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Re: A6210 no AC connection , only N
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A6210 no AC connection , only N
Hi,
My A6210 does not connect to my router in AC mode.
Only in N.
I am on Windows 10 x64.
I notice it now because i just got a 1Gb fiber connection and the bandwich is not as it should be.
This occurs only with A6210 because friends on their laptops connect in AC with the built-in wifi chip.
I tried to install latest firmware/softawre but nothing changes.
Here is a screenshot of the task manager :
Please advice.
Thanks
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Re: A6210 no AC connection , only N
It could be a bug in the Task Manager. Go to Network and Sharing Control Panel and click on the blue link for your Wi-Fi network. IIRC, this will display the connection status and, possibly, the protocol. If you are running Windows 10, then I believe the protocol is also displayed in Settings->Wi-Fi, somewhere.
If you find that the adapter is truly using only N, then go to the driver settings and see if there are any options to use AC.
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Re: A6210 no AC connection , only N
What is your router? Is it set up to use -ac mode on wireless?
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Re: A6210 no AC connection , only N
I think OP has already stated that others connect as -ac so it sounds like the network is correctly set to handle the -ac protocol. This sounds like the already known and still unaddressed issue where the A6210 reports back as -n on Windows 10 even when connected to an -ac network. There is supposedly an alpha software patch floating around but this issue seems to be known already by Netgear but not resolved.
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Re: A6210 no AC connection , only N
Hi All,
Please PM me your contact info if you have issues showing incorrect mode even when connected to an AC router
JamesGL
Community Team
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Re: A6210 no AC connection , only N
Hi,
nooo PM me PM me! Others have the same problem on same platform. Please provide a working driver in AC for Windows 10.
Thanks in advance
Erwin
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Re: A6210 no AC connection , only N
Hi
Sorry for late reply i have been on holidays for 3 weeks and be back in a few days at home.
Wherever in Windows I look it's a N WiFi connection I have.
I don't recall seeing such a parameter in the driver settings.
I have an Asus RT-AC68U router and as stated above friends get AC connection so the router is fine I think.
I am pretty sure I am in N connection because friends have way better bandwidth speed compared to what i have with my Netgear A6210.
I made tests from the same room in my house and good WiFi signal.
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Re: A6210 no AC connection , only N
I have the same issue and I would like the download to the patched version of the driver. Even if it is a PreTest version.
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Re: A6210 no AC connection , only N
I come back here to give a few feedbacks after some tests i have made.
Despite seeing 802.11n in task manager , i think my a6210 is in fact connected in AC mode as i can see in the wifi network details that i am connected at 866mbits to my asus router.
But there is one thing i don't understand is why i can't go faster than 300mbits when testing my connection speed with online tools.
I read that it could be related to my a6210 running in usb2, but it is not the case.
With usbtreeviewer i see it is connected to a usb3 port.
When i connect through ethernet to my router i get speed tests above 700mbits, i have a 1Gb fiber connection.
I would expect to have better speed in wifi with the a6210.
But still i find it disturbing as 300mbits is the 802.11n max speed rate.
Anyone can help me to go faster than 300mbit please ?
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Re: A6210 no AC connection , only N
Unlike Ethernet, Wi-Fi link speed (the connection rate reported by Windows) and throughput (the real world, actual speed) are very different. The reason is that Wi-Fi requires a lot of overhead. A rule of thumb is to expect throughput no better than 50% of the link speed. It will frequently be worse than that. 300 is 34% of 867, which is pretty typical.
While Wi-Fi is great and convenient, if you want the best, most reliable performance, use Ethernet.
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