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A6200 timing out Windows 10
Hi All, hope I'm not starting a new thread, surely I can't be the only one here with this issue. After upgrading (???) to WX I have found that my WiFi Network icon gets a red X on the top left hand...
Interesting....I have a horrible habit of changing waayyyy to many variables at once so I've no clue if I've fixed it or just happening to be lucky for a bit. I've just gone 11 hours and counting, second to the 27 hour period, with no disconnects. Some things I changed included:
1. Complete disabling of Cortana (physical removal of system files)
2. Reinstall of Motherboard LAN drivers via Realtek (makes no sense I know but...desperate times right??)
3. Updating motherboard BIOS to latest.
4. Disable all Windows system and Microsoft based usage of internet Bandwidth (mostly just disabling stuff in the settings)
Now granted I know a lot of that may have nothing to do with our issues, but I didn't want to keave anything out.
Also 16bitC, that's really unfortunate that you can't stream, I haven't tried since having this issue, but I'll give it a go and report back if I BSoD. Again that's a data usage thing, granted it is upload vs. download, but I believe uploading data packets is processed differently and takes more bandwidth (typically why it's slower than downloading).
We'll just have to keep testing different theories, solutions, settings, etc. until we fix it or a patch is released. Keep it up guys!!
1. Complete disabling of Cortana (physical removal of system files)
2. Reinstall of Motherboard LAN drivers via Realtek (makes no sense I know but...desperate times right??)
3. Updating motherboard BIOS to latest.
4. Disable all Windows system and Microsoft based usage of internet Bandwidth (mostly just disabling stuff in the settings)
Now granted I know a lot of that may have nothing to do with our issues, but I didn't want to keave anything out.
Also 16bitC, that's really unfortunate that you can't stream, I haven't tried since having this issue, but I'll give it a go and report back if I BSoD. Again that's a data usage thing, granted it is upload vs. download, but I believe uploading data packets is processed differently and takes more bandwidth (typically why it's slower than downloading).
We'll just have to keep testing different theories, solutions, settings, etc. until we fix it or a patch is released. Keep it up guys!!
As promised (see previous post), I'm back to report my results of totally disconnecting the A6200 and relying on the HP all-in-one's internal 2.4GHz connection....
It worked fine. I made the changeover early in the day, had no issues all day (other than not having any 5GHz related speeds), and experienced my first successful full backup overnight.
I can now say, without hesitation, that it is without a doubt some sort of issue with the A6200 and/or its drivers, as it relates to Windows 10. Whether or not it's a data volume issue is still a question, but whatever it is, it's not working correctly. Since the Windows 10 beta drivers posted on Netgear's site are about a year old, I would think/hope that they would be updated by now. If it's not directly related to the drivers, I would think that someone would be working on this.
As an aside, I must point out that the Netgear issue is the only one that I have run into on this test bed machine after updating to Win 10, although this particular machine is faily barebones. I'm going to wait awhile before updating my others.