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    XPS 15 9550 Poor WiFi Speeds?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by sardinesrule, Mar 17, 2016.

  1. sardinesrule

    sardinesrule Notebook Enthusiast

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    Just received my XPS 15 today and I've noticed that the wifi speeds are quite poor.
    Running tests on speedtest.net show a download speed around 5 when I'm used to getting around 15 on both a phone and a wired connection. I have the Dell Wireless 1830 with the latest drivers from Dell's site.
    Any fixes?
     
    sardinesrule, Mar 17, 2016
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    Eason Notebook Virtuoso

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    Change to an intel 8260 card
     
    Eason, Mar 17, 2016
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    5?
     
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    Oops, 5 megabits/sec
     
    sardinesrule, Mar 17, 2016
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    I don't really want to have to buy a new network card for a brand new laptop, though... :(
    It seems like some people have had success contacting dell and asking for a replacement, perhaps I will try that.
     
    sardinesrule, Mar 17, 2016
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    Did you try changing the server on speedtest? I tend to get slower result when pinging to another ISP server. i.e., 8mb/s vs 2 mb/s on another ISP server or 70+ mb/s vs 30+ mb/s on another server
     
    LOUSYGREATWALLGM, Mar 17, 2016
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    Another vote for the Intel card - rock solid and zero problems using BT compared to the origional card. Saved ages of trying different settings, it just works.
     
    Woodking, Mar 18, 2016
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    I had over 100Mb/s (to local devides) and i think it could even be faster but my old wifi router is the bottleneck.
     
    lalalulu57, Mar 18, 2016
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    Where is the thread dedicated to swapping out the wifi cards? From stock to either intel or something else? Thanks
     
    Pkorgt, Jan 16, 2017
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    In fact I think Dell should do a warranty replacement. But you must prove the card does not meet the specs or is causing issues. I guess Dell knows, but won't say out loud (have switched to Killer cards), because of what many replacements would cost them. In addition, the DW1830 is suspected to cause interference with fast connections over the USB-C port (docks).
     
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    The HW procedure is described in the official Dell service manual. Before you do it, deactivate the card in Device Manager and uninstall wifi and BT drivers, and install new drivers afterwards.
     
    _sem_, Jan 16, 2017
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    Try a local network file transfer not internet based.
     
    GoNz0, Jan 16, 2017
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    Hi, any feedback with INTEL Dual Band Wireless-AC 8265, 2230, 2x2 AC + BT, vPro 8265.NGWMG (the one included on Precision 5520)?
     
    Heavyhms, Jan 26, 2017
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  14. _sem_

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    It appears to be an update of the 8260 with just about the same specs.
     
    _sem_, Jan 26, 2017
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    Thank you very much
     
    Heavyhms, Feb 1, 2017
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