I'm running 17.12. No drops or code 43's, but speeds are still pathetic compared to other cards (802.11n anyway). I just got 93.3mbps down/86.6mbps up on my uni's internet using on a wifi link 5100 (HP 6530b), while getting 36mbps down/55mbps up on a t440s with 7260AC sitting next to it. Testing to the same server. Come on Intel, is it really too much to ask to have a wifi driver that works well enough to at least be comparable to a, what, 6 year old card from the same company? Oh, and I've gone through tons of driver revisions on the t440s that all had some bug or another, while the 5100 just worked right out of the box on Win7 (even before any updates were installed), and I have yet to see a single problem from it. Haven't even bothered to load a driver from Intel's site on that one, and haven't needed to. As in, speedtesting over the 5100 made me realize that 802.11n was actually capable of some pretty decent speeds in realistic use. If it weren't for BIOS whitelists, I'd probably replace the 7260AC with a different card (that actually works) and throw the 7260AC in a fire.
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