Qualcomm Atheros AR5BWB222 Wireless Network Adapter adapter is not working.

Anonymous
2012-11-11T06:19:45+00:00

I have Acer V3-571 laptop.

I upgraded to windows 8 from windows 7.

Qualcomm Atheros AR5BWB222 Wireless Network Adapter adapter is showing working fine in the device manager ,but wifi is not working.

when I checked the on off soft switch in the Pc setting ,the swith found in disable position.Could anybody assist to solve it?

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Anonymous
2012-12-13T15:59:03+00:00

Well I resolved it by bypassing the wireless adapter and buying a nano external wireless usb thing, it works perfectly now. problem still not fixed however.

I found a way to fix my Network, ive manually uninstalled the Network cards Drivers and downloaded the following file "win78-10.0.0.75-whql" from

http://www.atheros.cz/atheros-wireless-download.php?chipset=81&system=6

and simply installed the driver via the Device Manager

Hope this will help some of you.

Regards,

Pieter Cachet

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-06-30T01:17:54+00:00

    I had the same problem, I have contacted Acer, my internet company, and nobody could solve my problem. I found it by myself. You have to change the power options in the network adapter from maximum power saving to maximum performance. You can change that in advanced power options. It has been working without any problem for the last week.

    Thank you, this worked for me. Simply went into advanced power savings and changed the wireless adapter to maximum performance. Instantly fixed my dropped packet issues.

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-10-02T18:42:02+00:00

    Good Day,

    My self have a Acer V3-571 laptop

    My Qualcomm Atheros AR5BWB222 Wireless Network card keep on dropping the connection mid way. This only started happen recently, Ivent install any new firmware or any new software of any kind. This only started after the recent WINDOWS 8 update.  Please help

    I confirm this.  My mother have the same problem since last update.  Can't tell much about it but it's starting to anoy at max.  The Wi-Fi gets deactivated for no apparent reason

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-10-02T18:43:55+00:00

    I had the same problem, I have contacted Acer, my internet company, and nobody could solve my problem. I found it by myself. You have to change the power options in the network adapter from maximum power saving to maximum performance. You can change that in advanced power options. It has been working without any problem for the last week.

    Thank you, this worked for me. Simply went into advanced power savings and changed the wireless adapter to maximum performance. Instantly fixed my dropped packet issues.

    Going to try this.. I'll let you all know.

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-11-28T05:52:19+00:00

    Another option could be (and I am still waiting to see if the problem is actually solved), is to download the latest Acer Wifi adapter driver from http://www.acer.ca/ac/en/CA/content/drivers

    Its the 10.0.0.225 driver, dated 2013/03/01

    Thanks,

    Kind regards,

    Nooman

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