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Windows 10 (A6100 A6200 A6210) Installation Heads Up
As a heads up, DO NOT install Netgear's driver package for your A6xxx device on Windows 10. It permanently removes Windows 10’s ability to access the WiFi Connections list. Instead, use the defa...
For problems with the windows 10 included driver with the a6210 (e.g. no 5ghz networks visible) just use the latest driver from mediatek (5.1.21.0).
It is the newer version of the driver that came with windows 10 and with it i can join my 5ghz wlan, which wasnt able with the old one!
The chip in the A6210 is a Mediatek MT7612U.
- What model of adaptor are you having issues with? A6200
- Is the Win10 install a fresh install or an upgrade? upgrade
- If an upgrade, from what version of Windows? 8.1
- What is the H/W model of the PC/tablet/netbook? HP Envy 15t laptop
- What driver version are you attempting to install? V1.0.0.26-1, Win 10 version and V1.0.0.35, both fail
- Did you try installing with AV / Firewall disabled? No (installed without problems with the AV active)
- What error messages do you see? no error message.
- If no error messages what failure of functionality do you see? Simply watching which WAPs are visible, suddenly they all disappear, even very strong WAPs. This is with NO connection (using Ethernet connection). Tried this in multiple environments (home and work), multiple WAPs.
ok so tried a few more things with no real improvement in the situation. Tried different 5GHz channels (I'm the only 5Ghz in the neighborhood so tried them all) and I still got dropoffs at about the same rate. Also, normally I use a USB3.0 hub to connect my A6200(I know the A6200 isn't 3.0, it's the best way to allow me to place my adapter in an optimal location) so tried plugging it directly into the build-in USB 2.0 ports on my machine to rule out the USB hub causing any issue and in fact my drop out rate was higher; about 1 every 2-5 minutes.
It seems to happen more frequently when my throughput is high. Like if I connect to my personal server and transfer down some large files (2GB +) and also push a similarly large file, it'll drop out in a few seconds. If I'm just casually surfing the net and checking mail, it will only maybe happen once a day or so. Then if I'm VPN'd into work, it'll drop out every few hours. That's where it's the most frustrating.
On an unrelated note, as I was looking into my overall router health I noticed someone new in the neighborhood nearby was using the same 2.4GHz channel as I was, so changed that and immediately noticed increased performance on all my devices operating on 2.4GHz. Just a reminder to check out your situation every once in a while and make sure you're still operating on the optimal channels for your environment.
Anyway....Come on Netgear...you're about to lose a customer.