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Mikaeldk
Apr 13, 2023Aspirant
Issues connection and use Netgear A6100
Hi I have a Netgear A6100 usb dongle on an older stationary win 8.1. I connect via my phone hotspot. I have so many issues just getting it up and running. After a long "ceremony" trying a lot of t...
plemans
Apr 14, 2023Guru - Experienced User
is the windows 8.1 computer updated?
what driver did you install?
Did you install the stand alone driver or the full utility?
Mikaeldk
Apr 14, 2023Aspirant
thx, Well kind of a dillema to update when it is not working probably :), but it should be relative up date. They are stopping with updates to windows 8.1, so I am not sure whether that will cause issues, but I mean sometimes it does work.
Today I used this looking for issues feature and at first it did not work, then I just move the dongle to another USB port I used the other day and now it works. Tommorow or later it will likely be something else...
I have installed A6100-v1.0.0.36 .