#DELL BROADCOM DW1501 DRIVER DRIVERS#
#DELL BROADCOM DW1501 DRIVER UPDATE#

One suggestion was to use device manager and choose between multiple drivers for this card a 2009 version, 2012 version, and Broadcom-branded version. Similar symptoms someone upgraded to Windows 10 and their 1510 WLAN card went from a supposed 10 Mbit to 1/2 Mbit. Rate (802.11b/g) РІР‚вЂњ same as above for this one.Rate (802.11a) РІР‚вЂњ this one I tried setting all the way down to 24 Mbps, which is the lowest my network supports, but none affected anything, so I left it at Best Rate.

IBSS Mode РІР‚вЂњ 802.11a/b/g/n Auto is the preferred setting here.

Bandwidth Capability (Choices of 11a/b/g:20/40MHz, 11a/b/g 20MHz, 11a:20/40:11bg:20MHz) РІР‚вЂњ I ended up finding 11a:20/40:11bg:20 worked most reliably, after solving the overall problem, as the Cisco gear I have it connected to is set to support 40MHz width on the РІР‚ВaРІР‚в„ў radios.

802.11n Preamble (This should be left on Green Field Mode unless you really are connecting to ancient networks).

I cycled through a massive number of settings, and not a single one affected things in a positive manner. ItРІР‚в„ўs one of the first 802.11n adapters, so it, in theory, supports a/b/g MIMO at varying speeds. This laptop has a Dell 1510 Wireless card, which is based on the Broadcom 4322 chipset. In any case, I began digging into the WLAN NIC settings. No idea if thatРІР‚в„ўs a result of the iPhone not supporting something the laptop was trying on the Cisco network, or supporting something in a different manner that disagreed with the drivers. Oddly, if I enabled hot spot on my iPhone, the issue went away. This was connected to a Cisco AP with most flavors of wireless enabled minus the legacy 802.11b speeds. Pinging even the default gateway was showing about 80% packet loss, and responses I did get were seeing anywhere from 1 to 5 seconds latency. I know Windows updates are ridiculous, but 12 hours?! I discovered it appeared to be a networking issue.

#DELL BROADCOM DW1501 DRIVER UPDATE#

I bought a copy of Windows 10 Pro (since Home stupidly doesnРІР‚в„ўt come with BitLocker) to replace the Win7 that was installed, and did the install.Р”Р„fter install, Windows Update had been running for 12 hours and still hadnРІР‚в„ўt finished installation. I figured itРІР‚в„ўs not a bad device even though itРІР‚в„ўs 8+ years old 2.4 GHz dual core CPU, 8 GB of memory, a 300 GB SSD that I had put in it at some point, 1920Р“вЂ”1200 WUXGA screen, nearly every port you can imagine minus HDMI, and a DVD burner.

I found an old Dell Precision Workstation Laptop M4400 and decided to wipe it out and prep it to donate to a local charity. Not sure if anyone will ever actually find this article useful, as weРІР‚в„ўre dealing with ancient technology here, but I figured IРІР‚в„ўll write it out just in case.

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