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Steam Downloads keep failing
Since installing my a6210 wifi adapter I have been having issues dowloading games on Steam. The downloads start and only go on for a few seconds before I recieve a message saying the dowload is corrupt. I have seen several posts saying plugging it direclty in my PC will fix this, but it doesn't. I have also tried several other supposed fixes and none have worked. So far I am extremely dissapointed in this product and see it as a waste of £50.
A6210 Software Version 1.0.0.36 Disconnections
Hi Again So I've updated Windows and decided to try .36 after the disaster that was .35 Good news the driver solved all the issues that I had with .35 Bad news is that I keep having issues with limited connectivity/ disconnections to the internet. - Its not linked to heavy downloads even everday browsing has caused me issues - I updated all my drivers etc and checked again with slimdriver that a member recommended - Still having issues with the connection So I have uninstalled Genie again along with the .36 driver and am using the driver that comes with Win 10. The driver that comes with Windows is not perfect (It struggles to connect on start up) however the connection appears more robust than that of the netgear one. mrsqueezyA6210 Poor experience
Hi Everyone, Going to be honest here I am really dissapointed in this product and seems a lot of other people are based on the forums results of the A6210. Firstly on the previous version of the drivers with Windows 10 x64 the drivers would never detect from NetGear and Windows would install its own drivers. No matter how many times I did the reinstall, remove, delete, add. When they were working on the Windows drivers large downloads would fail randomly. Classic example "Origin" game client trying to update coudn't so it was stuck in off line mode. Downloading ISO would "always fail". Then only recently NetGear released a new updated version of their driver that now works with Windows 10. I was excited to give this shot and the drivers work straight away from W10 w/ Build 1703. Sadly the downoads will keep dropping out. I have been trying to download a ISO from Vmware for the last 4 hours and having to keep "re-trying" after every failure. I had to take my PC up stairs and connect the ethernet cable to get this to actually work. I have tried enabling Max USB Speed 3.0 (I have a intel chipest with C220 controller series 8)), PMF is off. The odd thing is the average response time to my router is under 1ms with a max od 3ms and 0% packet loss. The only other thing I can think of trying now is switching to the Mediatek drivers as NetGear are only OEMing their dongles from these guys. Any other tips people have come accross that might work would be appreciated. + Current Driver Version: 5.1.29.0 (15/09/2016) NetGear. + USB Root and USB 3.0 and USB Wireless Adapters all have power management set to disable. + Latest chipset drivers from intel installed Thanks,A6210 Upgrade Failure
Products: A6210 WiFi Adapter Neatgear A6210 Genie The Netgear upgrade process failed and I am unable to perform a "manual" upgrade. The consequence is that the Netgear A6210 Genie no longer works, and I am unable to get it to work. Initial symptoms: I received and automated Netgear Genie prompt advising that a later version of the software (or firmware, I can't be certain) was available, and asking me if I wanted to upgrade. I replied "OK" and followed the steps. During the installation cycle, I received the following prompt: I checked for the target folder contained in the "Use source" box above and it does not exist. There are two folders with "NETGEAR A6210 Genie.msi" files on my system: C:\Windows\Downloaded Installations\{2BCF486D-314D-4C87-83F8-56BB24617141} C:\Windows\Downloaded Installations\{D7C2F4A3-B5BD-464A-A453-DE7B3D911FDF} I used "Browse…" to navigate to these files. In both cases, I received a prompt [along the lines of ] "the older version file is not valid…" I searched my system for any other instances of "NETGEAR A6210 Genie.msi". These are the only two. So… the upgrade failed and now the Genie will no longer run. Next Steps 1: I attempted to complete a "manual" upgrade. I downloaded "A6210_v1.0.0.34.zip" and followed the installation process. One of the step in that process is: To properly install adapter software, please remove drivers that were previously installed. To uninstall, go to Start > Programs > NETGEAR A6210 > Uninstall NETGEAR A6210 . I followed this step and now get: Next Steps 2: On the off chance the above message is spurious and the uninstall actually worked, I have attempted to install the upgrade. It repeats the symptoms described under Initial symptoms (above). Current Status: Netgear Genie not working and any attempt to upgrade/fix fails.
