Alfa AWUS036AC 802.11ac Long Range AC1200 Dual Band WiFi USB Adapter

AWUS036AC is compatible with Windows XP through Windows 8. It features two RP-SMA antenna ports, and two 5 dBi dual-band antennas. The antennas are detachable and can be upgraded. AWUS036AC is capable of receiving and transmitting on both the 2.4 GHz and 5 Ghz bands. With 802.11 ac standard routers, AWUS036AC can acheive throughput speeds up to 867 Mbps, almost three times that of the 802.11 n maximum of 300 Mbps. This adapter is backward compatible with 802.11 b and 802.11 g networks, but will have limited speed with those networks.

An 802.11 ac router is required for the maximum throughput. Alfa AWUS036AC combines dual antenna dual band 802.11 ac networking at a fraction of the price of competing products such as the Amped ACA1. The dual antennas and high receive sensitivity also allow it to pick up Wi-Fi signals from up to 2 times the distance of newer internal 802.11 ac Wi-Fi cards shipping inside today's laptops. This is brand new in retail box and includes the adapter, two 5 dBi dual-band antennas, driver CD, and USB docking base. We buy direct from Alfa and are an authorized retailer of Alfa products.

Check directly with Alfa to verify you are getting a 100% genuine Alfa adapter. Special USB dock allows for optimal range placement This adapter can connect directly to a USB port. A USB 3.0 port is required for the maximum 867 Mpbs connection speed. The included dock can be used to put the adapter in better placement for increased range. Using this device with our without the dock on older computers that do not have USB 3 ports will limit speed to 480 Mbps. It will work with any computer that has an available USB port and Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8/ 8.1.

This works on Microsoft Surface Pro tablets running Windows 8 (requires driver download) but does NOT work with Windows Surface RT tablets or other tablets/laptops running Microsoft Surface RT, which looks like Windows 8 but is actually a locked down version of Windows that does not support 3rd party drivers.
Linux information: our technical support team is not able to offer Linux support. Check out this AWUS036AC Linux install guide courtesy of our friends at HackThis.
Additional Features: - Enterprise-class 64/128 WEP encryption, WPA, WPA-PSK, WPA2, 802.1X support - 867 mbps High-Speed Transfer Rate for 802.11 ac - USB 3.0 compliant (backward compatible with USB 2) - ONE YEAR manufacturer's warranty