Guide: Turn your Killer E2200 NIC into Qualcomm Atheros AR8161

EarthDog · Nov 13, 2014

Ahh... ok. Yeah, no issues here outside of the speedtest not working for some reason, LOL. It has been fine and performance fine as well.

Shou Miko · Nov 13, 2014

EarthDog said:
Ahh... ok. Yeah, no issues here outside of the speedtest not working for some reason, LOL. It has been fine and performance fine as well.

speedtest works fine for me, but one of my customers at work have had simular trouble with speedtest.net not loading in IE, Chrome or even Firefox

Not my best run but having some net usage by Aion and data transferring:

Vai_estudar · Nov 14, 2014

Used to be at ~20-30Mbps.

Many thanks

blobster21 · Nov 23, 2014

Thank you so much pumadk99, i followed your guide and now the damn nic can support WOL properly ! The MSI drivers wouldn't let me do that, no matter what !

You clearly made my day :lovetpu:

mbeau88 · Nov 25, 2014

Thank you SO much!!!!

I also created an account to say thanks lol... I have 50/50 and was getting 50/5... But over Wifi I was getting 50/50... This solved my issue.

It's weird tho.. Transfers from PC to PC were @ gigabit speeds both ways, so it was just screwing with something on browsers and other Windows apps.

Solved my issue! Twitch.tv, here I come!

Shou Miko · Nov 26, 2014

mbeau88 said:
Thank you SO much!!!!

I also created an account to say thanks lol... I have 50/50 and was getting 50/5... But over Wifi I was getting 50/50... This solved my issue.

It's weird tho.. Transfers from PC to PC were @ gigabit speeds both ways, so it was just screwing with something on browsers and other Windows apps.

Solved my issue! Twitch.tv, here I come!

i am happy to hear this can help ppl

Blue-Knight · Nov 26, 2014

puma99dk| said:
Turn your Killer E2200 NIC into Qualcomm Athero AR8161

I thought this was about this E2200.

Shou Miko · Nov 27, 2014

Blue-Knight said:
I thought this was about this E2200.

haha lol

Lopez0101 · Nov 27, 2014

Think this trick will work with earlier version of the Wifi card? I've been having issues with my 1103 in my laptop. Constantly dropping wifi signal and regaining it every couple of minutes. Finally got it to be marginally stable by going to the oldest driver I could find.

Shou Miko · Nov 28, 2014

Lopez0101 said:
Think this trick will work with earlier version of the Wifi card? I've been having issues with my 1103 in my laptop. Constantly dropping wifi signal and regaining it every couple of minutes. Finally got it to be marginally stable by going to the oldest driver I could find.

without saying yes, it could work, if you can find the so called Killer's Qualcomm Atheros brother that uses the same chip, it should work, but no guarantee from my side since i don't have a laptop to test it with.

Lopez0101 · Nov 28, 2014

From what TomsHardware says, it's an Atheros AR9380 for the Killer 1103.

Shou Miko · Nov 28, 2014

Lopez0101 said:
From what TomsHardware says, it's an Atheros AR9380 for the Killer 1103.

looks like it, only thing you can do is trying it out, and if it helps, then you have the solution otherwise buy a Intel Centrio Wireless-N 2230 or something they are around 20 bobs or something not really expensive.

Lopez0101 · Nov 28, 2014

I was considering just replacing the card. It seems to be working fine lately, though. My issue with the AR9380 drivers is they were last updated early 2011. Suppose I'll just stick with what I've got for now.

Skrell · Jan 9, 2015

Can someone PLEASE repost these drivers as i cannot find them ANYWHERE except for "sketchy" websites?

Shou Miko · Jan 9, 2015

Skrell said:
Can someone PLEASE repost these drivers as i cannot find them ANYWHERE except for "sketchy" websites?

Dunno what happened to Qualcomm's site but i uploaded it to my Google Drive so everyone can still download and use it ^^

Thx for discover it didn't work Skrell.

TheGoat Eater · Jan 28, 2015

FYI - if you want that E2200 driver only file look here

http://us.msi.com/support/mb/Z97M-GAMING.html#down-driver&Win7 64

Shou Miko · Jan 28, 2015

TheGoat Eater said:
FYI - if you want that E2200 driver only file look here http://us.msi.com/support/mb/Z97M-GAMING.html#down-driver&Win7 64

we don't need the E2200 Driver, it was the Qualcomm Atheros AR8161 that was needed, but there is nuth google drive can't fix

Scott Chamber · Jan 31, 2015

puma99dk| said:
we don't need the E2200 Driver, it was the Qualcomm Atheros AR8161 that was needed, but there is nuth google drive can't fix

Puma where might the link be to download this file?

TY in advance...............meow

Shou Miko · Jan 31, 2015

Scott Chamber said:
Puma where might the link be to download this file?

