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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!
Install this driver from here. MT7612U generic drivers from http://www.mediatek.com/en/downloads1/downloads/usb/ . Uninstall all instances of the Netgear driver and reboot. With wifi adapter unplugged, install the Mediatech driver only. Wait until istallation completes and then plug your A6210 wifi adapter into an usb 3.0 port. Problem solved. You will also find that the adapter will now be running @ 3.0 speed. You will also have to change 2.4 and 5.0 region to 0 in adapter properties for USA.
I decided to upgrade from the A6200 to the A6210 because the A6200 would randomly lost connection to my Nighthawk AC3200 and I'd have to reseat the A6200 to restore connectivity. Huge mistake! The A6210 will connect to the router. But, the minute I try to access the net, I lose connection. I've uninstalled software, reinstalled software, let Windows 10 figure out the adapter and nothing works. It's headed back for a refund. Since I'm not the only person complaining about Netgear's wireless adapters, and Netgear doesn't seem to care about resolution, I'm giving up on their products...(And I really love the NightHawk!)