I have never been so unhappy with windows products in my life. I have just spent $2,633 on two new computers one is a HP Split X2 Ultrabook with a 7260-N Wireless card. While the other is a Sony VAIO SVT212 with a 7260-N Dual Band Card. I have had nothing but trouble with these wireless cards and there constant disconnects all they keep doing is staying connected for about an hour and then switching over to limited connectivity both computers are on Windows 8.1 and both have been reinstalled in order to verify that the original factory installed copy of windows wasn't corrupt and causing the wireless problem. Here's the thing intel keeps releasing drivers that are never fixing this problem there are multiple complaints about this on the forums... I personally have tried... the beta driver 16.8 as well as driver 16.7 as well as drivers 16.5 and 16.6 now the Microsoft built in driver seems to be the most stable meaning it doesn't disconnect but it doesn't work correctly either it hardly has any signal and usually drops to 2 bars plus it is a way slower connection meaning on intel drivers I get my full 100mbs internet connection on microsoft's I get 70mbs and then it drops to 40mbs and so forth. I can't believe that this isn't being fixed yet what is wrong with your guys I spent all this money im sure if I was a big shot in your company this would be fixed in a second lol.... Get working on this its horrible. Im going to post references to all other threads talking about the problems not only do the 7260-n's suffer from disconnects but your 7260-ac's also do too.
here's the links to millions of other threads on these problems...... Honestly im about ready to dispute these charges with my credit card company since I can't use these computers properly and if you say that I should buy an external WIFI adapter that isn't a good answer you guys should fix the problem or replace these faulty unstable network cards in everyone's pc believe me intel has enough money to do that.
Link 1- https://communities.intel.com/thread/44899?start=30&tstart=0
Link 2- https://communities.intel.com/message/219453#219453
Link 3-https://communities.intel.com/message/220237#220237
Link 4-https://communities.intel.com/message/219393#219393
Link 5-https://communities.intel.com/thread/45025?start=30&tstart=0
Link 6-https://communities.intel.com/thread/38550?start=45&tstart=0
Link 7-Intel's Wi-Fi adapters connectivity issues plague users - Neowin
Link 8- P55-A5312 - Wifi Loosing Connectivity - Intel 7260... - TOSHIBA FORUMS
Link 9- Tip: Temp work around for Intel 7260 wireless card... - Lenovo Community
Link 10-Intel Wireless AC 7260 random disconnects on Windows 8.1 - Today's questions