NETGEAR AC1200 USB 2.0 Dual-band WiFi USB Adapter, A6150

Excellent upgrade for a laptop with an older non5G wireless card. Simple installation, disable the internal card and go!

I bought this 3 weeks ago and i'm already experiencing trouble with it. Quite often the adapter times out, and i'm left without internet connection for up to 10 seconds. This can be quite troublesome when i am playing internet games which demands that i always bring my A-game. The connection is'nt always that fast either, compared to wired connection. I therefore give it 3 out of 5 stars.

Requires driver download prior to installation, meaning you need access to internet. And Windows did not automatically install anything, even with a wired connection initially. And my box did not contain any installation media, which should have been included according to the manual. And it needs a good reliable usb port, then it works and keeps a stable connection. It gets a bit hot if pushing it, eg. when copying several Gb of data.

Installed this as my built in wifi card crapped out. Problem #1: range is modest at best. My internal, metal encased card had better range, so I relocated my computer desk. : ( Problem #2: now the dongle shows connected to my network, but has no internet connectivity. I’m writing this review on my phone as I search for a solution. All other network devices (11 of them) are functioning fine. I’ve already spent too much time trying to make this work to be cost-effective. Will return to retailer today and get something more reliable.

You can't install this if you don't have internet. You need to download the driver before it will work. The driver isn't on the USB dongle and there is no minidisk in the package. If you purchased this because you can't connect to the internet without it, you won't be able to install and use it.

The product does not support 5GHz and IEEE802.11ac on my windows 10 PC. My other PC easily connects to my 5GHz modem.

Downloaded drivers on to a usb drive because I am unable to make a connection to a router on my pc I've built at home to install the drivers directly. When I open the files, the program installs and then asks me to insert my adapter into the port for detection but after 5 mins of nothing happening, a box pops up saying netgear genie the — adapter is not found.

Bought this about 6 months ago and it absolutely blows. Even with power control disabled (borderline unusable network speeds if enabled) the connection is garbage. Tested it with my router less than a foot away and I could barely get over 20 mbps.

Should have been a simple install, not a complicated device. Device showed up, but can not enable it. Looked on the website for updated drivers, not even the original drivers on the website. I can not blame you for not putting the original driver out there, I would be embarrassed too!

I bought this in 2019 and now it stopped working. I have to constantly turn back on WIFI and reboot computer to get on the internet. This item was to replace the original WIFI connection. Staples said I need a new motherboard with the Wifi network card on a 1 1/2 year old HP computer. That costs as much as a new computer.So they sold me a NETGEAR AC1200 WIFI adapter. Now that has crapped out. DO NOT recommend not reliable even for my little usage did not last 1 year.