Question Terrible Wifi on Asrock X870 PRO RS WIFI

[RealJohnJohnson]

I’ve had serious issues with the connection on this motherboard. It connects to the internet, but on startup, it often takes several minutes and cuts out a few times. The download speed also ranges from 150mbps to as low as 5mpbs. I use Windows 11 and have installed the drivers off the website. I have also set up the antennas behind the motherboard. Aside from the wifi, the computer seems fine.

Does anyone know what it could be?

 

[Lutfij]

What BIOS version are you on for your motherboard?

I have also set up the antennas behind the motherboard.
Can you elaborate on this? Perhaps an image to show where it's located and how the antenna's are set up? Does your internet improve if you have a clear line of site from the WiFi router to your antenna's?

Moved thread to Wireless Networking section from Motherboard's section.

 

[RealJohnJohnson]

What BIOS version are you on for your motherboard?

I have also set up the antennas behind the motherboard.
Can you elaborate on this? Perhaps an image to show where it's located and how the antenna's are set up? Does your internet improve if you have a clear line of site from the WiFi router to your antenna's?

Moved thread to Wireless Networking section from Motherboard's section.

For sure! It is Bios 3.15, which is the latest full release. Here is how the antennas are set up. When I installed Windows, I used the “oobe\bypassnre” command because it wouldn’t connect to a network without the driver. Would it help if I reinstalled Windows? Thanks!

 

[bill001g]

Pretty typical install for a desktop and illustrates why wifi performance can be poor. You are blocked from the front by the metal case and on the back by the wall. The wifi signal likely must somehow bounce around to come in the side.

As a test try to turn the machine around so the antenna face the center of the room. If that helps you can get short extension cables that let you extend the antenna and place them on top of the case.

I would go into the device manager and look a the driver that is being used. What you are mostly interested in the model/chipset of wifi that is being used. You should then be able to get a newer driver from the manufacture of the wifi chipset. The ones from the motherboard manufacture tend to be older and the generic ones microsoft tends to use are even older. You have nothing to really lose by trying new drivers but I suspect it is more the signal is being blocked.

 

[RealJohnJohnson]

Pretty typical install for a desktop and illustrates why wifi performance can be poor. You are blocked from the front by the metal case and on the back by the wall. The wifi signal likely must somehow bounce around to come in the side.

As a test try to turn the machine around so the antenna face the center of the room. If that helps you can get short extension cables that let you extend the antenna and place them on top of the case.

I would go into the device manager and look a the driver that is being used. What you are mostly interested in the model/chipset of wifi that is being used. You should then be able to get a newer driver from the manufacture of the wifi chipset. The ones from the motherboard manufacture tend to be older and the generic ones microsoft tends to use are even older. You have nothing to really lose by trying new drivers but I suspect it is more the signal is being blocked.

Thanks for the tip! I will try that out!

Edit: The manufacturer is Mediatek, but I cannot seem to find a more recent driver for Wifi 7. I am running 5.3.0.1825.

 

[bill001g]

I hate mediatek web site. Unlike broadcom or intel or other vendors they really hide there drivers.

That is the latest driver you find on the motherboard site. Asus uses the same wifi chip and has drivers that start with 5.4 and when you do generic searches for what I think is the wifi chip your board uses you find drivers that start with 23.10. I can't find ones on mediatek and I would not recommend running ones from random internet sites.

I would leave the drivers alone. It is just one of the standard recommendation to upgrade to the latest when you have strange issues and see if you get lucky and it is the cause of the issue. When you can't really be sure you have the correct drivers then it may no be worth the gamble.