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A6210 adapter not found
I bought this yesterday as it is supposedly compatible with Windows 8. It says adapter not found yet it shows up in my Device Manager. Since I cannot connect to the internet on that computer I cannot...
After installing from the cd and I plug in the adapter it searches and searaches and then says adapter not found. The adapter does show up when I check the system for plug ins but with an exclamation .
Windows then.
You could try removing it in device manager.
It might also be worth telling device manager to show hidden devices – these will show up as "greyed out" entries – and then remove those.
Do all that with the USB device removed.
Have you tried putting the thing into different USB ports? Windows will try to install for each port. Maybe one will work.
I'm trying to do all the steps on the adapter I have and am now on the A6210 properties and it's saying that there are no drivers installed for this device. I inserted the cd it came with and got to the point where it says insert adapter and nothing happens after I click yes to continue. Then the same screen pops back up again. I connected the adapter directly to the usb port on the computer.
I have just installed a different Netgear USB device. That told me to install the software before I inserted the device.
Actually, I didn't install the thing from the CD. That is still in its wrapper. I downloaded the software from the support pages for my device.
I reckon that by the time hardware reaches me the software on the CD will be out of date.
I have tried all USB ports. Not yet tried Device manager
This is dml50 I had to for some reason sign in with a different user name! Anyway I have returned the adpter to the store as I have decided to use ethernet. It seems the WIFI signal doesnot go trhough the granite wall in my basement.