Solved wifi problems for Dell XPS 15 9550

As so many of you fellow forum members I too have had a lot of trouble trying to get a adequately working wifi signal with the standard Broadcomm wifi card. I have tried all of the suggestions that were made on this forum and others, mainly dealing with drivers and settings. All of which mounted to no solution what so ever.

Then I came across a forum where it was suggested to replace the Broadcomm wifi card entirely, e.g. with the Intel 7265 or 8260 card. Hesistant at first, because I did not want to forfit the guarantee on the laptop, I decided to do it anyway since the measely 5 Mbps down speed the Broadcomm card maxed to really started to *** me off!!

Unfortunately the 8260 is not yet being sold where I live so I bought the 7265 and using Dell's service manual as a guide, I installed my new Intel 7265 in the wink of an eye (although attaching the antennas is a bit of a nerf wrecking job). The XPS rebooted without any problems, without me even noticing Windows 10 had immediately installed the right drivers and I was good to go! I now have a down an up speed of almost 10 (!!) times faster than with the Broadcomm card.

I am wondering if I should sent the Broadcomm card to Dell and demand a reimbursement....

Anyway, hope I have helped some of you guys, experiencing the same problems, out a bit. My advice is get the Intel 7265 and don't be afraid to install it yourself. Using the service manual it really is a walk in the park.

Rick