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Netgear WNA 3100 signal strength and speed drops after 10 seconds
Hi everyone, I recently bought a Netgear WNA 3100, I used for years a WNA 1100 without problems, since I started to notice some disconnection, so I decided to buy a new 300N adapter. And there st...
Hi MADMIKE34,
Welcome to Community!
To isolate the problem since this is the 2nd adapter which has the same issue, have you tried to install it on a different computer? Also try to disable the antivirus and firewall for the mean time while observing the connection.
Regards,
JamesGL
Community Team
Hi JamesGL, thanks for your reply.
I tried to disable my actual antivirus (Antivir free), and i disabled every firewall. I've read tons of articles about issues between Netgear 3100 and Windows 7/8, apparently it should be a driver issue, I have only another laptop which Windows 7 too, and the result is the same, my 150N adapter is faster than the new one. Dunno what to do..Did you use the standalone driver to install the adapter? If not, try it please. If still the same problem, try to manually update the driver using the device manager.
Regards,
JamesGL
Community Team
I tried every standalone driver found on the support page, but the result is the same. I tried other pc with Win7 and the adapter acts as always, 10 seconds and drop. I decided to ask for a refund and i bought anoter adapter from another manufacturer, wich works well. I never solved the problem. Thanks for the help, you can close the topic.