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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.
Good afternoon NETGEAR Community,
We have finalized and posted the following Knowledge Base article that should help most (if not all) customers experiencing issues during or after the installation of Windows 10.
Please visit: NETGEAR A6210 wireless adapter not working in Windows 10.
Your feedback is very important to us! Please let us know if these set of steps resolves (or does not resolve) the issues described in this thread. We can then continue to investigate and work with each customer individually to ensure we have a comprehensive solution for each case. Please feel free to private message me if you need further assistance! Our support and engineering teams are happy to assist you.
We greatly appreciate your contribution to the Community!
Christine
NETGEAR Community
Simply uninstalling and reinstalling the driver for the A6200 doesn't work. If this was the solution so many people wouldn't be complaining.
This type of solution (similar to just reboot your computer) from support is a reason I'm going to avoid Netgear for my next purchase.
ChristineT wrote:Good afternoon NETGEAR Community,
We have finalized and posted the following Knowledge Base article that should help most (if not all) customers experiencing issues during or after the installation of Windows 10.
Please visit: NETGEAR A6210 wireless adapter not working in Windows 10.
Your feedback is very important to us! Please let us know if these set of steps resolves (or does not resolve) the issues described in this thread. We can then continue to investigate and work with each customer individually to ensure we have a comprehensive solution for each case. Please feel free to private message me if you need further assistance! Our support and engineering teams are happy to assist you.
We greatly appreciate your contribution to the Community!
Christine
NETGEAR Community
On what planet have you guys fixed the issue(s)?
That entire page is worthless and does nothing to fix the issues.
Next you'll be telling me to try "turning it off and on again" ...
Frankly I am looking for my receipt because I want my money back after this and I will never buy another one of your products again.
In fact I shall go out of my way to warn and disuade everyone and anyone I can from buying your products as well.
Hi, guys.
For what it's worth, I just purchased an Edimax EW-7822UAC adapter to replace my A6200, as I cannot wait for drivers to get the A6200 working any longer, to say nothing about the flawed information regarding potential fixes.
The Edimax is plug 'n play in Windows 10 (uses Win 10's built-in drivers), and works perfectly.
I've been a huge Netgear fan for many years, but in light of the problems that I've had recently (including the R7000 router), combined with Netgear's inability to update/fix them, I'm beginning to have serious reservations going forward.
I have an Edimax EW-7822UAC and while it claims to be USB 3.0, mine fails to connect at USB 3.0 "SuperSpeed" speed. It will only connect at USB 2.0 "High" speed.
You can use usbview.exe to view your USB connect speed:
USBDeview.exe also will show the connection at USB 2.0 instead of USB 3.0
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usb_devices_view.html
Bruce.
