i purchased Lenovo Yoga 8 Tablet from amazon but I am returning it, as it has very poor wifi range. It is less than two feet. Even when placed alongside the router, the signal is good only and not excellent. Is it a wifi chip defect? i purchased Lenovo Yoga 8 Tablet from amazon but I am returning it, as it has very poor wifi range. It is less than two feet. Even when placed alongside the router, the signal is good only and not... » Read More i purchased Lenovo Yoga 8 Tablet from amazon but I am returning it, as it has very poor wifi range. It is less than two feet. Even when placed alongside the router, the signal is good only and not excellent. Is it a wifi chip defect? « Show Less
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Sounds like it. If you have another WiFi device, check its reception. My Yoga 8 has reception as good as the rest of my devices.
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If you have a 2.4ghz wireless phone and other wired or wireless devices like a tv with a remote close to the router or in the path of your tablet to the router they can interfere with Wi-Fi reception. Every time my roommate uses her 2.4ghz wireless phone my Wi-Fi speed went down. We moved them around some and the speed improved.
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Router is fine asmy laptop and mobile have very good signal. Also my brothers Google nexus is operating excellently with large wifi signal in same router.
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It is a standard mSATA interface device. The Lenovo spec has only one mSATA slot. This may not work for you if you already have something in the slot and must keep it. Use the Lenovo service guide for your device. It will most likely involve opening the bottom of the Lenovo and check if the slot is available. If your machine came with wifi, then the old wifi device will need to be removed before inserting this one. This one did not come with a driver disk, however, Windows 7 found it right away - worked right out of the box. Windows 8 should have the drivers built in, else go to the Intel site to download the driver. Hope this helps. It is a standard mSATA interface device. The Lenovo spec has only one mSATA slot. This may not work for you if you already have something in the slot and must keep it. Use the Lenovo service guide for your device. It will most likely involve opening the bottom of the Lenovo and check if the slot is available. If your machine came with wifi, then the old wifi device will need to be removed before inserting this one. This one did not come with a driver disk, however, Windows 7 found it right away - worked right out of the box. Windows 8 should have the drivers built in, else go to the Intel... » Read More It is a standard mSATA interface device. The Lenovo spec has only one mSATA slot. This may not work for you if you already have something in the slot and must keep it. Use the Lenovo service guide for your device. It will most likely involve opening the bottom of the Lenovo and check if the slot is available. If your machine came with wifi, then the old wifi device will need to be removed before inserting this one. This one did not come with a driver disk, however, Windows 7 found it right away - worked right out of the box. Windows 8 should have the drivers built in, else go to the Intel site to download the driver. Hope this helps. « Show Less
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There are problems with the wifi after that date also... I have purchased one with manufacture after that date and it is still unstable. Their suggestion of changing drivers does not solve the issue either. Best solution I have heard is to get a low profile external usb wifi card and just use that. Costs about $15 and solves a bunch of headaches with trying to get Lenovo to admit to and fix the issue.
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Gina: I got this for my wife. She loves it, B U T we were unable to upgrade to 8.1. We went through all the updates for Windows 8, then it asked and still asks to update to 8.1. Unfortunately when we updated to 8.1 it took over 4 hours to download the files, then after they were installed and the machine re-started the radio in the tablet for the Wi-Fi would not work (no Wi-Fi connection), soooo I backed it back to version 8 and the radio worked for Wi-Fi. I did get the extended warranty so I plan on filing a claim and send it back to asus. Are you having the same experience?
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Yes this is true. But it is not from Lenovo. It is the Wi-fi device itself. I have owned many kinds of laptops with the 7260 N Wi-Fi adapter and no matter what you do, You'll always have issues with it depending on your situation. My best advice is to either return the laptop or upgrade that adapter to a 7260ac wifi.
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The wifi is weak on this tablet. You have to make sure your wireless is seen and just connect to it. Would be the same way you connect your computers to your wifi or any wifi.
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Hi, My advice is to return that piece of garbage,I bought it but I installed like a month and a half after, the worse router I ever had, very poor signal range, connection drops constantly, I tried to return it but it was too late, I threw 70 bucks to the garbage, if you can, again stay away from that router it will give you many headaches. It is the last time I buy a Netgear product. Good luck!
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I had the same issue. The Wifi did not work and I had raised the concern as the company advertized that they provide 1 year support. The company did not fix the issue but refunded full amount along with the shipping cost and said need not to return the device.
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The tablet does not work at all. There's no way to check if the WIFI works. I want to return tablet and get a refund. I called Amazon and they ask me to call get in touch with you first. So far I have not gotten any reply to my request for technical support
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I would recommend lenovo yoga 2 11" instead of this one. You can get it from outlet.lenovo.com ... New computers sell for $370 ... You can use it as a laptop and a tablet. Also their customer service is better. When you buy an Asus, assume that it does not come with warranty. They will not honor it :( Lenovo is not the top of the line brand but at least they will honor their warranty when something goes wrong ... I have had too many bitter experiences with Asus ... I won't use any of their products at home or office ...
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I have it on my N66, and I have noticed a decent but modest improvement in range, particularly on the 2.4 GHz band. The other factor that really comes into play is whether or not your devices have the power to transmit at the extended range, but I have gotten a better signal through a few walls, and electrical interference on tablets, laptops, and gaming consoles. Truly just plug-and-play.
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Don't know. I am usually a fan of lenovo products, but no this one. Sent it back within two days. It was unable to maintain a WiFi connection. Much googleing revealed this to be a pretty common problem with that tablet. I am an electronics engineer and this seemed to be a firmware problem maybe they have fixed it; maybe they haven't. You will spend the difference between this and a galaxy tab 7 inch on shipping and in time getting the RMA. Its up to you. Good luck.
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Hey Paul. I recently bought this laptop for my aunt back in India. It certainly does have Wifi issues. Sometime i have to try around 5-6 times to get it connected . My aunt has also complained that it absolutely doesn't connect to the Wifi network in her office. But it seems to work well at their apartment, where they use it fairly close to the access point
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I had the same problem. Poor Wi-Fi connection or none at all. Unfortunately Matricom quality control is hit or miss. I sent mine's back and purchased a Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 and I absolutely love it!
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I own this model and I'm having the WiFi issue Asus is no help their website is useless and the customer service is poor. I will reply when I figure it out, updating the driver did nothing and upgrading to WinDos 10 same.
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I use the ipazzport keyboard with it as well as the wifi to connect to the internet. The ipazzport doesnt go too far, must be within 18 feet. However the internet connectiin over wifi works pretty good. I can stream netflix to it and the router is in the basement (one floor down). Microwaves ovens and wireless phones can cause interference perhaps some tvs or other devices too. Try moving to another room also try shuting down all other electronics and appliances til you isolate the problematic device.
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I spoke to Lenovo Sales today (1/5/2015) and they said they have no intention of making a bluetooth keyboard cover for the Yoga 2 10" Android. I may place another call just in case I reached a poorly informed employee..does not make sense not to make one. Apparently sales are strong...shipping of my order has been delayed almost a month due to stock/inventory issues.