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Yes, that would be about the only situation I would say this is useful for. I would *never* use a USB WiFi dongle for gaming, the performance can not match that of a PCI card or one on the...
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maybe PCI works for a desktop —but how about laptops? I have tried a number of these as a way to get better wifi reception in my basement . Boosters or repeaters don’t work because the signal is weak...
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Thank you bought 2 for $20.87 free shipping with prime!! Great deal :D
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So one of my kids comps has the smaller pcie but the other only has the longer slots. Im assuming these wont work in that one right?
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You should check for kinks or breaks in the shielding. My builder ran Cat5e (gigabit) but I was getting the same 94mbps you are. It defaults to 100mbps if there is any issue. I cut off some of the...
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I've gotten a few of these EDUP wifi dongles. They are pretty solid.
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Of the cheap USB adapters this one has worked the best for me. I bought this exact same one. No dropped signals or lag during streaming or downloading. I do use a cheap USB adapter so the wireless...
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i have 3 of these edup around the house. kids are using them to play roblox and minecraft. no problems, a lot more stable than similar usb models from linksys and tp link. if they ever die, i will...
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Bought one for my 2012 Lenovo IdeaPad and it works great!
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How do I get 10% I don’t see it
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Would this work with older laptops that don't have 5g and give it the speed boost?
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No they will work, you can even take a card with a full PCIe connector and shave it down and plug it in a small one for PCIe 3.0 1x.
But yeah, a PCIe 1x 3.0 card will work in a full size x16...
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I bought this and it is not a USB 3.1 adapter. Windows detects it as a USB 2.0 device with Realtek 8812BU chipset. The chip itself is supposed to support USB3 but I have no idea why they cheaped out...
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So I have to say that I bought a similar product about a year or 2 ago, and it gave some trouble in the beginning, but was super reliable after the first month or something. it could have possibly...
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I like how you both say "well, you have your own anecdotes" and also "ALL USB ADAPTERS BEHAVE LIKE THIS — END OF STORY".
Which is it?
The only factor that matters in these adapters is the...
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any that you can recommend? Having this exact issue
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Again how many usb WiFi dongles have you tested in the last 12-24 months? If your basing it on a couple you have no idea what your talking about. Not so sound rude but I’ve had excellent experiences...
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All I’m saying is in the last year or two, there’s better quality WiFi dongles than there was a few years ago. Even the cheapest ac dongle you can find on eBay for 6$ will blow the doors off any...
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None of these things tend to work as they should. I don't know why - driver? hardware problem?
They've just always been more headache than they're worth
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Hey bigj8705, if that’s 94.74 MBps, megabytes not megabits, that’s not too far off the ~118MBps data bandwidth maximum on a gigabit connection.
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Out of curiosity have you ever done a before and after to compare it
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I have! In my experience, even nicer USB 3.0 network adapters will dip in connection quality even if they're right next to the router.
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I have, if it helps, the lag was so horrid I went out and bought a PCIe Wifi adapter, which vastly improved the connection. IT was a similar Wifi 5 USB dongle and I bought this to replace:
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I have probably used wrong USB dongles last year. In the last 1 year I replaced all my older desktops by building new ones. I tried 5 different USB dongles - prices ranging from 15 to 27 bought from...
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If you’re in my situation (and maybe several other folks on here) you’ve got a Dell Optiplex box that used to be in corporate/office computer. They are pretty cheap and perfect for most tasks at...
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Usb adapters are not the best solution when it comes stability and lag free experience. If it's possible, go with PCI adapters instead
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Any downsides to the off brand ax ones now (and the ax200 vs ax210). I also see the strange intel ax200 kits but ive been honestly out of the pc game for some time now. This is mainly to stop the...
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I bought this one before to use with my desktop PC and returned it because it kept dropping the connection.
Replaced with a cheap Roswill PCI one and it has been stable like a rock.
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Again it depends. Not all usb WiFi dongles are created equal. Your making the blanket statement that all no matter what are terrible and have problems and that’s simply not true at all
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Exactly, I've been through too many of those cheap usb adapters and all of them would constantly drop connection at some point, including this Edup one.
I finally went with a PCI adapter with a...
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hi can you share the link of your dongle?
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Agree have tried it and pci is way better
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https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07TLT2FR2?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title
It’s not available anymore but I’ve bought various others and when you look up the Realtek driver it’ll take you to...
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Just how many WiFi dongles have you tested? If your experience is based on 1 or 2 you have a SMALL sample size. There’s dozens of different kinds. You can’t be so dogmatic and say they’re all bad
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dirty secret. you need 5 mbps for gaming max
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Is a perfectly fine stopgap solution and great for travel troubleshooting. Bought a couple of these awhile back and had almost zero issues.
If you’re not trying to cram a ton of 4K streaming over...
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USB 3.0 ports are known to cause interference with wireless signal, mostly in 2.4 GHz spectrum. I first encountered this with a wireless mouse several years ago, it was practically unusable. At that...
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You don't have to agree with me, I get it - you have your own use case and experience. There are so many other problems with USB dongles. Such as overheating and issues with Windows on how it handles...
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If you have an additional PCIE slot in your PC, highly recommend going for a PCIE Wifi Card instead of a USB Wifi Adapter.
Its super stable and have good range.
Search "pcie wifi card" on...
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Interesting observation: when checking out with consumer Amazon account, the promo works fine. When attempting to use my business account however, the promo is denied. I see no incentive to use my...
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