GHz the same?
3. If yes to above, does specifying a unique name for 5GHz and connecting to

that improve your experience?

Quickly looking through these many posts, I'm wondering if there is a pattern of

broadcom chip (or maybe others) wifi routers that have this "smart select/smart

connect" technology out of the box.

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Barb

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I always thought that the SSID for both bands had to be different. That's in the way I always had it. In my case, 5G is not reliable. But I think it's a router issue.

On Thu, 7 Aug 2014 04:01:32 +0000, panicsteve wrote:

|Apple Airport AC base station: simply adding a specific SSID to the 5 GHz

network and connecting to that SSID specifically by name instantly bumped my

link speed from about 60Mbps to 600-700Mbps, in line with my other AC devices.

Can I ask you which model/generation Apple Airport Extreme ?

EVERYONE ELSE:

Those of you with issues of slow 72Mbps--

1. brand and model of router
2. are the SSID's for 2.4GHz and 5 GHz the same?
3. If yes to above, does specifying a unique name for 5GHz and connecting to

that improve your experience?

Quickly looking through these many posts, I'm wondering if there is a pattern of

broadcom chip (or maybe others) wifi routers that have this "smart select/smart

connect" technology out of the box.

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

Barb

Windows Entertainment and Connected Home MVP

My Blog - http://digitalmediaphile.com/

Barb's Connected World Blog Reader Windows 8 App -

http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/barbs-connected-world-blog/02f35769-52bf-461c-b1d5-06e54a58d298

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On Wed, 6 Aug 2014 18:01:07 +0000, CtitanicMVP [MVP] wrote:

|Never mind, restarting the modem fixed.

You may want to use Stateful v6 so that your devices always get the same v6

IP. As opposed to Stateless.

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Barb

Windows Entertainment and Connected Home MVP

My Blog - http://digitalmediaphile.com/

Barb's Connected World Blog Reader Windows 8 App -

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Thanks Barb!

On Wed, 6 Aug 2014 18:01:07 +0000, CtitanicMVP [MVP] wrote:

|Never mind, restarting the modem fixed.

You may want to use Stateful v6 so that your devices always get the same v6

IP. As opposed to Stateless.

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

Barb

Windows Entertainment and Connected Home MVP

My Blog - http://digitalmediaphile.com/

Barb's Connected World Blog Reader Windows 8 App -

http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/barbs-connected-world-blog/02f35769-52bf-461c-b1d5-06e54a58d298

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Reporting back in with SUCCESS using Keith Boring's suggestion.

Apple Airport AC base station: simply adding a specific SSID to the 5 GHz network and connecting to that SSID specifically by name instantly bumped my link speed from about 60Mbps to 600-700Mbps, in line with my other AC devices.

I didn't make any other changes to the SP3 or router, other than giving the 5 GHz network its own name, and connecting to it specifically.

I have not experienced any lost or limited connection problems since making this change. It basically just seems to be working the way I expected it to in the first place.

So, it seems like for whatever reason, when presented with a dual-band AC network, the driver prefers the 2.4 GHz band and gets lousy speed due to the crowding on that band..? Maybe?