Alfa Network AWUS036AC Long-Range Dual-Band AC1200 Wireless USB 3.0 Wi-Fi Adapter w/2x 5dBi Removable External Antennas for Extreme Distance Connections - 2.4GHz 300Mbps / 5Ghz 867Mbps - USB Cradle Dock Included - Standard's 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11N, 802.11ac

I was looking for a solution to allow me to utilise my parents Virgin Media broadband about 20 meters (crows flight), window to window. This gave me around 30% on 2Ghz and about 30 other routers started displaying my list I’d not seen before. I’ve since had my own VM BB installed, 100MB and on 5GHZ I’m hitting just over 100MB down / 6MB up (limited) all day long no problem. I work with large files, I’m always streaming video in the background and I cannot tell the difference between WIFI / cable. I’ve tested in on Windows 8/10, OSX El Cap, Linux and it’s been no problem. The routed is situated blow my room about 6 meters away with 100%. I can only get 60% on built in WIFI on a laptop. It’s an old house, thick walls so I’m happy. I would recommend this product, it’s well built, the aerials can easily be replaced / upgraded. I’ll defo be taking this when I go away too, hotels always have black spots, this should work a treat! I had also bought a USB3 Amazon cable for it too, which is very well built! http://amzn.to/2a7F3By It’s a really high quality cable, no problems experienced.

So let me set the scene: a long long time ago I bought a budget gaming PC, nothing too fancy just enough to play some games from yesteryear...or even yester-decade...or even yester-century. Anyway it came with one of those mini-dongles that you could swallow with a glass of water and it was hopeless. Loses connection easily, and if there was another USB device plugged into the adjacent slot it wouldn't work at all. One of my problems is that I'm upstairs and the router is downstairs with no possibility of being moved. So I began a journey of finding a replacement wi-fi dongle and with mixed reviews everywhere...and some outrageous prices I decided to plump for this one. It was a little more expensive than what I set out to buy but ultimately, if it worked, it would be worth it. So far so great! Full strength and been using it for a few days now and no problems thus far. Will have to see how it holds up to the age of time, but I really recommend this for anyone who is having trouble maintaining a connection.

The product arrived in a nice little box, and the actual adapter itself is pretty big and powerful. Also supplied was 2 reasonably sized antennas. To my surprise I found that as soon as plugging this into a USB 3.0 port on my PC running windows 10, Windows 10 installed the required driver instantly and I was able to connect to my 5ghz network out of the box achieving a very good signal and the full 150 megabits per second I pay for. Annoyingly the supplied USB dock is only USB 2.0 which makes no sense considering the actual adapter is USB 3.0 and can make full use of the benefits of USB 3 (I have uploaded a picture showing this) nevertheless, the box does state it is a free 'gift' so I'm not going to mark it down because of this. With Windows 8.1, you have to install the both the driver and the software in order to achieve full speeds. I found that the device was plug and play with windows 8.1 however you receive very poor performance without installing the driver from the Alfa website. Pictured, I have some speed tests. I have done an experiment and as you can see the adapter performs very weakly when the antennas are not connected. I get full speeds when connected from my bedroom - which is one floor and one room away from my router. For convenience sake, I have also added a 'real world' speed test conducting a download on a games client called Steam, pictured is the speed in MegaBYTES (not bits), of one of my games downloading. One megabyte is equivalent to eight Megabits so theoretically,according to my own speedtest, I should get a speed of around 19.8 megabytes which is more than accurate using this adapter. Overall, I'm very happy with my purchase, however because of the poor driver support in OS's other than Windows 10 and because of the fact the supplied cradle is only USB 2, and that the adapter performs poorly on its own without the aid of the antennas, I'm satisfied to give this product 4 stars

Trying to install drivers in Linux was a struggle, and in the end I gave up. works well with Windows. The extension cable is a good quality and long.

Its Alpha Networks, Genuine. What can I say....flawless driver install, check the alpha support page for the latest versions. Range and speed are all acceptable, and the ability to remove and upgrade the antenna is just the ticket, allowing you to double or even triple the signal strength. Performance is rock solid, virtually no drop out due to the fact its AC1200, BGN and Dual Band, it can also be used as an AP, which further drives up its usability. If your in the UK and rely on BT Wifi with Fon, then this is the wifi router to get. One happy customer.

