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A6200 Disconnecting on Windows 10
Im having an issue with the A6200 Wifi Adapter on windows 10, it will work for an intermittent amount of time (usually 5-10min) then completely disconnect, only showing my network when i click on the...
- Anyone having trouble with Netgear Wireless AC6200 dropping out intermittently after upgrading to Windows 10, here is a possible solution:1. Go to Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Power Options\Change Plan Settings\Change Advanced Power Settings;2. Expand Wireless Adaptor Settings\Power Saving Mode and make sure it is set to "Maximum Performance";3. Expand USB Settings\USB Selective Suspend Settings and change Setting to "Disabled".This worked for me and YMMV, but I hope this helps avoid the weeks of frustration I've just gone through..
I got this for my birthday in January 2016 after reading about it. I have an onboard Atheros Qualcomm AR9485 which is pretty bad with dropouts. When i got the Antennae I was able to connect to the internet with no issues or drop outs. I disabled teh Atheros chip via the change adapter settings.
However in February there was a big update to Win 10 which I can pinpont to teh 6th as i was not able to do any work at all that day because i was not able to able to access the internet and the Atheros wifi chip was reactivated without my persmission. I eventually got to teh route of the problem by reinstalling teh Atheros software and disabling it, I had 2 months pretty well no issues.
Last Friday (6th May) I have not been able to connect to the internet at all using the A6210. Nothing I got the yellow triangle saying no internet or low connection but full bars. I uninstalled teh software adn reinstalled it and still no internet. I reactivated teh Atheros chip again and i was off and running again untill Monday. Since then I have not been able to access the internet via the antennae.
Is it Microsoft who is fu*king us up here? I have used both the netgear driver and the Windows and no rhyme no reason I am still stuck. But methinks that this piece of pap is going out the wind post haste!
Looking at teh feedback history this is not a recent issue. It seems to go back to 2008 on older models.
he sysinfo file shows the following:
Host Name: DAVIDS
OS Name: Microsoft Windows 10 Home
OS Version: 10.0.10586 N/A Build 10586
OS Manufacturer: Microsoft Corporation
OS Configuration: Standalone Workstation
OS Build Type: Multiprocessor Free
Registered Owner: David XXXXXX
Registered Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company
Product ID: 00326-10000-00000-AA303
Original Install Date: 05/02/2016, 12:44:51
System Boot Time: 11/05/2016, 13:12:02
System Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
System Model: 700-060ea
System Type: x64-based PC
Processor(s): 1 Processor(s) Installed.
[01]: Intel64 Family 6 Model 60 Stepping 3 GenuineIntel ~3401 Mhz
BIOS Version: AMI 80.13, 06/09/2013
Windows Directory: C:\WINDOWS
System Directory: C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device: \Device\HarddiskVolume2
System Locale: en-gb;English (United Kingdom)
Input Locale: en-gb;English (United Kingdom)
Time Zone: (UTC) Dublin, Edinburgh, Lisbon, London
Total Physical Memory: 16,337 MB
Available Physical Memory: 12,386 MB
Virtual Memory: Max Size: 17,361 MB
Virtual Memory: Available: 12,555 MB
Virtual Memory: In Use: 4,806 MB
Page File Location(s): C:\pagefile.sys
Domain: WORKGROUP
Logon Server: \\MicrosoftAccount
Hotfix(s): 7 Hotfix(s) Installed.
[01]: KB3135173
[02]: KB3139907
[03]: KB3140741
[04]: KB3140743
[05]: KB3140768
[06]: KB3157993
[07]: KB3147458
Network Card(s): 3 NIC(s) Installed.
[01]: Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller
Connection Name: Ethernet
Status: Hardware not present
[02]: NETGEAR A6210 WiFi USB3.0 Adapter
Connection Name: WiFi
Status: Media disconnected
[03]: Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter
Connection Name: WiFi DO NOT USE
Status: Media disconnected
Hyper-V Requirements: VM Monitor Mode Extensions: Yes
Virtualization Enabled In Firmware: No
Second Level Address Translation: Yes
Data Execution Prevention Available: Yes
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Davids
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Wireless LAN adapter Local Area Connection* 2:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : XX:XX:XX:XX
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Wireless LAN adapter Local Area Connection* 3:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Hosted Network Virtual Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : XX:XX:XX:XX
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Wireless LAN adapter WiFi DO NOT USE:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Home
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 802.11b|g|n WiFi Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : XX:XX:XX:XX
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Wireless LAN adapter WiFi:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Home
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NETGEAR A6210 WiFi USB3.0 Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : XX:XX:XX:XX
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
---Software information---
Utility: 1.0.0.34/ Driver: 5.1.22.0
---Site survey information---
SSID Mac Address Security Network Type N WPS Channel
SKY80F87 XX:XX:XX:XX WPA2-PSK Access Point N WPS 11
fa:8f:ca:69:6e:a0 None Access Point N 11
SKY80F87 XX:XX:XX:XX WPA2-PSK Access Point N WPS 11
RL_AP-0107c8 XX:XX:XX:XX None Access Point N 64 , 60
SKYF885D XX:XX:XX:XX WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK Access Point N WPS 11
Pasta_Junction_BeMyGuest2G 08:86:3b:5b:73:87 WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK Access Point N 6
VM995721-5G XX:XX:XX:XX WPA2-PSK Access Point AC WPS 44 , 48
Pasta_Junction_5G XX:XX:XX:XX WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK Access Point N WPS 48 , 44
VM841952-5G XX:XX:XX:XX WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK Access Point N WPS 36 , 40
I have even give the device a static address!!! What is going on? I only got Netgear because of teh brand.