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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.
- What model of adaptor are you having issues with? A6200
- Is the Win10 install a fresh install or an upgrade? Fresh Install
- If an upgrade, from what version of Windows? N/A
- What is the H/W model of the PC/tablet/netbook? Custom. Asus P8Z77V-LK Intel i5-3570
- What driver version are you attempting to install? Tried all downloadable from A6200 Support Webpage, none of them is working. currently on 6.30.145.30
- Did you try installing with AV / Firewall disabled? Yes, but no help.
- What error messages do you see? No error message during installation. But the installation window will hang up at the last stage for a few mins before it's done.
- If no error messages what failure of functionality do you see? Network connection drops especially during high network usage e.g. playing Online games. Then unable to detect adpater, have to unplug and re-insert the adapter.