Old Drivers

can you please tell me from where you downloaded the old wifi drivers for broadcom because i cant find them and i am experiencing the same issues. Thank you.

Posted on Jan 17, 2018 12:34 AM

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Jan 17, 2018 6:35 AM in response to ermanzzz

For 2017 MBPs, BC 5.x drivers do not work. They are meant for W7/W8.1 only. If you need the latest drivers for your Mac, use a USB2 flash drive and


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Windows will nto install an older driver, unless you uninstall the card, remove all drivers from the DrvStore and disable Windows Automatic Updates.


What is the current version of Bootcamp driver used by your WiFi card?

Jan 18, 2018 4:15 AM in response to ermanzzz

If you want to really dive into this, you will need tools like Wireshark and over-the-air packet captures to check why the drivers behave differently. The .73 driver is better suited to 5G networks. I still use the .68 driver at home, with 802.11ac APs. I refuse to upgrade to .73 on Windows.


The macOS drivers are much better overall in terms of their management of radio resources than anything on Windows (.68 or .73).

Jan 17, 2018 12:22 PM in response to Loner T

i think the easiest solution is to get myself a router capable of 802.11ac because in the university the connection is stable with those drivers and extremely fast. At home my old and cheap router can only output 802.11n and that seams to be the problem since without touching the wifi drivers i get at uni stable and fast connection but at home its not even stable. I should get the new router tomorrow and then Ill keep you informed if the issue has been resolved. As to the channel width i tried all and nothing changed.

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