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WNDA3100v2 works intermittently with windows 10
My N600 Wireless USB adapter, which has worked great for a couple of years on Windows 8.1, keeps turning off after the upgrade this week to Windows 10. I downloaded the latest version of drivers ...
KMccart wrote:I am having the same problem with mine as well. The driver version it says I am using is 5.100.68.29 from the date 10/13/2010 even though I redownloaded the device driver utility today and ran it. Under the "events" tab of the device information it also has a message saying it requires further installation. It shows that a device install was requested today but I am guessing it didn't properly update?
I finally gave up on trying to get the Netgear to stop dropping the connection. Everything I read on the web said to wait for better drivers and in the meantime convert back to Windows 8.1.
Before I did that I went to Staples and bought the Linksys AC1200. They said I had 14 days to test it and return it if necessary. Well it has been a few hours and no dropped connection! Perhaps it is the AC protocol vs. the older one with the Netgear and how it communicates with my Apple router. Not sure but so far so good! I will update this post if/when the connection drops but for now my fingers are crossed! If it works it is worth the extra bucks for a new adapter.
"I downloaded the latest version of drivers from Netgear WNDA3100v2-V2.2.0.5 and installed WNDA3100_SW_V2.2.0.6_Setup_STALONE"
I just checked to see which driver is actually being used. It is a Netgear driver dated 3/2/2015. It is driver version 5.100.148.6
If anyone is using the N600 Wireless Adapter and it is working with Windows 10, let me know if your driver version is different from what I am using. Thanks.
I am having the same problem with mine as well. The driver version it says I am using is 5.100.68.29 from the date 10/13/2010 even though I redownloaded the device driver utility today and ran it. Under the "events" tab of the device information it also has a message saying it requires further installation. It shows that a device install was requested today but I am guessing it didn't properly update?
KMccart wrote:I am having the same problem with mine as well. The driver version it says I am using is 5.100.68.29 from the date 10/13/2010 even though I redownloaded the device driver utility today and ran it. Under the "events" tab of the device information it also has a message saying it requires further installation. It shows that a device install was requested today but I am guessing it didn't properly update?
I finally gave up on trying to get the Netgear to stop dropping the connection. Everything I read on the web said to wait for better drivers and in the meantime convert back to Windows 8.1.
Before I did that I went to Staples and bought the Linksys AC1200. They said I had 14 days to test it and return it if necessary. Well it has been a few hours and no dropped connection! Perhaps it is the AC protocol vs. the older one with the Netgear and how it communicates with my Apple router. Not sure but so far so good! I will update this post if/when the connection drops but for now my fingers are crossed! If it works it is worth the extra bucks for a new adapter.
I have had similar problems of dropouts etc.
My problem seems to be that it appears fine until I install Zonealarm.
As far as I can see even the latest version of Zonealarm Vers 14.0.508.0 has the same problem.
I do not want to go back to my previous OS (7 ultimate - even though it was brilliant) as I want Win 10 to work.
I suggest that the solution provided is NOT a solution, but a workaround until the proper solution comes along.
What I would like to know is :- Why did Netgear provide a genie product as Vers 2.2.0.5 and a standalone (not Genie) at Vers 2.2.0.6.
You cannot install one after the other (in either order) and not get problems, but the implications is that there is a later driver than that for Vers 2.2.0.5.
All the notes and things I have read have not explained this. Maybe one version is for Windows 7, 8, 8.1 whilst the other is for Winows 10, but it isn't clear.
