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RMA hardware assistance not working
Since i habe bought it six months ago, this wifi key was often disconnecting (it could go up to several times a day), and would not reconnect without a manual disconnect-reconnect. I have tried on s...
I did register the device, it is a A6150-100PES AC1200 NANO USB WLAN adapter. Sorry if these informations were missing, i must have written them in the wrong place.
As for the malfunction, what happens is that the connection drops without a warning, and after a while the wifi icon shows the "no connection" image, and it will generally only work again if i manually disconnect and reconnect. That would occur even more if i am asking for a heavy download, such as for installing some programs online.
Until recently, it would happen a few times a day at maximum, and did so since i bought it, but recently the connection would be unable to hold more than a few seconds.
This happened on every router i have been connected to, and that work normally on other devices.
I am also wondering why the hardware assistance doesn't work either,despite the number of times i tried, for several days since last week.
I had thought about calling the support, but it isn't covered any more by the warranty.
I hope this is clear enough, i apologise for not having precised the necessary on the first hand
Thank you for your assistance
LucasDevillers wrote:
I did register the device, it is a A6150-100PES AC1200 NANO USB WLAN adapter. Sorry if these informations were missing, i must have written them in the wrong place.
That's something for Netgear support to deal with.
You should know that this community is essentially a user-to-user venue to talk about technical issues, with some input from a small band of Netgear techies.
We aren't equipped to answers sales questions or to talk about warranty issues.
If you want "official" support then you should go through the right channels.
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As for the malfunction, what happens is that the connection drops without a warning, and after a while the wifi icon shows the "no connection" image, and it will generally only work again if i manually disconnect and reconnect.
What icon? Something in Windows?
Connection drops from what? A Windows PC? Laptop?
I am also wondering why the hardware assistance doesn't work either,despite the number of times i tried, for several days since last week.
What "hardware assistance" are you talking about?
I wasn't expecting another user to make the hardware service, the support to get RMA, to work, i was just asking if someone knew how to deal with the "something went wrong" issue. It is accessible via the link you posted, and i have been trying to make it work for almost a week.
When i talk about an icon, i just mean that, when my computer (fixed unit, windows 11) looses connection, it doesn't say so before a few minutes.
Thank you for the support, and sorry if i sound so unexperimented, i am not really used to that subject.
LucasDevillers wrote:
When i talk about an icon, i just mean that, when my computer (fixed unit, windows 11) looses connection, it doesn't say so before a few minutes.
OK. We are talking about disconnects in Windows.
The challenge can be to work out if Windows is the culprit or the adapter.
One thing to check is that Windows is not set to allow the USB device to turn off the thing to save power.
Wifi adapter properties
Thanks for the tip, let's see if it works