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N300 Wireless USB Adapter WNA3100 Unable to connect to Internet with new PC and Windows 10
I just purchased a new PC with Windows 10. I'm unable to connect to my wireless router with the WNA 3100 adapter. I was able to install the setup CD on the computer but when I try to open up the WNA ...
rosebud505 wrote:
I was able to install the setup CD on the computer
Almost certainly too old. This thing dates back to 2013.
There are drivers for Windows 10 and this device.
WNA3100 (N300) Wireless USB Adapter Support | NETGEAR
then here:
WNA3100 Software Version 2.2.0.4 (Supports Win8/8.1) | Answer | NETGEAR Support
rosebud505 wrote:
Because I am off line I'm unable to download any kind of update.
You managed to post this message here.
Try downloading the new drivers and transferring them to a USB drive. Install from that.
Some USB adapters will use the generic drivers that come bundled with Windows.
Thank you. That worked.
rosebud505 wrote:
That worked.
The download and USB install or the "native" drivers?
I ask for the benefit of anyone with the same issue in future.
The download and USB install.
Not being a techie, that hadn't occurred to me, but it worked easily.
Again, thanks so much!
These days stuff like USB adapters doesn't come with a CD. So you have to get used to downloads.
But that can lands you in chicken-and-egg territory. How can you download the drivers for a wifi connector when you need that connector to get you on to the Internet?
I know!
Thankfully I have a second computer so I could troubleshoot with that, and download the drivers.
Not sure what I would have done otherwise.