I've just installed a new ASUS PCE-AC68 wireless card on my Windows 8.1 64 bit PC with a GA-Z87-D3H motherboard. I initially set it up by installing the "drivers only" off the CD that came with the device.
My computer had no problem detecting the card and after installing the drivers I was able to see all of wireless networks.
Although I had full bars I was unable to connect to my home wireless network. I was able to confirm that I was detecting both the 2.4ghz and 5ghz bands.
I tried connecting to my phones hotspot using the wireless card and had no issues accessing the internet.
I then tried installing several different versions of the driver that I got off the ASUS website with and without the utilities. I always made sure to uninstall the previous versions of the drivers and rebooting before trying a new install.
I noticed that my old dlink wireless card drivers were still installed, so I uninstalled those and tried reinstalling the ASUS drivers with no luck.
I tried the other PCIe slot on my computer. With this slot I was actually in a worse spot - for some reason I couldn't even connect to my phone hotspot. No issues detecting the wireless network and always had full bars.
I also tried deleting all of the existing WiFi networks using the netsh commands although there appeared to be no stored profiles other than what I had been trying to connect to today. Is it possible that the old profiles from the old wireless cards still exist somewhere but aren't showing up?
I have a couple more ideas to try; thinking of installing the latest broadcom drivers for my wireless card chipset, trying a completely new SSID for my wireless network, try disabling WPA2-PSK (AES/TKIP) encryption on my router to see if I can connect without encryption, reseting the netsh winsock and maybe even a motherboard BIOS update.
If anyone has any input it would be greatly appreciated!
My computer had no problem detecting the card and after installing the drivers I was able to see all of wireless networks.
Although I had full bars I was unable to connect to my home wireless network. I was able to confirm that I was detecting both the 2.4ghz and 5ghz bands.
I tried connecting to my phones hotspot using the wireless card and had no issues accessing the internet.
I then tried installing several different versions of the driver that I got off the ASUS website with and without the utilities. I always made sure to uninstall the previous versions of the drivers and rebooting before trying a new install.
I noticed that my old dlink wireless card drivers were still installed, so I uninstalled those and tried reinstalling the ASUS drivers with no luck.
I tried the other PCIe slot on my computer. With this slot I was actually in a worse spot - for some reason I couldn't even connect to my phone hotspot. No issues detecting the wireless network and always had full bars.
I also tried deleting all of the existing WiFi networks using the netsh commands although there appeared to be no stored profiles other than what I had been trying to connect to today. Is it possible that the old profiles from the old wireless cards still exist somewhere but aren't showing up?
I have a couple more ideas to try; thinking of installing the latest broadcom drivers for my wireless card chipset, trying a completely new SSID for my wireless network, try disabling WPA2-PSK (AES/TKIP) encryption on my router to see if I can connect without encryption, reseting the netsh winsock and maybe even a motherboard BIOS update.
If anyone has any input it would be greatly appreciated!
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