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Drock102
Dec 05, 2016Aspirant
Netgear A6210 Not Found
When I try to install the wifi adapter software it cannot find the adapter. The device manager says it's connected. I can connect to wifi with only the Netgear genie software installed. I'm trying to...
jprife
Dec 06, 2016Star
A lot of other people are having the same problem and Netgear is aware of it. In the meantime, this procedure is a work around. Since your Genie is already working, you probably do not need to re-download and re-install:
1. Run the file: A6210_v1.0.0.35 and as usual wait for the 'Plug in your adapter' message.
2. When you get the 'Adapter not detected', click Cancel
3. Leave the adapter plugged in, do not remove it and go to Device Manager.
4. Under Network adapters you will see: 802.11ac Wireless LAN Card
5. Double click on this and goto the Driver Tab.
6. Click on 'Update Driver'
7. Now choose 'Browse My computer for Driver Software'
8. Now click, 'Let me choose from a list of device drivers on my computer'
9. Choose Netgear A6210 Wifi usb 3.0 adapter and click Next. The driver will be installed
10. Close down device manager.
11. Go to your wifi / internet iceon in the bottom right of your screen. If you are wired, change this to wireless and then connect to your network.
12. The adapter should now be working
13. I then went to here: http://www.netgear.co.uk/home/discover/apps/genie.aspx?cid=wmt_netgear_organic and downloaded the genie software independently of the A6210 software and installed it.
14. It actually worked and now runs ok under Windows 10 with anniversary. Its a pain, I know, but until Netgear sort themsleves out it works, and to be honest the adapter itself is very good and when connected to my virgin Superhub 2 I'm getting 140mbs download. compared to 10 over my very o
Drock102
Dec 06, 2016Aspirant
I did all that and got the wifi connection working. Now I'm trying to host a wifi hotspot so I can connect my smart tv. When I try and turn on the wifi hostpot it says that my wifi is not turned on.