External USB 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Adapter W/antenna, 150 Mbps

These in-exspensive USB WiFi dongles with external antenna work quite well. This made connectivity where a far more exspensive unit from Cisco/Linksys would not even see the network (WUSB54GC ver 3). Running purely in G mode as my current access point is G only (Linksys WAP 54G). Comes with Ralink software that shows the dbm of the signal. Currently connected at -65dbm (4/5 bars). Running for 2 months now without issue on Windows 7 64-bit. My AP is on the first floor and this dongle is in the basement. Signal has to travel through the floor, false celing, and 3 interior walls. LOS is approximately 35 feet. The dongle is quite large and some people may have problems plugging it straight into a USB port on their computer if there are any obstructions nearby (recessed ports on the front or back of case). The cross section of the dongle is a half inch wide by 1 inch tall. However, this can be solved with a USB extension cable. In my case I have no problems as I run it from a powered D-Link USB hub (DUB-H7) along with other USB devices like a Logitech cordless keyboard mouse dongle (Wave 2.4). I haven't tested it to it's N capability or it's full receiver sensitivity. Very pleased for my purpose, I'll be buying more of these. Highly recommended.

This item is advertised to work on Windows/Mac/Linux. I'm a linux user, and this device is a pain in the butt. You plug it in and nothing works out of the box. lsusb doesn't show you what chipset is working inside: I had physically open the device to find out. It's a realtek RTL8188CUS. There is no support for this chipset in the mainline kernel (yet?). However, you can download the sourcecode for the kernel module from realtek.com. Doing so gives you a zip file that claims to support the 8188CUS, but compilations yield only a kernel module for the 8192CU chipset. Loading this module enables the detection of the device, but once you try to connect to a network, the whole system crashes. EPIC FAIL.If I wanted this kind of user experience, I'd switch back to windows. For now, this isn't even worth the return postage as it was so cheap.

got this for a laptop at the time that needed wifi. works ok but not strong enough to catch wifi from a far my cell got better wifi than this device when place at same distance and beside it. plus i had to down load the drivers for it.

This product was okay. I wasn't really satisfied with it but maybe that's just me. Try it out and see.

Attempted installation on new Windows 7 Professional 64 bit build. Note that I had already installed a different model wireless adapter that worked fine, but wanted to try this adapter to see if signal strength could be improved. I have used/installed numerous adapters over the years on many different operating systems, so I have a pretty good idea on how to do it. This adapter would simply not work, period. Have contacted seller for their comments/suggestions; awaiting their reply...............

The deciding factor when I purchased this was cost. It was very inexpensive! It has a wide range of compatibility, and it's link speeds are super fast.I didn't know what to expect as far as quality, but when I received it in the mail I was very satisfied. It seems durable, and the wifi signal strength is actually better than the default card built into my laptop. Overall, amazing find!

There is not much to say. It installed on XP with out a problem. Gives me great speed even though it is quite a way from the router and down two floors in the basement. Bottom line I would buy again and would recommend it to anyone looking for an inexpenisve adapter.

Mediocrity at best. Connection problems.