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kgvale
Aug 19, 2015Aspirant
WNA31100M N300 doesn't work on Windows 10
I just upgraded to Windows 10 from Windows 8.1. On my PC I always used a WNA31100M N300 usb wireless mini adapter to connect to the internet as my motherboard has no onboard WiFi connecter. Now that ...
- Aug 20, 2015
I talked to someone from Netgear and they said that the drivers for the WNA3100M N300 that support Windows 10 are not released yet, and that there was no ETA. This means that we have to wait for the new drivers to release before we can acces the internet with Windows 10 and a WNA3100M N300. Luckilly there is an option in Windows 10 that allows you to convert back to your old OS, which is what I did.
How to do that: http://www.howtogeek.com/220723/how-to-uninstall-windows-10-and-downgrade-to-windows-7-or-8.1/
So for now the only solution is to downgrade and wait for the drivers to be released by Netgear.
kgvale
Aug 20, 2015Aspirant
I talked to someone from Netgear and they said that the drivers for the WNA3100M N300 that support Windows 10 are not released yet, and that there was no ETA. This means that we have to wait for the new drivers to release before we can acces the internet with Windows 10 and a WNA3100M N300. Luckilly there is an option in Windows 10 that allows you to convert back to your old OS, which is what I did.
How to do that: http://www.howtogeek.com/220723/how-to-uninstall-windows-10-and-downgrade-to-windows-7-or-8.1/
So for now the only solution is to downgrade and wait for the drivers to be released by Netgear.
BaJohn
Aug 29, 2015Virtuoso
Sorry to jump on the bandwagon, but I have only just seen this.
Is your statement about new drivers (waiting for Netgear) going to apply to the
WNDA3100 family as well, specifically in my case the WNDA3100v2?
- JamesGLSep 01, 2015Master
Hi BaJohn,
Welcome to Community!
NETGEAR has released the software for Windows 10 for your WNDA3100v2. Please check the link below:
http://support.netgear.com/product/WNDA3100v2
Regards,JamesGL
Community Team
- BaJohnSep 01, 2015Virtuoso
Thanks for the link ... unfortunately that doesn't help.
I downloaded that on the 8th June 2015 and have been using it fine on Windows 7 Ultimate.
But after upgrade to Windows 10, wireless has been a pain in the a****.
However the other day, I tried a different tack (1 of many) by trying to completely obliterate every mention of Netgear completely from my machine.
Cleared out the registry, temporay files, etc etc. Then installed .... no joy.
I discovered that the only place that had a reference to netgear was when using DOS promt with command 'netcfg -s n'.
It had 2 'nonpnp' items.as wireless adapters.
At the moment there are 5 items, 2 or matbe 3 not required.
Network Adapters
-----------------usb\vid_0846&pid_9011 NETGEAR WNDA3100v2 N600 Wireless Dual Band USB Adapterusb\vid_0846&pid_9011 NETGEAR WNDA3100v2 N600 Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter #3nonpnpnetworkinterface\{bcfebfc0-769a-486b-b75e-e514730f41f4} NETGEAR WNDA3100v2 N600 Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter #2nonpnpnetworkinterface\{b9f4eca5-efa9-4922-a65b-6fd492e20b49} NETGEAR WNDA3100v2 N600 Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter #2pci\ven_10ec&dev_8168&rev_06 Realtek PCIe GBE Family ControllerWhat should this look like and how do I delete the unnecessary ones, as I believe this MUST be part of the problem.