Edimax Wi-Fi 5 802.11ac Mini AC600 Dual-Band (2.4Ghz / 5Ghz) Adapter For PC USB Adapter Dongle, Win11 Plug-n-Play, Mac OS, Linux, EW-7811UTC

This adapter is cheap, easy and fast. As with most computer products I ignored the included CD and simply downloaded the driver from the Edimax website. Installation was quick and easy on my Windows 7 system. I connected easily to my Asus RT-AC66U wireless router which is located about 20 feet away, thru 1 wall, in the next room. I am connecting only on the 5GHz band and the EW-7811UTC only supports 1 spatial stream so I am limited to 433Mbps maximum, which is fine for my needs. Unless you are routinely moving multi-gigabyte files around on your LAN, I don't really see a need for more capacity than this. I have used this wireless adapter for downloading files, streaming videos (Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime), online MMO gaming, and voice over IP (VOIP). Everything worked flawlessly. You could spend more and get a higher capacity wireless adapter, but really, this is likely all you need. UPDATE 12-15-2015: I have used the AC600 adapter for 10 months in my windows 7 computer and it has worked perfectly. I decided I wanted to upgrade the wireless in my other computer, a windows 10 media PC, from the built-in 2.4GHz wireless g to 5GHz wireless AC. I went to the Edimax website to find out if I needed to download a driver. The website said that the support is already baked in to Windows 10 so no driver was required. I turned off the pc, plugged in the adapter , and rebooted the pc. I then turned off the built in wireless g adapter and switched to the Edimax AC600 adapter in Windows 10 network settings. The adapter is working fine.. I am posting this update because so many people seem to have trouble with this adapter recently and are making sweeping statements about this device's capabilities. My experience has been that this usb AC600 adapter has worked easily and reliably with both my window 7 and windows 10 machines. I will be buying a second one as an upgrade to my media pc.

Linux Installation: Depending on the age and specifications of your computer, you may be looking for a wireless adapter that is faster than what the factory gave you. I have a Lenovo G-series laptop that is not that old, but it came equipped with an internal wifi adapter that operates on the 802.11N protocol and gives me a wireless connection speed of 72 Mb/s. For $14.40 (as of 6-16-18) with Prime delivery you can buy the following adapter and boost your speed to 434 Mb/s with very little hassle. Edimax EW-7811UTC AC600 Dual-Band USB Adapter Available at Amazon with Prime for $14.40 IMPORTANT NOTE: I have specified the Edimax EW-7811UTC AC600 Dual-Band USB Adapter in this post because I have several of them running and because they run reliably by simply installing the rtl8812au-dkms software. I have tried higher speed adapters claiming 600, 800, 1200, and 1300 Mb/s from Edimax and other manufacturers and have had nothing but problems. Sometimes they run unreliably. Frequently "nano" sized adapters overheat and die. So, this 600AC adapter delivering a reliable 434 Mb/s in a compact package is my compromise, and I am completely satisfied with it. This has been my experience, and your mileage may vary! This adapter will not work "out of the box" because the Linux kernel doesn't support the chipset. Why? I have no idea. But it is easy to get it up and running. The best method is to open the Synaptic package manager and type "rtl88" in the search field. The search will show you rtl8812au-dkms and allow you to install it in the normal manner. If you use the Synaptic or other software installer that came with your distribution, you will be assured that the version of rtl8812au-dkms is compatible. When you install rtl8812au-dkms, it will incorporate the rtl8812au chipset driver into your kernel and also run depmod and everything else to get you up and running. Depending on the speed of your system, it may take a minute or two to complete. It seems like forever, but that's normal. When it is completed, insert or re-insert your USB adapted, and it should start working immediately and also work the every time you reboot your system. NOTE: You don't want both the internal wifi adapter and the external USB adapter working at the same time. They interact in unpredictable ways and can cause problems loading web pages. Find your way to "Edit Connections..." and change the settings of the adapters under the General tab. Activate the box marked "Automatically connect..." for the external USB adapter, and deactivate the "automatic" box for the internal adapter. That's it, and you've gone from 72 Mb/s up to 434 Mb/s for under $15.

