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JYuhas
Apr 02, 2015Novice
AC6210 802.11 ac cannot connect to my 5ghz network
Tech Support, I was redirected to here by a Verizon forum help agent after he could not resolve my issue with router connection issues. I bought the AC6210 802.11n/ac router for my computer so ...
malrats
Jul 01, 2015Aspirant
NomakeWan wrote: Indeed, OP's problem is fixed easily on the AC6210 by using a driver directly from Mediatek rather than Netgear's drivers. Drivers, not firmware.
However, your 6200 is a Broadcom chipset, and Broadcom does not offer Windows drivers directly.
Yeah, so it seems that I'm out of luck if I actually want to connect to 5GHz. Which is the only way I actually get ~180mbps download speeds. Otherwise it's like 50-60. I just don't get how this adapter can be out there and be so broken with no fix at all.