20 Best Wireless Adapters For Gaming (2023 Updated)

Bought this to upgrade from a much slower internal connection on my Toshiba Satellite laptop. This does the trick. I tried a Dlink nano Wi-Fi adapter first because I didn’t want the form factor of a larger adapter but I found it unreliable through all sections of my house.

I have a Nighthawk gaming router and a Nighthawk extender. This works like a champ. Only thing keeping it from 5 stars is the size. I tried it plugged directly into a laptop usb because I didn’t want to use the long usb corded adapter, but felt the moment arm for length of the unit would put too much lateral pressure on the usb connection.

It sticks out pretty far and does not rest on the table. So now I have extra cabling and magnetic mount cluttering up the work surface that I didn’t desire. That also makes it a bit of a hassle to move around from place to place.

The mount looks cool, but I’d still rather have the desk space.

Not so long ago, right in my own house, there was a need for the WiFi to run through my computer. This mystical force was something I desperately needed to fight the evil assignment due dates that were attacking, but without the power of the WiFi, I had no hope.

Then, this sacred relic, the Nighthawk AC1900, was supposed to gift me the power I needed, so I bought it, hooked it up, and indeed, it did as the legends foretold. I was filled with glee as I saw the evil forces of assignments faltering to the power of the newfound WiFi.

However, three weeks into using the power, the sacred relic decided that I was no longer worthy. On a more serious note, the device out of the blue started having trouble connecting to my network. It kept connecting to the 2.

4g every time I tried to connect to 5g, and every three minutes it would try to connect to 5g, but fail and go back to 2. 4g. I couldn’t stop the three minute internet disruption, and overall, it was just performing poorly since then.

I spent 5 days troubleshooting, contacting tech support, trying to see if it’s something with windows or with netgear, but I think I finally figured it out. I tested the device on my friend’s computer, and it was doing the same thing.

I believe that there was a recent windows update that messed up the netgear program. For five days the program didn’t update, and I found that ridiculous. So, I returned the device and got something else that actually works.

Netgear makes good hardware, but their software is atrocious. I hope soon netgear pays more attention to their software and makes their stuff more user-friendly, but I highly doubt that will happen anytime soon.

Now I must go back to fighting the evil assignment forces from overwhelming the resistance. May the WiFi be with you.

About 180 Mega bits/ 23 Megabytes per second is what I get. That might not be earthshattering but my Nighthawk adapter is working through a hotel guest WiFi router & is limited by the capabilities of the router.

It is installed on an 8 year old Dell XPS tower computer. Taking the test results figures with a grain of salt, the Real World results have been Very Good & I am satisfied. I no longer have issues with weak connections or dropped signals and my download/ upload speeds have increased significantly.

It is rather pricey for a wireless adapter. It has been installed about 2 weeks. I moved from an adapter which was 15-20 years old but for which it’s forte was that while it was not the fastest, it would connect to anything & never stopped working ,even though the plastic housing was splitting at the seams & I was using a plastic wire bundle tie to help hold it together.

The directions for the Nighthawk are somewhat confusing about installing stand alone vs whatever the other option was. (It never explains what the options mean or why chose one over the other. ) I chose the stand alone option, mostly because that is what I have used on other devices.

Using the adapter cradle with the USB cable, I did nothing special except run the CD, plug the device in, follow the menu guide & let the system update drivers. I did Not have to reposition the adapter cradle for a best signal.

After that I was ready to go & never looked back. It is working off the USB 3. 0 port. I have seen a couple of reviews about overheating. My computer never turns off & I have had no overheating issues with the adapter.

It has so many holes in it, for ventilation is suppose, I don’t see how it could overheat. I was about to write that I like indicator lights but there are none; however, facing the device in the cradle there is a blue light on one side.

Should be on the front–as the way that I have it positioned I have to get up & look around to the other side to see it the blue light. I do have a couple of quibbles about the Nighthawk. I have seen it’s size described as a Chunky Monkey; a more apt description would be a Chunky Gorilla.

If I had chosen to plug the adapter in directly without the adapter cable there are a couple of ports which, because of the configuration of the computer I don’t think I could have installed the Nighthawk in those ports & installing it anywhere else would cover over several adjacent USB ports.

The base of the adapter itself is about 1/2 inch thick by about 1-1/2 inch wide. Put the USB connector in the middle of that block & you will know how many ports will be covered partially or wholly. In addition it is about 4 inches long folded & about 8 inches long unfolded.