First off this little device is quick. It connect to my Netgear R6300 V1 Router at 430Mbps. I'm surprised it's this quick especially since it's only a usb 2 device (USB 2 is capable of 480Mbps that is shared with all of your USB devices). Installation was fairly easy since they included the drivers on a cd. however, to make things easier just go to the edimax website and download the drivers straight from the website. I was using this on a laptop that had an Intel 6230N card. The speed increase was more than noticable and it's more stable as well. ultimately though, the card died after three weeks. Since I got the card from Hometown I only had the options of returning it so I returned it and bought another one. The new one was working before I bought an Intel 7260 which connects at a whopping 866 Mbps and it doesn't take up a usb slot or stick out either. For old laptops and for desktop this is the adapter to go with. For laptops that are up to 4 years old you could probably just upgrade your card to the Intel and get better speeds that way. Overall this adapter is nice to have around the house just in case, but I have already made a new Driver cd with the latest drivers from the website. I suggest you do the same. If my new adapter dies on me again I'll update this review again.

I ordered this for an older laptop, that would not recognize faster connections, once I got the driver installed for Linux, it worked just fine. But that process was not just plug and play, you had to understand what you were doing to get the driver installed. Linux is not like Windows.

UPDATE 2021: Kept losing internet connection for months. It wasn't until I started looking at windows log files that I figured out this device was routinely dropping connections out of the blue. When I tested the bandwidth everything seemed normal. After looking at some possible other issues, decided to replace this unit with an older Cisco wi-fi dongle. The problem disappeared immediately. Have gone weeks without losing a connection. I've lived with the intermittent dropped connections for years and now it appears this device was the cause of it. Because of the lack of durability, can't recommend this device any longer. ----------Original review------------- Bought this to utilize my new 802.11ac router. The Windows 7 or 8 operating system doesn't recognize this device so it's not plug and play but it does come with a driver disk and I was able to easily install the driver on Windows 7 and Windows 8.1. Once installed the adapter worked just great. Using the 5Ghz I do notice that as I move farther away from the router I do start to lose bars. I'm guessing this is because of it's small size and a combination of using the higher frequency through walls. I have a ASUS RT-AC66U router with three antennas and it broadcasts pretty well in my home and is truly centrally located. If you are going to purchase this item for use in the the 5Ghz range, you may want to investigate the specs with regards to distance from source. This purchase has worked great for me but my router is centrally located. I did look at the 2.4Ghz performance and I was getting 5 bars on my laptop wherever I went through my house. only in the 5Ghz range did I see a drop in performance but it didn't seem to affect my connection speeds at all.

I was kind of worried buying this since the price was so low compared to competitors. I'm glad I took the chance I'm using this one a windows 8.1 computer it took a few minutes to go to the website and download the drivers. The website was very user friendly and took away a lot of the stress when trying to find drivers like other bigger companies do. This doubled the speed on my laptop's speed on 2.4ghz (only band my laptop supports) I was getting around 19-20Mbs downstream on a 50Mbps connection over WIFI. After I got this set up I'm around 40-45Mbs down this is as close as I'm going to get to a wired connection over WIFI and I couldn't be happier. I also tested this on a Windows 7 and Ubuntu machines with around the same results very happy I will be buying a few more of these. As for the design I really like the small factor most of the competitors are long and bulky and are just in the way. The Edimax is the perfect size with all the power. I was surprised that at this small form factor it had WPS support that comes in useful when you have a long WIFI password. The only downside is the flashing blue activity light after awhile it gets annoying I just put a small sticker over it so not a huge deal. As a final note, I recommend this to anyone looking for a low priced reliable adapter with dual band support.

I followed the instructions and downloaded the new drivers off the Edimax website before using this with my computer. It worked brilliantly for the first couple of weeks. Speeds were really fast, no trouble connecting to my AC router. After about 2 or 3 weeks I started having to disable and re-enable the device in the settings because it wouldn't connect. I assumed this was because of some software issues that I was causing by switching between the adapter and my internal wifi card so I didn't worry about it. However it eventually got to the point where I was getting kicked off of the 5ghz channel and put on the 2.4ghz channel all the time. I finally figured out what was causing it. I have to push down on the adapter (while it's in the USB port) for it to see and connect to my 5ghz wifi network. As soon as I stop pushing down on it the network disappears and the adapter only sees the 2.4ghz channel. I'm giving this 3 stars because I'm not sure if I got a faulty device or it just isn't that durable. I use my laptop on a desk at home and take the adapter out 5 days a week when I go to class which shouldn't be too hard on a USB adapter. I will say that when it worked it was amazingly fast for a great price though, it would easily have been 5 stars if it didn't start acting up on me.

