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TheMustangGT
Aspirant
Jun 19, 2016

Adapter turns off and i loose connection (Windows 10)

So i have this Wifi USB adapter now since November 2015. My concern is, when i play games which need internet to play, then my Wifi stick Turns off and i loose connection. Soon after that it connects...
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TheMustangGT
Aspirant
Jun 26, 2016

So i dont have the problem that the Wifi stick Disconnect's. But now i have the problem that i get a very high ping and drop yout of the Internet, and then i have to manualy reconnect the Wifi so it starts working again.

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JamesGL
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Jul 01, 2016

Hi TheMustangGT,

 

Try uninstalling the adapter. Reinstall it using the standalon driver. Download the driver in support.netgear.com.