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Review on TP-Link TL-WN821N N300 USB Wireless WiFi Network Adapter for PC, Compatible with Windows/Linux/Mac OS by Itf Iffan ᠌

Revainrating 5 out of 5

One of the best deals, glad I bought this.

This is one of two that I own. After purchasing the first one approximately two years ago (version 4), I plugged it into the computer (running Windows 7 32-bit), included the disk that came with the kit, and loaded everything. Everything worked like a clock, and it is still running today. I needed the second one (v.6) for the second computer (win7, 64 bits), and because I remembered how simple everything was when I bought the first one a couple of years ago, I went ahead and purchased the same one again. I connected it to the computer and enabled the feature that allows files to load automatically from disks, but nothing happened. Everything was installed, but neither the computer nor the button will start the utility (damn, they came up with the same 2 minutes to press this button). Even though there is no indication of a signal, it would appear that there is something wrong with the antenna. Diagnostics suggests that there may be a problem with the device and offers to eat the firewood. From the offsite site, I downloaded firewood in all of the available versions for Windows. Reorganized both with and without the utility, both with and without administrative rights, turned off the network through connections, and turned on the wn821 - FIG! I believe that's all there is, dead bean. I was planning on making a return, but before I did so, I thought it would be beneficial to do some research on this topic on the Internet. While doing so, I discovered that the utilities required turning on WLAN auto-tuning and setting it to auto mode. Set. Nothing again. I went back into the utility programs, and this time I discovered that there were two different WLAN programs (one in 2022, and the other in English). I activated the second one, set the auto-tuning, and everything started working properly again. Oh man, if only for dummies in the recommendations they would have mentioned the requirement for such settings! After that, insert the disk, and then press the button for two minutes. Really, it was only a few hours before the brain exploded. And so, the map is in the next room over, I can't comment on the games, but I hear the Internet rustling and see that online video is playing. This concludes our discussion for the time being.

Pros
  • works and works
Cons
  • recommendations for settings and settings themselves