7260 AC does not show "AC"

[ESpoo]

Win7 Pro x64 identifies it properly as Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260 but 'properties' show no AC details or functionality. I've tried HT and VHT both - no AC connection.

NETSH also does not show "AC" band...

netsh>wlan show driver

Interface name: Wireless Network Connection

Driver : Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260

Vendor : Intel Corporation

Provider : Intel

Date : 10/14/2013

Version : 16.6.0.8

INF file : C:\Windows\INF\oem54.inf

Files : 3 total

C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\NETwsw02.sys

C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\Netwfw02.dat

C:\Windows\system32\drivers\vwifibus.sys

Type : Native Wi-Fi Driver

Radio types supported : 802.11b 802.11g 802.11n 802.11a

FIPS 140-2 mode supported : Yes

Hosted network supported : Yes

Authentication and cipher supported in infrastructure mode:

Open None

Open WEP-40bit

Open WEP-104bit

Open WEP

Shared WEP-40bit

Shared WEP-104bit

Shared WEP

WPA-Enterprise TKIP

WPA-Enterprise CCMP

WPA-Personal TKIP

WPA-Personal CCMP

WPA2-Enterprise TKIP

WPA2-Enterprise CCMP

WPA2-Personal TKIP

WPA2-Personal CCMP

Open Vendor defined

Authentication and cipher supported in ad-hoc mode:

Open None

Open WEP-40bit

Open WEP-104bit

Open WEP

Shared WEP-40bit

Shared WEP-104bit

Shared WEP

WPA2-Personal CCMP

IHV service present : Yes

IHV adapter OUI : [00 80 86], type: [00]

IHV extensibility DLL path: C:\Windows\System32\IWMSSvc.dll

IHV UI extensibility ClSID: {1bf6cb2d-2ae0-4879-a7aa-a75834fbd0e3}

IHV diagnostics CLSID : {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}

netsh>?

[tvete]

It's more likely that the signal to noise ratio is lower. To obtain the higher 702 to 866.7 Mbps speed, get a line of sight range within the router and 7260. Then you should get at least more than 50 MB/s network transfer rate based on my experience. My speed also drops to 585 Mbps or lower if I'm two walls between the router but it can still transfer all of my 100 Mbps internet without issues. I also get about 35-40 MB/s network transfer speed at those scenarios.

[DPath1]

Thank you. I will try your suggestion.

[JShin12]

Just got mine working as well. It started to show 802.11ac after updating my driver to 17.13.11.5 (shows as 17.14.0 in the intel website) onto my Windows 8.1 64-bit machine. That driver was released on 26/01/2015, its pretty new, and am glad my laptop recognises it now.