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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.
So I am assuming no one in this thread has successfully found a fix that works? It appears all of the potencial fixes have issues?
Yeah I think thats about correct...
I just got an A6210, and I'm pretty appalled by the issues it has with Win10.
Personally I get dropped packets every once in a while. Rebooting fixes it for a while.
UMDTERPS, This user of an A6210 has found a working solution. I have posted a few times in this thread how i was able to resolve my issues with the wifi adapter. I found that the most current MediaTek driver, and some changes to the adapter properties in the driver settings have me working flawlessly. I can't speak for everyone, but I was able to resolve the problem and have shared this information in this forum thread.
dug_less wrote:UMDTERPS, This user of an A6210 has found a working solution. I have posted a few times in this thread how i was able to resolve my issues with the wifi adapter. I found that the most current MediaTek driver, and some changes to the adapter properties in the driver settings have me working flawlessly. I can't speak for everyone, but I was able to resolve the problem and have shared this information in this forum thread.
But unfortunately that solution does not appear to work for user with an AMD processor - only Intel.
Mine is working as a 2G adaptor with the standard Windows 10 drivers but nothing more.
The Mediatek drivers are useless for AMD users though.
[QUOTE]UMDTERPS, This user of an A6210 has found a working solution. I have posted a few times in this thread how i was able to resolve my issues with the wifi adapter. I found that the most current MediaTek driver, and some changes to the adapter properties in the driver settings have me working flawlessly. I can't speak for everyone, but I was able to resolve the problem and have shared this information in this forum thread.
I wake up every morning telling myself I love my job![/QUOTE]I'm using those with an intel setup.
As I wrote, it mostly works, but after hours of use, it starts dropping packets, which a reboot fixes.
Gonna return it if better drivers doesn't get released soon. I simply want no BS with my hardware.
I cant afford to have dropped packs with the stuff I'm doing. When I spend a fair amount of money on a product I expect it work without a a bunch of workarounds. I did a little research a most of the ASUS units work on Windows 10 and have Windows 10 native drivers out. Looks like ASUS did their job and was prepared unlike NETGEAR. It's not like NETGEAR just found out that Windows 10 just came out. Windows 10 was released a year and a half ago for testing.
I'm going to make a trip to Microcenter this weekend.
ASUS Wi-Fi PCI Express Adapter (PCE-AC56)
https://www.asus.com/us/Networking/PCEAC56/HelpDesk_Download/
Asus (USB-AC56) Dual-band Wireless-AC1200 USB 3.0 Wi-Fi Adapter
https://www.asus.com/us/Networking/USBAC56/HelpDesk_Download/
