Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] XPS 15 Laptop - Killer Networking NIC Experience

2020-07-20 Thread Jonathan Waldrep 
Killer doesn't make its own chipsets. I would use the drivers for the
underlying chip. For example, Killer's Wi-Fi 6 card is just a rebranded
Intel AX200. IIRC, the Wi-Fi 5 cards use Qualcomm. Use the
Intel/Qualcomm drivers and ditch the KCC.

On 2020-07-17 20:58:37, Johnson, Christopher wrote:
> Joel - You are correct. Intel bought/acquired them in May this year from an 
> article I saw.
> 
> Brad - Thank you! That was very helpful - I'm skeptic when I see NICs 
> 'demolished' on a forum - while at same time - I my self have come across 
> terrible NICs (Broadcom Adapter that sees the worst 5GHz signal as 100% 
> Quality - Face Palm). I would be interested in discussing further and can 
> e-mail you directly.
> 
> Thank you all for your input and hope you have a good weekend!
> Christopher Johnson
> Wireless Network Engineer
> Office of Technology Solutions | Illinois State University
> (309) 438-8444
> 
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> Christopher,
> We have had a group of users for years that have Alienware laptops with the 
> Killer Wireless chips in them. The only wireless connection / reliability 
> issue we have seen were due to a couple of settings in the "Killer Control 
> Center" (KCC) that manages wireless chip settings / features. The settings we 
> have found in KCC are extremely wirelessly disruptive to a percentage of 
> users. We change those settings, but find that some driver version upgrades 
> reset them. These settings affect users on both our 802.1X and open guest 
> wireless networks. I hope this helps. If you want to discuss further, let me 
> know.
> Thanks,
> Brad
> 
> From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Community Group Listserv 
> [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Johnson, Christopher
> Sent: Friday, July 17, 2020 12:50 PM
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> Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] XPS 15 Laptop - Killer Networking NIC Experience
> 
> [EXTERNAL SENDER]
> Good Afternoon everyone,
> 
> Curious what everyone's experience has been with the "Killer Networking  - 
> https://support.killernetworking.com/; NICs - probably not the best name for 
> a product? Which seemed to have been included with the Dell XPS 15 laptop? If 
> they're as "stay far away from" as a couple forum posts I've seen - where 
> Dell was just flat out been replacing them under warranty with Intel 8265 
> NICs - 
> https://www.dell.com/community/Laptops-General-Read-Only/XPS-15-9560-Killer-Wireless-killing-my-network/td-p/5095933
> I'm not looking at replacing them. One of the staff members on campus 
> mentioned this issue to me (issues at home and on-campus) - latest drivers, 
> etc. Trying to determine if recommending an alternate card preferable - or 
> tweaking some of the driver sets might be best.
> Christopher Johnson
> Wireless Network Engineer
> Office of Technology Solutions | Illinois State University
> (309) 438-8444

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Jonathan Waldrep
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Virginia Tech

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Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] XPS 15 Laptop - Killer Networking NIC Experience

2020-07-17 Thread Coehoorn, Joel 
IIRC, Killer is owned by Intel now, and it's supposed to be a high-end
consumer line. The issue is, because it's more of a boutique product, the
drivers aren't just there already in Windows.

On Fri, Jul 17, 2020, 12:49 PM Johnson, Christopher 
wrote:

> Good Afternoon everyone,
>
>
>
> Curious what everyone’s experience has been with the “Killer Networking  -
> https://support.killernetworking.com/” NICs – probably not the best name
> for a product? Which seemed to have been included with the Dell XPS 15
> laptop? If they’re as “stay far away from” as a couple forum posts I’ve
> seen – where Dell was just flat out been replacing them under warranty with
> Intel 8265 NICs -
> https://www.dell.com/community/Laptops-General-Read-Only/XPS-15-9560-Killer-Wireless-killing-my-network/td-p/5095933
>
> I’m not looking at replacing them. One of the staff members on campus
> mentioned this issue to me (issues at home and on-campus) – latest drivers,
> etc. Trying to determine if recommending an alternate card preferable – or
> tweaking some of the driver sets might be best.
>
> *Christopher Johnson*
> Wireless Network Engineer
> Office of Technology Solutions | Illinois State University
> (309) 438-8444
>
> Stay connected with ISU IT news and tips with @ISU IT Help on Facebook
>  and Twitter
> 
>
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