Windows Tablets

[girarcat]

pstomike, what about the speed when signal is not maximum?

[pstomike]

I am headed out the door, but I'll check when I get back.

[Jafloogan]

I believe it was the 217 revision before the v3 came out this January. However, on my frends 6607, the v3 worked, too.

[2008hatake]

The BIOS update doesn't fix the connection speed issue when far away from the router

[pstomike]

UPDATE: Just had a limited connectivity about 5 minutes after the post below I will not post again until the v218 drivers are available and I can test them out for a couple days. I only have 18 days left before my return window expires with Amazon.

ORIGINAL POST: I have measured the file transfer speed between the tablet and another wireless pc on my home network. I transferred a pictures and videos folder that is 319 MB with 41 files.

3 feet from the router, the files transferred at a maximum rate of 5.38 MB/s, with an average of around 4.20 MB/s.

I then started the transfer again and walked down the street on the sidewalk until the wireless signal was lost. I was approximately 150 feet from the router and not in direct line of sight (two neighbors houses were in the way). I began to step back toward my house until the file transfer started again. There the files transferred at a maximum of 307 KB/s, with an average of around 160 KB/s.

I am streaming audio through BT now, typing with the BT keyboard, and have not had a WiFi connectivity issue since updating the firmware yesterday.

I sure hope this is it. I really want to keep this W700-6465. I really like it

[CollinFX45]

By firmware, do you mean the new BIOS posted or the v3 Wifi drivers?

-Collin-

[pstomike]

I am using BIOS release 1/08/13 and 217v3 WiFi drivers. But just had limited connectivity on WiFi. I revised my previous post.

[CollinFX45]

Thanks for the update. This is frustrating. I'm even closer to my return window. Argh, let's hope for 218 soon, with improved capabilities. This device, while I absolutely love it to death, has the worst reception issues of any device I've ever owned. Even my three year old blu-ray player with a garbage wifi adapter built in holds a much stronger signal than this

-Collin-

[loadinglevelone]

Update notes on the  new bios would be nice - but I guess ACER is keeping that a secret.

[loadinglevelone]

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patrickmania wrote:

CHANGELOG

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Version 2.08 

• Implemented more nothing
• Let customers hope for a fix, while we don't give a ****

Version 2.07

• Implemented and changed nothing
• Make customers think we're actually working on something

Version 2.05

• Initial production BIOS for these models

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Haha, nice one

...which is why im not gonna update bios until I know what it does.