The majority of the five star reviews for this product are from reviewers who received the product free or at steep discount with the intent to provide a favorable review and boost the products ratings. Those reviews are overinflated (just look at the number of 5 stars as well as the profile of the reviewers to prove it to yourself). Normally I shy away from products with these types of reviews but at this price point (< 20 bucks and free shipping with prime) I decided to take a chance and bought the item (for full price with no incentive from the seller or manufacturer).
If you'll look at my previous reviews you'll find that I've bought (again at full price) and reviewed at least four other AC network adapter in the last several months. Unfortunately, I’ve been disappointed in all of those products to date and returned them all (thanks to Amazon for the great return policy). I’ve been trying to upgrade a Rosewill N adapter that offered decent speeds, but wasn’t taking full advantage of may AC router network speeds. The purchase of the EDUP AC 600 adapter has finally allowed me to almost do that.
I have a Linksys EA7500 router that’s capable of 1300 AC speeds as well as a RA6500 extender capable of 867 AC speeds, so the speeds promised from the EDUP AC 600 adapter are certainly possible on my network. While I have yet to achieve the promised 600 Mbps of the adapter, I’ve more doubled the speeds from the Rosewill N adapter at 144 Mbps up to about 325 Mbps for the EDUP AC adapter.
Since I purchased it a couple of weeks ago, the EDUP adapter has been in constant use, with zero lost connections or downtime. I think that’s fairly remarkable since the adapter is one floor down and about 20 feet away from the router, and on the same floor, but about 30 feet away from the extender in a nearly 3,000 SQFT house.
It gets four stars for the poorly written and translated instructions, as well as, the outdated driver disk and set-up requirements. Recommend if you’re running windows 10 or 7 that you let windows search & install the drivers and that you use the windows WLAN management utility instead of the klunky Realtek utility on the disk. I’ve tried the EDUP on both a windows 10 desktop and a windows 7 HTPC with no issues.
I’m pleased enough to buy a second one for use with a laptop in my son’s room, but not so overwhelmed that I would give it 5 stars or spend more than 25 dollars for it.
Forget the brand name, this is a Realtek RTL8811AU Wireless LAN USB Network Adapter (or at least mine is).
Out of the box and connected to my Windows 10 laptop or PC to my 150 Mbps Broadband, I got the same results: as expected upload speed but incredibly slow (2.5 to 3.7 Mbps) download speed on both bands.
Attempting to install the drivers from the disk resulted in a message that I had the latest drivers already installed. Before giving up, I went to the Realtek.com website, then selected “Downloads” (top line) and then navigated through “Communications Network ICs, Wireless LAN ICs, WLAN NIC, USB” and finally, “Software”. I clicked on “Global” to download the file, unzipped it when the download was complete and then updated the driver on the adapter.
SUCCESS. Now I get the same upload speeds as before, but my downloads speeds are now 57Mbps on the 2.4G band and 192 Mbps on the 5G band.
Hope this information helps anyone dealing with the same issue.
Seamless integration with Windows 10 - screw in the antenna, plug it into USB, and give Windows about 30 seconds to figure out that "Hey! I can see wireless now!" and then follow the normal steps to configure for your wireless network. Easiest installation I've ever done. I want to test to see if I can get improved gain with this over the pre-installed wireless devices in my laptops, but don't want to take it off the desktop I installed it on... oh, and the speed is sufficient to make it a viable alternative to running ethernet around doorways (I wanted the lazy option over running ethernet everywhere in rewiring some things).
Update - Two Months In: Still very satisfied with the product. Periodically (maybe twice a week), I'll lose all connection to the wireless network, and it will take at most five minutes to sort itself out (usually less than 2 minutes). On a device that is online 24-7 that is non-critical, I consider this an acceptable mean time between failures. Still would highly recommend to anyone.
I bought this wifi adapter for my fiance. He has a relatively new (less than a year old) gaming tower with rather good components (hard drive, processor, graphics card). The only issue he's had with it is the internal wifi adapter that has NEVER worked for him. We got a small external Asus adapter from Best Buy but it alwasy ended up over heating and lagging him after only an hour of gameplay. It became to the point where gaming was a hobby that turned into an unnecessary frustration. I searched for a new adapter online and came across this. It was a really good price and the qualitt is amazing. His first use with it showed a night and day difference with his gaming! Occasional he still experiences lag but that's always because of our internet provider.
So:
-good price
-good for gaming for several hours at a time
-no issues with overheating
works well even when rhe router is across the apartment from our game room
Highly recommend!
