TP-LinkUSB WiFi Adapter for PC(TL-WN725N), N150 Wireless Network Adapter for Desktop - Nano Size WiFi Dongle for Windows 11/10/7/8/8.1/XP/ Mac OS 10.9-10.15 Linux Kernel 2.6.18-4.4.3, 2.4GHz Only

I got this because of it's size. Most wireless adapters are so huge and I've never understood it, personally, as I assumed it was possible to make smaller antennae these days for WiFi. In any case, I needed an external adapter because my laptops internal wifi was on the fritz (more on that later). It works like a charm so far. I will update this review if I have problems, but installation was a cinch. Just installed the software, plugged in the thingy, and boom. Amazing reception and, surprisingly enough, my average download speeds have gone up by 2mbps (I used to get about 8-9mbps depending, now I get 10-11). It has better range than my older full-size adapter too. So, no issues so far.It's worth mentioning, though, that the reason I had to purchase this was because my laptop has an Atheros modem in it. I'm sure many of you out there have run afoul of these wireless adapters. For some people, they work fine for years with no issues, but then for some people they constantly drop connection, go much slower than they should, have terrible range, or basically just become such a problem you have to stop using the internal wifi. So, if any of you are curious why, I eventually found out why: Atheros wireless cards have a glitch that, for some reason, has never been fixed whereby they attempt to turn on their own signal diversity system by piggybacking onto your computer's bluetooth antenna which it thinks is another wifi receiver Needless to say, a wifi connection cannot piggyback onto a bluetooth connection, so it crashes the modem or will cause major connectivity issues. For some people, turning on their bluetooth and leaving it on will stop this, but for most, it still doesn't stop the glitch, so the only permanent solution is to literally sever the physical connection inside your computer between the bluetooth antenna and the frame which means no more bluetooth. So if you ever wondered what was up with your Atheros modem, there it is.

Works great. I needed to buy a Microsoft tested Wi-Fi adapter that also supported Wi-Fi direct and Miracast. Plug it into my PC and without a hitch, started right up and did its thing. All I had to do was just enter the password to my SSID. And all of my Miracast options and settings became operational on my windows 11 machine!

DOES THE JOB . BUT FOR ME THE CONNECTION WASNT STRONG , I BOUGHT IT BECASE THE MODEM WAS FAR AWAY FROM MY PC . BUT I GUESS IM MOT TECHY ENOUGHT TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO FIX THAT ISSUE . I EVENTUALLY RELOCTED MY PC CLOSE TO GET DIRECT CONNECTION.

Good product works as advertised, very easy to use, connectivity is good.

Item worked as intended. I installed into an old laptop where the wifi adapater stopped working.

This little gold nugget strutted into my USB port like it owned the motherboard. My PC, previously more offline than a hermit in a forest, suddenly discovered the wonders of the internet. I half expected it to start shopping for itself.Installation was smoother than a jazz sax solo — plug it in, and bam, WiFi. It’s so small, I’ve lost it twice and considered putting a GPS tracker on it.Only does 2.4GHz, but hey, so do pigeons, and they get around just fine. For ten bucks, this thing made my PC go from Amish to Elon Musk in under five minutes. 10/10, would buy again if I could find the one I ready bought.

It really works. If you don't have Internet buy this and use your phone's hotspot. Very good buy.

I bought this adapter because it said it had support for linux. This is not true. The adapter comes with an install cd for the drivers. This is handy since many people (including me) purchasing this adapter are doing so for computers with network connectivity problems. However, when you go to the folder in the install cd for linux there is a text file telling you to go online and download the drivers from their website. Not a major problem -- I can use another computer with a working network connection to download the files and transfer them to the other computer. However, when I go to their website they don't have linux drivers available for version 3.6 (this is the version I received). I figured I had nothing to loose by downloading the linux driver that was available for version 3. So I went ahead and downloaded the driver for version 3 knowing that there was a snowball's chance that it would actually work for version 3.6. Once I had downloaded and unzipped the files, I read the installation instructions and realized that they would require me to compile the driver myself (not kidding). This means I would need to install gcc on my computer (the one without a network connection). Given that it is already unlikely that the version 3 driver will work for version 3.6, I am unwilling to attempt to install gcc on a computer without internet and compile the driver myself.In short, if a company doesn't have a linux driver available for all versions of a product or if they require customers to install a c compiler and compile the driver themselves, this does not count as linux support, and it should not be advertised as providing linux support.