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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.
ATTENTION ALL A6100 A6200 A6210 OWNERS
I HAVE THE SOLUTION TO ALL YOUR WINDOWS 10 WIFI PROBLEMS IF YOU UPGRADED FROM 7 OR 8.1 AND LOST WIFI.
Hi all, like a lot of you I had the problem of having no wifi after upgrading to windows 10 from windows 8.1.
I had installed Netgears driver for my A6200, device manager said it was working correctly with no yellow warning triangle.
However there was no Wifi adapter listed in the network adapters and it was as if my Win10 had no wifi functionality - I even tried other adapters.
I uninstalled and reinstalled the netgear driver a million times.
I tried removing the DNI_DNE thing in command prompt and fixing the registry (I didnt even have that problem)
I finally gave up and used my AV powerline network kit...
But I never really gave up.
So here it is the method to fix the issue
Theres a little known secret that you can reinstall Win10 without losing your current set-up - for my method though, you will need a way of connecting to the internet via a network cable to begin with.
This is different to the options you have of reinstalling while retaining files. This method keeps everything including your installed programs.
- MAKE SURE YOU HAVE YOUR NETGEAR USB WIFI STICK PLUGGED IN EVEN THOUGH ITS NOT WORKING
- Go here https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows10 and click "Upgrade Now"
- Download the Win10 upgrade tool
- Run the Win10 upgrade tool and accept the Microsoft license terms
- Click "Change what to keep" its written in small font, its there just look for it
- Select "Keep personal files and apps"
- Double check you have selected keep personal files and apps
- Click install and let windows "upgrade"
Once thats all done (about 30 minutes for me) your computer will reboot back to your login screen or desktop and everything will be as it should.
You should now be able to connect to both 2.4Ghz AND 5Ghz networks and your driver will be functioning 100% with all settings that were previously missing.
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask and I will see if I can help.
Oops, Kraster is right. I spelled out my best analysis of the problem but forgot to mention solutions (other than waiting for MediaTek, RealTek and Broadcom).
I have the A6100, so this may or may not help A6200 folks. For those that cannot see their 5Ghz bands:
1) In your router, (Wireless Network tab or equivalent) set the 5GHz SSID channel to a non-DFS channel (36-48, 149-165)
2) To start, make sure your channel width is set to 20 or 20MHz and channel bonding is off if you have that setting...they are usually on the same page as #1
3) Ensure your USB adapter driver properties are set to region 0 if you are in the US. If you're elsewhere, I'd recommend setting it appropriately
This should get you connected. However, with 20MHz channels and no channel bonding, your throughput will be fast, but not as fast as it could be. Start with bonding off and 20MHz width in order to verify this is your problem. After that's done and you can connect, you can experiment with increasing the width to 40 and/or 80. However, keep in mind, when you increase the width, you are using multiple channels (the one you select is *usually* the center I believe)...none of which can be a DFS channel. If you go 80, that limits your channel choice to only two channels (for me, it's 44 or 157 but some routers can be configured by selecting a upper/lower, upper/upper, lower/lower, lower/upper configuration which would change the channel numbers that work while keeping out of DFS).
If DFS and channel bonding are things you're not confortable with messing with, sticking with bonding off (or 20MHz width) on any of the channels in item 1 is still *very* far from slow.
After updated drivers come out (via Netgear or Windows Update), set your router back to auto (5GHz channel) will probably improve your speed a bit by avoiding the congested non-DFS channels.
Correction: A6200; not A6100