It uses a lot of real estate. Then there is the very strong magnet on the cradle base with the warning not to get it TOO close to cellphones, credit cards, etc or they could be ruined. How far is too close? They never explain.

I have it sitting over a portable radio, near a cellphone, iPad, LED clock, kitchen timer, computer monitor, USB speakers & a hand calculator–none closer than 6 inches but not all that far away either & I have had no issues so far The other quibble is that the length of the USB cable at 3 feet is too short for me.

I need about 6 feet to put the cradle & adapter where I want it. The cable is thicker than normal; whether that extra thickness is wire or insulation I don’t know. The manual cautions about not using any other cable or the performance might be affected.

If I added length it would have to be a patch cable since the cable is molded into the cradle. Netgear apparently does not offer a longer cable or recommend where one can be found or give the specs on the cable so you can look on your own.

Over all I like the product, think it is a very good product and would recommend it to others as long and they realize the limitations shown above. Build quality: I don’t see anything wrong with it; it is plastic & all plastic products have limitations if dropped or if something is dropped on it.

Perfect for those older laptops still connecting with Wireless N technology which don’t support the faster speeds & signals of AC and AX. Nano-sized adapter has good performance for being a tiny USB dongle, and a low price to match.

Mildly bright green activity/WiFi LED light is not too bright. Buy one of these and connect it to your USB port on your laptop if the built-in WiFi has stopped working or is too slow for you. Please note: after connecting the new WiFi adapter, it will create a new network profile list from scratch.

Your network adapter profile name will be indicated as “myWiFi (2)” in the corner system tray of your Windows desktop where myWiFi is your adapter profile name currently. You will have to rejoin your WiFi SSID e.

g. , wireless network, with the password.

I’m going to start this review with some facts about myself, I have a bachelors degree with honours for Computer Networking and I use my PC as my gaming platform, so having a fast and reliable WiFi solution is essential for me, especially if a wired connection is not possible, especially for machines with motherboards that don’t have an in-built wifi adapter, like my gaming PC.

I bought this product and initially I seen it as a temporary solution for my gaming PC as wired connections were not possible as I was undergoing network maintenance(upgrading ethernet cables), and I decided to use this wireless solution in the meantime.

I decided one night to play a game and just relax until the maintenance was finished, and to my surprise, the connection was that good, that it was comparable to my wired connections, low latency, great range and decent speeds(admittedly the USB adapter did get hot when there was lots of network traffic and downloading multiple files.

) So this product impressed me, for £15 this little USB adapter can compete against other players on a wired connection? Wow, it’s not advertised for this purpose but it sure can do the job. But this prompted an idea in my head.

and I got somewhat cocky with it, I decided to use it for my server. And AGAIN, to my surprise, kept up with the network traffic, sure under large loads you will get fluctuating speeds, however this supported a server and didn’t underperform that much which is amazing.

On Windows 10, this is perfect. My only issue with this product is that there is no official Linux driver, so I can’t just plug this into my Debian system and use it, I needed to find alternative drivers from other sources, so it does require a wired connection to install the driver, but after this, it works a charm, no complaints other than that, the heat generated by the USB isn’t really fixable on a factor scale this small, so I’m going to call it a gimmick of the product because it doesn’t effect this product’s performance.

I purchased this product in October 2018, and I still use it to this day, I highly recommend this product, but as I said it gets very warm if you’re doing intensive networking tasks and it lacks official drivers for some operating systems due to it’s proprietary nature(which I hope TPLink provides an offical open source version for.

) Other than these two small drawbacks, it’s a fantastic product.

I had an unfortunate computer incident involving a large glass of iced tea. After disassembling and reassembling my computer, my wifi card connection broke. I bought this adapter as a temporary fix until I could order a new card.

It works perfectly. I don’t notice any difference in my computer performance compared to my old internal card. The only reason I’ll probably buy a new card is so I can free up a USB port. Otherwise, I’d just use this.

It’s much smaller than other wireless network adapters available. Very unobtrusive. INSTALLATION – I was connected to my network and internet via a wired cable when I first installed this. My computer recognized the new device and I didn’t have to do ANYTHING to get set up.

Bought this product few months ago. Had problems from very first beginning. On Wi-Fi 2. 4 GHz signal is decent, but I bought it for 5Ghz for increased speed. On 5GHz, dropping connection every two minutes and once you change the position of your laptop or you cover the adapter with any object (even with your hand) is losing signal.

