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ASUS USB-AC53 AC1200 Nano USB Dual-Band Wi-Fi 5 Wireless Adapter

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Best Buy has ASUS USB-AC53 AC1200 Nano USB Dual-Band Wi-Fi 5 Wireless Adapter for $7.99. Shipping is free for My Best Buy members (free to join). Otherwise, select free store pickup where available.
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Product Details:
  • Plugs directly into a standard USB 2.0 port.
  • Dual-band 2.4GHz and 5.0GHz wireless operating frequency
  • Delivers up to 1.17 Gbps data transfer rates.
  • USB MU-MIMO Wi-Fi adaptor
  • Wi-Fi 5 that complies with 802.11ac standards.
  • Dual-band support gives you smooth 4K UHD streaming and low latency gaming.

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  • About this Deal:
    • Our research indicates that this deal is $5.49 less (40.7% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $13.48 at the time of this post.
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Best Buy has ASUS USB-AC53 AC1200 Nano USB Dual-Band Wi-Fi 5 Wireless Adapter for $7.99. Shipping is free for My Best Buy members (free to join). Otherwise, select free store pickup where available.
Note: Availability for pickup may vary by location.
Thanks to Deal Hunter Bojjihuntindeals for finding this deal

Product Details:
  • Plugs directly into a standard USB 2.0 port.
  • Dual-band 2.4GHz and 5.0GHz wireless operating frequency
  • Delivers up to 1.17 Gbps data transfer rates.
  • USB MU-MIMO Wi-Fi adaptor
  • Wi-Fi 5 that complies with 802.11ac standards.
  • Dual-band support gives you smooth 4K UHD streaming and low latency gaming.

Editor's Notes

Written by Corwin | Staff
  • About this Deal:
    • Our research indicates that this deal is $5.49 less (40.7% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $13.48 at the time of this post.
    • Please see the original post for additional details and give the wiki and forum comments a read for helpful discussion.

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Deerock05Aug 17, 2026 8:30 PM
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Usb 2.0 max speed
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Frank_NittyYesterday 6:05 AM
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Quote from Deerock05 :
Usb 2.0 max speed
Thanks for the heads up. I knew there was a catch, just couldn't put my finger on it...
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Quote from Deerock05 :
Usb 2.0 max speed
You're unlikely to ever get close to USB 2.0 max speed (480 mbps) with Wi-Fi 5.
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gamingdroidToday 12:19 AM
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Quote from Mill736 :
You're unlikely to ever get close to USB 2.0 max speed (480 mbps) with Wi-Fi 5.
Yeah, I think this is more for the size rather than throughput, let alone that I doubt the antenna on this is going to be that great.

Question is, would this work on Linux/Ubuntu?
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poohbieToday 12:22 AM
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This is e-waste at this point. I couldn't even give away my WiFI 5 USB adapters.

Have always wondered, given equivalent specs, is a PCIe adapter always more efficient than a USB adapter? Or is the difference negligible?
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Quote from poohbie :
This is e-waste at this point. I couldn't even give away my WiFI 5 USB adapters.

Have always wondered, given equivalent specs, is a PCIe adapter always more efficient than a USB adapter? Or is the difference negligible?
I would imagine. We had a model of a Lenovo mini PC that had a huge failure rate with their M.2 slot wifi cards, so we plugged USB wifi (Netgear) into the PC's that failed. The speed, satiability, etc were clear as night and day. So yeah, I would imagine a PCIe one with real antennas would be quite noticeable too compared to these USB adapters.

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mystwuToday 2:17 AM
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Just FYI.
Asus site for this product:

https://www.asus.com/us/networkin.../techspec/

My $0.02, If you need a cheap Wifi device for your PC/laptop, this will do the job.
most of people would only use AC or back to N standard, usually not both. AC speed is 867Mbps. Most of the time in the real world, it's about 50% ish of max speed which is just a bit less than or about 480Mbps of USB 2.0 port limit.

The driver only supports Windows 10 Windows 8.1 Windows 8 WindowsR 7 and Mac OS X 10.7 to 10.12
I think Asus means windows 7, there was never a Windows R7, nor WindowsR 7. But I dont have this product, so I am not 100% sure what Asus means.
Nothing about Linux. I dont know which chip Asus actually use to make this thing so Linux driver support may be crappy or just doesn't work on Linux.

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