USB WiFi Adapter, AC600 Mini Wireless Network WiFi Dongle for PC/Desktop/Laptop/Tablet, Dual Band (2.4G/150Mbps+5G/433Mbps) 802.11 ac, Support Windows 10/8/8.1/7/Vista/XP/2000, Mac OS 10.4-10.12.6

My wife's HP laptop had already had the wireless card replaced under warranty and was, once again, dropping the home network constantly. I was glad to hear from a local tech that a USB wireless adapter might do the trick. I researched the dozens available. I was willing to pay a little more than the cheaper models to get: dual band capability, decent throughput numbers, a device that didn't stick out too far and be a risk for being broken off, and a 100% stable network connection to our Netgear Nighthawk X6 wireless router on a different level in our home. It achieved all goals.The photo shows how far it sticks out next to the USB wireless mouse adapter.The installation directions were a little vague, suggesting it would be automatically recognized by Windows 10. It wasn't. The HP has an optical drive so I used the install disc, which was reasonably straight-forward. Therefore, I can't vouch for how the installation would go downloading the driver online, if you don't have a CD/DVD drive.I gave 4 stars for ease of installation because it took a little longer than I expected. 4 stars for durability because it's been in service for such a short period and is too soon to tell. 5 stars for value because it does what it says it will do!Inamax Direct shipped it immediately and it arrived in perfect condition. I wouldn't hesitate to do business with them again. 100% satisfied with seller and adapter.

I’ve bought two of these, both have been great. Much better than the built-in Wi-Fi on my laptop. Built-in Wi-Fi was unreliable, and would frequently become unresponsive, needing manual disabling and re-enabling of the network adapter to remedy.The AC600 has been an awesome upgrade! No Wi-Fi drops, no hassle, just plugged it into a USB port on Windows 10 and now Wi-Fi is stable and much faster than the built-in laptop Wi-Fi adapter.UPDATE Oct 2018-------------------Physically broke one, and replaced it. Now have it running on all family laptops, and constant wifi drops have stopped now that I have disabled the built-in wifi card(Network and Sharing Center\Change Adapter Settings\right click on built-in Wifi card and select "Disable"), and am using the Inamax for wifi.

I recently changed my internet provider from AT&T to Xfinity. The installer told me that I had 2 wireless signals, a 2.4Hz and 5G signal. He checked my devices and found that my laptop and cell phone were not compatible with the 5G signal, but that my tablet was. He showed me how to check my speed of internet connection on each device.I did some research and found this adapter on Amazon. It was inexpensive, and claimed to be able to allow my older laptop to connect to the 5G wireless signal. I bought the adapter and plugged it in to my USB port. Once it loaded the driver I was able to connect to the 5G signal. I checked the download speed. Without the adapter I was getting about 20 Mbps speed. With the adapter I am getting 56-60Mbps speed!! This thing really works as advertised! Get one, you will be happy you did!

