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- #38 in USB Computer Network Adapters
Kay
Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2025
I recommend the product easy setup and use. Works perfectly. Their support team is very cooperative as well.
vdawg
Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2025
We have two mini PCs that both have metal cases and are known to have poor wifi reception as a result of the stock internal wifi/bluetooth cards and antennas. I bought this external adapter and put it on a 2 ft USB 3 extension cable and put on my desk behind my monitor. I plugged the USB cable into a port on my USB 3 hub, which is connected to a USB 3 port on the PC. Our ISP provides 600/20 service (although they provision it about 10% higher), and I get full speed over wifi using this adapter! It is location dependent, and moving it left or right on my desktop changes the maximum speed I can get, but once I found a good spot, I just left it there and my PC gets maximum throughput now. When I saw how well it worked for my PC, I bought another one for my wife's PC and it worked just as well in her office. We do have a wired wifi 6 (ax) access point about 10-15 ft from each PC, so that also helps maximize the connection.
garunner
Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2025
It works great for my new laptop which has a poor builtin wifi network adapter. Speed increased from around 100 mbp to 300 mbp. Two things to set to make it work consistently:1. Go to the device manager and find the adapter, select the computer not to turn the adapter off when it goes to sleep. Otherwise, when the computer wakes up, the wifi adapter does not wake up automatically, at least this is the case for my laptop.2. Most laptop has a built-in wifi adapter. In order for it not to compete with the new adapter, go to the network advanced settings, and turn the auto meter off, and set the meter to 1 for the new adapter, and 2 for the old adapter. This way, the laptop will prioritize the new adapter and reliably connect to 5G. It takes several steps to navigate to the auto metering, the exact steps can be found online.
Kim L
Reviewed in Canada on September 8, 2024
I have not yet upgraded my router, but even with a WiFi 5 router this thing is reliable and fast on Windows 11. Drivers easy to install as well. No complaints.
garry reynolds
Reviewed in Canada on September 4, 2024
I wasn't able to get it working but Sana from online support was able to remote into my computer (after I gave permission) and get it working.Thanks again Sana
Adnan
Reviewed in Canada on September 3, 2024
It was super easy to set up, and my connection has been fast and stable ever since. It really improved my streaming and online gaming experience. Plus, its small size doesn’t block other USB ports, which is a nice bonus. Highly recommend it!
Darren Wong
Reviewed in Canada on September 21, 2024
Good replacement for the built in laptop wifi card that failed. However setup required a bit of trial and error and not plug and play setup. None of my computers recognized the dongle when inserted into the USB-A ports (tried them all and even rebooted). This made it harder to obtain the install software on the key. Fortunately the instructions had a link to the manufacturer website which I used to download from another computer to a USB key then moved to the laptop for install.
CanadianGuy
Reviewed in Canada on September 10, 2024
I was able to use this for my desktop PC to get wireless connection to my router and the speed was reliable and fast. So far there is no drop off so I can comfortably game with this adapter, it was also easy to set up as it has 5ghz and 2.4ghz, both frequency range were available in my modem.
Jason C
Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2024
Great wifi adapter! Happy with the low cost! I get the same speeds as the laptop onboard wifi adapter when connected to my 5G network at home. Some people are saying this wifi adapter is not plug and play, and that you have to use the USB flash drive that came with it to get the drivers. That is not correct. It is plug and play if the computer you connect the wifi adapter to already has a working Internet connection at the time, whether it be wireless or wired. After I connected it to my Windows 11 computer that already had an Internet connection, I opened Device Manager. After waiting about 1 minute the new WiFi adapter automatically appeared and was ready to use. It download the driver automatically in the background without me doing anything. It uses a newer driver that is not bundled with Windows yet. I know some people are buying this because their existing wifi on their computer is not working at all, but if you can temporarily get an Internet connection by directly connecting a network cable or using a USB Ethernet adapter, then this wifi adapter will just start working on its own after you connect it and wait a minute or two. Otherwise, the USB flash drive that’s included can be used to install the driver. I avoided using the USB flash drive over security concerns since I’m in the IT field and security minded. This adapter uses the MediaTek MT7961U chipset. I’m using it in a lab environment connected to a VMWare ESXi 8.1 server and using USB passthrough to connect it to a Windows 11 VM. That setup is working great.
Del
Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2024
Revised: Do not buy. Initially, it was a PIA to install, but seemed to work OK. After a couple of weeks it started to fail. (There were reviews like this but I took the bulk over them). By the time I fully diagnosed it and replaced it - too late to get a refund.-------It's not a beginner install although it has big picture instructions. Basically you plug it into a USB (blue not white - white will be too slow I think to be optimal, blue is uSB 3.x). The instructions had a left or right decision tree. The 'run setup manually' didn't work. So, I backed up and punted. Not long and it was running - but not well. I needed to open it up and set the preference/preferred frequency. Works pretty well for the first three hours post install.I can't say whether WiFi 6 works or not. The computer thinks this gadget has it but either it doesn't - or - I don't have it on the new (yesterday) fibre-optic internet. The fibre installer (subcontractor) said it did. Which, if it does - I have not gotten it to link in WiFi 6.What got me into this impulse purchase is pretty simple really, we've been waiting for several years for the infrastructure to make its way out here on the "coming soon" promise. Yesterday's install broke the link between "the system" and the desktop I use to post weekly blogs on my industry. The phone company didn't have a so this was a fingers crossed buy.IF YOU have, like I did, a computer without a WiFi card and no room internal to place a card, this might be worth a try. As far as signal strength, the 5gig band (current connection) is running through 2 interior walls and a floor-ceiling assembly with 1 (WiFi) bar lost - not 100%.We'll see... If it burns up, etc. I'll revise the review.Edit -------------------Well, that didn't last long (less than a month (+/-)) and now intermittent. ISP came out and swapped lasers in the router, not the internet. Windows all gone through and updated, not the computer.
NICKM38
Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2024
This wifi adapter was plug and play on my PC. It does come with a USB stick which has an installation drive should your PC not automatically install the drive. I'm very pleased at the speed, signal strength, and function of this adapter. I received it today and spent a few hours online watching movies, as well as surfing. The seller gives a two year replacement guarantee should there be any issues. I recommend this adapter and this seller.
Jim Shuff
Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2024
Adapter worked fine for a month and stopped working. Contacted seller and it was replaced without issue. Really works well and hope that it does not have another issue. Would buy a third one with the service they supplied.
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