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

Careful Scott, you can't say here that the problem is fixed - you'll be accused of not spending 24 hours testing it to verify the issue is fixed. 😝

I'd venture there are people in this thread who are using Windows full-time on their MacBooks rather than macOS, and they might see issues someone like me (who's using macOS 99% of the time on his MacBook) simply won't see.

I do hope Apple is continuing to work on this and will release new drivers that make it solid for everyone.

jasondunn wrote:

Careful Scott, you can't say here that the problem is fixed - you'll be accused of not spending 24 hours testing it to verify the issue is fixed. 😝

Unless users can specify the environment in which they are successful or unsuccessful, 'working' is a very ambiguous state. For example see the specific environment that Kippy Kip referenced. It would be good to see test results with environmental details, to further narrow down problematic areas. Is the driver perfect, unlikely? If you OS X and Windows behave identically for an equal amount of time, then in your specific environment, the driver is adequate, but it may not be in others. 😉

Mine are pretty much the same as kippy kip's except my bandwidth capabilities were left at the default. I will post images later. The .68 driver was the turning point for resolving this for me given that the same settings were not working prior to the update.

Couldn't agree more, jasondunn. I can say it is fixed for me though, and given that Apple did provide an updated driver it would make sense for anyone that doesn't have it, but is suffering from this issue to install it and see if the issue still exists. If so, we can go from there. Certainly there are many other issues that can cause this symptom, including misconfiguration, but always good to start with the more likely, and simplist steps, don't you think 🙂

so ive installed the program, but couldnt really see what kind of connection it is. (802 etc).

Only thing i see is the SSID code and that im not connecting to a 5ghz connection but a 2.4 band.

Also i tried what Kippy kip said, but that didnt work out for me sadly.

And on the apple updater i didnt see any updates to my network adapters (only basic itunes updates).

Okay that one works, it says at the 802.11 tab: b, g, n... with a max speed of 270mbps.

Not sure if that is what u wanted to know? and how this makes sense to the problem i have.

by the way im on wifi now, coneccted.. it seems like at the startup of windows it doesnt work but later on it suddenly connects.

really weird!

So looks like if I leave it after a boot just like that, it connects automatically after sometime (not immediately on boot) or sometimes after about 2-3 mins, if I manually try to connect it connects to the network, but the speeds are horrendously slow compared to OSX. Don't know how this suddenly happened or maybe I was not patient enough to wait for it to connect after that time, but at least one step forward. The speeds however are quite slow, maybe the next driver set will be better.

It is a single chip that performs both Bluetooth and WiFi functions.

It's very possible one affects the other. In my scenario, turning off Bluetooth does not fix the problem.

At first it can appear to but sure enough the problem returns.

The latest driver I have is the .64 version, and no updates are available according to Apple Software Update. Even if I re-download the bootcamp drivers using the bootcamp utility in macos, it still gives me the package with the .64 version.

You will need to download it via the apple software update in bootcamp once you have got it up and running.

I still can't believe that apple has not released a new driver set for this! Mine is back to the old not connecting to any network scenario. Is it just all of us in this forum who have installed bootcamp on their new devices? 🙂

Hello LonerT

Thanks for getting back to me.

1. Please remove 'mixed' mode of 802.11b/g/n and try with 5G/n Only.

I tried 802.11n only, and the results were the same.

2. Does your AP support 802.11ac?
My router only supports b/g/n

3. Does OS X have any issues?
Nop, as I shows on my comment, it is fast and no package lost.

If you are not tied to a ISP-provided AP, you may want to test with a returnable and refurbished 802.11ac AP and use it to test. 2.4G has other challenges which compound the driver issues on the Windows side.

I performed a fresh install of Windows 10 over Bootcamp. After complete installation I immediatly installed the BootCamp Support Software. Can't connect to my Wifi network at home and also to my personal hotspot from my iPhone.

I have the latest Broadcom drivers installed 7.35.118.68 but nothings works. Somebody has any solution for this?

If you have read the entire thread, you have already read about the .64 vs .68 driver versions available in Windows.

Based on my testing with a 15-in tbMBP 2016 and Windows 10...

1. BT and WiFi on 2.4G interfere with one another.

2. Driver version .64 will not connect to 802.11n 5G, but will only connect to 2.4G and 802.11ac 5G.

3. Driver version .68 will connect to 802.11n 5G, but 802.11ac 5G does not work.

Neither driver is a stable driver. The MX2 Radio dongle should also be 2.4G.

The same hardware configuration works better in OS X.

Hi,

I've tried a lot to get this to work with an 802.11ac network stably. But no luck, it's clearly a bug with the Broadcom driver. I recall having a similar issue when I had a Dell XPS 9550, which I solved by changing to internal adapter (not an option her obviously).

There are a few events that coincide with the disconnect most notably the driver restarts, almost like a panic. The spikes in latency I can't account for.

I spoke to Apple, they said contact Microsoft, I spoke to Microsoft they said contact Apple.

I've raised a bug report with Apple, but in all honestly I hold very little hope of this getting rectified any time soon, since it's been an on going issue since release, and it appears very little QA goes into the Windows Drivers. Which ***** considering the cost of these Notebooks.

Only stable solution I can recommend in the short term is to use a USB adapter, although that is a huge work around.

It would be useful if everyone that has the issue, opens a bug report and also leaves feedback, so this gets picked up by the right support team.