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Marcel969
Aspirant
Oct 26, 2015

A6210 USB 3.0 Adapter

Hi,

 

I've got a multiboot system with W7-Pro and since recently W10-Pro. Somewhere back ik june I bought the Netgear A6210 WIFI Adapter.

I installed the 1.0.0.32 driver in both OSses. In w7 it works perfect: when (re)booting my system, it automatically connects to the proper network. In w10 however it keeps on scanning, the Genie-icon in the systemtray stays red-coloured. Only after I open Netgear Genie, press Networkconnection and choose the proper network, the connection is there. It stays alive, also when logging out and logging in again. And even after I log in as a different user is stays up.

I have removed the software, disconnected the adapter, installed 1.0.0.32 something like 4 or 5 times now, without any result.

Bypassing the problem by connecting manually does work, but I think it should connect automatically during boot.

What is different in W10 according to the adapter? Does anyone know a solution?

 

The second problem I noticed goes for W7 as well as W10. Every now and then during (or after) systemboot Netgear Genie is using a huge amount of CPUtime for a rather long time. I once watched it for half an hour and all that time the CPU-usage was between 11 and 16%. I then stopped Genie.

Yesterday I saw a usage between 20 and 25%, so after 5 minutes I stopped Genie.

Anyone any sugegstions?

 

TIA

Marcel

Hardware
Installation

7 Replies

  • JamesGL's avatar
    JamesGL
    NETGEAR Employee Retired
    Oct 28, 2015

    Hi Marcel969,

     

    Welcome to Community!

     

    Check if the wireless network is saved under known networks. If not, then that is the reason why it will not automatically connect.

     

    1. Click the Network icon on the lower right corner of your screen.

    2. Click Network settings.

    3. Click Manage Wi-Fi settings.

    4. Check under Manage known networks.


    Regards,

     

    JamesGL

    Community Team

     

     

    • Marcel969's avatar
      Marcel969
      Aspirant
      Oct 29, 2015

      Hi James,

       

      I got a mail with your reply and reacted on that before I saw this reply in my topic.

      I hope you received my mail because I added a couple of screendumps which should make it clear what I'm talking about.

      And if I'm right I can't add these screendumps to this topic.

       

      The text of my mail:
      >>>>>> 
      I've added a couple of screen-captures to show you what I see and get:
      Picture 20151029_03: Situation after booting; Netgear keeps on scanning
      Picture 20151029_04: After pressing the red icon in the systemtray
      Picture 20151029_05: After clicking Networkconnection
      Picture 20151029_06: After clicking the proper network
      Picture 20151029_07: Press "make connection"
      Picture 20151029_08: Having pressed "make connection"
      Picture 20151029_09: Validation
      Picture 20151029_10: Connected

      This all is in Windows 10-Pro.
      In Windows 7 Pro the connection is made automatically.

      I have no idea what I'm doing wrong, hope you can help me out.
      Best regards

      <<<<<<<<<

       

      Marcel

      • Marcel969's avatar
        Marcel969
        Aspirant
        Oct 29, 2015

        Hi James,

        In the meantime I got a postmaster-mail about my mail to you being undeliverable.

        Is there any other way to get my screendumps to you?

        Marcel