Apple BootCamp WiFi Driver update as well as bluetooth driver both not working

Anonymous
2019-11-15T20:23:12+00:00

Hello guys!

A couple of days ago Microsoft pushed a new Driver Update for the WiFi over Windows Update under the name of "Broadcom - Net - 7.77.110.0".

So after updating the driver and restarting the computer the WiFi is just no longer working! Connecting to the network takes a long time and when connected, it displays "No internet connection" or displays "Connected", but no website is working.

So I reverted back to the previous driver of 2018 with version of "7.35.118.83" and every thing is just working fine!

So I decided to delete the new update and update again directly from "Device Manager". The same issue occurs. Once reverted back, every thing turns out fine. Power options are deactivated.

For the bluetooth, the current and only installed driver is an official Microsoft Driver with version of "10.0.18362.449". But the problem with bluetooth and since the first day I installed Windows 10 through BootCamp is that the bluetooth is just not working! It sees bluetooth devices, but it will never connect. It hangs on "Connecting" and after waiting for more than 30 minutes nothing happens.

I tried uninstalling, reinstalling, even downloading Windows Support Drivers. Nothing helped. I reinstalled Windows. NOTHING helped.

Bluetooth is working just fine under macOS.

So any workaround?

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Anonymous
2019-11-17T17:42:46+00:00

Hi, I had the same issue (very same issue) and your post helped me indirectly to fix it. After reading your post, I had look at the version and see it matched exactly what I had. I simply downgraded it to version 7.35.340.0 from https://drivers.softpedia.com/get/NETWORK-CARD/Broadcom/Broadcom-802-11n-Network-Adapter-Driver-7-35-340-0-for-Windows-10-64-bit.shtml and hurray, it started working fine. Thanks.

[Moderator edit: Be careful with driver downloads that are not from the source manufacturer. Try this solution only if you cannot roll back the driver!]

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Anonymous
2019-11-18T17:24:32+00:00

I have Ubiquiti APs as well. Rolling back the driver to the previous version of 7.35.118.83 fixed it.

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  1. Anonymous
    2019-11-24T22:54:23+00:00

    I received an Apple Bootcamp update last night, and that update installed the 7.35.118.83 (2018-04-20) Broadcom driver. This update worked great on my early 2015 13' Macbook Pro. I guess Microsoft should not be touching the network drivers on the macbooks... and let Bootcamp manage them.

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  2. Anonymous
    2019-11-25T00:18:11+00:00

    Jas03x - Can you clarify what you mean by "I received an Apple Bootcamp update last night" ? Do you mean while running under MacOS or while running under Windows 10, on your Mac ? I have just tried again under Windows 10, using the brigadier tool (https://github.com/timsutton/brigadier) and a Broadcom driver package (BroadcomWirelessWin8x64.exe) for my MacBookPro13,3 model which is identical to the one I obtained using brigadier a few days back was again obtained. Perhaps there is a delay in the archive for brigadier bootcamp support files packages being updated.

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  3. Anonymous
    2019-11-25T11:47:53+00:00

    I have the same issue with the driver being overwritten by Windows Update. Now I could disable driver updates entirely but that also puts my computer at risk. But after rolling back once (even marking it unstable) it updated once again via Windows Update without the option of me rolling it back again. And seeing how downloading the driver is hard without a network, I found a way to roll back without downloading the driver manually somewhere else.

    Solution to rolling back without downloading driver:

    Go to the Device Manager or use Network Control Panel to go to the device and the driver tab. Click "Update Driver". Between the 2 options select "browse my computer for driver software". In the next window to browse for the file, click "Let me pick from a list of available drivers on my computer" instead. Now it lists the different versions that are installed previously (yay). Select one of the 7.35.118.x drivers instead and click Next. This should install the good driver and you can go back to browsing like normal. It does want to restart, but its not really required and on restart the odds of it reinstalling the new but buggy driver is present.

    Now you can also go back to disabling Windows update if you want to, but you'll have a way to get the driver installed without manually injecting a file you download.

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