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PCIe Wi-Fi class N (150Mbps) ONLY doesn't work under Win7 HP
My desktop computer is on my home office, and the ISP router (with class N (300Mbps) WiFi) is on the opposite side, about 3m (10ft) away.
Is important to say that I don’t have any other computer, tablet, printer or cell phone to connect to the desktop. The Wi-Fi is only to connect to the Internet.
To avoid the Ethernet cable across the room, I was using a PCI Wi-Fi class G access board (TP-Link WN551G). The installation was plug and play as Win 7 found and installed a driver for it. Never had an issue with it.
Recently (due to another ISP competition) my ISP gave me a free speed upgrade from 15Mbps to 60Mbps. As maximum speed achieved with the WN551G is around 25Mbps, less than half the internet speed, I bought a PCIe Wi-Fi class N (150Mbps) access board (TP-Link WN781ND).
Can’t make it work under Win 7.
I have a SSD (for daily work) with Win 7 HP and Lubuntu and a Win 7 boot able HDD used for backup and maintenance. I also have a boot able Win 10 PE USB pendrive (with a lot of tools).
The TP-Link WN781ND was also plug and play under Lubuntu and Win 10 PE. That excludes a hardware or router problem. The issue is only under Win 7 HP (Doesn’t work on both Win 7 installations).
After physical installing and booting, I installed the driver.
- First ran the driver setup that came with the WN781ND. Didn’t work.
- I downloaded a driver from TP-Link site. Didn’t work.
- The chipset is a Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 so I also tried a driver from it. Didn’t work.
Under device manager – properties it says that the Device is working Properly.
The problem is that it doesn’t find any Wi-Fi and there are at least 4 around.
The Hardware Id is PCI\VEN_168C&DEV_0032&SUBSYS_3118168C&REV_01
I have searched the internet for a solution and tried many options as setting WLAN Autoconfig service to on. Network Access Protection (NAP) is off.
Any ideas?
Thanks, Megahertz07
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Last edited by Megahertz07; 18 Dec 2018 at 08:24.