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1. #Linux mint driver for netgear wnda3100 install#
2. #Linux mint driver for netgear wnda3100 drivers#
3. #Linux mint driver for netgear wnda3100 update#
4. #Linux mint driver for netgear wnda3100 upgrade#

#Linux mint driver for netgear wnda3100 upgrade#

I was able to live with the Windows 7 UI while using the Atheros card, but the Windows 8.1 wifi UI was a non-starter, so I moved to the 7260 to be able to use ProSet, which worked quite nicely.īoth Dells came with poky 1×1 Intel wifi setups (still two antennae, though, so it was a drop-in upgrade in each case), which I quickly swapped with 7265s (dual-band AC, 2×2, with bluetooth).

I found the native XP wifi UI to be superior to Windows 7’s, and vastly superior to Windows 8.1’s horrendous Metro/TIFCAM wifi UI, so by my estimation, Windows wifi UI support had gotten much worse than when the Atheros client software was in development. I don’t agree, as I’d used the Atheros client software with my single-core laptop during the XP years, since it was IMO an improvement upon the already decent Windows XP UI. While their driver support was much longer than Intel’s, Atheros had discontinued their wifi client software years prior, with their site explaining that windows support for wifi was now so good that it wasn’t any longer necessary.

#Linux mint driver for netgear wnda3100 drivers#

That was when I bought the Atheros, which worked just as well as the current Intels do– and despite my specific example being about as old as the 4965, the Windows drivers were still in active development. I don’t think they ever released one for Windows 8.x or 10.Īnnoyed by how Intel had cut off driver support for a still-relevant wifi card (if they’re still releasing brand new ones with the same performance specifications, it’s hard to argue that the older one is obsolete!), I avoided Intel at first when I was looking for a replacement wifi card for my Asus. Frustratingly, someone had written about the very issue I had on the official Intel site just a month or so before Intel stopped releasing new drivers, and the final driver for 7 still had the issue that made the 4965 intermittently much slower than it should have been. The Asus came with an Intel 4965 (dual-band draft N, no bluetooth, 2×3), which is roughly the same spec as the 7265 I bought (dual-band N, no bluetooth, 2×2), but the final 4965 Windows driver never did work right for me in any kind of consistent fashion (in either the XP or 7 flavor). The Swift came with the 7265, while all the others have been swapped.

#Linux mint driver for netgear wnda3100 install#

All I need to do is boot into a live session and it will let me know there are several wifi networks available, without having to install anything.Īll of my relatively recent-ish laptops (which I define here as “having more than one CPU core”) run either an Intel 7260 (Mini PCIE, in my Asus F8Sn) or Intel 7265 (M.2, in my Dell Inspiron 11, my Dell G3 gaming, and my Acer Swift). I’d found that both the Intel and the Atheros cards work flawlessly with Linux right out of the box, with zero configuration or fiddling around needed. I could have gone either way in Linux, but I chose Intel back when I was using Windows 8.1 alongside Linux, since Intel offers the Intel ProSet wifi software that allowed me to completely bypass the Metro/TIFKAM wifi UI of Windows 8.1, which I had blocked with Metro Killer. and follow the on-screen install instructions.I’ve found that Intel and Atheros (now Qualcomm) work quite well in Linux too. If you want to install just the adapter drivers without the NETGEAR utility, run WNDA3100v3_Standalone_V1.0.0.13.exe.and follow the on-screen install instructions. If you want to install the adapter drivers including the NETGEAR utility, run WNDA3100v3_V1.0.0.13.exe.Run the file you just downloaded and follow the on-screen install instructions.Unplug theWNDA13100v3 adapter from your computer.To uninstall, go to Start > Programs > NETGEAR WNDA3100v3 adapter > Uninstall NETGEAR WNDA3100v3 adapter . To properly install adapter software, please remove drivers that were previously installed.Using the Download Link below, download and extract the new software to a convenient place such as your desktop.

NOTE: After downloading, DO NOT RUN THE FILE YET.

#Linux mint driver for netgear wnda3100 update#

Update to support WHQL driver 5.1.35.0.