I am very pleased with this wifi adapter. I chose this one because it was the highest rated on Amazon at the time of purchase. Installation was simple, and my download and upload speeds have nearly tripled.
My desktop PC had an internal wifi adapter plugged into the motherboard, which is now 8 years old. The adapter wasn't capable of 5 Ghz or newer encryption technologies and I was running into trouble connecting to my Comcast wireless gateway at home. My download speed was 28 Mbps and upload was 5. I purchased this USB network adapter to resolve my issues, and it was a success.
To install the driver and utility, run the installation disk first before you plug in the USB. Note the instruction pamphlet says to plug the USB in first, but a separate piece of paper was included in the box that specifically corrects that and states to run the disk first. If you have an old network adapter in your computer, also disable that adapter before trying to connect with the new one.
When I first plugged in the USB wifi adapter, I ran an internet speed test (Ookla) and was only getting 2 Mbps down and 3 up, despite the USB utility software saying my signal and link were 100%. Something was obviously wrong, so I tried plugging the USB adapter into a different USB port and that did the trick. All of my USB ports are 2.0, but I heard that some ports provide more power than others, so if you run into a similar issue, try another port first.
My internet download speed is now 94 Mbps and upload is 12 Mbps (note this is on 5 Ghz channel instead of the 2.4). I am very happy with this product.
Feature Product
- Upgrades PCs to 802.11ac, the latest & most powerful Wi-Fi technology - 3 times faster than wireless N speeds. 5G WIFI Ideal for gaming online and seamless HD video streaming
- Wifi usb adapter up to 600Mbps Wi-Fi speeds on 5.8GHz (433Mbps) and 2.4GHz (150Mbps) bands. Dual band reduces interference for better connections to more Wi-Fi devices, Use Roaming technology, promise high effective wireless connect
- 802.11ac Wi-Fi technology and detachable 2dBi omni-directional dual band antenna for increased coverage and stability; Dual band wireless usb adapter downward compatability 802.11g/n Internet device
- 2.0 USB Wireless wifi Antennas Support Operation System:Windows XP/Vista/Win7/Win8.1/Win10/Mac OS 10.7-10.14(If the CD can not be used, please download the driver from EDUP site:http://www.szedup.com/support/driver-download/ep-db1607-driver/)
- Wifi dongle AC600Mbps lifetime warranty Easy to install,driver updates and full technical support in English.(Newest driver link in description or Contact us)
Description
USB Wifi Adapter 600Mbps EDUP USB 2.0 Wifi Dongle 802.11 ac Wireless Network Adapter with Dual Band 2.4GHz/150Mbps+5GHz/433Mbps 5dBi High Gain Antenna for Desktop Windows XP/Vista/7/8.1/10 Mac
EDUP wireless adapter for laptop for PC laptop desktop macbook notebook, not for TV, Projector, Printer
Specification:
Wireless Standards
IEEE 802.11n
IEEE 802.11g
IEEE 802.11b
IEEE 802.11ac
IEEE 802.11a
Max. Transmit Speed
2.4GHz: 150Mbps
5.8GHz: 433Mbps
Frequency Range
2.412~2.472GHz/ 5.725~5.825GHz (3C)
2.412~2.462Ghz/ 5.15~5.35GHz/ 5.725~5.825GHZ (FFC)
Work Channel
13 at 2.4GHz/ 4 at 5.8GHz (3C)
11 at 2.4GHz/ 12at 5.8GHz (FFC)
Modulation Model
CCK/OFDM/DBPSK/DQPSK/16QAM/64QAM/256QAM
Work Power:17dBm (Typical)
Sensitivity
11n: -68dBm@130M; -68dBm@108M
11g: -69dBm@54M
11b: -85dBm@11M
11ac: -59dBm@867M
Wireless Security
WPA/WPA2,64/128 bit WEP
Support Operation System:Window 2000/XP/Vista/WinCE/Win7/Win8.1/Win10/Mac OS10.7-10.14
Function:WPS, Soft AP
Antenna Type:2dBi Omni-directional Antennas
Environment
Operating Temperature(degree Celsius): 0~40
Storage Temperature(degree Celsius): -40~70
Operating Humidity: 10% ~ 90% RH (Non Condensing)
Storage Humidity: 5% ~ 90% RH (Non Condensing)
Packing list:
1 * usb wifi adapter
1 * CD driver
1 * instruction
ok... so i originally wrote a bad review as i didn't think it worked with OS X 10.13.4. the instructions are poor but it's a $15 wifi-adapter from china; get over it. the people who are installing this are probably savvy enough to figure it out.
