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Windows 10 (A6100 A6200 A6210) Installation Heads Up
As a heads up, DO NOT install Netgear's driver package for your A6xxx device on Windows 10. It permanently removes Windows 10’s ability to access the WiFi Connections list. Instead, use the defa...
For problems with the windows 10 included driver with the a6210 (e.g. no 5ghz networks visible) just use the latest driver from mediatek (5.1.21.0).
It is the newer version of the driver that came with windows 10 and with it i can join my 5ghz wlan, which wasnt able with the old one!
The chip in the A6210 is a Mediatek MT7612U.
I gave up on Netgear providing a simple solution to the driver problem with Windows 10 and the A6200 wireless adapter. I ended up rolling back to Windows 7 and it still works fine. But it was a giant hassle and I'm not going thru that again.
It's not good that we are over month in and we don't have a fully functioning patch, espeically since Windows 10 has been out for over a year for testing. It appears now people with Intel boards are having issues. I havent seen any issues with my new custom built intel pc, but I dont have the time **bleep** around and test/re-test, because I'm working and use my laptop mostly. It's possibly I have issues, but I don't use the PC as much. It would be nice if we get more feed back from Netgear instead of maybe an update every 2 weeks.
Just my 2 cents.
When I downloaded the free Windows 10 upgrade and executed the install on my Dell Inspiron the upgrade looked like it installed, but apparently the A6200 drivers weren't compatible and the upgrade didn't fully install. Of course my wireless adapter was now disabled so I couldn't get back online. I couldn't even boot up the machine. After a couple of days trying to fix it I ended up taking it in. to the Geek squad and they were eventually able to get Windows 10 installed and found a beta driver for the A6200 that appeared to work. Unfortunately, when I took it home the wireless network would accept my encryiption key. I could see the network, but I couldn't use it. Took it back to the Geek Squad and they couldn't locate a driver that would word. Since my system originally came with Vista, I only had the upgrade disc for Windows 7. So they rolled it back to Vista, ran the upgrade for Windows 7 and I was back in business. I am very reluctant to go thru that again, so I am looking for a wireless adapter from another company that will work with Windows 10. Sheesh!!