I purchased two of these adapters, with the intent to convert two laptops from 2.4GHz wireless g to 5GHz wireless ac.Fast enough: I have 120Mbps service from my ISP, and once this adapter was up and running, speed tests show that it was able to achieve that speed most of the time. So, for a 120Mbps connection to the Internet, it's fast enough.Too flashy: This adapter has a very bright blue LED on top that flashes slowly when it doesn't have a wireless connection, and flashes very rapidly when it does have a wireless connection. It flashes rapidly even when there is absolutely NO network activity. And the pattern of flashing isn't consistent...it looks like it speeds up and slows down randomly. At first, I had assumed the rapidly LED was a network activity indicator, and that the LED would be steady on with no activity, as is often the case for most network adapters I've used. So, when I saw all this constant/fluctuating flashing, even though I wasn't doing anything to generate any network activity, I thought perhaps there was some surreptitious transmissions going on. Scary. So, I shut down all processes that could possibly be talking on the network, fired up Task Manager, and fired up a network monitor. There was absolutely no network traffic, but this adapter was still flashing with a very fast and random pattern. I concluded that this is just how this adapter behaves, and have convinced myself that it's not tied in any way to actual network traffic. It's just trying to be annoying, but it's nothing that a little well-placed electrical tape can't overcome. (Suggestion to the manufacturer: Slow, steady flashing when it doesn't have a connection is fine. A connection with no activity should be on, with no flashing. Rapid flashing should indicate network activity.)Odd MAC address behavior: When I got these adapters, I initially tested them both on the same laptop, just to make sure they worked. My router uses MAC filtering, so I have to record each adapter's MAC address and enter it into the router. I was surprised to see that both adapters reported the exact same MAC address 00:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF. My initial reaction was that I wouldn't be able to use two of these in the same network, because their MAC addresses would conflict. But after some experimentation, I realized that when either of these adapters is installed on another computer, it reports a different MAC address. I switched adapters on the other computer, and the new adapter had the same MAC address on that computer. So, the MAC address appears to be generated when you install the software for the adapter, and that MAC address is tied to the computer, not to the adapter. This is different from any network adapter I've ever worked with. Nevertheless, it meant that I was able to use both adapters in the same network.UPDATE 6/14/2019: When I upgraded in-place from Windows 8.1 Pro to Windows 10 Pro, with this adapter attached before, during, and after the upgrade, the MAC address of the adapter changed. So, when I initially booted Windows 10 Pro, it couldn't connect to my router because the new MAC address didn't appear in the router's list of allowed MAC addresses. It was easy enough to change in the MAC Filtering section of the router, but this is another example of MAC address oddness with this adapter. Be aware that if you perform an OS upgrade, the MAC address of the adapter might change.The adapter had some trouble reconnecting to a network that doesn't broadcast its SSID, even though it was set to connect even without the SSID broadcast. I had to keep reconnecting to the network manually. Once I changed the router to broadcast the SSID, the adapter consistently reconnected automatically without any intervention.UPDATE 6/14/2019: Even with the SSID broadcast, the adapter has started to occasionally (twice a week, on average) lose the ability to see and connect to any wireless networks. The blue LED flashes slowly, and no available networks appear in the list. I can force the adapter out of this state by disabling and then reenabling the adapter in Control Panel | Network and Sharing Center | Change Adapter Settings. Once this is done, the adapter springs to life, sees its preferred wireless network, and connects automatically. The fact that this behavior started recently makes me think it's starting to fail. But it still seems to work, in spite of this occasional issue.The software installation, on Windows 8.1 Pro and on Windows 7, required the included mini-CD-ROM. The included "manual" contains some conflicting information, but the software installation process worked, but was a bit klunky. There were several periods during installation when nothing appeared on the screen, even though the installation was still proceeding. At one point, while installing on Windows 7, the installation choked and reported the amusing message "Your local administrator is no longer working." Since I'm the local administrator, I almost took that as a cue to go on vacation. But instead, I rebooted, reinstalled, and all was well.There doesn't appear to be any web-based support for downloads, troubleshooting, etc. I contacted the manufacturer, and they supplied links to an updated driver. The device shows up as a RealTek 8811CU 802.11ac NIC.I'm not happy that I had to experiment to discover the MAC address behavior, I had to experiment to discover the true meaning of the constantly flashing LED, the documentation doesn't point to a web site with drivers and support (I contacted them through Amazon, and they then directed me to contact their sales email at inamax.cn), I had to set my SSID to broadcast to get the adapters to reconnect automatically, and the software installation was klunky. If it weren't for these issues, I would have given the product 5 stars.But once I got beyond all that, the adapters do the job.Update:Radio Silence: A few days after posting this review, the adapter frequently and spontaneously entered into a state in which it couldn't see any networks at all. The LED flashed slowly, indicating no connection, and the list of available networks it saw was empty. This has happened at seemingly random times...it's connected and working just fine, and then suddenly drops the connection and can't see or reconnect to any wireless networks. The ipconfig command sees the adapter with the expected MAC address. Windows reports "no networks found" on this adapter. The included software shows that the radio in the adapter is turned on. I made sure that the router was working properly, that all other clients could see the expected wireless networks, and this was the ONLY adapter that has lost connectivity. (I've had this happen multiple times on both of the adapters I purchased.) There is no unusual interference in the area, nothing changed in the wireless network configuration when the problems occurred, and other wireless adapters used in the exact same location (e.g., same distance and direction from the router) see a strong signal and the expected wireless networks. It wasn't losing connectivity at all during the several days of using these adapters. Nothing changed in the router, network configuration, location of the adapter, or anything else.To resolve the issue each time it occurred, I had to physically eject (through Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media) and reinsert the adapter to get it to see any networks. When I do this, it almost immediately sees all the networks it should, and connects to the correct network. After this action, the connection might stay up for anywhere from 10 minutes to a day before getting back into this "radio silence" state again. Frustrating.The seller worked with me through email to troubleshoot the problem, but was not able to resolve it. They issued a refund, and I will move on to find a different set of adapters.

I was using and internal wireless adapter but it kept disconnecting from my router so I decided to give this usb wifi adapter a try. I was very skeptical in making the purchase thought it wasn't expensive. Boy, was I wrong it does it's job. I don't know how people were able to update the driver for it because I sure couldn't find any compatible NEW drivers. The option to update current driver on the disc didn't work for me either.That's my only complaint. I am using the older driver that came on the mini disc and it is working. Regardless, I recommend the AC600 mini wireless adapter. Hope this helps. Cheers