Edimax EW-7711ULC AC433 Wireless USB Adapter for PC/Laptop, Nano Size to Plug it & Forget it, Upgrade for Faster Performance, Support Windows XP/Vista/7/8/8.1 (5GHz Band Only)

Pros: Get clear, clean, strong wifi signal in the 5ghz band to my bedroom dtop with <15% loss from my primary dual band router's speed which is located 3 rooms away. I am running Win7 X64 (Ult.), install and setup was a 45 second process. Blue light flickers to show activity. Price over need (had a standard 2.4ghz unit that worked fine) was the real motivation for this purchase (bought 2 - one for lap), to wit, $29.98 (2 X $14.99) less $10 ((2 X $5 MIR) = $19.98 total for both was too good an offer not to take a shot and it appears to have paid off, in fact, knowing how it performs now, I would strongly consider buying it at the current full price ($19.99 each).

Cons: None yet and looking at the simplicity of this item I don't expect any. In my opinion, it's one of those items that work right away or not at all.

Overall Review: Not much experience with Edimax, so this will be a good test for me to see if I put this company in the mix for my connectivity/networking needs and who knows what else?

Pros: - Small Size - 5ghz AC speeds - Light indicator

Cons: - Not plug and play for Windows 10 (you have to download the driver)

Overall Review: Works great on my Windows 10 laptop. I specifically bought this device to connect to my router's 5ghz band so I get the optimal speeds, since 2.4ghz is slow in my area (due to lots of wireless networks nearby). My router is an Asus AC-66U. It will not work right away when you plug it into your Windows 10 device. To get it to work with Windows 10: 1. Download the Windows 10 (beta) drivers from Edimax's website. 2. Unzip the folder 3. Go to device manager and find the Edimax Adapter under "Network Adapters" 4. Right-click -> update driver software 5. Locate and click on where you unzipped the driver software

Pros: Fast install of driver on Win7, picked up my wifi no problem at all. Working like a champ, and it seems well built. I expect ut will last for a long while. Need this as I'm replacing my mSATA laptop wifi adapter with a Samsung 1TB SSD, Read 2200MB/s.Write 1500MB/s, or thereabouts. Seems like a waste of an amazing port just for a wifi card.

Cons: Remember, this only picks up 5GHz wifi, so make sure your router can send a 5GHz signal, and not a 2.4GHz. It would have been nice to accommodate both, but hey, that's a lot to expect in a piece of magic the size of your thumbnail.

Overall Review: Do yourself a favor if your laptop has a mSATA port, pull that wifi card out, use this USB wifi instead, and use your mSATA port for what it was meant for, a SSD hard drive. You'll be amazed at the speed of your computer afterward. Just make sure your BIOS can support what you get.

Pros: works as designed. very small. good range. once i installed the driver (from the included cd i think) my laptop started showing 2 sets of wifi networks. one from my built-in 802.11g and one from the usb 802.11ac. i have only used this with the 5ghz band of my 802.11n router, but in that scenario it has as much speed and range as any other device i own.

Cons: in the few weeks i have used this as my primary wifi connection, i have had to re-insert it twice. i think sometimes when i boot my machine windows does not recognize it and i have to re-insert it to get it to work. but it has not become annoying.

Overall Review: windows 7 64bit, usb 2.0 Buffalo AirStation N600 Dual Band Router i bought this because the 2.4ghz band is extremely crowded in my apartment complex, making it unusable on evenings and weekends.

Pros: Works great!

Cons: RECOMMENDED!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Worth every penny!

Overall Review: NO PROBLEMS AT ALL ;)

Pros: Great signal, good speed.

Cons: Quite the pain to install driver. Comes with mini CD but I miss placed it. Not plug and play on my rig (Win 7-64 bit). Tried Windows Edimax driver and Win update driver, wouldn't work and caused BSD. I used old usb wifi stick to hit manufacture site and download correct driver.

Pros: Speeds are comparable to every other WiFi adapter I have ever used, and much smaller profile. Cost was the biggest factor in buying.

Cons: Not having 2.4GHz band might be an issue if you have public WiFi or an older AP, so I dropped an egg.

Overall Review: Win 10 drivers weren't shipped, but easy to get from Edimax web site.

Pros: Only the price ,

Cons: This adapter could not achieve better than 86 Mbs Though edimax tech support were supportive,nothing they suggested helped.We have two Asus and one TP-LInk USB adapters that immediately connect at 300 Mbs The driver included with the edimax adapter was dated 2013.Downloaded latest driver and speed went down to 54 Mbs That is the old 802.11G speeds It is not capable of AC router speeds Signal strength is very good but that doesnt help if the speed doesnt even match N wireless or better speed.