Netgear AC1750 Smart Wifi router Model R6400
Surface Pro 3 Slow WiFi - 72Mbps Max (driver)
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I have an Apple Airport Extreme 802.11ac wireless router at home and am only connecting at a max of speed of 72Mbps (usually closer to 11Mbps if I'm more than 20 feet away from the WAP). I have two other 802.11ac laptops at home (Samsung AB9+ and rMBP) and my two other computers are connecting up at 800Mbps+ and pulling down the same on Internet speed tests; yes, I have real GigE connectivity. Is anyone else having these problems?
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Anonymous
2015-12-09T18:24:23+00:00 -
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2015-12-09T18:23:07+00:00 Running Windows 10 Enterprise 64 bit with all applied patches and updates as of 12/9/15.
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Barb Bowman 80,805 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator2015-12-09T14:44:26+00:00 which exact Netgear model number? Where did you purchase your SP3? Sounds like it still has Windows 8.1 and not 10. Please confirm OS version.
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Anonymous
2015-12-09T14:34:36+00:00 Came across this thread doing a Bing search for similar symptoms. I have a new SP3 with wifi driver version 15.68.3091.193 dated 6/4/2015. I have a Netgear AC router which gives me 120mps speeds on all my other ac-enabled wifi laptops/PCs in the house, including xbox one. The SP3 is getting 11mps even when I put it right next to the router. Yes, I am connected to the AC frequency, not 2.6mhz. So something is clearly not working right.. Any other ideas? Is there some other configuration setting?
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Anonymous
2015-10-03T16:14:57+00:00 AC much faster for me, however the latest firmware (Sep 2015) appears to have given me problems with connectivity; I still am not sure if it's a coincidence (i.e. my providers network having problems) or not.