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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 should we do if we have already installed the netgear drivers and "permanently" ruined windows 10's ability to access wifi networks? Do I have to revert back to windows 7, uninstall the adapter device itself, and then reinstall windows 10, and reinstall the device? Detailed instructions would be very helpfull
Okay, a few ways you can fix the problem:
1. System restore Windows 10 prior to driver installation, then go to step 7.
If System Restore is not available:
2. Backup your files
3. Right click on This PC and see if your Windows 10 is "Activated," if not, activate it to register your hardware ID with MSFT so that your computer becomes permenantly activated for Windows 10.
3. Go to Start -> Settings -> Recovery, Restore, Reset
4. Reset Windows
5. Do not keep anything
6. Start
Once complete:
7. Windows should now be able to find Wifi Hotspots, but don't connect yet. If no networks are listed, go to step 2.
8. Go to the intel link above and install your Chipset Drivers for Windows 10.
9. Reboot
10. Open Wifi Connections list, click on the one you would like to connect to.
11. Click "Connect"
12. It will ask for your password, don't type anything, and run to your router and click the WPS button.
13. It should be connected and functional properly now.
If above instructions did not work for you, I'm sorry as this is the process I used to solve the issue on my system. Good luck.