Latest Intel Killer Ethernet and Wireless Drivers for Windows 11

I did one final test for my E2600 - I obtained just the drivers (not the Intel installer package) from Station drivers and manually installed the driver for my Killer E2600 NIC - and the same symptoms occurred.

It works perfectly fine with drivers from June 2022 and older, and with the stock Microsoft driver that comes with Windows. Anything newer and the system locks up.

Even with no other Killer software installed.

The only thing I can think of is that I have the NIC (connection) customized with custom DNS info, and a few other optimizations. But my NIC does not like these drivers from Intel at all.

I'm going to try the same thing with the E3100G this weekend and see if it exhibits the same thing.

EDIT: Now that I think on it some more, it's not the customization of my connection either - because it was doing this on a vanilla install of Windows 11 that I did 3 weeks ago, immediately after install and before I had customized a single thing.

Intel® Killer™ Performance Suite v34.23.7168 has been released


The 34.23.7168 version of Intel® Killer™ Performance Suite package installs the Windows® 10 and Windows 11* Wi-Fi, Ethernet drivers and Killer Networking Software for the following Intel® Killer products:

• 22.240.0.6 for Intel® Killer™ 1550, AX1650, AX1675
• 1.1.4.38 (Windows 10), 2.1.3.3 (Windows 11) for Intel® Killer™ E3100
• 10.065.0421.2023 (Windows 10), 1126.013.0424.2023 (Windows 11) for Intel® Killer™ E5000
• 10.065.0421.2023 (Windows 10), 1125.013.0424.2023 (Windows 11) for Intel® Killer™ E3000, E3100G
• 10.065.0421.2023 (Windows 10), 1168.013.0424.2023 (Windows 11) for Intel® Killer™ E2500v2, E2600
• 3.1423.712.2 for Killer Networking Software

Note: This Software Release version does not include new drivers for the Killer E2200, Killer E2400, Killer, E2500, Killer 1525 Wireless, Killer 1535 Wireless, Killer 1435 Wireless, or the Killer AX500 Wireless adapters, but the Killer Networking Software can be installed on the systems with the above adapters.

I'm loathe to try this package out as every one before this that came out this year breaks my computer.

But, I just cleanly installed this past weekend, so I may try again.

Since I already extensively tested the last build, I'll only test and see if it works or not - not gonna try to force it if it breaks everything, I'll just revert to what I have installed now, report back that it is still broken, and call it a day.

I suspect it is gonna fail, though.

I have this pending to be installed after a restart after I installed the latest driver.

Intel® Killer™ Performance Suite v35.23.826 has been released


The 35.23.826 version of Intel® Killer™ Performance Suite package installs the Windows® 10 and Windows 11* Wi-Fi, Ethernet drivers and Killer Networking Software for the following Intel® Killer™ products:

• 22.250.10.1 for Intel® Killer™ 1550, AX1650, AX1675
• 1.1.4.38 (Windows 10), 2.1.3.3 (Windows 11) for Intel® Killer™ E3100
• 10.65.421.2023 (Windows 10), 1126.14.613.2023 (Windows 11) for Intel® Killer™ E5000
• 10.65.421.2023 (Windows 10), 1125.14.613.2023 (Windows 11) for Intel® Killer™ E3000, E3100G
• 10.65.421.2023 (Windows 10), 1168.14.613.2023 (Windows 11) for Intel® Killer™ E2500v2, E2600
• 3.1523.831.1 for Killer Networking Software

Note: This Software Release version does not include new drivers for the Killer E2200, Killer E2400, Killer, E2500, Killer 1525 Wireless, Killer 1535 Wireless, Killer 1435 Wireless, or the Killer AX500 Wireless adapters, but the Killer Networking Software can be installed on the systems with the above adapters.

For a while I was also using the Killer Intelligence Center, but with this latest Performance Suite version the KIC doesn't work... it's happened with some previous versions as well. So I nixed the KIC completely.

Since last version and some random Windows Update in Windows 11, my PC is able to connect to 5GHz network directly at boot and works fine throughout the time it's on. Same with this newer version as well. Guess Intel and Microsoft found a way to fix it for me !

I'm gonna try this new build, but I'm still having issues installing anything newer than what I can get from the MSI site.

johnlgalt said:

I'm loathe to try this package out as every one before this that came out this year breaks my computer.

