TP-Link TL-WN822N 300Mbps High Gain Wireless N USB Adapter, Stronger Coverage with High-Gain External Antenna, Boost Wi-Fi Coverage and Surfing Experience

This little white box is a god send! First off I can make my PC in my room wireless, and since my router's on the other side of the house, I can't exactly wire an ethernet cable around the house. I get full 5 bars when connected, although oddly enough, when I'm not connected and it shows the list of networks, it usually marks it as 3 bars. Before I got the PC I was using it on my laptop, the onboard WiFi with my laptop was lucky to get 3 bars, usually 2 which resulted in slow internet speeds. I got full 5 bars too! My average ping times (done by running ping www.google.com in command prompt) usually gets me about 39-50ms. Not bad considering I'd be lucky to get 80 on my laptop. There is the odd glitch where it does not connect and can't find my home router, but will find other peoples. Usually a reboot fixes this. Also it sometimes fails to connect to the internet but stays fully connected to the router, the old yellow triangle on signal bars problem. A router reboot fixes this, I suspect that's Sky's problem, not the adapters though as my phone loses internet as well. People say there are problems on Win 7 64. Can't say I've noticed any on my Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit laptop. I do have the V3 version. Works fine in Windows 7 Home Premium 32, 7 Ultimate 64, 8.1 32 bit and 8.1 64 bit doesn't need any drivers installing, Windows just recognises it as a WiFi card. Does not work in Windows XP (I assume you need the drivers and utility, I only plugged it in in an old laptop to see if anything happened, couldn't be bothered to put the drivers/utility on a memory stick) All in all, solid buy! Can't really go wrong with it at all, still holding up strong and I've had it about 6 months.

4 out of 5 stars for installation because Win10 crashed 1st time round and needed a reboot, otherwise completely painless installation. I bought this exernal adapter because my laptop built-in adapter sometimes drops connection when I'm at the other end of the house from the router. The TP link work brilliantly! Really stable connection, can't fault it. Installation was very simple, but in the light of other reviews saying it doesn't work, you need to make sure: a) You are installing the CORRECT driver. Do not allow windows to automatically install a driver (I have auto-installation of drivers turned off in my windows settings anyway). b) Run the driver installer first, then plug in the adapter when the box appears saying "searching for adapter". That's it. It should then work just fine.

I bought this Wi-Fi adapter as I updated to Windows 10 and my previous Wi-Fi adapter ( TP-LINK TL-WDN3200 N600 Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter ) was struggling. According to TP-LINK, the TL-WN822N Wi-Fi adapter works instantly with Windows 10 - drivers are installed automatically (http://www.tp-link.com/en/article-15587.html). However, I had to install the drivers manually (you'll need a USB stick and an internet connection). See the bottom of my review for instructions. Unfortunately, our BT HomeHub 5 Router only kicks out 60Mbps at max, and my bedroom receives 30Mbps, so I can't test the 300MBps claim of this Wi-Fi adapter. However, the connection does seem stable. This adapter looks pretty neat, it's got connection stability, speed, and I'm happy with it. There is a blinking light, but covering it with some Blue Tack fixed that. It seems like a safe bet, as there's so many positive reviews for it. You needn't worry about drivers - but make sure you have this review handy to guide you, in case automatic installation fails. Would I recommend this product myself? Yup - it works pretty well! However, you should check if a 5Ghz connection would be better for you. It has less distance, and both your router and Wi-Fi adapter need to support it, but it'll give a cleaner, less congested signal than a 2.4Ghz one - which could be very helpful in a crowded apartment block. Guide: - Download the newest Windows 8.1 compatible driver from http://www.tp-link.com/en/download/TL-WN822N.html#Driver - Open the .zip file, and copy the Windows 8.1 drivers (unsure about 32/64 bit? See next point!) to a USB stick. + To find out which version of Windows you have (on the Windows 10 PC!), hold the "Windows Key" and press "R", type "dxdiag", press enter, and see what the popped-up window says about your Operating System. - Copy the three files to your USB stick, into an empty folder. - Go to your Windows 10 PC, and plug in the TL-WN822N Wi-Fi adapter. If nothing happens, follow the next steps. - Hold the "Windows" key and press "X". Select "Device Manager". - You should see something like "Realtek xxx Wireless LAN xxx Network Adapter". Right click it, and select "Update Driver Software". Choose the second option, "Browse my computer for driver software". Click "Browse", and then find your USB drive. Choose the folder that the files are in, then press "OK". - Your drivers should update successfully. Maybe give your computer a restart. If you found me review/guide helpful, please give me a "Yes!" - and if I didn't help you make a decision or fix your Wi-Fi adapter, give me a "No!". Hopefully you'll enjoy a fast, stable connection soon!

