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ChristopheFRAN's avatar
ChristopheFRAN
Initiate
Nov 19, 2015

Impossible to install ON NETWORKS - N300MA adapter under Windows 10

Hi,

 

I've just installed Windows 10 and I try to use the  Wifi "ON NETWORKS - N300MA adapter".

When I click on the net to find the right driver for win10, I'm always redirected to the netgear web site.

I tried to register the product but the product serial is not recognize !!!

 

Just following the release 1.205 "setup.exe", the adapter is not recognized. I use DELL Optiplex 380, Win10 freshly installed. Adapter never inserted. I follow the instructions, then the setup ask me to put the adapter in the USB slot and it is not recognized.

I assume that other USB keys are fully recognized and operational on these usb ports.

 

Please help.

Kind Regards

Christophe

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4 Replies

  • JamesGL's avatar
    JamesGL
    NETGEAR Employee Retired
    Nov 21, 2015

    Hi ChristopherFRAN,

     

    The system requirements of the devices states that the driver supports upto Windows 8 only. The reason it was not detected during the installation as the adapter does not have a Windows 10 driver.

    • ChristopheFRAN's avatar
      ChristopheFRAN
      Initiate
      Nov 27, 2015

      Hi JamesGL,

       

      I thank you for your kind reply.

      Last month I've bought x7 NETGEAR 300 adapters  and  x7 ON-NETWORKS N300MA adapters.

      You're right whehn you say that the ON-NETWORKS adapters are NOT RECOGNIZED by Windows 10, whereas the NETGEAR same adapters ARE correctly recognized.

       

      As the ON-NETWORKS adapters are now under the scope of NETGEAR Company (perhabs may I wrong) Can we hope a new driver release of the ON-NETWORKS N300MA adapters for Win 10  ?

      If not, please advice.

       

      Best regards,

      Christophe

      • JamesGL's avatar
        JamesGL
        NETGEAR Employee Retired
        Nov 29, 2015

        On-Networks are part of EOL products and no longer manufactured. As you can see in On-Networks website that the products are no longer available. 

  • csheff's avatar
    csheff
    Initiate
    Jan 08, 2016

    Hi Christophe,

     

    You can download a suitable driver from the Microsoft Update catalog. It works on my PC on Windows 10 - might not be "supported" by Netgear, but it does work. Search for the following package:

     

    on networks wlan n300 micro usb wifi adapter - N300MA

     

    or this link should do it:

     

    http://catalog.update.microsoft.com/v7/site/Search.aspx?q=on%20networks%20wlan%20n300%20micro%20usb%20wifi%20adapter%20-%20N300MA

     

    You need to visit it in Internet Explorer. There are two packages, one for 64 bit and one for 32 bit.

     

    Hope this helps,

     

    Cheers

    Chris