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residentevil35
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Aug 03, 2015
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Cannot connect WNDA4100 with Windows 10!!!

I just upgraded to Windows 10 about 2 days ago and as soon as I upgraded, my WNDA4100 Network Adapter quit working. The LED's no longer light up when it is plugged in. I went to netgear's website and...
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  • MrJon's avatar
    MrJon
    Aug 06, 2015

    I just updated to Windows10 and had a similar problem (driver works, but could not connect to 5Ghz). I dug through forums and found similar problems to mine (and possibly yours?).


    This link has a nifty quick-fix, and possible reason as to why you are experiencing this problem.
    http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows8_1-hardware/wnda4100-loses-5ghz-after-81-update/d7ea4ec7-d60c-4216-b611-b6803324897e?auth=1


    If you don't want to read through it, I'll quote the specifics here:

    "Hey there,

     

    I encountered this exact same problem this morning - I ended up finding a way around it after some research.

     

    1. Press the Windows + X key, then select "Device Manager" from the menu in the lower-left hand corner of your screen.
    2. Find your Netgear WNDA4100 adapter under "Network adapters." Right click it and select "Update Driver Software..."
    3. Select "Browse my computer for driver software."
    4. Click "Let me pick..."
    5. You should see one driver from Microsoft and one from Netgear. Select the one from Netgear, click Next, and follow the installation prompts.

    If you do not see the driver from Netgear, navigate to their support site and download the standard Windows 8 driver. After installation, you should see both.

     

    For whatever reason, 8.1 defaults to the Microsoft driver. After enabling the Netgear driver, you should have full access to the 5GHz band.

     

    Hope this helps!"

    With windows 10, this worked for me, only there's a few differences in the steps that I'll outline here,
    For the list of drivers, you should see a few drivers listed for your netgear adapter, next to them will be little certificates. You should see at least one that says "NETGEAR WNDA4100 N900 Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter (NETGEAR Inc.)" Select this driver (I had 2 listed, so I used the topmost listed) and finish the install process. This should reset your adapter driver and allow you to connect to either of your networks using the genie software.

    I hope this helps, as I am glad it fixed mine.

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chased123
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Aug 06, 2015

Hi,

I was having this exact same issue after searching through fourms and articals I found this one it solves this issue. It is a work around but does the trick. What you need to do is revert back to a prevous version of your drivers when your wifi actually worked. Check out this video walks you through perfectly. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p84nq9mhvwM. Hopefully netgear fixes the "updated" drivers soon. Absolute garbage, but this should fix the issue, did mine.

Good luck