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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.
After upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 10 I had the following problem : the A6210 adapter would not connect to any network (2.4G or 5G), and it would freeze in the process.
After trying a couple of solutions listed on this page, including the Mediatek driver, nothing worked.
Finally, the solution was very simple : just download the following driver, with the adapter plugged in :
http://support.netgear.com/product/A6210
and run the A6210_v1_0_0_34.exe. Everything worked.
So, still no solution to the 6200 dropouts? This is getting pretty absurd, I can't believe it's taking Netgear this long to iron out. Of course, that's assuming they are still trying, I haven't exactly seen a lot of activity from Netgear on this forum, other than the one poor chap trying to do damage control.
I switched to a wired connection, problem solved! (yes, some of you can't). If I ever need to use a dongle again, I will buy a non-netgear windows 10 certified device.
I have yet to find any Windows 10 compatible USB adaptor! I have been looking quite hard as well!
Yeah, it seems like the only real solution at this point is ditch Netgear, which is unfortunate. But I've had this problem literally since I switched to Windows 10 last year, so I'm definitely running out of patience at this point. I mean, the fact that they still haven't fixed such a basic hardware/software issue does not give me much faith that they ever will. Unless someone from Netgear can re-assure me that this specific issue (random disconnects with my 6200, forcing me to unplug and replug in the dongle) is being looked into, then this will be my last Netgear device.