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installing intel Bluetooth drivers works fine, and this part of the 9260 actually works. but whenever the wireless adapter is recognized and initialized I receive a blue screen crash with code BUGCODE_NDIS_DRIVER. upon restart, the adapter has a "!" in the icon next to its name, and within properties the device status reads either code 56 or code 37, depending on the latest attempt I have made to uninstall the adapter and drivers and reinstall the intel proset wireless drivers. I've tried all of intel proset's supported versions for this wifi adapter, but every driver version results in a blue screen of death upon initialization of the adapter. again, Bluetooth still works, and that's why i'm very confused. why is half of the 9260 working while the other half, the wifi part, is not? is there any fix or workaround for this? thanks.
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have you ever had an issue where your internet stops working and your wifi icon in taskbar says "no internet connection" and the only way to resolve it is to wait for windows to disable/renable the adapter or manually disable/renable the adapter?
getting this issue now with my 9260. sometimes it doesn't even last a few minutes before losing internet connection.
I have two of the Intel 9260s. I am watching ASUS as they are supposed to release wireless routers capable of the 160 MHz bandwidth. That will probably be my next purchase.
I don't really think this will make my performance that much better but I like to stay up with the technology. I will be ordering a Killer Wireless 1550 when ASUS releases their new routers.
That's the article I read that gave me the idea to use drivers provided on the killer networking website!
The wifi module I have is from aliexpress (fenvi store). $19 if ordered through the smartphone app, with free shipping and pigtail wires+antennas.
After you described your procedure, I started checking and learned some things I had not heard before. One was Intel is manufacturing the Killer cards. I found one link which described this and had the statement below.
"At the high-level, the 1550 shares all the features of the AC9260. It is a 2x2 Wi-Fi module with full 802.11ac Wave 2 functionality for 160 MHz channels, including MU-MIMO"
I still can't think of a reason your system would not accept the Intel card as is, but I did have Blue Screens about a year ago on an older system for the same reason. In my case, updating the drivers stopped the problems.
It looks like now, I may be due for a new Wireless Router so I can achieve the full speeds with the 9260. A newer router may not actually increase the real world speed but perhaps help in compatibility. I may get one of the Killer 1550 cards to compare with the 9260. I did see a warning about using a 160 MHz bandwidth if your environment included many other users trying to operate in the same general bandwidth.
Its too bad you couldn't get the M.2 slot to work, but if you are happy, that is what counts.
My ASUS board (Z370) seems to have an M.2 slot which has a Realtek device installed. But it is covered and I can't see the exact configuration.
