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A6210 WiFi USB Adapter The Join a Network screen shows that the adapter is connected to the network and the genie status bar at the bottom of the screen shows information about the network connection. For more information about the status bar, see View the Connection Status and Details on page 25. After the adapter joins the network, it saves the network connection information to a Windows profile. Both NETGEAR genie and the Windows Wireless Network Connection utility can use this profile. If the network information does not change, the next time that you launch genie, the adapter connects automatically to the network that it joined previously. Get Started and Connect to a WiFi Network 23

Section	Page
A6210 WiFi USB Adapter	1
Contents	3
1. Get Started and Connect to a WiFi Network	4
Set Up and Install the Adapter	5
View Network Details Before Joining a WiFi Network	9
Join a WiFi Network	11
Join a Network Using WPS	12
Join a Network Using NETGEAR genie	13
Join a Network Using a Standalone Driver and Windows WLAN Autoconfig	15
Join a Hidden Network	18
2. Monitor and Maintain the Adapter	24
View the Connection Status and Details	25
View More Information About the Adapter and Network	26
Get Diagnostic Information for the Adapter	28
Upgrade the Adapter Software	29
Uninstall the Adapter Software	31
3. Troubleshooting and Frequently Asked Questions	32
Troubleshooting	33
Adapter LED Is Not Lit	33
Icon Is Not in the Windows System Tray	33
Adapter Does Not Connect to a WiFi Network	34
When I Connect the Adapter to a Network, I Cannot Access the Internet	35
When I Connect to the Network, I Cannot Access Shared Resources Such as Printers	35
Adapter Lost Its IP Address	35
Frequently Asked Questions	36
Do USB Ports Go into Sleep Mode if No Traffic Is Going to or from the Port?	36
How Can I Improve the Speed of My WiFi Connection?	36
How Can I View the IP Address of the Adapter?	36
A. Factory Default Settings and Technical Specifications	37
Factory Default Settings	38

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Get Started and Connect to a WiFi Network

A6210 WiFi USB Adapter

The Join a Network screen shows that the adapter is connected to the network and the

genie status bar at the bottom of the screen shows information about the network

connection. For more information about the status bar, see

View the Connection Status

and Details

on page

25.

After the adapter joins the network, it saves the network connection information to a

Windows profile. Both NETGEAR genie and the Windows Wireless Network Connection

utility can use this profile. If the network information does not change, the next time that

you launch genie, the adapter connects automatically to the network that it joined

previously.