Latest Intel Killer Ethernet and Wireless Drivers for Windows 11

johnlgalt said:

This just gets better.

No Killer software installed. Only drivers, and only the older 3.XXXX drivers, from MSI.

With my current setup, using wired, I'm only getting half my normal gigabit speeds. Since this is a new install, I decided to go for broke, and force uninstalled both NICs, telling Windows to attempt to remove the (Killer) drivers, and then verifying this was the case (before rebooting) by also using RAPR to force remove the drivers.

Upon reboot, my drivers are now stock Windows Drivers:

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And my speeds are back up to snuff.

Go figure lol.

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Yes, (in)famous Intel Killer drivers,

I know, right? lol.

But the stock drivers are crap too. If I do back to back Speedtests, the second (and following) test is capped at 100 Mbit - 200 Mbit.

It's weird AF.

Intel® Killer™ Performance Suite v35.24.4275 has been released.

asturias7 said:

Intel® Killer™ Performance Suite v35.24.4275 has been released.

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Got it yesterday on all machines.

A side note related to this intel driver suites:

- if you check the description:

• 23.40.0.4 for Intel® Killer™ 1550, AX1650, AX1675, AX 1690
• 1.1.4.42 (Windows 10), 2.1.3.15 (Windows 11) for Intel® Killer™ E3100
• 10.68.815.2023 (Windows 10), 1126.016.1123.2023 (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
• 3.1524.405.6 for Killer Networking Software

The actual Driver is unchanged (from the one you already have installed with your last update). Only thing they changed is the 3.1524.405.6 for Killer Networking Software. Mentioned this because - Disabling the Killer Software/Services and running - just the driver alone (with some modifications only from the Network Adapter) - proved to be the most reliable and higher performance/stability option for quite a lot of people (myself included). That being said - if you're in same pot - installing this Updates which change/update just the Killer Networking Software - is meaningless (since it's disabled anyway).

But hey, maybe for yous - this is different - and the Killer Networking Software helps in some way. Then, i guess it's worth updating. :)

Lol. If it helps anyone, I'd be surprised.

Of course, even weirder is the fact that on my normal Windows 11 machine, I still get drivers with the Windows 10 versioning scheme.



And, for the record, the latest drivers that my machine will install.

But Killer software never gets installed on my machine. Ever.



One day, if I can ever get the Killer drivers for Windows 11 to actually install and not cause nothing but BSODs, I might be able to get to current.

Intel® Killer™ Performance Suite v35.24.5373 has been released:


Everything has been updated:

23.50.0.6 for Intel® Killer™ 1550, AX1650, AX1675, AX 1690
1.1.4.42 (Windows® 10), 2.1.3.15 (Windows 11*) for Intel® Killer™ E3100
10.71.312.2024 (Windows® 10), 1126.18.312.2024 (Windows 11*) for Intel® Killer™ E5000
10.71.312.2024 (Windows® 10), 1125.18.312.2024 (Windows 11*) for Intel® Killer™ E3000, E3100G
10.71.312.2024 (Windows® 10), 1168.18.312.2024 (Windows 11*) for Intel® Killer™ E2500v2, E2600
3.1524.510.1 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.

I may try to tackle this again this weekend.

I'm concerned that the official driver packages I have from MSI are versioned as Win10 drivers, not WIn11 drivers, and that maybe that has been a part of my problem.

I'm not expecting a lot of success, though. Fingers crossed!

Holy crap! I fixed it! (Sort of lol).

CAVEAT: The standalone driver packages I downloaded below included the drivers as well as an executable to install the DriverHub software. Windows Defender flagged is as a Potentially unwanted program, but I allowed it, as the file is a standard .ZIP and will not automatically execute anything upon extraction. After extracting the files, which are the executable and another .ZIP with the actual drivers, I simply deleted the executable, then proceeded to extract the actual driver files. Subsequent checking showed the files had not been tampered with, as the hashes matched for other files around the web for these two driver sets.

So, I finally decided to take a few days of vacation, and yesterday I spent a lot of time troubleshooting with LinkSys support about an issue with my Atlas Pro Mesh system. Continuing on in that trend, I decided to troubleshoot my NICs and why I was unable to update the drivers.

