- USB WiFi Adapter: Upgrade your WiFi speeds up to 150 Mbps for lag free video streaming and Internet calls
- Stronger Wi Fi Coverage: 2. 4GHz band Wi Fi covers your house everywhere
- Mini Design: allows you to plug it in and forget it is even there; Wireless modes ad hoc/ infrastructure mode; Wireless security supports 64/128 WEP, WPA/WPA2, WPA psk/WPA2 psk (TKIP/AES), supports IEEE 802. 1x
- Industry leading support: 2 Year and Free 24/7 technical support
- Compatibility: Compatible with Windows (XP/7/8/8. 1/10) Mac OS (10. 9 - 10. 15) Linux Kernel (2. 6. 18 - 4. 4. 3)
- Driver installation may be required, please go to TP Link website for the latest driver for your operating systems
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For the price, a very decent little Nano USB Wireless Adapter
11/28/2014
This review is from: TP-LINK TL-WN725N Nano Wireless N150 Adapter, 150Mbps, IEEE 802.11b/g/n, WEP, WPA / WPA2, Plug & Play in Windows 10 (32 bit & 64 bit)
Pros:
- Small and fits into any USB port.
- Very low profile, once plugged in, can be left in a laptop's USB port.
- Relatively easy setup and driver install.
- Little green indicator light is nice.
- Reaches advertised speeds of 150Mbps when connected to an 802.11n network. Make sure you have channel bonding enabled on your wireless router (20Mhz/40Mhz). Without it, your device will only connect at a minimum of 72Mbps for an N network.
- Supports ad-hoc.
Cons:
Impractical for most uses. I don't know of a single laptop made in the past decade that did not come with a wireless adapter built in. As such the next best application is for an immobile desktop computer that needs a network connection. While it does fit the bill here, being so small, and plugged into the back of the computer, it is likely that unless the router is in the same room, you aren't going to get a very good signal. I would recommend getting a USB 2.0 extension cable and giving this USB adapter some space away from the metal frame of your computer acting as interference.
Drivers cannot be auto-detected and installed from Windows driver update if you're on Win7. You must go to the TP-Link website before hand and download the appropriate drivers for this USB wireless adapter. The version I got was ver 2.0. Installation afterwards was a breeze.
Overall Review:
Regardless of the cons, the device works perfectly and exactly as advertised. Can't really knock TP-Link for making a device like this. This isn't the first one of its kind, and definitely not the last.
Cannot connect to 5Ghz signals. Not a huge deal, but would've been nice.
Tested this with an ASUS RT-N66U router. Installed on a custom built PC running Windows 7 64bit.
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- Benjamin C.
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