intel centrino 2230 problems in windows 10

I will try it at a local Starbucks tomorrow and report back on how well it worked. I spend $10 on a TP-LINK TL-WN725N Wireless N Nano USB Adapter 150Mbps from Amazon. I decided to buy a USB wireless network adapter to use at Starbucks. It is still unreliable on some Starbucks and simply do not work on some other Starbucks. I guess I'm stuck with 'Maximum Performance' for now.Īlthough setting the 'Wireless Adapter Settings Power Saving Mode' to 'Maximum Performance' on battery worked for some Starbucks. Surprised that it wasn't automatically installed after upgrading to Windows 10.īut I tried the default 'Medium Power Saving' mode and it didn't solve the problem. I didn't get a chance to take a screen shot of the older driver. The screen shot below shows the driver that was installed. Surprisingly, there was a newer driver as Windows automatically found it, download it, and installed it. I checked for new driver for it just now. The WiFi adapter in the G46VW is the Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2230. Perhaps a new driver will fix the problem. Maybe Windows 10 WiFi driver has problems turning it on and off, etc. In fact, I had to reboot the computer after changing the setting to 'Maximum Performance' to get the WiFi adapter to work again. With 'Maximum Power Saving' the laptop computer can't even connect. I tried 'Low Power Saving' and it had the same problem symptom as 'Medium Power Saving'. It's looking like their router has some incompatibilities with Windows 10 power saving modes. I changed the 'On battery' setting to 'Maximum Performance' (see screen shot below) and now it's working at both Starbucks locations. It defaults to 'Maximum Performance' when plugged in. In the plan, the 'Wireless Adapter Settings Power Saving Mode' defaults to 'Medium Power Saving' on battery. So I dug into the Windows power saving plan, because the only difference is the AC adapter. I have confirmed that this problem occurs at two different Starbucks locations. The WiFi works fine at home and at the local library. I noticed that if I'm on AC adapter, then everything is OK. But after a few minutes, it would still be connected, but get no Internet access. The laptop would connect to the WiFi fine. But the past few times I had trouble staying connected on the WiFi, which I had no problem with on Windows 8.1.

I normally go to Starbucks during the afternoon to get some work done.

But I did notice something interesting with the WiFi. I just upgraded to Windows 10 on the Asus G46VW this past week.

Intel centrino 2230 problems in windows 10