USB Wi-Fi adapter not showing on tray

Is this a driver for Windows 10? I am waiting for one from D-Link for my USB Wi-Fi adapter.

alkaufmann said:

Is this a driver for Windows 10? I am waiting for one from D-Link for my USB Wi-Fi adapter.

no, the driver it's for windows 8 but it works, the only problem is can't connect/switch from tray list

When I upgraded from Windows 8.1 Pro my driver and the Wi-Fi management software seemed to work too. My system works much better since I uninstalled the software and remove that device. I know D-Link is working on a Windows 10 driver and I will wait for it.

November version fixed this

Just tried to install my DWA-182 adapter on the latest Windows 10 Pro build, the D-Link driver install program got stuck in the middle of the install. I had to end that task and now whatever it did won't uninstall. :-(

alkaufmann said:

Just tried to install my DWA-182 adapter on the latest Windows 10 Pro build, the D-Link driver install program got stuck in the middle of the install. I had to end that task and now whatever it did won't uninstall. :-(

As a fellow Canadian, I assume you are going to the D Link Canada support site to get the driver for the DWA - 182. For some strange reason the U.S. site has driver 3.03 B04 while the CDN site has 3.05. That's the driver as long as you have firmware C (not A) on your adapter, which you can read from the box it came with.

That 3.05 driver is a Windows 10 driver, at least that's what D Link told me and if you unzip the driver files you will see a directory for Win 10 x64, x86. But you are right, the driver won't install. Why? Because it's not digitally signed. I explained this to D Link in a 35 minute chat. Finally they started to listen and said they would investigate and get back to me. Still waiting.

What does work (all the time) are Brinks Windows 10 tutorials. If you search, he has one somewhere on how to install a digitally UNSIGNED driver. You restart in trouble shoot mode and select the option (7 maybe) to install an unsigned driver. I did that to see if the 3.05 would install. I didn't want the software, just the driver and wanted to make sure the files from the d link windows 10 X64 driver got installed. I unzipped the driver files, device manager, have disk and pointed to the unzipped win 10 x64 d link driver. It took a while, but it installed. So now it says I have D Link driver 1030.0.505, 2015 installed and to no surprise to me it says "not digitally signed". Thank you Brink.

The driver works but I find it flakey. It causes slow shut down as "Switch USB 2.0/3.0" often hangs at shutdown. My system only supports 2.0 so in the advanced driver options I set it to USB 2.0 instead of automatic. That helped a bit but I still find shutdown/restart slow with the d link driver.

My laptop (older that my Alienware) has wireless on the motherboard. No issues at all. I find Windows 10 drivers for USB wireless to be a nightmare. Microsoft needs to have a chat with these manufacturers. Nothing about Windows 10 can be enjoyed when one constantly has connectivity issues because of poor or no wireless USB drivers released by the manufacturers.

Yes I went to the CA d-link website and got the latest driver for my "A1" adapter. What I will try is connect the laptop with an Ethernet cable and then connect the adapter. Maybe Microsoft will just install the driver.

Oh, firmware "A". That's unfortunate. I had an Asus N53 adapter. It was causing me problems, very slow downloads. I bought the D Link DWA-160. I asked D link when a Win 10 driver would be available. Kept getting "No ETA" from them. Not good. I asked them what adapter has windows 10 drivers as I can still return the DWA -160. They told me DWA-182 but get the adapter with firmware C, which is what I have.

That CDN site has a floating chat window. I assume you have or will ask them when a Windows 10 driver for firmware A will be out. Honestly hope you won't or didn't get the "No ETA" response. No drivers or drivers where the digital signature has expired. Man, Microsoft needs to give D Link a tutorial.