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
    2013-02-04T07:08:39+00:00

     

     

    My wireless was not working to start with. 

     

    After browsing several threads I followed one and changed it slightly to get mine to work on my Laptop (Acer Aspire V3-571).

     

    So try this:

     

    Go to the Device Manager:

    1.  Double-Click :   Qualcomm Atheros AR5BWB222 Wireless Network Adaptor

    2.  Right Click:        Update Driver Software

    3.  Select:               Browse My Computer ........ 

    4.  Select:               Let me pick

    5.  Select:              Atheros AR5BWB222 Wireless Network Adaptor

    (the one without the word: Qualcomm)

    6.  Select               Next

    7.  Restart Laptop.

    8.  An orange wireless light should come on and wireless should be working.

     

    THANK YOU THANK YOU , THIS WORKED

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-02-21T01:17:00+00:00

    bummer mine doesn't show the one without Qualcom!  now what do I do?

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-02-22T13:33:04+00:00

    bummer mine doesn't show the one without Qualcom!  now what do I do?

    I have the same problem, there´s no one without the word ´Qualcom´ shown. And the other things don´t fix the problem of wifi connection. Any ideas? Thx

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-03-11T20:36:53+00:00

    Sto anche sperimentando lo stesso problema con Windows 8 su Acer Aspire V3-571 con scheda wireless di Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc.

     

    È il problema ancora persiste o è stato risolto. Se risolto uno può fornire un aiuto. Mi sto irritato per il wireless ottenere sceso per ogni 15 minuti e lo status mostra come Limited.

    I have an Acer TravelMate Notebook B113-E S.O. Windows 8 Home 64Bit - 8GB Ram. Mount a WiFi adapter Qualcomm Atheros AR5BWB222 a real desperation. Replaced with a new one the same but again another despair.

    I have tried everything for a month and now I have found my own solution.

    I bought a wireless network card used Qualcomm Atheros AR9485WB-EG Wireless Network Adapter (Atheros AR5B225) installed on the notebook, I uninstalled it Qualcomm Atheros Bluetooth software suite (64) Qualcomm Atheros 8.0.0.206 driver 11.31 it will update the driver from Live Updater acer 10.0.0.218 as compatible with the network card and now I can say:

    CONNECTION EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT SIGNAL PROVIDED 'SIGNAL 100%. (HAPPINESS ')

    Dearest ACER it would take quite a CALL to replace all this wireless network card is faulty. You should definitely satisfy your customers.

    For me problem solved on all the radio channels of the router.

    Loris from Italy.

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