Solved Acer Aspire 5749 Series WiFi Connection Dropping

[Jesse Williams]

I am asking this question because every once in a while when my sister's Laptop is sitting next to the modem/router it drops connection with a triangle over the WiFi bars.

Do I need to update the driver that has to do with the WiFi?

 

[Jesse Williams]

It did it again today. Does anyone know why it's doing this?

 

[maxie]

Which network adapter is it Jesse .... The Acer website is not working proper at the moment so could not check to see if there was any new updates ...

 

[Jesse Williams]

Thanks, Maxie. It's the wireless network adapter.

 

[maxie]

There are four to choose from Jesse .... Which one is it ? ...

 

[Jesse Williams]

I'll check when I get back from work.

 

[Jesse Williams]

How do I check to see which one it is?

 

[maxie]

Check Network Adapters in the Device Manager ...

 

[Jesse Williams]

Okay

 

[Jesse Williams]

There are 2 that has to do with the WiFi under Network adapters. The first one is Atheros AR5B125 Wireless Network Adapter, and the other one is Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport Adapter.

 

[maxie]

Try the Driver in the Link below Jesse ...


https://www.atheros.cz/atheros-wireless-download.php?chipset=70&system=5

 

[Jesse Williams]

Okay. Thanks, Maxie.

 

[Jesse Williams]

Do I choose the latest one or which one?

 

[maxie]

Version: 10.0.0.303 Jesse

 

[Jesse Williams]

Okay

 

[Jesse Williams]

Maxie, that download wouldn't work. When I downloaded it, I couldn't find the file that installs the driver. Is there another site that you or I can find go to get the updated driver?

 

[maxie]

Jesse once you have extracted the Files ... Read the Link below it should be the third file down from the top ...


How to install a device driver from an INF file

 

[Jesse Williams]

Okay. I will do this sometime today.

 

[Jesse Williams]

Okay. Got it fixed. Thanks Maxie.

 

[maxie]

Most welcome Jesse