So, after a lot of reading, I found a particular post (I think on Microsoft answers . Learn / somewhere there) that suggested that I change the driver to the build in driver package from Microsoft.



Then I found a reddit post that linked to Driverhub downloads for the drivers only, from the latest package from Intel:


For my 2 NICs (E2600 and E3000 2.5 GB), these are the links for the drivers (links disabled so you have to manually go there, either from the Reddit post above or by manually altering the lines below into proper links):

https:xxwww.drvhub.net/devices/network/killer/e2600-gigabit-ethernet-controller

https:xxwww.drvhub.net/devices/network/killer/e3000-2-5-gigabit-ethernet-controller

Using Driver Store Explorer, I verified I downloaded the files that matched the name of the Microsoft driver from 2021. I then used the same update driver function to point to the extracted drivers for one of the NICs, and it did not blow up or cause any BSODs, or anything. All network functionality was perfectly fine, and it survived through 3 restarts as well.

I then did the same for the other NIC.



Finally, I got it installed, though I suspect that the full package from Intel will still cause me headaches in the future, so I'm bookmarking the main DH Killer page:

https:xxwww.drvhub.net/devices/network/killer

Which lists all their different NICs. But note the caveat above, please.

Finally! This has been a long time coming!

I do believe that swapping to the Microsoft drivers first is what really helped me resolve the issue, as that was one thing I'd never tried - I was always jumping off from the latest drivers from MSI, both when they showed the correct version as well as when they showed the incorrect (windows 10) version.

Intel® Killer™ Performance Suite v35.24.5378 has been released:

The only update is 23.60.0.10 for Intel® Killer™ 1550, AX1650, AX1675, AX 1690.

asturias7 said:

Intel® Killer™ Performance Suite v35.24.5378 has been released:

Intel® Killer™ Performance Suite

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

www.intel.com

The only update is 23.60.0.10 for Intel® Killer™ 1550, AX1650, AX1675, AX 1690.

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Got it today July 10, 2024.

The latest version is 36.24.831, even though clicking on the drop-down menu (when I posted this) shows “A newer version of this software is available...” notification.

Anyhow, here are the details below... btw, the Killer Dashboard (3.1624.813.1) now allows choosing between Dark Mode and Light Mode, plus other new features. I've also included a link to a PDF with further details.

The 36.24.831 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:

23.80.0.7 for Intel® Killer™ 1550, AX1650, AX1675, AX 1690
1.1.4.43 (Windows 10), 2.1.4.3 (Windows 11) for Intel® Killer™ E3100
10.72.524.2024 (Windows 10), 1126.20.729.2024 (Windows 11) for Intel® Killer™ E5000
10.72.524.2024 (Windows 10), 1125.20.729.2024 (Windows 11) for Intel® Killer™ E3000, E3100G
10.72.524.2024 (Windows 10), 1168.20.729.2024 (Windows 11) for Intel® Killer™ E2500v2, E2600
3.1624.813.1 for Killer Networking Software

New Intel Killer Performance Suite 36.24.1064 version has been released. See first post for more details.

Let's see if they install over the top of my drivers lol.

*NEW Intel® Killer™ Performance Suite 36.24.10111 now available.

But, I have no idea why my AV flags it as a virus...

New Intel Killer Performance Suite 36.24.12162 version has been released. See first post for more details.

New Intel Killer Performance Suite 40.25.725.164 version has been released. See first post for more details.

Is the Killer Intelligence Center necessary for using an Ethernet network connection?

mta3006 said:

Is the Killer Intelligence Center necessary for using an Ethernet network connection?

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No, the ethernet and wifi drivers work fine without the app.

I tried disabling the startup entry for Killer Intelligence Center to see if it affected my connection to the internet. Immediately after a restart, the KIC and several other Killer tasks were gone from Task Manager, I had regained about 10% of my memory availability, and I connected to my ethernet and got online ok. By the time I got to Speedtest.net, the KIC and its cohort of tasks were back in Task Manager, and memory usage went up from 20% to 30%! Does anyone know how these tasks are being started when they are disabled?