WD-4503AC

Works Great . trippled in speed from 150 2.5g to 433 5.g . Nice easy setup

IT WORKS. PLUG N PLAY EASY. Okay, I bought used laptop to play with and had no Wifi. I impulse bought this USB WiFi thinking my laptop WiFi card died, when in between shipping, I completely forgot about the onboard WiFi on/off switch on the side. Doh!!!! Honest mistake. Anyways, I run both Mint and Zorin OS on my laptops, latest kernels as of June of 2024. I plugged this into my Zorin OS (version 17) and it sees it as a RealTek USB device and lists available networks, so it immediately works on these Ubuntu kernels upon plugging them in. It comes with a CD with drivers for Linux/Mac and Windoze. The Win drivers are for XP, so that's a dated CD! Nonetheless, it works on Linux. - For people new to Linux, always get a WiFi card/usb that is Linux plug-n-play. LIFE will be much easier when the kernels update, because it just works. Performing a huge list of SUDO APT blah.blah.blah is wasting your time. ThinkPenguin is another solid USB Wifi that works with virtually ALL versions of Linux just by plugging it in. Always go this route, it will make Linux smoother. Happy computing!

Love these mini usb wifi adapter. Use it with all laptop computers from work. Very reliable. Will purchase again soon.

Simple easy setup but I expected it to be an automatic install. However, I had to treat the adapter like a disk drive to run an onboard setup file. There are no instructions. It works great after setup.

Used on a laptop where internal wifi device wasn't working. After inserting it to the usb port driver was installed in a couple minutes and it was ready to go

I have no issue with the performance of this device. It seems to have pretty decent range. I bought it because it was what I needed and it has an antenna extension, which should provide better range. HOWEVER, when you first plug this into a Windows PC it is recognized as a storage device. One of the options is to run the driver install program, which works fine. After that, the device is recognized as a WiFi adapter. Great. Except that Linux cannot run Windows executables. On my ChromeOS Flex computer, this device isn't recognized at all; not as a storage device or as a WiFi adapter. So it is useless for any OS other than Windows. It is not clear in the description that it works this way. It makes me wonder if the one that does NOT come with a "free driver" might actually work with a Linux PC. I should have paid closer attention to the option I had selected. If you're getting this for Linux, make sure you get the one without the "free driver". You won't need it for Windows anyway. Wish I had a do-over for this purchase. I would have ordered this one instead. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09BB15NG4 Edit 2023-09-06: After using this adapter for a few days, I discovered that its speed has decreased by an order of magnitude and it experiences frequent dropouts, where the signal literally disappears for a few seconds. This plays havoc with my work VPN connection. So I am downgrading my review. Hopefully I can get this unit replaced either with one that works or one of these: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09BB15NG4 Edit 2023-09-12: The seller contacted me in response to this review and provided a full refund. It's great to see that they stand by their products with this excellent customer service! I've already ordered another similar device from them (see above link). So, although my review of the product as my personal experience is still valid, I would recommend 10Gtek as a seller in a heartbeat. I posted a separate seller review reflecting this.

his was exactly what I needed to add wireless connections to my MiSTer FPGA. It's plug and play, and I've never had an issue. I have one for each of my setups. Once set up, I never have to think about it again.

This Wi-Fi adapter is one of the few cheaper options that seems to work in Linux. The primary issue here is that there are no instructions included on how to load the drivers. However, they do supply the Realtek chipset model so you can google instructions. The driver is kind of iffy - I found I had to reinstall it at one point because I lost functionality. The speeds are lower than advertised. I was clocking around 60-70mbps on a 300mpbs line. Overall, it’s a decent option for the price but there are more capable adaptors available for a higher premium.