An amazing product. I've been using this for maybe a year now. (Just checking through unreviewed products) It picks up plenty of different routers/connections with amazing dB signal strength, even though they are extremely far away. The only problem I have is if you unplug this from its adapter, disable it in the network sharing center,or unplug the usb and then proceed to immediately plug this in after or re-enable you have to restart the computer to get the internet adapter working again! Apart from that, which is a minor problem, as it barely happens this product is great. No other problems, it was a fast delivery as far as I recall, and the different modes available are a nice little addition, and whilst I don't use them, it may be useful for others. Alfa Network AWUS036AC Long-Range Dual-Band AC1200 Wireless USB 3.0 Wi-Fi Adapter w/2x 5dBi Removable External Antennas for Extreme Distance Connections - 2.4GHz 300Mbps / 5Ghz 867Mbps - USB Cradle Dock Included - Standard's 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11N, 802.11ac

My old Lenovo T400 sees more wireless networks than this adapter. This has better reception on the visible networks though. Took me 2 hours to install on newer Linux kernel as drivers are not working very well. Couldn't get it working in Windows 7 with downloaded drivers from Alfa's site. It worked right away on Windows 10, but again could pickup less networks than my old T400 built in. If you're looking for an AC adapter this is fine, but don't expect to have the advertised range.

Did what I needed it to do!

This product is very good for pentesters it helps every single programs and windows Linux and security testing features with it.

Got this product delivered very quickly. Now all the computers and laptops in the house are connected via WiFi. Bought this USB WiFi adapter for its range, as my wireless router is 2 floors away, and in the diagonal position through the structure of the house. it's very easy to set up. Just installed the driver and plugged in this adapter, and hey, it worked on the first connect. Reception signal reading is much than the laptop and two other USB adapters without the big antennas. So now I can crank down a bit of the transmission power of my wireless router and still keep computers in all rooms connected without any issue. Recommend it (generally with big antennas) if you need to get reception through several floor and walls. Hey if you still have issues getting signal, the flexible antennas are there for a reason. Imagine a huge donut shape radio transmission cloud around the antenna, and make sure your wireless router is in the cloud. Hope this helps.

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MI EXPERIENCIA: Quería contaros mi experencia ya que he quedado totalmente alucinada con este dispositivo. Vivo en un duplex y en el piso superior o en la terraza era toda una odisea recibir señal wifi para conectarme al portatil (un HP Spectre x360) por eso decidí comprar un adaptador wifi usb. Tengo contratato el adsl de movistar de hasta 30 Mb y el resultado tras realizar diversos tests ha sido pasar de una velocidad de descarga de aproximadamente 2 Mb a 28 Mb. Respecto al número de redes detectadas he pasado de 4 a 18. Con estos datos creo que no hay nada más que añadir... Estoy encantada. De hecho, ya he pedido un segundo adaptador para la casa de mis padres. EL DISPOSITIVO: Este receptor wifi USB Alfa AWUS036AC tiene un buen acabado, con un bonito color negro brillante y dos 2 antenas de 5dBi cada una. Usa el estándar 802.11ac (el más rápido) con lo que llega a velocidades de hasta 1200mbps (el modelo anterior llegaba a 867Mbps). Al principio puede resultar un poco aparatoso ya que las dos antenas no son precisamente pequeñas, pero si coloco el adaptador en el puerto usb más alejado de mi teclado puedo trabajar perfectamente. Teniendo en cuenta lo que gano en velocidad entiendo que las antenas deban ser de ese tamaño. Viene con usb 3.0 y como el resto de antenas de Alfa network es compatible con Windows, Mac y Linux (importante si queréis utilizarlo con Wifislax). CONTENIDO DEL PAQUETE: Usb Dos antenas de 5dBi CD con drivers Mini manual de usuario (en inglés y castellano) FUNCIONAMIENTO En mi caso, con un portatil HP Spectre x360 con Windows 10 el funcionamiento ha sido mega sencillo: acoplar las dos antenas al usb, conectarlo al portatil y automáticamente ha detectado la señal wifi amplificada. Como curiosidad he probado el cd de drivers y, aunque en mi caso no lo he necesitado, veo que vienen los drivers para Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10, Mac 10.5, 10.6, 10.7, 10.8, 10.9 y Linux. EL PRECIO: Ahora podéis encontrar exactamente el mismo dispositivo pero 6 euros más barato en otro vendedor de amazon. Yo ya he solicitado el cambio.