TY in advance...............meow

It's in the first post:

DDL: AR813x_AR815x_AR816x_v2.1.0.21_WHQL.zip

Click on the Arrow i drew a red circle around, it's drive that thinks then it's a zip file it can show the content xD

syntheticwisdom · Feb 5, 2015

So I just did this and my internet still isn't working. It'll show a connection but won't actually connect to anything. Then I'll eventually get the little yellow triangle with an exclamation mark and when I try to repair it gives me a new error. "WerFault.Exe - Application Error 'The exception Illegal Instruction An attempt was made to execute an illegal instruction. (0xc000001d) occurred in the application at location 0xf527bc80 click ok to terminate program'" This then forces the troubleshooting menu to close. I can see that troubleshooting tells me I don't have a valid IP config. The error message is new, the ip config error has happened before. Sometimes it doesn't recognize my Ethernet cable as being plugged in but the board is flashing green as if it sees it. Sometimes it cuts out every 45 seconds or so. Sometimes it cuts out for hours or days at a time (like currently). I just bought a new Intel network adapter in hopes that this fixes the issues. I was trying to get this working in the mean time. Though I don't know if a new network adapter will fix the periodic BSOD's and inconsistent USB ports...

Edit: Wanted to add that I have a z87-g45 board

Shou Miko · Feb 6, 2015

u say it doesn't work for u, did it get ip, undermask, default gateway, dns after u installed this driver?

If not I can understand why internet wouldn't work.

as soon as yesterday i had a old Lenovo Thinkpad R500 with Windows XP it wouldn't connected properly to my dad's internet wireless or cable bcs it wouldn't get default gateway on it's own, and if i typed it manually it, didn't work so i had to open cmd and write netsh winsock reset and reboot after that it worked on wireless like a clam but wire was still a but buggy but it will be reinstalled with Windows 8.1 today i think.

Scott Chamber · Feb 7, 2015

Anyone have a working link to the KILLER CLEANER that i see postings on that will remove the old driver?

Thanks,

NorthboundOcclusive · Feb 15, 2015

Scott Chamber said:
Anyone have a working link to the KILLER CLEANER that i see postings on that will remove the old driver?

Thanks,

YMMV, but http://www.opendrivers.com/download/driver-167472.html looks to be the one. only went looking for it myself out of curiousity, im trying to find a lga1150 z97 mobo without the killer chip on it

Shou Miko · Feb 15, 2015

NorthboundOcclusive said:
YMMV, but http://www.opendrivers.com/download/driver-167472.html looks to be the one. only went looking for it myself out of curiousity, im trying to find a lga1150 z97 mobo without the killer chip on it

That's actually Easy Asus boards, ECS, EVGA and some Gigabyte boards.

They have Intel and Realtek only some of the Gigabyte boards has Killer NIC...

razer2922 · Feb 17, 2015

Hi i found this thread after searching a lot on google

i have this nic killer e2200 PCI-E in my laptop msi - GT60 -ONC. from the time i owned this laptop i have been using wifi. i recently started using the lan port on it and whenever i would use lan my ADSL router would disconnect from the internet(found out recently). after doing some more research and google i found out that it might be because of the killer NIC and not my isp because when i am online on my ipad or nexus i never get disconnected from the internet.

from what i have found out is my nic is Killer e2200 Gigabyte Ethernet Controller (NDIS 6.20) #4

on the front page it displays (NDIS 6.30 ) so is it ok if i follow the steps in page 1 or do i have to do something else?

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Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 7700 Raphael \ i7-8550U Kaby Lake-R
Motherboard	ASRock B650M PG Riptide Bios v. 2.02 AMD AGESA 1.1.0.0 \ Lenowo 20L60036MX Bios 1.47
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15 Chromax.Black (Only middle fan) \ Lenowo WN-2
Memory	G.Skill Flare X5 2x16GB DDR5 6000MHZ CL36-36-36-96 AMD EXPO \ Willk Elektronik 2x16GB 2666MHZ CL17
Video Card(s)	Asus GeForce RTX™ 4070 Dual OC GPU: 2325-2355 MEM: 1462\| Nvidia GeForce MX™ 150 2GB GDDR5 Micron
Storage	Gigabyte M30 1TB\|Sabrent Rocket 2TB\| HDD: 10TB\|1TB \ SKHynix 256GB 2242 3x2
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Case	Asus Prime AP201 White Mesh \| Lenowo T480 chassis
Audio Device(s)	Steelseries Arctis Pro Wireless
Power Supply	Be Quiet! Pure Power 12 M 750W Goldie \| 65W
Mouse	Logitech G305 Lightspeedy Wireless \| Lenowo TouchPad & Logitech G305
Keyboard	Akko 3108 DS Horizon V2 Cream Yellow \| T480 UK Lumi
Software	Win11 Pro 23H2 UK
Benchmark Scores	3DMARK: https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/89434432? GPU-Z: https://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/details/v3zbr

