Review on 📶 Netis High Power Wireless USB Adapter, 150Mbps Network WiFi Dongle for PC/Desktop/Laptop, 802.11 b/g/n Technology, Signal Boosting Power Amplifier, Windows 10/8/8.1/7/Vista/XP, Mac OS, Linux, MTK RT3070 Chipset, N150 (WF2119S) by Aries Boyce

I bought this unit to use with a desktop PC that needs access to our company WiFi. This device is as advertised but nothing really spectacular. For benchmarking, I used the laptop's built-in Intel 5300 AGN dual-band wireless LAN adapter. This is an external Netis WF2116 using the Realtek RTL8192CU chipset. With inSSIDer 2.0 I can see the closest access point with integrated Intel 5300 at -45 dB and with Netis WF2116 at -55 dB. While the Netis adapter works as expected, it is actually inferior to the internal adapter (Intel 5300) on my seven year old laptop. To clarify, anything at or above -70dB is generally considered "voice quality" Wi-Fi, meaning you can make clear, uninterrupted calls using VoIP calls like Skype or Facetime. My 64-bit Windows 7 Pro did not recognize the adapter by default. I used the included driver CD from Device Manager instead of installing the included software and it didn't cause any problems. I prefer to use the Windows built-in wireless management utility rather than adding another software that does the same thing but takes more resources etc. The whole "install" process took about 90 seconds. Installation Tips – Based on Windows 7 but should be more or less the same for Windows 8/8.1 or Windows 10. Windows 8/8.1 or 10 may even recognize the device immediately, making this entire installation process unnecessary. 1 - Connect the Netis USB adapter to your computer. I recommend choosing and sticking with a specific USB port, so choose wisely. 2 - Right click on the computer and select "Manage". This will open Computer Management. 3. Select Device Manager from the left column menu. 4. A new entry with a little yellow bang (exclamation mark) called "802.11 wireless adapter" n"5. Right-click the 802.11n wireless LAN adapter and select Update driver software.6. Insert the supplied driver CD into your computer. If you don't have a floppy drive (which is more common these days) you can also download one from their website which at the time of writing this article = http://www.netis-systems.com/Suppory/en_details/id. /1/en/87.html** To be honest it's usually better to download the driver as it should be the latest one available. But if you don't already have an internet connection (that's probably why you bought this adapter), then the hard drive method is handy too. Now go back to the Device Manager menu.7 - Select "Browse my computer" to browse for the driver.8 - Click on "Browse".9 - Select the drive on your computer, most likely "(D:)" or "DVD RW drive" or something like that* *The included drive will appear as "netis auto insal" if that helps you find it. 10 - Click "Next ". 11 - Windows should detect and install the driver. get ready to join your friendly wifi neighbor. While the capabilities of this antenna aren't overly impressive, it's worth the $12.99 I paid for it, definitely worth it.