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

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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My Asus came with two SSID so I'm hesitating on changing that.

Hi Barb,

I have the current generation "tall" Airport Extreme as shown here:

http://www.apple.com/airport-extreme/

I'm not sure what the model number is but it's the first and only one they've made so far that supports 802.11ac

Hi Barb,

I have the current generation "tall" Airport Extreme as shown here:

http://www.apple.com/airport-extreme/

I'm not sure what the model number is but it's the first and only one they've made so far that supports 802.11ac

I have the exact same model.  All good using the 5ghz band/SSID.

On Thu, 7 Aug 2014 15:35:55 +0000, CtitanicMVP [MVP] wrote:

|My Asus came with two SSID so I'm hesitating on changing that.

Two distinct/unique SSID's should be no issue at all. I think that some folks

using routers which, out of the box, use the single SSID name may be having

issues.

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Hello, for me I have 2 unique SSids and both models of the SP3 had speed issues, in addition to the "Limited connectivity" and also every now and then the network would be disabled forcing me to reboot in order to fix it.