All my other connected items are doing fine on 5Ghz (because they have a proper antenna). I have bought even a Wi-Fi range extender and I can confirm that the issue is the adapter. Only time that works fine is if you are close to your router and in direct sight if possible.

D-Link customer support was worthless. I’ve tried all USB ports (2. 0 and 3. 0).

After a couple of minutes I notice the bandwidth drops off. I get very good download/upload at first. Then videos start stuttering or dropping. Ookla speedtest done and shows speeds not good. Unplug usb and replug and this fixes it but then it drops off again.

Will return this and try different mfg.

I bought this to use on Mac OS 10. 11. It works fine but the software insists on searching for a WPS signal each time the computerrestarts. Fine for me as I can just cancel the search but I was setting this up for a nana in her 80s and not fine for her.

I called D-Link help line who said it must be a Mac issue. I know it isn’t as the computer only does this with this software installed. Overall I cannot recommend this item for use with a Mac even though it can be made to work.

The wifi reception in my office – which is a seperate small outbuilding not connected to the house – was not great! The homes wifi wireless router is located about 10 meters away and through 2 walls.

I was thinking of running ethernet cable or getting a wifi range booster repeater. However, I went for this – as unlike a range booster repeater, which typically is going to end up left turned on all the time – this turns on and off with my computer in the office.

Also, much easier than running cable. It has worked brilliantly!!! Getting 188 mbps download and 94 mbps upload. I literally just unplugged the usb TP-Link adapter right now and did the same wifi speed test and it returned 2.

55 mbps download and 0. 76 mbps upload! (We have a fibre internet connection). The only complaint I have is that the connecting cable, that comes with the TP-Link adapter, does not fit firmly into either my computers usb port at the one end and the TP-Link adapter itself at the other end.

The slightest movement of my laptop and it will lose its internet connection. I fixed this by using a 1 meter usb cable extender that fits firmly into my computer end, and locking down in position the TP-Link adapter and the cable (where it connector into the adapter) so they cannot move.

Quick fix and I now have a consistent awesome fast internet connection!.

Older desktop with TP-Link installed inside tower went out. Got this, followed the directions that came for Windows install, worked first time out! 5 bars, excellent reception across the condo in my office in back corner.

NO ISSUES with distance. This kept me from buying a new tower, so for $30 it was well worth it. I read all the reviews and this one seemed the best option in my opinion. Netgear is a great product, but I was worried that there would be issues since I already had TP Link.

The new software disabled the old TP-Link and set this up with no issues. Just be sure to click on the wireless icon and provide your security key (password for internet). works perfect!.

I had to upgrade my old xbox usb dongle so my son and I could play with mics on PC easier. I cannot afford 2 working headsets right at the moment. Hoping V2 solves some issues I’ve had with v1 and my new 180$ controller.

Mostly sound issues but sometimes had signal loss on button presses and I know it’s not the controller because it can happen with my bluetooth version 40$ controller as well.

It takes way too long to find my headset and it was in a sketchy looking plastic bag and not so secure bubble wrap you’re better off buying the real product like what I’m going to do

My 5+ yr-old Lenovo Thinkpad’s wifi card needed upgrading. Because of Lenovo’s whitelisting it’s not easy to replace the internal card. Disabling the internal wifi and replacing it with this small, non-intrusive adaptor is easier.

I’m no stranger to replacing parts on my laptop, so when my Wi-Fi card suddenly gave up the ghost, I splashed out money on a new one. However, installing a new card didn’t fix the issue. Then I found this adapter.

Works just as good as the original Intel Wi-Fi card. Painless to install, it will have you up and running in no time. Because it is so slim, I often forget it’s even plugged into the laptop.

Small and easily installed. I use this in a mobile tower setup. I can leave it installed even when packing it in with all the other equipment. The included mini-cd may be difficult to read in some machines.

I downloaded the driver from the website instead of using the cd.

I bought 2 and both have sub-par performance. Additionally, these do not appear to work well (or at all) when installed in a USB 3. 0 port. It will find my network, but has issues connecting, and if it does connect, sometimes it doesn’t have external internet or it’s extremely slow.

I’m not sure if that’s an issue with this device or Windows10, or if it’s specified to not use this in a USB 3. 0 port. It does work better when installed in a USB 2. 0 port. Additionally, when I plug in a USB flash/storage drive, it turns off this device (disables wifi).

I have another brand similar to this one, and the same issue occurs with it, so I’m guessing that’s a Windows10 driver issue and not something with this device. All devices in this category that I’ve tried have disappointed.

