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A6210 not being detected and no led light
Hello! I have a problem with my wifi adapter and id like a solution, basically when i had my netgear upgrade my thing didnt work anymore it was not detected, i tried it on my brothers computer and it...
I did try it, and it didnt work in his computer also.
but i already have the solution, seems like it doesnt work om the newest windows 10 update so i u installed that newest update and i did go back to the older versions of windows 10 and it works perfect.
Okay, I may not be a IT specialist or some High Tech Nerd BUT in my humble opinion the/ this problem HAS to be with the software!! I have/ had most of the problems listed here! I'm running the latest and newest Anniversary Update on Win 10!
I tried loading from the supplied CD rom. NO GENIE! I could see it go through all the steps to load it, watched it "APPEAR" to open, then disappear! If I do a file explorer I find the NetGear file/ folder under Programs Files(86) and see the installed program, numerous files so I "assume" it loaded the program but couldn't find the device. In it, it shows [RT3070] DeviceID_1=USB\VID_0846&PID_9053
I then went and found/ opened the NetGearInstallLog.txt
Scrolling through it I keep seeing this in the install log report;
RetrieveHWID(): USB\VID_0846&PID_9050 hardware information is not retrieved.
RetrieveHWID() finished.
Device not found.
CheckDeviceExist() finished
RemoveInfFiles(): started. szParam=USB\VID_0846&PID_9050
Install completed successfully at 10-25-2016 15:00:39.
Now is this telling me in one instance the device is/ should be PID_9050 and is 9053 or vice versa? Are they the same or is the program looking for a 9050 and sees 9053 or vice versa and doesn't complete the install??
Now I DO NOT have a USB 3.0 only 2.0 BUT the package says it should still work! I uninstalled and reinstalled the program from the CD several times to NO avail! I went to NetGears web site and downloaded the most current install for the A6210. NO DIFFERENCE!! No Net Genie!! Again installing it, uninstalling it several times also!! After the botched install and hitting the cancel button, ironically the blue light on the A6210 came on and I had internet access!
I then went to Device Manager and under Network Adapters it showed 802.11acWireless LAN card! Now for the strange part?
Under Properties for the card it showed Driver Provider MediaTek, driver date 4/21/15, driver version 5.1.22.0
Where or how did MediaTek get onboard??? Did Win 10 just assign a driver because of the botched install from NetGear??
If I remove the A6210 device and go back to my A6200 device and install it EVERYTHING is there, Net Genie AND IT FINDS THE DEVICE AND INSTALLS THE DRIVERS FOR IT!! Did whomever wrote/ compiled the install program for the A6210 not update it to find a 9053 for the A6210 instead of a 9050 or what???
I'm not sure if this will be posted as a reply to you or the discussion group or if some NetGear moderator will see it and forward it to one of the programers. It's only my HUMBLE opinion that this is a "SOFTWARE" problem NOT the adapter itself! My adapter IS working!! Using the MediaTek drivers I'm getting BLINDING download speeds!!
At this point in time the USB Adapter IS working. I and it appears several others as well DO NOT have Net Genie available to monitor the status of the adapter!!
Adapter 1, program 0, goose egg, nada, zippo!