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Think they'll ever release Windows 10 drivers? (A6200)
Thankfully my A6200 is still "functioning" in Windows 10 without any sort of update from Netgear, though I say "functioning" because it still can't connect to 5GHz networks just as it couldn't in Win...
GREAT Success! I was able to solve both of our problems!
- First I downloaded and installed the newest A6210 driver. I did the STANDALONE install - not the one with the Genie.
However, I was still having issues connecting. Windows would lag whenever I opened up the WiFi connection screen and no matter how hard I tried to enable the WLAN connection in the network settings it just didn't want to cooperate.
- I opened up the Device Manager in WX (Start Menu -> Settings -> Devices -> Connected Devices tab. Then click "Device Manager" near the bottom).
- I scrolled down to the Network Adaptors, selected my WLAN device (Netgear's A6210) and pressed the "Delete" key on my keyboard.
- Make sure that the "Uninstall driver" checkbox is NOT checked. After click "Okay" and let it uninstall the device.
- Restart your computer (it'll prompt you for this)
- Unplug your Netgear WiFi USB plug. We don't want it still plugged in while Windows restarts.
- Once your computer is up and running, plug the Netgear back in, let Windows reconfigure the device
Voila! Hopefully you can now connect to either your 2.4 or 5GHz connection!
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You don't have to do all that. With the computer on, simply remove the A6200 Netgear adapter from the computer's USB port, wait a couple of seconds and then plug it back in. Win 10 will auto-configure it. Works in Win 10.
And by the way... when you install Win 10, it doesn't remove the A6200 driver. This and other drivers remain intact. Microsoft's Win 10 installation method is similar to in-place "patching."
And by the way... I didn't have the problem identified here because I'm not using the 5Ghz frequency. I'm using 2.4Ghz.