I have an Acer Aspire V5-572G-6679 (Win 8.1). The wifi is so weak, It will only works a few feet from the router. No other devices have issues connecting with the router and I've had the router a long time without issue. I've tried connecting when all other devices are turned off. I can say with some certainty his is not a router issue.
I've tried in several other locations to connect to other routers and the issue is the same.
Lots of Acers seem to have wifi issues so after updating drivers didn't help I reloaded windows, but it was no better, I updated the driver again, but that was still no help, so I replaced the wifi card (Qualcomm Atheros ar5bwb222), but the issue persists. I've had the latest Acer driver installed (10.0.0.225) and tried another one I found on driverscape.com that appears to be the latest version number for the card (10.0.0.287) but still can't connect more then 6 feet from router.
I have to use an external USB adapter, which is getting old, I only have 3 USB ports.
Will a new card fix my issue? Any suggestions on a card that will?
I've scaned for malware/viruses and I'm clean.
I've reloaded windows.
I've replaced with another Qualcomm Atheros ar5bwb222
I've updated to latest drivers on Acer.com
I've updated to latest on net
This is my first Acer, please help me to not make it my last.