* drivers for the adapter come on a 3" CD so unless you have a cd drive you're downloading the drivers from http://www.szedup.com/support/driver-download/ . for this adapter look for "EP-DB1607" and download driver install. before physically inserting the USB antenna into your machine install the drivers, shut down the machine, insert the usb-antenna and turn the machine back on.
* after power up check system prefs > network and confirm the "802.11a...Adapter" is available.
* turn off wifi for the MacOS adapter
* look for a new icon in your menu bar
* click on the new icon and click on "Turn USB-WiFi On"
* select desired network / enter appropriate credentials
* you should now have connectivity
Read through various reviews and you will see a variety of success across diff. MacOS versions. Personally I initially thought this device didn't work on my machine with 10.13.4 until I realized EDUP installed an app I needed to manage in the menu bar. Once I turned the USB-WiFi on and selected desired network I was pleasantly surprised that this adapter does work. I can't objectively say this network adapter is faster than the native wifi on my 2009 MacBook Air because I can't objectively figure out the transfer speed between the adapter and the router { i.e. you can't option-click on the EDUP wifi app to see transmission speed like you can on native wifi} Subjective analysis points to increased throughput as I can consistently successfully stream 720hd with this adapter whereas I cannot with the native wifi adapter. fwiw my router is an asus rt-n66u which is an 802.11n router so there are inherent limits to any gains until I upgrade to an 802.11ac router.
It is bigger than I thought it would be and takes up 2 USB 3 ports, 1 to plug in and 1 to cover because it is so fat. If they would have made it just a little smaller this would would not have been a problem. The other thing is it is slow when letting it choose the frequency for my situation. I ordered it because I just got fiber to the home with 50Mbps download speed. But speed test showed I was getting about half that, which was disappointing. Went into Device Manager and Network Adapters (it is the Realtek 8812BU) and had to go to advanced and under wireless mode force it to 802.11ac. Then I could get very close if not at the 50Mbps download speed. Other than that it is setup drivers, plug it in and forget it.
Alright. This product works well.
I was hesitant to make the switch to wireless for my desktop computer. I've been used to having a direct line or powerline adapter for a wired connection, but a new living situation required the use of wireless only. This adapter is nearly as fast as another PC on a wired connection at my location. I connected wirelessly to a 802.11ac router. Installation was easy on Windows 7: install the driver with the included disk (or download one from the website), then plug it in. The whole process took 2 minutes. Lastly, the packaging was pretty nice but that doesn't really matter.
I purchased this for a two year old, Win10, desktop setup in my garage. I wasn't getting great speeds with just the built in wireless adapter. So I decided to give this a try.
The computer is about 30-40 feet from the wireless router and one wall separates the router and computer. I have a 30/30 MB fiber optic connection. I did a series of speed tests on several different sites. I did tests using both a VPN connection to several different locations and without. I even did some file download testing.
On average, I got 14.86 download / 20.89 upload speeds WITH this adapter. With my on-board/built in adapter I got an average of 7.88 download / 19.85 upload speeds. Not knowing a lot about networking, I have no idea why the upload speeds were about the same, but download weren't. It could be that all I have is a built in adapter not set up correctly and this is redundant hardware. But I'll take the almost 50% increase in download speeds thank you very much!
My only complaint about the adapter was that the installation instructions are terrible and that the setup was a bit more complicated than plug'n'play. But it was easy enough with a little work.
One final note, make sure to try the antenna in different positions. It did seem to change the speeds I was getting.
After a little bit of hassle it is working very well on Ubuntu 16.04 running the 4.4.0 Linux kernel. They don't officially support this kernel, but I managed to find a driver on GitHub for the device that does. I'm rating 4 stars because of the difficulty of finding a solution for newer kernel support. The company should really update their own drivers. Aside from that, the device works very well and the connection is solid and fast.
--- Linux kernel 4.4.0 driver install instructions -----------------------------------------------------------
For reference, my uname -a output is:
Linux alex-ubuntu 4.4.0-83-generic #106-Ubuntu SMP Mon Jun 26 17:54:43 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
The driver is available on GitHub in the repository diederikdehaas/rtl8812AU.
To install, perform the following:
$ git clone <repository-url> (External links can't be included on Amazon reviews, so search GitHub for the repository mentioned above)
$ cd rtl8812AU/
$ make
$ sudo make install
$ sudo modprobe 8812au
At this point the module will work. To make sure the driver gets enabled on reboot, perform the following:
$ sudo nano /etc/modules
Now add 8812au to the very bottom of this file and save it.
Then you're done. Plug in the device and it will be recognized and you will see the activity light flash and you can connect to your desired network as usual.
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