Asus USB-N10 Adapter not working with Windows 7

Hi Mektah,

Thanks for posting.

What happened when you installed it the other computer?

Is this device in the Win7 compatibilty list?

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/compatibility/windows-7/en-us/default.aspx

I also found a review that mentions issues with compatibilty with Vista:

http://www.ciao.co.uk/Belkin_N1_Wireless_USB_Adapter__Review_5754300

How old is the device?

I have a ASUS USB-N10 wireless adpater which works well (connects to my home wireless network) on XP but not with Windows 7.

With XP, there is a utility that ASUS provides in addition to the driver. The utility helps manage wireless profiles and connects to the preferred profile. I think the utility is a must to run because, without launching the utility I could not connect to the wireless n/w.

With Windows 7 (I have a Home edition, 64-bit), ASUS seem to provide just the driver only, not the utility. Windows automatically installs the driver once the USB-N10 is plugged in. It looks like Windows installs a later version of the driver (file version: 1086.38.1125.2010) than that is available on the ASUS site (file version: 1085.7.922.2009). Once the driver is installed and when I click on the network icon in the System tray, the adapter is listed along with the wireless profiles. When I select a wireless profile, I am prompted to enter the security key and then I get the error "Windows was unable to connect to xxxx".

Any help is appreciated. Anyone so far successfully connected Windows 7 and USB-N10?

USB-N10 driver download link:

http://support.asus.com/download.aspx?SLanguage=en&p=11&s=1&m=USB-N10&os=&hashedid=34quT7gvx7FiSqBg

Thanks,

RK

I am now able to use USB-N10 on Windows 7 to connect to my wireless network, though I am still not sure of why it did not work earlier or what is making it work now.

Steps I followed:

- I deleted the existing wireless profiles in Network and Sharing center->Manage Wireles Networks. These profiles were created automatically when using the internal wireless card in laptop, which actually works fine with the internal card.

- I created one profile manually

- Inserted the USB-N10 and choose the profile. I entered the security key at the prompt. I got connected.