Windows 10: Slow Wifi on TP-Link WDN4800 and/or Netgear AC6210 for Windows 10

Hi guys,

Was looking to try Windows 10 again and was wondering if anybody had success using Asus products on Windows 10. Previously, I had tried both my NetGear AC6210 usb adapter and my TP Link WDN4800 PCI card. Now when installing the drivers for these products they do work both on 2.4GHz and 5GHz.


However, the speeds the ran at was terrible. So terrible the 90s were laughing at me. So terrible in fact that a farmer in Belarus could plug a cord into a turnip and get faster speeds.

So I built a new computer a week ago and did a clean install of Windows 10 on to a fresh Samsung EVO Pro 500GB SSD. And tried the wifi adapters again. Same issues.

I have tried both the Windows ones, the ones provided by TP Link and even the MediaTek ones for. Both devices will technically work in the sense I can connect but the connection itself is very, very, very slow (<0.2MB/s*).

I felt it might be driver related since I can't find anything in Windows myself or via Google that would suggest it to be Windows 10 itself. *Sad

So this time I have decided to look at a replacement device and have selected two I think should work.**


Hence, I was interested if anybody else had success (2.4GHz and 5GHz working at full speeds) with either of these two products on Windows 10.


The first is the Asus PCE-AC56 Dual Band Wireless AC1300 PCI-E Adapter as seen here:http://www.msy.com.au/wa/cannington/...e-adapter.html


The second product was the: Asus PCE-AC68 Dual Band Wireless AC1900 PCI-E Adapter as seen here:http://www.msy.com.au/wa/cannington/...e-adapter.html

*Note: Yes I well aware of the difference in Mbps and MBps (or MB/s if prefer).


**Note: I had these devices on Win7 and they worked fine. After trying windows 10 I rolled back to Win 8.1 and they work again. ----> Concluded it was likely a driver issue.

Any help is appreciated *Biggrin

:)

 

Wireless USB adapters compatible with Windows 10

A PCIE Wireless Dual Band Adapter that works with Windows 10 is the TP-Link. Model TL-WDN4800

 

Windows 10 wants to update driver for hardware I no longer use

I initially was using a NETGEAR WNA3100 N300 Wireless USB Adapter on Windows 10, but it was terrible so I ordered a TP-LINK
TL-WDN4800 Dual Band Wireless N900 PCI Express Adapter. After installing this new pci-e card, everything is working beautifully, but Windows Update wants to install the driver for the terrible NETGEAR WNA3100 N300.

I neither need, nor want, a driver for this device as I have thrown it away and will never use it again. How do I stop Windows Update from trying to install it on my system?