NETGEAR is aware of a growing number of phone and online scams. To learn how to stay safe click here.
Forum Discussion
Immortalwa
Sep 20, 2015Follower
WNDA4100 and Other Wireless Adapters Low Connection Speed, Failure to Connect at 5G, etc.
I have experienced extremely low connection speeds, seemingly dead adapters, and other problems with two adapters, the WNDA 4100 and WNDA3100 v.2. These have been caused by incompatible drivers autom...
cintron2861
Nov 02, 2015Aspirant
Hello, I have the same issue with Windows 10 Pro, after the upgrade the WNDA4100 900 will not work with the Netgear driver even the most recent 1, I get the blue light if I try to load them.
It will work with the Media Tek driver which is some what sluggish or won't work.
There has to be an answer as to why. The Netgear Genie seems to work, the problem is that this started with Windows 10 but it worked great with Windows 8.1
- JamesGLNov 07, 2015Master
Hi cintron2861,
Please try to load the driver manually. You may refer to this KB article.
Regards,
JamesGL
Community Team- cintron2861Nov 09, 2015Aspirant
Hello, Let me see if I understood this, the driver A6210 that you mention will work on the WNDA4100 900 adapter.
At this point the driver for the WNDA is working great but I can not let it update because if the New Driver from Media Tek installes
itself,it will be very sluggish or hangs up. If I install the latest Netgear WNDA 4100 then it will stop working correctly.
If I install the Drivers that came with the adapter when I bought it back in February will not work eighter
But if Iuse the 2013 driver there are no issues. What I get from this is that Netgear has not corrected the issue pertaining with the Windows 10,
however I ran Windows 8.1 with this and it worked great.
I completely understand to un-install the old driver(s) and disconnect the adapter and then shut down (restart) the computer.
and finally install the driver(s) and then connect the adapter, unfortunately this is not the case, the last 2 versions including the latest
just won't function with Windows 10 and the Latest Netgear Driver (WNDA 4100).
Unfortunaly, I am not alone with this issue, there are thousands out there with the same result.
All that I get from netgear when I contact support is that the adapter is over 3 months old and it is not covered, the truth to this is not the
adapter, but rather the build into Windows 10,by default Windows 10 will install the Media Tek Driver which will function but very limited and only when it works.
In closing, I am using the Netgear Driver version 5.1.7.0 dated 9/6/2013 and is approved by Microsoft.So far so good.
- JamesGLNov 14, 2015Master
Hi cintron2861,
Just ignore the A6210 driver as your device is different. You may just use the same steps and look for the WNDA4100 driver.
Regards,
JamesGL
Community Team