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Apr 20, 2015
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How to maximize speeds with a Broadcom AC card and R7000?

Hello all,
I've upgraded my motherboard to a Asus Maximus VII Impact with an onboard Broadcom 802.11AC Network Adapter. I believe it is model BCM43XAC_NT61 based on the device ID.

On my 5GHz band network, it will connect and if I right click teh network and click Status the speed is listed at 866.5 Mbps. If I hover the mouse over the network, it only lists it as 802.11n and not ac. I only get 1-2 bars on the 5GHz band though. With this, I can download from Steam at up to 4.2 MB/s. I feel like it should be much greater.

On my 2.4Ghz network, I get 2-4 bars, speed is 144.0 Mbps, and I get up to 3.9 MB/s downloads.

I have WMM enabled on the router, but, but unsure of what else to tweak for this card. I had changed a bunch of settings for my previous intel 7260, but erset it after I got rid of that.

Any ideas?

Cheers,
Alex

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