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paradeigmas
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Jul 30, 2015
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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...
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  • Chosey's avatar
    Chosey
    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.

     

    http://www.mediatek.com/en/downloads1/downloads/usb/

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AlaskaWolf
Initiate
Sep 15, 2015

The listed solutions fix the problem, but only temporarily so they really aren't  "Solution".  After following the "http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/29802" Solution exactly, Windows 10 and my A6200 adapter got on well for about a week.  Then this morning I restarted only to have the "No Connectivity" message once again.  Trying to connect through the Genie wouldn't work as the Genie program would no longer launch from either the desktop shortcut link or from the actual program location.  I then tried reconnecting through the Microsoft interface only to receive a "connection failed" message each time I tried.  I went back and tried the WPS solution, again nothing.  Finally, I resorted to removing the A6200 adapter from its USB slot and plugging it back in and it worked like a charm instantly finding and connecting to my hidden SID.  As an after thought, I shutdown my system twice, and restarted my system twice.  All four times I had to remove and reinstall the A6200 adapter to get it to work again. So I suppose the next questio is why did it work flawlessly for a week?

 

What model of adapter are you having issues with?   A6200

Is the Win10 install a fresh install or an upgrade? Tried both Upgrade from Win 8.1 Pro x64 and fresh install suffered same issues

What is the H/W model of the PC/tablet/netbook? Dell XPS 8700

What driver version are you attempting to install? V1.0.0.26-1 and Beta V1.0.0.35 both

Did you try installing with AV / Firewall disabled? Yes, no effect

What error messages do you see?: "Connection failed"

If no error messages what failure of functionality do you see?  A6200 unable to connect to Netgear router