I found a working Windows 10 WiFi driver
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The following driver works for me:
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I got it from here:
Microsoft®Update-catalogus
It's the one called 'Windows 10 and Later Servicing Drivers for testing,Windows 10 Anniversary Update and Later Servicing Drivers', version 1.596.12.1 and is 1.2MB in size.
The 1.596.10.0 did not work for me btw. The newest 1.596.19.2 also does not work. I haven't tested the 1.569.0.0. It might also dependent on your Windows 10 version.
The Windows 10 version I use is:
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[li]Windows 10 Pro 64 bit[/li]
[li]Version 1709[/li]
[li]Build number 16299.64[/li]
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Keep in mind that WiFi reception is abysmal without an antenna. I already anticipated that so I bought a few of these from AliExpress.
Being only 2.4GHz and 802.11n it is of course not really something to write home about. Though my smartphone doesn't get much better results over 2.4GHz here. It is tested on a 802.11ac router on a different floor. So I think you should get 20-30Mb/s easily with a better connection:
How to install the driver (.cab file)
To install right click on your Windows start button and select 'device manager'.
Then either find the unknown 'Generic SDIO Device' or (if you already installed an other driver) "Broadcom 802.11n Wireless SDIO Adapter". Right click and click 'Update Driver Software...'
Then choose the second option to browse for a driver locally. Finally set the location to the downloaded .cab file and press the Next button. A .cab file is like a .zip or .rar file so I unzipped the .cab file beforehand with WinRAR. [strike]I don't know if this is necessary.[/strike] Just tested it and you have to unzip the files out of the .cab file.
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GENIUS LEVEL ACHIEVED
post an address and i will tip you some DOGE
Ookla upload isn't triggering for some reason, but you can see that performance is more than adequate on my broadband router
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Doge address: DTdVReDrNQQnVjntoYcLYBHmGKZMjNQ3w6
No problem. Glad I could help
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Tidy stuff, thanks to YOU Fleximex
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400 Doge coming your way.Fleximex wrote:Doge address: DTdVReDrNQQnVjntoYcLYBHmGKZMjNQ3w6
No problem. Glad I could help -
You sir, are a god among men.
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This is great, thank you!
Without sounding like I'm after more .... well, actually I am ... has anyone got this wifi driver working as a hotspot?
netsh wlan show drivers gives me
.... hosted network supported .... NO
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If you have the creators update for Windows 10 then you can do it via the settings menu. I haven't tested if this works for the Up Core with the working driver, but I don't see why not:
https://www.pcworld.com/article/3194707/windows/how-to-use-your-windows-10-pc-as-a-mobile-hotspot.html -
Do you guys have a copy of the AMPAK AP6214A datasheet on hand?
Is it driver-compatible with the not-really-documented-but-at-least-the-world-knows-it-exists AP6212A ?
Regards,
Davide Bortolami.
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Thanks @Fleximex, this has worked in my case.
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THANKS A LOT @Maarten
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Did any of you have issues connecting to a Asus router? I have 2 different and i cant connect to either of them!
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Awesome!
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No longer works on w10 edition 1803 has become blocked by M/S as unsafe - so were do we go from here AAeon a simple driver for simple Windows 10 Wifi required !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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The 1.596.10.0 did not work for me btw. The newest 1.596.19.2 also does not work. I haven't tested the 1.569.0.0. It might also dependent on your Windows 10 version. but i found my solution here , as i was experianceing not connecting issue with my network adapter and i came across this post while searching and it really helped me.
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Thank you so much! This worked for me, but I had to go into device manager and switch from the ac driver to the n driver
