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paradeigmas
Jul 30, 2015Tutor
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...
- Aug 01, 2015
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.
UMDTERPS
Aug 17, 2015Apprentice
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?
DarkNeuron
Aug 17, 2015Tutor
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.