WiFi download speed horrendously slow on Windows, great on MacOS (using Boot Camp)

I've tried the solution here: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/250859372, but the Device Manager's 'Roll Back Driver' for the is grayed out. How can I downgrade my Broadcom driver?


I'm using a MacBook Pro 2015 running Windows 10.

Windows, Windows 10

Posted on Apr 14, 2020 2:48 PM

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Posted on Apr 30, 2020 1:18 PM

Thanks for your helpful guidance and sorry for late answer! I went to the countryside and got distracted for a while.


I solved the problem by updating my driver in Device Manager:


"Update Driver" > "Browse my computer for driver software" > "Let me pick from a list of available drivers on my computer"

> "Broadcom 802.11ac, version 7.35.118.40 [24/07/2015]"


As mentioned previously the "Roll Back Driver" option was grayed out, which initially confused me.

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Apr 30, 2020 1:18 PM in response to Loner T

Thanks for your helpful guidance and sorry for late answer! I went to the countryside and got distracted for a while.


I solved the problem by updating my driver in Device Manager:


"Update Driver" > "Browse my computer for driver software" > "Let me pick from a list of available drivers on my computer"

> "Broadcom 802.11ac, version 7.35.118.40 [24/07/2015]"


As mentioned previously the "Roll Back Driver" option was grayed out, which initially confused me.

Apr 14, 2020 6:12 PM in response to teisnet

teisnet wrote:

I didn’t install Windows before October so I never had other versions of the driver installed I assume.

The original installation of Windows should have provided the BC drivers, which may have been updated by Windows. However, BC drivers installation can fail. Was your Windows Wireless used at any point in the past, with reasonable performance?

Could I install the older driver directly, not using the Boot Camp Windows installer?

Yes.

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