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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.
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.
The latest Netgear driver for my A6210 "A6210-1.0.0.32" is still failing in the same way. It runs good for 1-2 days and then gets stuck with extremely high packet loss. Pings fail 25% to 100% of the time, and often take many seconds and/or timeout. Ping destination does not matter. All pings fail regardless of the destination, including the router itself or other local Wifi devices. Fails on both Windows 7 and Windows 10 in the same way.
When this occurs, disabling/reenabling the driver in Device Manager does NOT fix it. Disconnecting/reconnecting from the router does NOT fix it. Rebooting the router does NOT fix it. Unplugging/replugging the A6210 does NOT fix it. Restarting the USB driver does NOT fix it. Something else, perhaps in Windows, is hosed. So far the ONLY thing I've found that will restore proper operation is rebooting Windows completely. Then it works for another 1-2 days before it gets stuck again.
So for me the A6210 is still useless.
Did you have to get rid of the old driver for your A6200 first? I'm using an N6100 and it works - sometimes. I purchased the same adapter you installed but haven't in stalled it yet. Their website says they're still working on the Win 10 driver and will send me an email when its available.
