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stlblufan
Aspirant
Oct 18, 2012

A6200 OSX Support?

I bought the A6200 from MacMall thinking--go figure--that it supports OSX. Turns out I was wrong. Should I return it or is OSX support imminent?
A6200
AC1200
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lexworth
Aspirant
Nov 15, 2013
I'm using VitualBox with the extension pack on Windows 7 Ultimate on a MacBook Pro 2.3Ghz Core i5 MacOs X 10.6.8.

1) Download and install VitualBox
2) install Windows 7 (make sure you are using Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 or Virtual router will not work)
3) Download and install the extensions pack for VirtualBox.
4) Boot into the windows 7 Virtual Machine and install the Driver for the Netgear A6200 WiFi adapter then Restart.
6) Download and install Virtual Router for Windows and restart.
7) Select from the USB device from the device list pulldown menu ( you will need to select the Netgear A2600 WiFi Adapter each time you restart the VM)
8) Launch Virtual Router to create a wifi network from your mac's wifi card then go over to the Mac side and select the wifi network you just created with Virtual Router.

Downloads:

Netgear A2600 Wifi Adapter:
http://downloadcenter.netgear.com/en/product/A6200

VirtualBox:
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

VirtualRouter:
http://download.cnet.com/Virtual-Router-Manager/3000-18508_4-75332523.html