Got this as a temporary solution until I got my Ethernet cable built in to the house. The devices itself is quite decent and reliable from what I have experienced in the past 2 weeks. Here are the pros and cons: Pros: - Small and can be easily placed in small places - Can pick up signal from quite a far distance with obstetrical such as walls - The cable length is decent for reaching those better spots for signal - Uses USB - Comes with drivers for multiple OS compatibility - Very easy to setup Cons: - Only uses USB 2.0 - Doesn't support 5GHz channels on 2.4GHz - Doesn't make use of full bandwidth One major problem I have with the product is that it states it can support up to 300mbps but however cannot even utilise my full bandwidth of 100mbps up and down even when the signal strength is at its best and the router is a metre away. My actual stable speeds were 70mbps down and 60mbps up.

This product is very good and working fine. Speed is very fast. Wifi range is good

This thing is amazing! I honestly hadn't expected much, but was VERY pleasantly surprised. We have a wifi network in our house. It works well, except for my wife's computer which is only about 60 feet from our router, but with three walls between the router and her computer. It would hang up when loading websites, and sometimes would never load the page at all. I blamed the problem on the computer or browser; probably the computer, as I was not having a problem with mine, nor did she if she moved it much closer to the router. This antenna arrived about a week ago, so we've had plenty of time to test it. Installation was simple. Plug the unit in, run the enclosed CD, click on to the network, enter the pass code, and that was it. My wife's computer problems are gone! All websites snap right up. Not one problem with any of them. We have a custom program on her computer that we use to run our business. Running it on my computer from hers, over the network was always slower than running it on her computer. That was to be expected. Now it runs about 50% faster across the network. I installed this antenna on my computer (Windows 8.1) just to see what would happen. Amazingly, it sped page loads up dramatically, even though I'm within about 30 feet of the router (albeit the signal still has to go through two walls), and did not have nearly as many problems as she did. I have just ordered a second one to go on my computer for that reason, and because I expect our in-house program will run even faster across the network using one on each computer. I will update this review after I find out. Given the results with this antenna on our two computers, I enthusiastically recommend it so anyone who suspects a internet connection problem, even if it's only a small one. I simply cannot believe the results, especially at this price. Amazing! 01/15/15: I received my second antenna about a week ago. As expected (hopes for!), it did speed interaction across the network between our computers. No more hung pages on the internet. I can't wait to see how it works in hotels when we travel.

I am in the building next to my landlord. Prior to getting this device I could only rarely see the wi-fi signal. Now I get a reliable signal. I did have to hang it from my ceiling and made sure the pair of antennae point toward his router.

Muito bom, funciona muito bem!

Al principio tenía dudas sobre este producto, pues temía que la conexión a internet se interrumpiera constantemente, o que la velocidad del internet fuera muy baja. Todo lo contrario, es el mejor dispositivo para WiFi que he tenido!! La conexión a internet está siempre estable, nunca sufro interrupciones o caídas de velocidad (como sí me pasaba con el adaptador integrado de mi iMac). La velocidad de internet es la correspondiente al servicio que contraté, sin ninguna reducción, y además puedo mover la antena para buscar un lugar donde tenga mejor recepción. La utilizo para jugar en línea (DOTA2, Starcraft 2, Diablo 3, Warframe, TF2, y otros) y funciona absolutamente perfecto. Lo recomiendo al 100%!!!