Occasionally they work great. Sometimes they are just okay. And too often they have poor performance or just don’t work at all. I’m hoping this is all just related to Windows10 drivers, because I use a similar device in a Windows7 machine and it doesn’t have nearly as many issues.

I will look elsewhere in the future for a device like this. Perhaps the ones with a built-in antenna work better.

My girlfriend has a 5 year old Toshiba laptop that has a dying internal wireless card. After not being able to buy a direct replacement card because Toshiba’s wireless switch doesn’t work with them, we decided to try this.

Unless you’ve got a very small environment, this adapter is useless. It’s the size of a nano wireless mouse receiver which is perfect for laptops but the tiny size also means there’s no room for a decent antenna.

We live in a two storey house with the router in the basement and in the bedroom where every other device we own works great, this one showed 5 bars of signal somehow, yet got less than 2MBit/sec download and 0.

3MBit/second upload on our 60/10MBit cable connection. It advertises 150MBps maximum speed but if I took the laptop more than 2 feet away from our Asus RT-N66U router, the speed immediately dropped to less than 100Mbit and continued to tank from there.

Simply put, a wireless nano adapter is a great idea but either through design constraints or just poor construction, this device simply isn’t up to the task. For this to work optimally, you’d have to have an environment so small that you probably could just run a cable.

If you need a separate wireless adapter for your laptop, live with the headache and buy a larger USB one.

I have been using this little gadget for a couple of days now and I have to say so far I am impressed. I was concerned with the unknown brand and price that it would not work well. But my internet is as fast as always and have had no other problems.

Works well on my HP 250 G3 running windows 8. 1 Using Netgear46 router My laptop is less than 5 months old and I was having problems maintaining a wifi connection. I had this problem once before when I opted to update my brand new computer to windows 10.

After reverting back to Windows 8. 1 the issues went away. When it began again I presumed it was an issue with software. I tried everything I could think of, updating the software, deleting updates, re-installing updates, restoring my computer to new, removing, re-installing and updating drivers.

and the list goes on and on. I finally realized that my internet was disconnecting when I picked up or set it down. I did not want to be without my computer for days while I waited for a new network adapter to be installed.

I looked locally but could not find a reasonable solution. Every network adapter that they sold was larger than what is practical for use in a laptop. Then my son found this little gem. I didn’t expect much for the price and brand.

But I have to say this is the perfect solution to my problem. Just try it! Great product at a great price.

This thing is a complete and total waste of money. It was really my only choice for a wifi adapter for the pc I just built for gaming. I had to do some crazy gymnastics to get the drivers onto my pc because it doesn’t have a cd drive.

The program is terrible and somehow takes a long time to load up (keep that in mind). Every time I turned on my pc it would not connect at first and I would have to connect and reconnect over and over again to get it to finally have a stable connection.

It would boot me off of my wifi every time after I connected until eventually it would decide to stay. However it didn’t just do this when I turned on my pc. It would randomly cut me off from internet connection, and I would have to do more reconnecting.

Now this is why I have been talking in past tense. I use my pc mainly for gaming. I spent over a thousand on it and I thought I would be getting something quality for $50 in terms of wifi (I was at Best Buy).

Since I built my pc for gaming, I play games on it. But having an internet connection is vital to the playing of most of my games. When you are in the middle of an match and you lose contact with you’re friends as well as being kicked out of the game it isn’t fun.

There was no way of predicting when I would lose connection. Then one day I had enough. I was in the middle of a game of Enlisted and I lost connection. I had been away from home for a while so I was eager to play some games.

I murdered the wifi adapter. I tore it in half, stomped on it, snuffed it’s miserable existence. I have no regrets for what I did to the net gear wifi adapter. Now I have to spend more money and I’m not happy about it.

I’ve had this adapter for a couple years now and it’s “suited” my old router, download speed clocking in on average 1. 5 mb/s which is extremely slow and annoying to deal with. Fast forward and I get a new router/internet, the download speed kicks down to 200 KB/S and I’m consistently getting booted out of games, all the while it disconnects randomly and at bad times especially when I’m doing homework.

It was so bad I thought it might have been my router’s fault. I end up getting the tplink ac600 and that completely demolished the netgear a6210, so it had nothing to do with my internet but the adapter itself.

Don’t bother with this if you have fairly new wifi, this adapter can’t and won’t support it.

So, I’ve had this for a few weeks now and it does a good job for adding Wifi to my desktop computer. I like really that the kit includes a long USB cord and dock making it easy to access it for easy pairing with my router.

