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ReubenDS's avatar
ReubenDS
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Jun 19, 2021

N300MA wifi adapter stopped working

I have looked around in regards to this device and I am very concerned by misinformed suggestions here.

I have a N300MA wifi adapter I have been using on a windows 10 systems for 3 years and have had no trouble, until this week when windows suddenly declares its an unknown device. Additionally the driver provided for this device from Netgear's current website is either not correct for N300MA or not compatible with windows 10. Why the change?

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  • michaelkenward's avatar
    michaelkenward
    Guru - Experienced User
    Jun 20, 2021

    There is no N300MA USB adapter.

     

    N300 is an old wifi speed indicator that applies to dozens of different Netgear devices. Fr example, the WNA3100 USB adapter is an N300 device.

     

     

    • bagg1o's avatar
      bagg1o
      Guide
      Jun 20, 2021

      Actually, there is such adapter and exactly it is called "Netgear On Networks N300MA-199EES". But it's so old (WinXP era) that I'm amazed it even worked on windows 10. You simply have to buy something newer as it was a miracle that it worked, just be aware that all newest USB 3.0 adapters on the market are broken due to outdated realtek chipset kernel drivers so, before you buy it, make sure that producer have drivers updated this year. This is really important. Or just buy some PCIe adapter.

       

       

      • michaelkenward's avatar
        michaelkenward
        Guru - Experienced User
        Jun 20, 2021
        bagg1o wrote:

        Actually, there is such adapter and exactly it is called "Netgear On Networks N300MA-199EES".

         

        I checked the Netgear support system. It could not find it.

         

        Visit the support pages:

        Support | NETGEAR

        Feed in that model number and reel back in shock.

         

        Where did you find it?

         

        Google finds various "On Networks " devices, few of them in English, but they have nothing much to do with Netgear. If it was something that Netgear made for a third party some time back in the 20th century, then this is not the place to look for support.

         

        Maybe there is an On Networks site somewhere out there.