System Name	Lynni PS \ Lenowo TwinkPad T480
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 7700 Raphael \ i7-8550U Kaby Lake-R
Motherboard	ASRock B650M PG Riptide Bios v. 2.02 AMD AGESA 1.1.0.0 \ Lenowo 20L60036MX Bios 1.47
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15 Chromax.Black (Only middle fan) \ Lenowo WN-2
Memory	G.Skill Flare X5 2x16GB DDR5 6000MHZ CL36-36-36-96 AMD EXPO \ Willk Elektronik 2x16GB 2666MHZ CL17
Video Card(s)	Asus GeForce RTX™ 4070 Dual OC GPU: 2325-2355 MEM: 1462\| Nvidia GeForce MX™ 150 2GB GDDR5 Micron
Storage	Gigabyte M30 1TB\|Sabrent Rocket 2TB\| HDD: 10TB\|1TB \ SKHynix 256GB 2242 3x2
Display(s)	LG UltraGear 27GP850-B 1440p@165Hz \| LG 48CX OLED 4K HDR \| AUO 14" 1440p IPS
Case	Asus Prime AP201 White Mesh \| Lenowo T480 chassis
Audio Device(s)	Steelseries Arctis Pro Wireless
Power Supply	Be Quiet! Pure Power 12 M 750W Goldie \| 65W
Mouse	Logitech G305 Lightspeedy Wireless \| Lenowo TouchPad & Logitech G305
Keyboard	Akko 3108 DS Horizon V2 Cream Yellow \| T480 UK Lumi
Software	Win11 Pro 23H2 UK
Benchmark Scores	3DMARK: https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/89434432? GPU-Z: https://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/details/v3zbr

System Name	BlueKnight
Processor	Intel Celeron G1610 @ 2.60GHz
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H61M-S2PH (rev. 1.0)
Memory	1x 4GB DDR3 @ 1333MHz (Kingston KVR13N9S8/4)
Video Card(s)	Onboard
Storage	1x 160GB (Western Digital WD1600AAJS-75M0A0)
Display(s)	1x 20" 1600x900 (PHILIPS 200VW9FBJ/78)
Case	μATX Case (Generic)
Power Supply	300W (Generic)
Software	Debian GNU/Linux 8.7 (jessie)

System Name	Lynni PS \ Lenowo TwinkPad T480
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 7700 Raphael \ i7-8550U Kaby Lake-R
Motherboard	ASRock B650M PG Riptide Bios v. 2.02 AMD AGESA 1.1.0.0 \ Lenowo 20L60036MX Bios 1.47
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15 Chromax.Black (Only middle fan) \ Lenowo WN-2
Memory	G.Skill Flare X5 2x16GB DDR5 6000MHZ CL36-36-36-96 AMD EXPO \ Willk Elektronik 2x16GB 2666MHZ CL17
Video Card(s)	Asus GeForce RTX™ 4070 Dual OC GPU: 2325-2355 MEM: 1462\| Nvidia GeForce MX™ 150 2GB GDDR5 Micron
Storage	Gigabyte M30 1TB\|Sabrent Rocket 2TB\| HDD: 10TB\|1TB \ SKHynix 256GB 2242 3x2
Display(s)	LG UltraGear 27GP850-B 1440p@165Hz \| LG 48CX OLED 4K HDR \| AUO 14" 1440p IPS
Case	Asus Prime AP201 White Mesh \| Lenowo T480 chassis
Audio Device(s)	Steelseries Arctis Pro Wireless
Power Supply	Be Quiet! Pure Power 12 M 750W Goldie \| 65W
Mouse	Logitech G305 Lightspeedy Wireless \| Lenowo TouchPad & Logitech G305
Keyboard	Akko 3108 DS Horizon V2 Cream Yellow \| T480 UK Lumi
Software	Win11 Pro 23H2 UK
Benchmark Scores	3DMARK: https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/89434432? GPU-Z: https://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/details/v3zbr

System Name	Lynni PS \ Lenowo TwinkPad T480
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 7700 Raphael \ i7-8550U Kaby Lake-R
Motherboard	ASRock B650M PG Riptide Bios v. 2.02 AMD AGESA 1.1.0.0 \ Lenowo 20L60036MX Bios 1.47
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15 Chromax.Black (Only middle fan) \ Lenowo WN-2
Memory	G.Skill Flare X5 2x16GB DDR5 6000MHZ CL36-36-36-96 AMD EXPO \ Willk Elektronik 2x16GB 2666MHZ CL17
Video Card(s)	Asus GeForce RTX™ 4070 Dual OC GPU: 2325-2355 MEM: 1462\| Nvidia GeForce MX™ 150 2GB GDDR5 Micron
Storage	Gigabyte M30 1TB\|Sabrent Rocket 2TB\| HDD: 10TB\|1TB \ SKHynix 256GB 2242 3x2
Display(s)	LG UltraGear 27GP850-B 1440p@165Hz \| LG 48CX OLED 4K HDR \| AUO 14" 1440p IPS
Case	Asus Prime AP201 White Mesh \| Lenowo T480 chassis
Audio Device(s)	Steelseries Arctis Pro Wireless
Power Supply	Be Quiet! Pure Power 12 M 750W Goldie \| 65W
Mouse	Logitech G305 Lightspeedy Wireless \| Lenowo TouchPad & Logitech G305
Keyboard	Akko 3108 DS Horizon V2 Cream Yellow \| T480 UK Lumi
Software	Win11 Pro 23H2 UK
Benchmark Scores	3DMARK: https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/89434432? GPU-Z: https://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/details/v3zbr

Guide: Turn your Killer E2200 NIC into Qualcomm Atheros AR8161

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