I did do a benchmark test on this to compare speeds etc compared with my wired ethernet connection. The Netgear adapter topped out at approximately 79. 5 mbps versus the wired connection of 192. 6 mbps.

Very good performance for a wireless connector. Quite acceptable and robust for this type of connection. So, while it won’t be my first choice (faster speeds with ethernet) I think this is a great adapter for older desktops.

Also included is a Setup CD and there is a link provided for the software if you don’t have DVD/CD drive.

Box shows it only works with older linux kernels, but don’t be fooled, it works with newer ones as well. I’m on 5. 13 (sadly, it’s for work) and I did have to compile a driver I found on GitHub to get it to work reliably (google around for “ubuntu 20.

04″ + the name of this device model from the box, you’ll find it), but once I did it works great. Although now that I think about it, this could cause issues for people on linux who aren’t that tech-y.

This is the only one MicroCenter had that said it supported linux, so if you know what you’re doing you’ll be fine, but if that scares you maybe do some more research with your particular distro version before buying.

I have tried to use this a number of times. I have had success with it seeing my wifi network and connect and used successfully once (after about 30 mins fiddling around and updating drivers to actually find my wifi).

This is a hit or miss whether it even sees my wifi network which is actually visible on other devices. It is not an issue with signal – my place is so small that I get full bars in all rooms (just don’t want to run cords to the old desktop pc ).

It successfully see’s my wifi one time and since then I cant get it to even recognise my wifi network. either shows no networks or the neighbours locked network (which sometimes I wish I had the password for.

lol). Don’t waste your money or your sanity. Buy something else. I’m even taunted of the brand all together.

The built-in wifi adapter on my mini-PC was constantly dropping connections, so I disabled it and installed this product. My problems were immediately fixed. This adapter is fine for basic internet use, and I can reliably stream at 720p.

If you are looking for something for HD streaming, gaming, large file copy, etc. you will be better off with a more expensive option. But for basic connectivity this a perfectly functional and inexpensive option.

When I had a new 5G modem installed my computer would not connect to WiFi. After countless telephone calls with my internet provider a technician discovered my laptop’s wireless card was becoming outdated.

He told me the only solution was to buy a new computer or try a USB adapter. I got the Netgear adapter and plugged it into my laptop port. It was very easily set up. Instant fix! No more problems and my speed on my laptop is unbelievable.

The device works as advertised and that is the problem. All of the speed rates stated in the literature are transfer rates from the AC600 to the router of 433 Mbps for AC mode. However, the receive rate for the AC600 which is not listed in the literature is limited to 54 Mbps in AC mode.

Thus, receiving data on my laptop is much slower than my imbedded chip which can receive and transmit at 300 Mbps in N mode. Neatgear should publish the fact that the link speeds are asynchronous receive/transmit at 54/433 Mbps in AC mode.

I am currently looking for an AC adapter that is either synchronous or close to synchronous, especially one that publishes those specifications and does not try to mislead the customer by omission.

I got this to use for wifi in an ASUS mini-PC where the on-board Intel wifi garbage quit (like most Intel networking junk seems to, in those rare cases where it works to begin with). Frankly, given my history with TP-Link products and how cheap this was, I didn’t have high expectations that it would even work.

I’m amazed at how well this little guy works. For not having an antenna and just being a bump plugged in, it is incredible! Identified by Windows 10 without even using the included CD. Very nice TP-Link; seems you have come a long way over the years.

I’ll probably be giving you a shot again in future builds.

This DWA-181 did not work for me on dual band. After three (3) replacements it still could not recognise our 5G router. We have a 171 & 182 that work perfectly but not this 181. D-Link support is excellent via telephone & emails bar none.

I am receiving a refund. Thank you for the support D-Link.

This very small device only takes up 1 usb 2. 0 slot on your computer. It allows it to connect to your Wi-Fi either through 2. 4ghz or 5ghz connection. Setup is easy: insert the included cd to install the drivers for the item (or optionally download the drivers from the product website), then plug the item into your computer/laptop usb 2.

0 port. From there, your ready to connect to Wi-Fi. Speeds will vary depending on your internet connection.

I love this device. My new router has the AC protocol but my laptop doesn’t. This was a great addition for my needs. It works flawlessly, very easy to setup, and I love having the 5Gz connection from my router.

It is very small and requires very little space when attached to my USB port. Very happy with this product.

I loaded the driver, which is provided on the included Cd-Rom, onto my IBM T42 Laptop. I plugged this Wireless Network adapter into a USB port on my Laptop. My laptop recognized the adapter, and utilized the recently loaded driver.

