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A6100 Wifi USB
I was wondering if there is a way to download the software for this device without the CD or visiting the link with internet. I do not have a CD driver or internet on my PC. I have a gaming computer, and cannot connect to internet with an Ethernet cord. I bought this in hopes of getting internet but I don’t have any to begin with, so I cannot visit the link to download. Any ideas as to how I can get internet on my PC now? I don’t know if there’s a manual way to do this or not. I have Windows 10 installed on it.
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You can download it onto a computer that is online and transfer it to a jump (flash) drive.
then simple move that to the computer that needs the driver and install it.
hnwright16 wrote:
I was wondering if there is a way to download the software for this device without the CD or visiting the link with internet.If you do not have access to a computer, as plemans suggests, you can download the file with anything that has access to the Internet. As long as it doesn't cost an arm and a leg, you can even use a mobile phone. Do it with a phone connected to wifi.
The file says it is 119 MB
Find it here:
A6100 Software Version 1.0.0.36 | Answer | NETGEAR Support
Then you just have to transfer the file to a PC. In my case, I just plug the phone into the PC (USB) and can then copy anything and everything from phone to PC.
A tricksier approach might be to see if you can use your phone as a "modem" to connect your PC to the Internet.
- Do you know how to do this on an iPhone. The link is downloaded on my phone, and it’s saved to iCloud. The only things I can see on my Pc are pictures saved on my iPhone, not any documents or downloads.
hnwright16 wrote:
Do you know how to do this on an iPhone. The link is downloaded on my phone, and it’s saved to iCloud. The only things I can see on my Pc are pictures saved on my iPhone, not any documents or downloads.I am too mean/poor to pay over-the-top prices for a mobile phone, so I am iPhone ignorant. I also gather that Apple likes to prevent people from taking too much control of their devices, but I am sure that it should be possible to shunt anything you like from a phone to a PC..
In my Android case it is simply a case of plugging the phone into a PC and using software to transfer files and anything else i like between the phone and the PC.
I also have software that lets me transfer things from the phone to a USB/OTG stick that I can then plug into a PC.
You will have to ask an iPhone expert for guidance in how to do that with your phone.
