Very slow wireless networking on my Brand New Dell xps 13.

Hi

Please try the below mentioned steps:

1. Click “Start”, type “Power options”, and then click “Settings” on the right hand side. Click “Power options” from the search results.
2. On the Select a power plan page, click Change plan settings for the plan that you want to change.
3. On the Change settings for the plan page, click “Change advanced power settings”.
4. On the “Advance settings” tab, expand “Wireless adapter settings”, expand “Power saving mode” and change the settings to “Maximum Performance”.
5. Click Apply and then Ok to save changes and exit.
6. Restart the computer and check for the strength of wireless networks.

If the above options do not work please try changing the settings for wireless card in Device manager.

Please follow the below mentioned steps;

1. Click “start”.
2. Type “Device Manager” in the search box.
3. Select “Device Manager “in the list.
4. Double click “Network Adapters”.
5. Right click the wireless card.
6. Select “Properties” and set "Transmit Power" to maximum and "Roaming Aggressiveness" to lowest setting.
7. Restart the computer to save changes and check the wireless signal strength.

Please post the results.

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I have the same issue.  The above power suggestions do not help.  The XPS133 was a blazingly fast machine when I got it, but then after only about 1 month, the wireless became nearly unusable.  THis machine is running WIn8.  Any other suggestions?

Hi jskurka,

I would suggest you to uninstall and reinstall the wireless drivers. XPS 13 is shipped in 2 variants: L321x and L322x. Please share the exact system model and model of wireless card installed on the system as listed in device manager. We will take it further from there.

Keep me posted with the information. I will be glad to assist further.

I cannot locate the variant information.  Can you tell me where I can find it?

I have a Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235 wireless adapter.  The driver version was 15.5.0.41  I uninstalled the device, and asked Windows to delete the driver.

I then scanned for new hardware, and it automatically installed the new device and the same driver.  Performance not any better.  Still unacceptably slow - I'm sitting 5 ft from the wireless access point.

Hi jskurka,

Thank you for the reply. You may install the latest wireless drivers for Intel Centrino Advanced N-6235 from the link below:

http://dell.to/11bWDKu

Hope this helps. Please feel free to reply for any further questions.

I updated the driver, and there's not really any improvement.  For instance, facebook takes > 30s to completely load.  Using Chrome is no help either.  sending a tweet takes forever.  Really unacceptable.  This is brand new - where can I take it locally to have it checked out under warranty?

OK - well, this appears to be an improvement.  Let me do more testing tonight, but initially, it appears as though page loading times are much faster now..

Hi jskurka,

Thank you for the reply. I am glad to know that wireless connection has shown improvement after making the changes in settings. I hope it is still working better and faster than before.

Keep me posted with the results. I will be glad to assist further.

I checked it out last night and the new settings fixed the problem.  I blazed through page after page for over an hour.  No issues.  Thanks for the help.

Hi jskurka,

I am delighted to know that the issue has been resolved. Thank you for the patience and cooperation.

Please feel free to reply for any further questions. I will be glad to assist.

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No the solution doesn't work the same problem has existed for 6 years. It's even in XPS 9635 ...ridiculous. Now the laptop doesn't go into hibernation or sleep and again Dell refuses to fix this.  I will never buy a dell again

That intel link does not work