Wifi keeps dropping in Windows 10 (BootCamp) on new tbMBP 15"

Keeps dropping and reconnecting. Pretty sure it's not the wifi because on MacOS and my iPhone, both have stable connections. It's probably a driver issue, anyone know a fix?

MacBook Pro with Retina display, macOS Sierra (10.12.1), 2016 15" w/ Touchbar

Posted on Nov 19, 2016 5:00 PM

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Posted on Nov 6, 2017 1:15 AM

Had the same issue, bootcamp in 15" tbMBP 2016 can connect to 802.11n/ac 5GHz wifi, but does not connect to 802.11g 2.4GHz wifi whatsoever. Too bad that iPhone personal hotspot is a 2.4GHz network, it means you can't tether an iPhone with windows bootcamp.

After reading this post I felt the issue could be with interference between the broadcom card's wifi and bluetooth part.

then I came across this post and the solution actually worked like magic:

Re: Wireless (Bootcamp) and Bluetooth (MX Anywhere 2) issues on MacBook Pro 13' 2016 w/TB

In short:

Type "device manager" in your search thingy in Windows taskbar and open it

Open "network adapters" dropdown menu

Double click your Broadcom 802.11

Click "advanced"

Select "Bluetooth Collaboration"

Change value to "Disabled"


Note: the method above was meant to fix bluetooth connection issue with tbMBP. However it fixed the wifi issue as well.

Turning off bluetooth collaboration did not disable bluetooth. I can use 2.4GHz wifi and my airpods at the same time with no issues.

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Dec 2, 2016 11:54 AM in response to Loner T

The problem is not happening on the OSX side.


This is still an issue, The driver does not have the option for connecting at AC speeds. Even though we have an AC card. This is a driver problem. Plain and simple.... The Driver package that came with the latest version of Bootcamp does not work properly with Windows 10 64 bit. It is not the correct driver for the Wireless card.


I was able to do the following to connect in a slightly more stable way.


Device Manager > Network Adapters > Broadcom 802.11ac Network Adapter > Right click and Select Properties > Advanced Tab > Scroll down to IBSS mode > Select 802.11a/b/g/n Auto


By definition IBSS Mode: Allows you to select the standard and other preferences to use when hosting an ad-hoc wireless network.


I am not sure why but this added a little bit of stability to my wifi connection. But its still slow.... I should be getting with wireless N speeds more than 100 Mbps Closer to 300 Mbps... I get 30mbps over wifi.... On the LAN over ethernet I get 130 Mbps down... The Wireless Access point is 4 feet away from my laptop.

Dec 2, 2016 1:13 PM in response to Loner T

Sorry for the long wait to reply. Work is very busy. I've downloaded and looked at Acrylic's output. I discovered only that of my two access points, one was not running. Normally, I set it up so that one runs the 5Ghz network, and the other runs at 2.4Ghz. So I corrected that, shutting off 2.4Ghz on the AP that shouldn't have been running it, upgrading the firmware of the correct 2.4Ghz AP, and making sure its settings conformed to Apple's official settings recommendations.


Now I have two APs visible in Acrylic:

2.4Ghz, supporting b g n up to 144.4

5Ghz, supporting a n up to 450


Both show only WPA2 PSK-CCMP support.


No change as a result. It may actually not disconnect after all, but it can't maintain a fast connection. For starters, I can't connect at higher than g speeds. As others have experienced, it won't connect to the 5Ghz access point at all. When I first connect to the 2.4Ghz AP (located in the same room as me, zero obstructions), it linked up at 48Mbps. My Macbook Air 2011, powered up and running for several days and running Win7-64 via Boot Camp, was connected at over 100Mbps. As I write this post, my MBP's connection speed has dropped to 1Mbps. So to post this message, I will disconnect and reconnect. Having done that, it went back up to 36Mbps, then to 54. But it won't last.


My netsh wlan dump output is below. Not much there.


# ----------------------------------------

# Wireless LAN configuration

# ----------------------------------------

pushd wlan

# Allow filter list

# ----------------------------------------

# Block filter list

# ----------------------------------------

popd

# End of Wireless LAN Configuration

Dec 3, 2016 1:18 PM in response to Loner T

Sierra 10.12.2 does absolutely nothing to fix this problem. Period. I upgraded to the public beta release 4 of 10.12.2

It does nothing to the version of bootcamp, it remains the same. And re-downloaded new support drivers, result in the exact same file versions and driver dates for the broadcom wifi card.


I even went as far as asking my provider fios to send me a brand new router. They sent it, and the MacBook is responding the exact same way.


The MacBook is apparently having problems with performance on B, G, and N networks. I am connected to my network at N speed of 130 Mbps. Notice how the graph is choppy up and down. I am literally 5 feet from the router and I am staring right at it. 😠


Also look at the optimumwifi AC network line and how steady it is.


Why is Apple not addressing this?


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Dec 5, 2016 9:22 AM in response to Loner T

D25AD0 is not my wifi network.


Secondly, Optimum onlines network does not indicate a problem. So the dissociation requests would not be valid here.


This is not a human error. Two Wireless access points failing is a little far fetched. The latest access point being a brand new one.


Lastly, all my other devices are able to connect to the prior and latest access point just fine.


Sierra's Beta version does nothing to address the problem. Either there is a software driver update that can fix this problem, or there is an inherent hardware problem that causes this macbook pro 2016 to not operate properly with wireless a, b, g, n networks on windows 10.

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