Killer

Software installation for Windows

Release Notes
February 13, 2018

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Revision history
Revision Date Description
A Sep 15, 2016 Initial Release

B Nov 02, 2016 Updated Maintenance Release

C Nov 09, 2016 Fixed breaking out Domains from non-browsers

D Nov 16, 2016 Don’t show Wifi Analyzer on Ethernet, fix CH

characters in domain detection

E Nov 18, 2016 Additional fix to CH characters in domain detection

F Dec 19, 2016 Updated 11ac drivers, Bug fixes

G Feb 02, 2017 Updated 11ac drivers, Bug fixes

H Feb 20, 2017 Updated 11ac drivers, resolving issue seen in a small

number of platforms that would cause WiFi drops.

J Apr 18, 2017 Updated 11ac drivers, Updated Ethernet Drivers,

fixes to Rivet Filtering Engine, Application, installer.

K Jun 07, 2017 Fix IPv6 issues with CNN.com/FileVoyager.com,

German Language fixes, Game Detection fixes,

Updated Ethernet driver for RS1+RS2 WHQL.

Fix/re-add Modify/Repair to installation.

L Jun 22, 2017 Updated 11AC drivers to 12.0.0.312

M Jul 03, 2017 Updated 11AC Drivers, Killer Doubleshot Pro fix,

game detection updates.

N Aug 22, 2017 Change Installer name for Microsoft JS Tool. Fix

KillerDiagnostics FR. Updated 11AC Wifi driver.,

KCC Improvements, Doubleshot IPv6 fixes, ESET

Co-existence fix.

O Sep 28, 2017 Killer Control Center fixes, Bandwidth Estimator

fixes, 11AC WiFi driver update, Ethernet driver

update.

P Nov 12, 2017 Reduced/Removed DPC interrupts from Rivet

Filtering Engine driver, RS2+RS3 drivers for

Ethernet, 11AC WIFi

Q Nov 20, 2017 Fix COM initialization Killer Network Service

crash, fixed connecting to L2TP/IPsec VPNs.

R Dec 27, 2017 Advanced Stream Detect optimizations.

S Jan 11, 2018 Added Killer 1550 support.

T Jan 26, 2018 Detection Updates, Killer wireless driver updates,

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Accessibility fixes, VPN fixes

U Jan 29, 2018 Hotfix: Issues with device discovery for some Killer

Wireless devices.

V Feb 13, 2018 Installer upgrade fixes, Proper WiFi mode shown for

1525/1435/1535 5Ghz in KCC, Updated 1535/1435

driver.

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1 Purpose
The software package is a single installer to install Killer drivers and software. The software
package includes Ethernet driver, WLAN host driver, WLAN firmware binary, NFA board
configuration data binaries, RfeCoSvc WFP driver, Killer Control Center, and Killer Network
service binaries and associated software.

If applicable, a separate Bluetooth Installation is also supplied as taken directly from QCA with
no additional modifications.

1.1 Identification

This release is: Killer Control Center Suite

The release version is: 1.5.1844

1.2 Filename’s and MD5 Checksums

Filename: KillerPerformanceSuite_1.5.1844_Win7_Win81_Win10_x64.exe
MD5 Checksum: b36d42fd6be57a187d32e68e252081de
Filename: KillerPerformanceSuite_1.5.1844_Win7_Win81_Win10_x86.exe
MD5 Checksum: 089b1751ba6f2c4792084b99616bf8d0

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2 Supported Hardware and Software

The following hardware is supported in this release:
OS WLAN 11AC
Ethernet WLAN 11N WLAN 11AC
32/64 bit Wave2

Product Name
Windows 7 Killer E2200 Killer 1102 Killer 1525
Windows 8.1 Killer E2400 Killer 1103 Killer 1535
Windows 10 Killer E2500 Killer 1202 Killer 1435 Killer 1550

NOTE: Windows 10 current supported v15063, 16299

3 Installation
The software package includes a single installer for all Killer products for Windows 7,
Windows 8.1 and Windows 10. The installer automatically detects the existing Killer
modules and platform OS version and then installs the respective files.

3.1 Installation options

The software package supports the following command line functions

Function Command Line Details

Used for unattended Install without UI

Silent Install setup.exe /s /v” /qn /norestart”
interaction.
setup.exe Used to extract drivers from package.
Extract /v”EXTRACTDRIVERS=<path>” Note: This is only supported on FRESH
Drivers ex: setup.exe or CLEAN system without current
/v”EXTRACTDRIVERS=c:\killerdrivers” software installation present.
Used to display help message to show all
Help setup.exe /?
possible commands

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3.2 Driver Version

The following table shows the driver version for Ethernet, WLAN and the BWC Filter.
11N Killer Rivet Filtering
OS Ethernet Killer 1525 Killer 1550
1102/1103/1202 1435/1535 Engine

Windows 7 9.0.0.39 10.0.0.352 11.0.0.768 11.0.0.782 7.5.1.29

Windows 8.1 9.0.0.37 10.0.0.338 11.0.0.746 11.0.0.782 7.5.1.29
Windows 10 9.0.0.46 10.0.0.355 12.0.0.448 12.0.0.468 20.30.1.2 7.5.1.29

4 Testing
This release has gone through a formal Rivet Networks testing cycle. The software is
certified by Microsoft WHCK and all driver binaries are WHQL signed.

4.1 WFA Certification

The following table shows the WFA certification status
Product Board OS Description
Windows 7 Certification done, CID55138
Killer 1525 NFA344i Windows 8.1 Certification done, CID55194
Windows 10 Certification done, CID61609
Windows 7 Certification done, CID58807
Killer 1535 NFA364A Windows 8.1 Certification done, CID58808
Windows 10 Certification done, CID61588
Windows 7 Certification done, CID58805
Killer 1435 NFA344A Windows 8.1 Certification done, CID58806
Windows 10 Certification done, CID61581

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5 Known Issues
ID Component Description
1189 Rivet Filtering Engine Killer 1550 – Some LSO transmit traffic is not bandwidth controlled.

6 Fixed Issues
• Version 1.5.1844
ID Component Description
Additional upgrade fixes – Upgrade from Killer Network Manager
1215 Installer installations supported, upgrade block fixed from certain unsupported
scenarios
1525/1435/1535 WiFi adapters show 2.4Ghz on Settings page even
1216 Killer Network Service
when connected to 5Ghz network
N/A 11AC Driver Updated to address a few edge case BSOD crashes.

• Version 1.5.1822
ID Component Description
1215 Installer Fixed upgrade scenarios from Killer Control Center based installations.

• Version 1.5.1805
ID Component Description
1206 Killer Network Service Hotfix: Fixed issue with device discovery for some Killer Wireless devices.

• Version 1.5.1804
ID Component Description
1206 Killer Control Center does not open when clicking
Killer Control Center
KillerControlCenter.exe from Program Files Folder
1200 Killer Control Center Show Inactive Applications toggle cuts up into the scroll bar
1196 Killer Control Center [Wifi Analyzer] Chinese characters in SSID don't appear correctly.
1195 [Catagory view] Category stays colored for adapter even after no
Killer Control Center
processes running in that category.
1194 Killer Control Center Accessibility issues - Screen Reader
1193 Killer Control Center Accessibility issues - Navigation
1192 Killer Control Center Accessibility issues with app
1187 Installer Install fails when run from network drive

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1186 Star Wars Battlefront 2 can't connect to servers when Doubleshot is

Rivet Filtering Engine
enabled.
1185 Rivet Filtering Engine DoubleShot not forcing Skype traffic over appropriate adapter.
1182 Customer Site VPN - can't connect to L2TP/IPsec VPN with Advanced
Rivet Filtering Engine
Stream Detect enabled
WIFIWIN-
Killer 1550 WiFi acts abnormally
4839
WIFIWIN- [9260/WIN10 RS3] WLAN icon show LAN red "x" after installing
Killer 1550
4181 WLAN driver successfully
WIFI-5142 Killer 1550 9260 WiFi red X during reboot test
1106788 Killer 1435/1535 Bug Check 1D8 Qcamain10x64!ath_pcie_bug_check+0x492

• Version 1.5.1784
ID Component Description
All Components Added support and drivers for Killer 1550.

• Version 1.5.1757
ID Component Description
Optimized Advanced Stream Detect when a large number of
Rivet Filtering Engine
connections are trying to compete for bandwidth.
Killer Network Service Optimized Advanced Stream Detect rules.

• Version 1.5.1618
ID Component Description
Fixed issue that would cause L2TP/IPsec VPN’s to fail to connect when
Rivet Filtering Engine
Advanced Stream Detect function was turned on.
Fixed issue where COM initialization would fail on some systems
Killer Network Service
during startup, causing the service to fail startup.

• Version 1.5.1608
ID Component Description
Reworked to not use DPC Interrupts, which would cause high DPC
Rivet Filtering Engine
execution time on higher bandwidth links with high utilization.
Ethernet Driver RS2+RS3 WHQL driver
11AC WiFi RS2+RS3 WHQL driver

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2127262 KRACK - Mac core changes for WPA GTK Key Reinstallation
11AC WiFi
(firmware) on Rom
2136107 11AC WiFi – K1525 KRACK - Disable WoW
2133091 11AC WiFi – K1525 Cannot see Wi-Fi AP's with latest host (12.0.0.438)
2136192 11AC WiFi System Crash - Bugcheckid:0x1D2
2133092 11AC WiFi Add function in adminservice to enable BT which is disabled.
2132273 11AC WiFi adminservice checks YB 3 times before resetting Bluetooth
2128667 11AC WiFi Ping AP fails after system wake up from Modem Standby
2123732 Country EG,TN,UZ,IL,KW,MA TX power from CH36~CH64 is 20 db
11AC WiFi that do not match expected the TX power 23db in the latest version24
regulatory table.(always)
2121622 WLAN card is lost when running S3 stress testing with AC adaptor
11AC WiFi
plugged.
2094888 The Wi-Fi cannot be used when system resumes from S3 (AMD
11AC WiFi
Summit Ridge)

• Version 1.4.1503
ID Component Description
Reverted to previous 11AC WHQL driver due to incompatibility with
11AC Driver Killer 1525
modules.
Fixed additional issue that could cause a BAD_POOL_CALLER (d1)
Rivet Filtering Engine
crash to occur

• Version 1.4.1494
Component Description
Fixed issue where multiple subsequent changes to xTend settings could cause the
Killer Control Center
Killer Control Center to stop responding.

• Version 1.4.1492
Component Description
Killer Control Center Improved speedtest tool to account for server-side changes.
11AC WiFi Updated to latest WHQL driver
Ethernet Win10: Fixed issue with UDP packets that would cause Shrewsoft VPN to not work.

• Version 1.4.1474
Component Description
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Improved messaging for when Killer Service is not present when Killer Control
Killer Control Center
Center is Launched.
Fixed memory leak when Launching KCC from minimized state when Killer Service
Killer Control Center
is not present/running.
Bandwidth Estimator Improved detection of bad test servers.
Killer Control Center HotFix for 1.4.1472 not properly updating statistics/App data.

• Version 1.4.1466
ID Component Description
1118 Pro Evolution Soccer 2017 fails to connect to online server when
Killer Doubleshot Pro
Doubleshot is enabled.
1111 Additional fixes for Issue with NiceHashMiner.exe and certain IPv6
Killer Doubleshot Pro
websites when on an IPv6 network and Doubleshot is enabled.
Improved keyboard accessibility. Enabled correct tabbing of all UI
Killer Control Center
elements.
Killer Control Center Cleaned up Killer Control Center UI in a few places.
Rivet Filtering Engine Microsoft fix for ESet Coexist problems

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