Q: Wired Network slow - Windows 7 64bit in Bootcamp 4.0
Hello, just purchased a few iMacs with Mountain Lion, only to find out that we still needed to keep Windows 7 in a couple instances. Parallels is too much for the users we have to worry about, so we went with bootcamp 4.0 and Win 7 64. Everything was great until we used an application that accessed data across our network. The wired ethernet in Windows 7 64 bit on bootcamp is so slow!!
Please fix this broadcom driver! I know it is the driver because A. it works fine in OS X B. wifi works fast in Windows 7 and OS X C. Purchased a Belkin USB Ethernet 10/100 adapter, and it works 10x faster than the onboard 10/100/1000 ethernet.
Has anyone else noticed this? Thoughts? I need help with this as I would love to take advantage of the onboard ethernet and the gigabit speeds. USB cannot reach those speeds, and I don't feel as if I should have to buy adapters anyways to get 'acceptible' network speeds.
Bootcamp 4.0, Windows 7
Posted on Sep 4, 2012 6:20 AM
You can always rollback a driver; uninstall Apple or Microsoft and yes better to use the vendor's directly. That goes for graphic and audio drivers as well as others. Apple "enables" the chipset on the motherboard if needed so that they are enabled and can have a driver installed.
Posted on Sep 4, 2012 10:11 AM