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Connection Issues with Wifi USB Adapter Model A7000
Hi, I have two "WiFi USB 3.0 AC1900 (A7000)" which I have been using for a long time on two different PCs with Win11. Before "Win11" latest update, my Wi-Fi speed was about 650mbs in download, and 31...
It is the latest version of NetGear Genie (1.0.0.15).
I have already tried to "dump it" but the results didn't change, even when I installed the standalone version.
Without NetgearGenie, there is no way to have the Adapter recognized and managed by Win11.
Moreover, it seems that there is no possibility to directly download a driver (just a driver...) for the Adapter, and Win11 does not have a generic driver for it.
Please, consider that I have been using Windows since 1995. Hence, I am an expert user. And until saturady, evertything was working properly.
Do you have a concrete solution to this problem? I mean, really concrete concrete?
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Do you have a concrete solution to this problem? I mean, really concrete concrete?
Did you try this?
Search - NETGEAR Communities – A7000
Rather a lot of good ideas there from people who fixed problems with Windows 10 and the A7000.
Just another user with time on their hands.
It's WIN11, the problems I am experiencing are with WIN11, not with WIN10.
I have an WIN10 Pro MSI Stealth, and on it the Netgear Adapter fully works. Even if I use Netgear Genie (hence, no need to "dump it").
Please, let us not waste time reciprocally. I only need a solution allowing me to use my Netgear adapteres (Model A7000) running under WIN11 Pro in its latest updates. i.e. KB5046740 and KB5048162. If you know how to solve my problem, please explain. Otherwise, stop writing, because you are not helping me.
My, such a gracious response.
How about trying some of those ideas? In my experience the "under the bonnet" differences between 10 and 11 are not enormous.
I have even older USB wifi adapters that work fine in 11. I have, though, replaced them with newer WiFi cards.
But if you come here with a closed mind don't expect much help.
Just another user with time on their hands.
Thanks for your advice. I read the pages you kindly wrote me about, and I noticed that actually there is a post dated 11/24/2024 in which someone highlights the same problem I am experiencing... and then I realized it was my post, i.e. the one we are in, now.
Please, let me summarize:
1 - The adapter worked perfectly before the latest Win11 update (11/23/2024). All the posts in the pages you kindly adviced me to read are precedent to this date and describe different problems;
2 - I have tried the adapter on Win10, and it goes up to 600Mbps, while the same adapter (phisically the same) does not reach 300Mbps on Win11;
3 - I have checked the drivers installed in both Win10 and Win11: they are identical - same date, same size, same directories under Windows/System32 and /drivers;
4 - Both the Pcs (Win10 and Win11) have 64 bit OSs;
5 - I have tried all the possible solutions proposed by Microsoft Troubleshooting and Tutorials, except for update downgrading and/or Windows 11 reinstalling (which, I hope you agree, are a bit dangerous and not ideal solutions):
6 - This Win11 Pc is an AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX.
All considered, I think the problem lays somewhere in the latest Win11 update, and that the real possible solution would be a new A7000 Win11 driver, which actually does not exist. And unless you cannot kindly offer me a different concrete solution, the problem stays unsolved, and I will probably have to reinstall Windows trying not to lose my data.