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

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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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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Thanks Barb!

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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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

Windows Entertainment and Connected Home MVP

My Blog - http://digitalmediaphile.com/

Barb's Connected World Blog Reader Windows 8 App -

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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 13:48:47 +0000, CtitanicMVP [MVP] wrote:

|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

Nope, they don't have to be different. Apple has had them the same for years.

Other vendors are now doing this. Here's what Netgear states:

"Smart Connect intelligently selects the best WiFi band for each dual-band

device to optimize connection speed and performance based on that device’s speed

and performance. The router automatically manages your WiFi connections,

performing load balancing across the two 5 GHz radios. This additional WiFi

bandwidth combined with the intelligence to segregate traffic based on WiFi

speed and load balancing provides the best performance for multiple WiFi devices

in the home."

I also think there is an issue that impacts certain routers with certain

chipsets. There was a time, circa 2006, when some Marvell based chipset routers

had a lot of issues with non Marvell based clients as compared to say broadcom.

I remember (vaguely) having a Netgear router at that time that was afflicted

with this issue and they fixed it with router firmware.

As I recall, for some reason, you need to use the lower bands as opposed to the higher ones on

the 5GHz side (can't remember why) -- where for most people, the upper bands give a better experience.

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