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Tom444
Nov 17, 2019Apprentice
A7000 ongoing support or EOL?
Is the A7000 going to have ongoing support or is it EOL with all these issues under Windows 10? Constantly loosing connection, over and over. I've been through the whole disable Run Switching...
michaelkenward
Nov 18, 2019Guru - Experienced User
At two years old, the A7000 is nowhere near EOL.
The latest drivers may be a year old, but they should work until Microsoft does something to break the device.
What tells you that the A7000 is the cause of your issues?
- Tom444Dec 13, 2019Apprentice
Google the A7000 and issues.
Lots of people having the same issues as me.
Even here on the Forums people are having the same issues.
So what makes you think it is not an issue with the drivers?
There is NO Support for this device from Netgear, all the various thing you can try to resolve the issues have come from end users.
What Gives?
- Tom444Dec 14, 2019Apprentice
Please Provide the correct driver version & advanced settings that work and I doubt it will.
But please Advise it.
- SFSBTJDec 15, 2019Aspirant
having the exact same issue. Device worked fine for a few months and now it cant hold a connection. Same thing happened with my other netgear adapter....
- michaelkenwardDec 15, 2019Guru - Experienced User
A completely off the wall idea, has anyone tried running this device without any Netgear drivers?
It may be that the generic drivers that come with Windows can hack it.
This is certainly true of some older USB adapters.
After all, the chips in these adapters are not unique to Netgear. It just packages them in its hardware.
For example, I have an Edimax adapter that has Realtek chips and drivers.
- SFSBTJDec 15, 2019Aspirant
Unfortunately, the a7000 does not work without netgear drivers..At all. I paid about 65 dollars for a product that never worked as intended and now can't even hold a connection for longer than 3 minutes. I don't even know why I made an account and posted on these forums. I have yet to see one issue resolved, only temp fixes by end users. Crazy.