It works very well. I connected to the internet, via this wireless adapter, using my NETGEAR D6200 WiFi DSL Modem Router, ( AC1200 Dual Band Gigabit).

Needed it for for a backup since my max wifi module decided to stop working. Pros: Very Small and compact. It’s low profile and might work best with a windows machine. Cons: The drivers are out of date.

Last drivers are from 2020 and are not compatible with Mac Catalina or Big Sur. It’s such a big issue as there documents have not been updated in a long time.

I bought this for use on my other PC/Laptops at home if and when I needed a Wireless Connection. Searched different Websites, read Customer Reviews about Retailers’ Services, etc. and when I discovered www.

picstop. co. uk, and found this TP Link TL-WN822N, read the Specs, and found the price was competitive, and ordered one. When It arrived, it was SO EASY TO INSTAL PROGRAMME DISK, FOLLOWED INSTRUCTION, and plugged in my PC, and it worked like magic.

EXCELLENT QUALITY PRODUCT. More importantly, this was my 3rd purchase from PicStop. co. uk, as I had come to appreciate their SALE OF QUALITY PRODUCTS AND TRUSTED SPECIFICATIONS OF THE ADVERTISED PRODUCTS, AND PRICES WERE COMPETITIVE.

Will definitely shop again with this Web-Retailer of PC RELATED PRODUCTS.

My PC was not getting a strong signal of the wifi so I purchased this nifty device. Unfortunately, because my PC was not able to even connect to the wifi at all because the signal was so weak (internal antenna problem) I could not even connect online to download the installation software AND my PC does not have a disc drive.

So I had to buy an external disc drive to plug into my PC to run the Adapter CD to install the software. Once installed, it worked like a charm. Shame it’s not just a plug and play.

Would give 0 stars if I could. I thought based on the reviews and price I was going to be getting a really good adapter. It is absolutely terrible. Constantly dropping out, does not pick up on a 5G band, range is shocking.

Dropping out will occur within 1m of the modem. Cannot pick up on any network when in the bedroom 5m away. I have the latest drivers etc as well. Useless.

It works with Linux Mint 20. 1 Cinnamon! I have been using Linux mint recently. Not wanting to rely on wired networking I tried a couple of wireless adapters on my two ‘experimental’ Linux computers with less than favourable results.

(Both these adapters worked very well in Windows 10) So I had a look around on the net for an adapter that works well on Linux Mint. Quite a few Linux users seemed to have good results with the TP Link TL-WN725N.

I bought this one from CCL, hoping it would work ok. It did! I plugged it into both computers without installing any drivers at all. it worked fine giving me a very strong signal at all times. One PC uses an Asus B85M-E motherboard with i74870K, the other is an old Gigabyte G41M-VS3 with a Core 2 Duo.

If you are one of the many users who seem to be having problems with Linux and Wireless adapters then this adapter could be the one you are looking for. Remember to get the TP Link TL-WN725N, not anything that is supposed to be it’s equivalent.

Good luck!.

I was a little wary going into this. Past experiences with other wireless adapters have been a mixed bag: The signals won’t connect, the installation software is buggy, etc. But with these, I have been happily proven wrong 🙂 I bought two of these adapters for two different Windows 10 systems, which otherwise did not have wireless capabilities built into them.

They installed via installation disks with no problems. They found and connected to the home wireless router without any issue — and have remained so ever since. ( The signals go through 2 walls, some heavy furniture, and across 30+ feet/10+meters.

) Could not have asked for anything more! If you’re looking for some wireless adapters for a home or small office scenario, I absolutely recommend these little things! :-D.

Some may wonder what kind of USB WIFI they will get for $9. I purchased this one because of its’ size, it is small. The directions are in Chinese on one side and English on the other. A CD comes with it with the driver, but my laptop does not have a CD player.

However, the web address was given too, and it took five minutes of looking to find the driver. After its installation, it ran flawlessly. I needed this devise because I need to connect wirelessly to an Epson projector that has an UBS WIFI receiver, but I need to stay connected to the local WIFI for the internet.

Epson’s USB devise for $100 is not a WIFI and it was extremely difficult to install. However, their software allows for your choice in which WIFI devise you wish to run. Ultimately, a level 2 Epson technician ran out of time before we could figure out something to make the wireless projecting and internet possible at the same time.

I would say this USB/WIFI signal is as good as the one that came with my notebook. I am so glad there is an inexpensive solution for this problem.