I've used a WNA1100 on a XP computer for about a year and it tends to lose the network connection after a while and I have to reconnect it. I'm primarily using remote Desktop on the XP computer to connect to a Win 10 computer.
I recently got a WNDA3100 v2 adapter and thought it may be more reliable. I uninstalled the WNA1100 and then installed the WNDA3100 v2 using the Genie setup - WNDA3100_SW_V2.2.0.5_Setup_Genie.zip.
I can see my ATT U-verse modem, but it won't connect to it with either the manual method of inputting the password or the button approach where I hold the button on the adapter.
Actually this adapter was given to me by a tech from Dish network who installed some new equip at my home and said we didn't need the adapter anymore and I could use it for whatever I wanted.
The adapter does have DISH printed on it, so maybe it's a special adapter that will only work with DISH, although one would think that they just used different software to do what they wanted.
So is it possible for me to use this adapter with my XP computer?
If the adapter detects the network then the adapter works fine. How do you connect to the network? Is it via NETGEAR Utility or Windows Utility? You can try to install the standalone driver.
The adapter does detect the network. For some reason the password wasn't working to manually input it or by using the button to send to my modem
I think I was using the Netgear Genie to connect to the network? But it seemed a window did pop up that I think was the Windows Utility and that didn't work either.
The standalone driver was the first thing I installed and got nowhere with it, I thought may because I didn't first uninstall the WNA1100. But maybe I just didn't know how to use the standalone driver. I checked out the readme file and that didn't help.
What is the difference between the standalone driver and the Genie? How do I use the standalone driver correctly. Why would I use one instead of the other?
This post has given me hope that maybe I can solve this. I'll try somethings on Monday and get back to you. If you can enlighten me some with my questions above that may make Monday more fruitful
Thank you Blanca for your initial reply. I replied to you with more info 5 days ago, would you please reply and let me know your thoughts. I'm still trying to see if this will work
I have XP service pack 3 and all that's required is service pack 2. I did get WNA1100 to work, but it loses the network too often and I was hoping the WNDA3100 would work better.
Did you see my message 4? I filled in a lot of details few you in hopes this would give you more to work with. Please review it. What's the difference between Standalone and Genie?
