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Review on πŸ“Ά Edimax EW-7711ULC 11AC Nano WiFi USB Adapter - Plug & Forget, Enhance Speed, Windows XP/Vista/7/8/8.1/10 Support (5GHz Only) by John Swain

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Great LITTLE solution to the 5GHz problem!

A very small adapter that you can really put in and forget. I get almost 80-90% of the maximum speed available (I have a 300Mbps connection and I get 270-290Mbps most of the time) except when I only get 100Mbps which is mostly due to the provider , not the adapter. It connects almost flawlessly every time the laptop boots/wakes up, but has had to be unplugged and plugged back in several times in the 3 months I've been using it. It's just a single antenna (non-MIMO), so you're only getting a theoretical top speed of 433Mbps, but you can't expect more from an almost sizeless thing (look elsewhere for additional speeds). Great little solution to keep your aging laptop running at 5GHz! PS: You must download the latest Win 10 drivers from the official website, otherwise they may not work as they should.

Pros
  • Nice packaging
Cons
  • For old