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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 was PULLING MY HAIR OUT, trying to wonder why I kept getting BAD_POOL_HEADERS (and it's difficult to discern because I'm a heavy overclocker). Turns out I did a crash dump and it was related to tcpip.sys. What a surprise, NETWORK RELATED. This has only begun on Windows 10, NO ISSUES on Windows 8.1. Here's another weird thing, I have it plugged into a USB 3.0 port but...
That's weird, why is my Wifi adaptor working in USB 2.0 mode when it's in a USB 3.0 port (confirmed by checking with my SanDisk Cruzer Extreme which transfers at 3.0 speeds). My system WILL crash whenever putting the WiFi adaptor under load, so that means downloading a simple Ubuntu ISO via torrent is difficult. I first noticed this when downloading a game on Steam, I locked my PC, went to get a drink, came back and saw "BAD_POOL_HEADER". Please NETGEAR, I bought your product because you make good Wifi stuff, and I chose to go with you instead of ASUS; I know you can fix this!
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.
My A6210 was nonfunctional after upgrading to Windows 10 as described in this thread. I could get a list of SSIDs, but not attach to any of them. Attempting to do so would hang the connection until rebooted. I tried everything in this thread and nothing worked.
The Windows 10 driver didn't work and the latest driver (for Windows 10) from the Netgear site didn't work. I finally found yet another even newer version at the previously mentioned Mediatek website: http://www.mediatek.com/en/downloads1/downloads/usb/
IS_Setup_ICS_050615_1.5.39.126.exe is the one that finally fixed me.
Bruce.
Wow amazing, where the hell did you find this new driver?
Oh wait, maybe in Post #11 of me in this thread? :D
Your link is exactly the same as i postet before ^^
I fixed my BSoDs by installing Software Version 1.0.0.28. I did this by:
1) Unplugging my A6210.
2) Going into device manager, click "show hidden devices", right click on the Wifi adapter and click "delete this software" box and click OK.
3) Install the drivers and plug in my A6210 when it asks. Click cancel on the prompt when it appears again (the A6210 won't be recognised).
4) Go into device manager and click "scan for hardware", which then installs the A6210.4) Go to https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3073930, download the update hider and run it. Choose to hide the new wifi update (THIS WILL CAUSE ISSUES, HENCE WE ARE HIDING IT).
5) Success. I can now play MMOs, Torrent, watch NETFLIX, all without BSoDs.
Thanks a ton for this link. This allowed Windows 10 to recognize my 5ghz network.