But, I just cleanly installed this past weekend, so I may try again.

Since I already extensively tested the last build, I'll only test and see if it works or not - not gonna try to force it if it breaks everything, I'll just revert to what I have installed now, report back that it is still broken, and call it a day.

I suspect it is gonna fail, though.

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Maybe one day they'll get it figured out.

This time, though, I'm gonna re-enable all of the Killer services, then uninstall the current package I have, and make sure I clean it thoroughly from my computer, and then give the new package a go. I'll add in an extra step, though, to disable all of the killer NICs too, and see if that makes a difference.

I hope it works. But, I expect it to also fail.

johnlgalt said:

I'm gonna try this new build, but I'm still having issues installing anything newer than what I can get from the MSI site.



Maybe one day they'll get it figured out.

This time, though, I'm gonna re-enable all of the Killer services, then uninstall the current package I have, and make sure I clean it thoroughly from my computer, and then give the new package a go. I'll add in an extra step, though, to disable all of the killer NICs too, and see if that makes a difference.

I hope it works. But, I expect it to also fail.

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While choosing custom install, I chose not to install any killer software features and only went with drivers for hardware in the selection window. Did you try that?

Lol preaching to the choir. I detailed my issues and my steps earlier. Below is the post where I mention the install method.

35.23.842 came down today on my machines:

I've had no luck installing anything newer than what MSI offers, it breaks my system's Ethernet every time.

I'll try this one now, see if that chain has finally broken, or if it dies.

Wish me luck!

fg2001gf11F said:

35.23.842 came down today on my machines:

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It's been out for a while. Hopefully an update arrives before the end of this year.

Hmmmm... Intel just posted a "new" Suite, yet it's still 35.23.842, but dated 12/6/2023...
The only updates I noticed are these:

• 1.1.4.42 (Windows 10), 2.1.3.15 (Windows 11) for Intel® Killer™ E3100
• 10.68.815.2023 (Windows 10), 1126.15.717.2023 (Windows 11) for Intel® Killer™ E5000
• 10.68.815.2023 (Windows 10), 1125.15.717.2023 (Windows 11) for Intel® Killer™ E3000, E3100G
• 10.68.815.2023 (Windows 10), 1168.15.717.2023 (Windows 11) for Intel® Killer™ E2500v2, E2600

asturias7 said:

Hmmmm... Intel just posted a "new" Suite, yet it's still 35.23.842, but dated 12/6/2023...
The only updates I noticed are these:

• 1.1.4.42 (Windows 10), 2.1.3.15 (Windows 11) for Intel® Killer™ E3100
• 10.68.815.2023 (Windows 10), 1126.15.717.2023 (Windows 11) for Intel® Killer™ E5000
• 10.68.815.2023 (Windows 10), 1125.15.717.2023 (Windows 11) for Intel® Killer™ E3000, E3100G
• 10.68.815.2023 (Windows 10), 1168.15.717.2023 (Windows 11) for Intel® Killer™ E2500v2, E2600

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This is the one I have




Got this today 1/10/2024 on Canary 26020:

Sadly, it still breaks on my computer.

johnlgalt said:

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Intel® Killer™ Performance Suite

This download record installs Wi-Fi, Ethernet drivers and Killer Software for the Intel® Killer™ products.

www.intel.com

Sadly, it still breaks on my computer.

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So, two updates in two days:
The only changes are 23.20.0.4 for Intel® Killer™ 1550, AX1650, AX1675, AX 1690 (which I already had), and for those who use it, 3.1523.1205.1 for Killer Networking Software.

So, I just cleanly installed Windows 11 on my system. And this is what I found.

My system refuses to accept an Intel (Killer) drivers packaged as 3x.xx - but the older 3.xxxx drivers install fine. The latest of those is 3.1122.1105, and I can now reliably find older versions of this chain of drivers from Intel's site as well, the newest being 3.1122.814. But anything such as 31.xxx, 32.xxx, etc. will simply not work - the drivers get installed and both NICs (E2600, E3100G) stop working, though I'm no longer getting blue screens.

Oh well.

So the latest Intel Killer Performance Suite is version 35.24.1177. But, it only shows up when you choose it from the drop-down menu, and the date of its release doesn't change from the previous version... strange.



Anyhow...
Release Notes
https://downloadmirror.intel.com/817020/KillerPerformanceSuite_35.24.1177.pdf

Direct download: