Troubleshoot connection performance – Microsoft Surface Hub 2 SmCamera User Manual

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Action

Where

Notes

Check
Group
Policy
settings

External
device
(domain
joined)

On domain-joined devices only, Group Policy can also block
Miracast.

1. Press

Windows Key + R

and type

rsop.msc.

The

Resultant Set of

Policy

snap-in shows the current policy settings applied to the PC.

2. Review

Computer Configuration

>

Windows Settings

>

Security

Settings

>

Wireless Network (IEEE 802.11) Policies

. There should

be a setting for wireless policies.
3. Double-click the setting for wireless policies, and a dialog box
appears.
4. Open the

Network Permissions

tab and select

Allow everyone

to create all user profiles

.

Check
Event
logs

External
device/Surface
Hub

The last place to check is in the Event logs. Miracast events are
logged to

Wlanautoconfig

on both Surface Hub and the external

device. If you export Surface Hub logs, you can view Surface Hub's
Wlanautoconfig in the

WindowsEventLog

folder. The event log

errors can provide more details on where the connection fails.

After wireless projection is connected, it's possible to see performance issues causing
latency. This is generally a result of overall channel saturation or a situation that causes
channel switching.

For channel saturation, refer to the network scan and use channels with less traffic.

Channel switching is caused when the Wi-Fi adapter needs to send traffic to multiple
channels. Specific channels support Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS). DFS is used on
channels 49 through 148. Some Wi-Fi drivers show poor performance when connected
to a DFS channel. If you see poor Miracast performance when connected to a DFS
channel, try the projection on a non-DFS channel. Both Surface Hub and the external
projecting device should use non-DFS channels.

If Surface Hub and the projecting device are connected to Wi-Fi but use different access
points with different channels, forced channel switching degrades performance when
Miracast is connected. The channel switching affects the performance of all wireless
traffic, not just wireless projection.

Channel switching will also occur if the projecting device is connected to a Wi-Fi
network using a different channel than Surface Hub's channel for Miracast. So, a best
practice is to set Surface Hub's Miracast channel to the same channel as the most

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