You're now running the latest Atheros driver for your rebranded Atheros AR8161 Ethernet Card. In Control Panel your network card will now be called "Qualcomm Atheros 8161 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller (NDIS 6.30)"
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Keep in mind that these are raw drivers, they're work perfectly, but include none of the fancy (useless) "Killer" software features.ĭownload the file above and extract it to a temporary location.įirst, (because removing the killer Ethernet software is part of the goal here) you should go to control panel and uninstall the existing bigfoot killer Ethernet package from "Programs and Features".ġ) Head to control panel and open "Device Manager".Ģ) Under "Network Adapters" right click on the e2200 Killer network card and choose "Update Driver Software".ģ) Click "Browse my computer for driver software".Ĥ) Click "Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer.ħ) Find the folder you extracted and navigate to "AR813x_AR815x_AR816x_v2.1.0.15_WHQL\Common_Dri\Win8_64"Ĩ) Select "L1C63圆4.inf" and click Open, then OK.ĩ) From the list of drivers choose "Qualcomm Atheros 8161 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller (NDIS 6.30)"
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However, the vendor and device ID won't match, so you'll need to do the following to install it. On the Atheros site under "AR816X Family Drivers" choose the "WIN_AR816X" option from the dropdown box. The drivers provided on this page are for Killer Networking Software, and most of them are for Windows operating system. Īs such you can download newer, unmodified drivers from Atheros directly, just google for: atheros+download and visit the first link. I have rebooted my router and fully uninstalled the wifi adapter drivers and installed the. In Device Manager, the Killer Ethernet E2400 driver is listed as v9.0.0.50. Here are a few ways to fix Lag on Killer Network Adapters. Specifically it's a slightly modified AR8161 Gigabit Ethernet. The driver version number listed on Dell's Support page for the XPS 8930 Killer PCI-e Network Controller is v, which is what I have installed. It's worse than pointless when it causes system instability and crashes.Īfter a little research I determined that the "Qualcomm Atheros llama Ke2200 Series PCI-E Ethernet Controller" is actually a "Qualcomm Atheros AR813X/AR815X/816X Series PCI-E Ethernet Controller" Most people will be able to tell you that the "Killer Ethernet" is fairy pointless, I didn't buy the laptop for it at any rate. No results were found for the filter Products per page Viewed. After several crashes related to the bad Bigfoot Killer Ethernet software and driver, I decided to dig a little deeper. Wireless Killer Networking Drivers: To the drivers: Creative Software Solution: To the drivers: Realtek Drivers: To the drivers: Sorting.