Windows Tablets

[pstomike]

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kwool wrote:

There is no .exe in the driver folder, however.

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How strange. Mine does, but I downloaded it several days ago. The folder has 39 files, including Setup.exe.

Are you downloading from Acer Support>Driver Downloads? Here...

http://us.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/drivers

Tablets>Iconia Tab>W700

Drivers>Wireless LAN Driver 10.0.0.217 v3

[ksleongacre]

Some posts say to go into power managment of the Wireless NIC and change to ALWAYS ON, uncheck the box for Power Save. Go to Start, Control Panel, System (In Classic View), Device Manager, Network Adapters, Double Click your Wireless Adapter, Power Managment Tab, Uncheck ALL Boxes, OK. You can probably do the same for your wired connection if it is the way you connect with the same symptoms. Hope this helps!!

[kwool]

Evidently the first time it just downloaded wrong. I managed to get the new driver up and running and it has solved my lingering problems with the limited connection errors when further away from the router. Just tested it against my desktop with a wifi card and both get about the same results.

[pstomike]

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kwool wrote:

Evidently the first time it just downloaded wrong. I managed to get the new driver up and running and it has solved my lingering problems with the limited connection errors when further away from the router. Just tested it against my desktop with a wifi card and both get about the same results.

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Great news kwool! I am going to update here in the next day or two. It seems deleting the drivers by Uninstalling the Program of the Atheros Suite through control panel with a computer restart, then Uninstalling the BT and WiFi through Device Manger with a computer restart, then reinstalling 217 v3 with a computer restart has fixed my problems of limited connectivity when using BT keyboard and/or headset. I want to give it another full day or two of testing to post that my problems are resolved. Here's to a functioning $1000 tablet; as I was getting very discouraged. Cheers!

[CollinFX45]

All right, I've had enough. The "new" driver, 217v3, does nothing to improve my situation. I fully removed the old drivers, rebooted, re-installed, followed every single suggestion on this 26 page thread and I've had enough. 

I went to a local electronics store, bought a $9.99 USB wireless dongle and what do you know, the tablet's internet connection works better than it ever has. When is someone going to admit that this really isn't a driver issue - it's a Qualcomm/Atheros/Acer issue? The range flat out sucks. I'm four feet from my router. I may as well just be wired into it. It fluctuates between five and one bar and cannot keep a steady VPN connection because of this. This tablet is a huge paperweight for me. 

I tried so, so hard to love this and I do - when it works. But using my one and only USB port on a wifi card is not an option because now I cannot use flash storage and be on the net at the same time. And no, I'm not dragging this silly dock everywhere. You can all take this with a grain of salt if yours works well for you and I am truly jealous if that's the case. But after following this thread for two weeks, reading every post twice, I'm sorry to say that I'm going to use my return window on this tablet and go with something else. 

Thank you to all of those who have been vigilently posting and trying to help others. Regardless of the outcome, it is and always will be appreciated. 

-Collin-

[Jafloogan]

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CollinFX45 wrote:

All right, I've had enough. The "new" driver, 217v3, does nothing to improve my situation. I fully removed the old drivers, rebooted, re-installed, followed every single suggestion on this 26 pag thread and I've had enough. 

I went to a local electronics store, bought a $9.99 USB wireless dongle and what do you know, the tablet's internet connection works better than it ever has. When is someone going to admit that this really isn't a driver issue - it's a Qualcomm/Atheros/Acer issue? The range flat out sucks. I'm four feet from my router. I may as well just be wired into it. It fluctuates between five and one bar and cannot keep a steady VPN connection because of this. This tablet is a huge paperweight for me. 

I tried so, so hard to love this and I do - when it works. But using my one and only USB port on a wifi card is not an option because now I cannot use flash storage and be on the net at the same time. And no, I'm not dragging this silly dock everywhere. You can all take this with a grain of salt if yours works well for you and I am truly jealous if that's the case. But after following this thread for two weeks, reading every post twice, I'm sorry to say that I'm going to use my return window on this tablet and go with something else. 

Thank you to all of those who have been vigilently posting and trying to help others. Regardless of the outcome, it is and always will be appreciated. 

-Collin-

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I'm having a hard time seeing it a Qualcomm/Atheros/Acer issue, as I have een two different driver revisions solve these problems across two different tablets. Revision 217, and 217v3 worked on my 6465 and my friends 6607 respectively.

If you haven't already returned it, I would seriously consider trying the process again using this driver, ensuring the previous installation was completely removed.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/p0nv7qmx4f1mer7/Wireless%20LAN_Atheros_10.0.0.217_W8x64_A.zip

[CollinFX45]

I will give it a go - I have another week and a half and again, I want to love this tablet. There is nothing else even close spec-wise in its price range. I have the 6607, by the way. 

Can I trust the "remove drivers" option when removing something from device manager? I've also seen suggestions to remove the drivers manually by deleting them out of the system 32 folder; maybe I'll give that a go as well. 

Appreciate your time, 

-Collin-

[CollinFX45]

Is anyone using a BT mouse and keyboard at the same time? I have no tried the 217 and the 217v3, each time completely uninstalling the old drivers and I see zero improvements. These tests were taken within five minutes of each other. The first with the built-in wifi, the second with a $10 wifi USB dongle. The results speak for themselves.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/2438240525.png

http://www.speedtest.net/result/2438251635.png

-Collin-

[1stTimeAcer]

it is undoubtedly a frstrating issue. I personally tried all the drivers and found the .221 (search for it, it's from atheros and there is a linknfrom a couple pages back) driver to be much more usable. Make sure to also download the latest .214 bluetooth driver and update both wifi and bluetooth. When you are doing the uninstall, make sure to also uninstall the Atheros application and bluetooth suite.

I can say you are not alone as what you showed is exactly what happened to mine. So hopefully the new Atheros drivers will also fix some issues for you as it did for many others here. It The bluetooth devices will still slow wifi down when in use, but it won't bring it to a crawl as it did wil the older drivers, which makes it much more usable.

[CollinFX45]

I will try the 221 again. When I installed it, I don't think I installed the Bluetooth driver at the same time and relied on the generic Microsoft one. Nothing to lose at this point, right?

I'm okay being patient and waiting for good drivers. As I pointed out, the USB dongle works flawlessly. Unfortunately what I'm very afraid of is that this is a hardware issue and will never be fixed with a driver. Then I'm stuck with a faulty device with no return policy or acknowledgement from Acer. 

Anyway, I will keep trying!

-Collin-