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Review on πŸ–§ NETGEAR AC1200 Wi-Fi USB 3.0 Adapter: Dual Band Wireless Internet Stick for Desktop PC (A6210-100PAS) by Victor Glatzel

Revainrating 3 out of 5

Windows 10 disaster

Completely broken on Windows 10. Worked great on Windows 7. The Netgear software doesn't recognize the device when it's connected to a network, so not only do I use the Netgear Wireless Utility to fix this problem, but I can't get it to work at all now. Windows 10 does not have good built-in driver support. The only way I used this OK successfully in Windows 10 for a while (before it stopped working once and for all) was to install a random Mediatek wireless driver that I read about on a forum found a link. Now if this thing even manages to connect to the wireless network, I'm getting significant packet loss and network outages. Please don't buy this until they improve driver support. I strongly recommend that you look elsewhere for your wireless adapter.

Pros
  • WiFi performance: AC1200 (300Mbps / 867Mbps)
Cons
  • Big and chunky