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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.
Well you won't believe this. Set my son's new PC up this morning, plugged in the netgear adapter, put in the CD and run the software. 1 minute later all working fine. No hassle no 'can't find the adapter', just worked first time. The driver has been changed and so has the genie software on the CD. So it looks like they have listened to me and Glenn1951 but not told us or thanked us and just updated the software....makes me laugh. We should claim royalties and commission. Lol lol
Anyway. Sons PC working and getting 180mbs download speed so he's a happy 15 year old.
Cheers guys
Anyway. Sons PC working and getting 180mbs download speed so he's a happy 15 year old.
Cheers guys
pdtommy and koidave:
Like I said, I don't know if this was on the back burner all this time or if they used my notes to try to change it yesterday. They did say that they're still tweaking it and not sure of any release date on their website. It appears they did change something, what exactly I don't know.
I seem to have "mislabeled" their response. I kept saying a software update but in their replies "THEY" keep saying firmware update. To me, I'm no Albert Einstein programer, a software update is a program update much akain to MS updating their Win 10 Software. Copied curtesy of Crutchfield.com:
""Firmware," generally speaking, refers to the programs that help a device do what it's supposed to do; it's the background programming that runs the machine. That's in contrast with the "software" that we use to do stuff on the machine."
So now, which is it?? I still see the adapter reporting a "9053", I still see the program looking for "9050" BUT it still loads Genie and in Device Manager it installs the adapter as a Netgear A6210 WiFi USB3.0 Adapter instead of the old/ other 802.11ac Wireless LAN card. The old driver that worked showed version 5.1.22.0 dated 4/21/15 and the newer driver shows version 5.1.27.0 dated 05/17/16. So they did do something. Was it software only or firmware that changed??
In device manager under Network adapters under driver it shows Netgear but one step down under details it shows the provider is Media Tek, no big deal as it was the same for the old driver. I don't know if this "BETA" trial is the same one they sent pdtommy or if this is a newest of the new BETA.
They did change something as it Now works brilliantly on my 'puter! I kinda wish pdtommy had gotten the driver version # and date on his failed install, no offense to pdtommy.
They did say that when this new driver/ install program is ready for primetime they will post it on the webpage or some sort of update notification.
Koidave, I think you and your son got lucky because as soon as I get done here, I got a "I just bought the A6210 .........."
I'll refer him/ them to your step by step guide!! LOL!! The fat lady HAS NOT SUNG AS OF YET!!