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A6210 USB Adapter slow internet speed
My Window's 10 Dell desktop had a 2.4ghz Wireless N which was pretty slow. I would get 15mbps down and 25mpbs up on a my 1gig internet connection.
I decided to buy a Netgear a6210 since i'm usi...
Hi 3s1k,
Welcome to NETGEAR Community!
Try performing the troubleshooting steps here:
https://kb.netgear.com/24903/NETGEAR-USB-wireless-adapter-is-not-achieving-desired-speed-or-range
Regards,
Blanca
Community Team
- Issue is resolved. I had some weird viruses. I reinstalled the OS and now getting 250mpbs download speeds.
FYI, I did not use the netgear drivers just the Windows 10 drivers it found on own.Apparently it wasn't a virus. PC-Doctor was the app I suspected as a virus is actually part of Dell's Support Assist software.
It was working perfectly fine last night after resinstalling Windows and not even 12 hours after I reported having speeds up to 250mbps the speeds have now dropped back down to 10-15mpbs. So the issue is still unresolved. I tried all the troubleshooting steps listed above and did not help.