As a Hackintosh owner, I did some research to see if the adapter would be compatible, and it most certainly was. Getting it to work with Windows was something else, but I'll explain and post my fix here Hackintosh: Installation was super easy (tested on Yosemite 10.10.4). You can click on "Customize" and intentionally omit a few things, but not knowing what parts of the software that they were I left everything in tact. When you boot up, select your WiFi point, save it as a profile, and you're gold! When you reboot again the software will find the WiFi point, load the profile and connect automatically. This works MUCH better than the 10.10 drivers from Hackintosh Zone (which is still a nice fix). Windows (8.1): I had downloaded the drivers from Edimax first (since they were most likely newer than the ones on the mini-CD). No matter what I could not get a connection. I tried old drivers, new drivers, etc. Here is the solution that worked for me: 1. Get updated drivers from TP-Link website or install them from the mini-CD. You can use your old WiFi adapter if you need to download them, or simply get them from another computer and put them on a flash drive, then transfer it to your PC. 2. Go into Control Panel --> Device Manager. It will show up as "Edimax AC600 Wireless LAN USB adapter" with the yellow warning triangle next to it. 3. Right-click it and select "Update Driver Software". Select "Browse my computer for driver software". 4. The next screen asks you what location to search for it. Ensure that the checkbox "include subfolders" is checked. If you've installed the drivers via the Mini-CD, select the entire CD. If you've installed it via download, select the location where you downloaded it to (flash drive or hard drive). Then click "Next". 5. Let the installer run its course, and you should be good to go.

Genial manera de mejorar la conectividad inalámbrica de tu PC o Laptop. Para los que no estén muy bien enterados, la mayoría de los equipos móviles previos al 2015 utilizan el estándar WiFi "N" que permite una conexión inalámbrica de hasta 150 Mbps usando la radiofrecuencia de los 2.4 Ghz, recientemente la alianza WiFI lanzo una actualización del estándar llamada "AC" que triplica la velocidad de conexión y utiliza la banda 5 Ghz que tiene menos interferencias de otros dispositivos, evidentemente para tener los beneficios del nuevo estándar AC es necesario tener un router compatible, de otra manera la única razón para comprar el Edimax AC600 seria si falla la tarjeta interna de tu equipo y reemplazarla te es difícil o costoso. En Windows 10 es Plug & Play por lo que no se necesita instalar driver alguno, probablemente para versiones mas antiguas sea necesario hacerlo, el adaptador es detectado rápidamente y en menos de un minuto aparece en conectividad de red para escoger una señal inalámbrica. Es compatible con señales 2.4 Ghz y 5 Ghz, con velocidades de hasta 150 Mbps y 450 Mbps respectivamente en condiciones ideales,obvio que si el router esta lejano la velocidad disminuirá proporcionalmente a la distancia, por diseño las redes 5 Ghz tienen menos alcance a si que no te debes sorprender si te detecta conexiones de 2.4 Ghz con "mas barritas" usualmente va ser el caso, aun así una señal 5 Ghz "media" ofrece menor latencia y mas ancho de banda que una señal "alta" en 2.4 Ghz. El rango en general no es maravilloso, aunque es de esperarse ya que no ofrece antenas externas, sin embargo parece más decente que el de otras tarjetas wireless de tamaño pequeño. Algunas reseñas de Amazon USA reportan que el producto se vuelve problemático o simplemente muere tras unos meses de uso, estare al pendiente y si llegara a pasar modificare esta reseña de manera acorde, de momento todo parece funcionar a la perfección. En conclusión es una buena opción si compraste un router "AC" nuevo y quieres aprovechar la velocidad adicional en una laptop o PC que solo tenga conectividad "N".

J'ai changé ma clé pour profiter de l'arrivé de la fibre, les débits sont bons avec la norme AC 5Ghz. J'ai choisi celle la car le constructeur propose des pilotes open source pour Linux (c'est la seule clé à ma connaissance) et ils fonctionnent bien

Small, fast and does the job on Windows. Have yet try on Linus Ubuntu. .

Un wifi dual banda,Coge mucha velocidad ,trae CD driver para una sencilla instalación,es pequeño así q ocupa poco espacio,una muy buena opción para los q no tenemos manera de coger la banda 5g con la de nuestro equipo

It was hard to make it works with Windows 10, first I had installed the driver and software from the cd but it didn't work, then I unplugged the wireless Edimax and uninstalled the software and the driver and restarted the windows, afterthat I just plugged the Edimax and it worked !!!! Except the installation process, everything is working very well and the speed meets my needs, it's around 150 Mbps from a room different than the router's room.