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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 Kenta Kawano ᠌

Revainrating 2 out of 5

Not at all what I expected.Terrible!

Dimensions are minor flaws (looks like simple nit-picking). But the fact that the driver goes into error spoils the whole picture. I use 4 of these adapters on different computers. (Win XP SP2 / SP3, Win 7 x32 / 64) I installed different versions of the drivers and downloaded different versions of those included and from the site. But the problem is the same. After several hours of work (from 1 hour to several), WiFi is cut off, namely, the driver becomes with an error. Most often, it is enough to turn off the adapter and turn it on again (through the device manager or through "network connections", but sometimes only a reboot (this always helps :)) But after a while it repeats again. Sometimes it works all day without failures, but it cuts off more often. Maybe I just got an unsuccessful (defective) batch. I recommend TP-LINK TL-WN823N (there were no problems with it) In general, there are much fewer complaints about TP-LINK products than, say, D-Link.

Pros
  • Average price, good signal, good speed, easy to install
Cons
  • such a long stick sticks out . and it’s somehow cautious to hurt and the thickness is too big, you can’t stick every flash drive next to it. The driver crashes (goes into error) and WiFi stops working