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Q: Wi-fi in Windows 7 Bootcamp drops after a few seconds

Hi there, I'd be really grateful for any help or advice anyone could offer me.

 

I just bought a 27" iMac (2013, Haswell) and have set up a Windows 7 Professional Bootcamp on the hard drive. I installed the Apple support driver pack and everything seems to be working fine. Everything that is, except wireless internet in Windows 7.

 

When I first boot into Windows 7 the wi-fi works perfectly. It connects to my router, it can load websites and begin downloads. But usually after about 10 seconds to a minute the taskbar wi-fi icon will have an ! next to it and no websites or downloads will work. To be clear, the wi-fi works perfectly in OSX (Mavericks) and for a few moments it works just as well in Windows.

 

I have checked my device manager and the driver for the Broadcom 802.11ac Network Adapter is present and accounted for, not to mention all the other drivers that suggest the Apple Bootcamp pack installed correctly. Downloads in particular seem to make it break faster - when I run Windows network diagnostics on it to get it fixed it says 'Troubleshooting has completed: The connection between your access point, router or cable modem and the Internet is broken Detected !, and The default gateway is not available Fixed *tick*'). This makes the connection work again but only for a few minutes...

 

I have done a lot of googling and there seem to be several problems with Windows 7 wireless in Boot Camp, but I can't seem to find my particular problem (where it obviously works, but something interferes) or any working method to solve it.

 

Thanks very much for your time.

iMac, Windows 7

Posted on Nov 10, 2013 1:53 AM

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  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Feb 17, 2016 5:36 PM in response to Kamoranesi
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    Feb 17, 2016 5:36 PM in response to Kamoranesi

    You may have other 2.4G SSIDs close to you, which interfere. You can try changing the channel for 2.4G and see if it improves your 2.4G connection.

  • by Kamoranesi,

    Kamoranesi Kamoranesi Feb 17, 2016 5:42 PM in response to Loner T
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    Feb 17, 2016 5:42 PM in response to Loner T

    I had no connectivity problems with any device at home (iPhones, iMac, Macbook Air).

    Only on Windows 7 in Bootcamp.

    But since I've changed from 2,4G to 5G, everything is fine.

    Might be a solution for the people here, given that they have a router that is capable of 5G.

  • by Craaale,

    Craaale Craaale Feb 26, 2016 12:01 AM in response to tyranix
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    Feb 26, 2016 12:01 AM in response to tyranix

    Try resetting the router to factory default settings. For me, the connection problem is gone and everything works perfect now.

  • by successfulmike,

    successfulmike successfulmike Mar 2, 2016 6:31 AM in response to tarolf
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    Mar 2, 2016 6:31 AM in response to tarolf

    Hi everyone,

     

    I have a macbook pro from 2013 and I also ran into this "mysterious" internet connectivity issue on Bootcamp partition ONLY.

     

    I'd just like others coming in to know that this solution worked for me, thanks Tarolf.

     

    As LonerT pointed out, enabling FIPS isn't mandatory and it actually didn't work for me (I'm in the US), so if you're in America just follow the first steps and you should be fine.

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