Saturday, August 15, 2020

Using the LG AN-WF100 USB Wi-Fi adapter for PC

 


The LG AN-WF100 USB Wi-Fi dongle left, after trashing the TV.

 This dongle uses a generic Broadcom chipset. To use the dongle at Windows 7 PC

1. Download a compatible driver from http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/WNDA3100V2/WNDA3100v2_V2.2.0.5.zip

2. Install the driver normally. Close application

3. Remove/Disable WNDA3100v2.exe from the strat-up entry

4. Now plug-in the LG dongle to your PC. It will be detected as an unknown “Remote Download Wireless Adapter” device.

5. Open Device Manager, right-click the unknown “Remote Download Wireless Adapter” device, select “Update Driver…”, choose to browse for the driver.

6. Select the “Network adapters” category, scroll down to “Netgear”, select “Netgear WNDA3100v2 N600 Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter”.

7. Just Ignore the warning about driver compatibility.

That's it.