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

Anonymous
2014-06-21T05:48:07+00:00

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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  1. Anonymous
    2014-07-10T01:40:35+00:00

    I got a firmware update today after all the other windows updates from yesterday and it seemed promising but still after a few hours of use the WiFi degraded to the point I had to reboot several times. 

    One thing I have noticed is that it gets worse as the battery drains more.  if the battery is at less than 20% the PC has a lot of problems maintaining the WiFi connection.  if the battery is over 70% the WiFi connection is stable for a while longer.

    So as of right now they have NOT solved it. We can wait again until the 16th to see if they solve it then.

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-07-09T02:54:00+00:00

    still no firmware update yet.

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-07-09T01:49:38+00:00

    If you refer to my previous post, you'll see I previously had an internet upload speed problem with the 5G WiFi interface.

    I can report that after the 7/8 update, my 5G upload speed now matches the 2.4Ghz upload speed, as originally expected.

    I am initially pleased, but will report any more test results.

    -e

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-07-08T21:34:51+00:00

    Just got it. It should be available now. Total of 15 updates as of today at noon and I already had all of the updates available as of yesterday. That is a very very good thing. Let's hope they are all for the better.

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  5. Anonymous
    2014-07-08T20:13:22+00:00

    Anybody get the firmware updates yet, still checking for them....

    I got the usual Windows 8.1, Office, etc updates half hour ago.

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