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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.
I just wanted to add another twist with regards to the A6210 adapter.
I recently purchased the A6210 and wish I'd spent more time research before doing so, would have saved me a lot of time.
Anyway, I tried all the drivers available, recent Netgear and Mediatek included.. In the end I settled for the Netgear as there was little difference between that and the Mediatek. (both 2.5Ghz and 5Ghz available on Windows 10)
My particular problem relates to constant disconnects at random intervals. At times a ping test drags for thousands of Milliseconds per ping for 10 seconds or so making an internet connection impossible.
The solution was accidental. I had another WIFI adapter available, a Linksys AE3000 that also used a Mediatek driver from the same driver bundle as the A6210.
The Linksys adapter was disabled, so for no particular reason I enabled it for a few seconds and then disabled it....
That was it.. I had a ping test running at the time and after disabling it ,the connection stabilized. No more drop outs, solid steady connection.... unfortunatey I have to repeat the procedure after every reboot or suffer the constant disconnects.
Maybe in some way that will help NETGEAR fix the problem.
I'm in the same boat you are - I just bought this adapter this week and have been using it under windows 7 without any issue but was planning to update to Windows 10 this weekend. And now I'm shocked after reading through this whole thread and lots of Google searching it appears that Netgear has provided no solution to this device working under Windows 10!
What a shame. I'm planning to return it this weekend and get one of the well reviewed ASUS adpaters, unless anyone has an 11th hour fix that is actually stable?
The bright side of this is that you can easily pick up really cheap ($13) refurbished adapters from all of the Windows 10 people returning theirs.
Yes, great for Win 7 users...bad for Win 10 users. :womansad:
