Netis Wireless N 300Mbps Long-Range USB Adapter with Two 5dBi Antennas and USB 2.0 Cradle (WF-2116), 300 Mbps High Gain

Amazing gadget. Used on a desktop pc. Was using an EdiMax EW-7811Un wireless adapter for the past year, but started noticing quality issues after moving my desktop around different rooms. Even though the edimax and my router was rated at 150Mbps max, I could barely hit 54Mbps on the router, usually fluctuated between 20-30s Mbps. After I connected the Netis (No drivers necessary for the RealTek Chip in Win OS), it promptly set to 150Mbps. Even more interesting is that I can now pick up signals from other suburban homes more than 100 feet away. The best feature with this wireless adapter is the signal strength. Physical size of the adapter is average and comparable to most other adapters. Length is a little shy of 3.5 inches (8.89 cm), Width about 1 inch (2.54 cm), and height is about the size of a fresh stack of post it notes (1.14cm) The antennae measure a bit over 7.5 inches (19.05 cm). in total, it is about 9.5 inches in length (24.13 cm).

Plugged it in and my Linux LUbuntu PC immediately recognized it. I was afraid I'd have to spend a few hours debugging drivers but I had no problems whatsoever. Speed seems fine. I also appreciate the long usb cable so I can locate the antenna freely.

I would have given five stars, however it took a couple hours of surfing the internet, downloading an updated driver (as the installation CD that came with this product is outdated and made my Windows 8.1 system deliver a blue screen with error BUGCODE_NDIAS_DRIVER), once I downloaded the driver from the internet, I then had to download software that would "extract" the compressed files of the Netis driver. All in all it took quite a bit of skill that might be far too complicated for a basic knowledge computer user and there is no doubt that seeing your computer crash after you install a program is not for the faint of heart. Now that the driver is installed via the internet I have a MUCH greater internet signal than before and my internet moves a lot faster.

Pros: Everything. Cons: Too many pros. _________________________ No idea what the negative reviews of this product are all about, unless people ordered from shady companies, got a defective unit, or had their own personal ignorance/technical issues that caused them problems with their system and the adapter. Installed driver, plugged it in, working beautifully. The wireless router is about 75' away from me through several floors and walls, I have 100% connection and 100% quality. It's boosted the speed and connectivity to my router, and I went from being about to see 3-6 wireless networks in my area to being able to see, on average, 25 different networks. Many of these are at full and or half speed. There are only about 15 houses within 500-750' of our house, so needless to say, this adapter is picking up some serious distance. Running Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit, and I know what I'm doing so my system isn't riddled with issues prior to installing this adapter unlike the majority of computer owners these days. The long usb cable and weighted (Yes, it's weighted so it won't tip over) dock is a major plus. The unit is about 5' away from my computer at the moment on a high shelf in the room. 100% satisfaction and would recommend to anyone needing that little oomph, or a lot of oomph, to their wifi.

Works significantly better than the one built into the machine. I was getting on average about 40mbps to the router, with some fluctuations down as low as 1mbps. With this now I sustain 270mbps with dips occasionally going down to 140mbps. I also see about 6 other networks in my neighborhood that my old adapter did not even register. Easily worth the money. Have only had it a couple days, but will update if it breaks. Update: I am now having the same problems that many other people are reporting. This adapter will just randomly disconnect from my computer -- not just dropping WiFi, but it will fail to be recognized as a USB device at all. I have to unplug it and plug it back in to make it work. This is extremely frustrating to have to do multiple times every day. I will be purchasing a different adapter, would not recommend this one.

I moved to an older historic building (circa 1853) with very thick brick/masonry/lath and plaster interior walls. The building has a "whole building" WiFi setup with routers on the first and 4th floors. My condo is on the second floor, immediately up the stairs from the first floor router and with pretty good line of sight placement for the WiFi signals. In fact in the front portion of my unit the signal is great. Unfortunately, I work from home and my office is in the rear of my unit - farthest from the router. As a result, I was getting very weak signals on both my Mac desktop and my work Windows laptop. I had an extender/adapter put in my front living room to boost the signal, but it didn't completely solve the problem. So after doing some research I tried one of these for my Mac (it plugs directly into the computer), did the setup (pretty straightforward) and was very pleased with the results. My reception and signal strength is now "very good" - not excellent, but certainly good enough to make it painless to use my Mac. It worked so well that I bought one for my work (Windows) computer as well. However, the installation software comes on a CD and my Windows laptop doesn't have a CD/DVD player!! So, after some head scratching, I put the CD in my Mac, copied the installation software to a USB drive, and put the USB drive into my laptop, and voila! it worked. Overall very satisfied, and the price was great and they even look nice.

I use this with a Mac Pro, which has poor wifi built in. This antenna definitely boosts my reception. But it disconnects when the computer sleeps and is often very slow about reconnecting. The instructions were not clear, but the manufacturer was responsive, if not much clearer. **Update Jan 2016** With Mac OS El Capitan, my computer stopped waking from sleep, and after some testing, I narrowed it down to this antenna. I contacted tech support about a new driver, and in the meantime, had to remember to unplug the antenna before leaving the computer. Tech support is in China, with very limited English. They didn't have new software at the time, but sent it to me as soon as a beta was available. Had to uninstall the previous version to install the beta. Beta didn't work, and I'm unable to get the old software reinstated and functioning, and tech support just told me to Google it, as they can't Google in China. I now have NO functioning wifi basically and am quite unhappy.

Off brand item and I almost didn't order it. The WiFi transmitter/receiver on my wife's older Dell laptop which is used only as a desktop computer anyway died and rather than go get another laptop, I checked for USB WiFi adapters. Saw this one, ordered it and had absolutely no problem installing it. Plug it in, load the driver from CD, reboot the computer and join your network. If not already done, be sure and password protect your wireless network - too many bad guys out there that look for open wireless networks to usurp. One nice advantage of this one is its range. I work at trade shows and usually have to fiddle with laptop positioning to use the WiFi in those huge buildings. The added transmit power/receive sensitivity and the twin antennas make that a lot easier so I ordered a second one to carry with me when necessary.

Sencillamente, pensé que tendría problemas con la recepción ya que el modem lo tengo en la parte baja de la casa, y mi computadora de escritorio se encuentra en el primer nivel, además de que son muros gruesos, sin embargo, no fue así, y la calidad de la señal siempre me llega completa, la transmisión de señal es excelente, según la aplicación que se instala con los controladores, y sencillamente es muy buena y a un excelente precio. De verdad no duden en adquirirla.

This is an update on January 21 2019, puchased early September 2015. This is the orginal comment I made: "Easy install, have bought for friend who loves it too for their out-building. Would buy again." Yesterday I was at the same friends out in their outbuilding, he was trying to get connected with it (about 50 meters from the router) and it wouldn't light up. (this antenna has been outside in the elements in eastern canada since purchased). My friend thought it must finally be dead, I agreed. We brought it inside and dried it out because it had been raining all day, plugged it in, turns out it was just wet. Put it back outside (still raining out, it just hangs by the usb upside down), connected right away and got 90% link quality. (using the netis program 90%), it had registered about the same link quality a couple of weeks earlier with a different program. I was testing an alfa card with with a high gain directional antenna then and needed a different program. EDIT a year later. Netis has hung upside down for near another year, was -7 celcius tonight and it stayed connected 100 feet from the house, about 115 feet from the modem. Insane. It hangs from outside the top of a roll up door in the box from an old reefer truck which sits up on blocks. Its barely under any cover and doesn't get much intense sun from the direction it sits. Gets lots of open wind, rain, snow, heat from the wood stove which is about 4 feed away directionally and about 4 feet down (stoves in the truck box which is insulated because its a reefer truck).

Worked well for a laptop where the wifi stopped working. Fits in a USB port.

Una antena aceptable, pero no de las mejores. Pros: Tiene buen tamaño, es portable. Las antenas se pueden remplazar si llegaran a descomponerce. La conexion que se obtiene con esta antena es muy estable, en dado caso de que haya muchas paredes entre tu pc y tu modem, este adaptador hara que la conexion sea muy estable, un resultado mejor que el que obtenia al usar el wifi propio de mi laptop. La extencion de 2m aprox que tiene incluido es bastante util y de calidad. Contras: El rango de esta antena es casi el mismo que el que tiene mi laptop (5dbi), lo que salva la antena es la estabilidad de la conexion. Por un poco mas de dinero pude comprar una mejor antena direccional de 3k de distancia, pero preferi esta por la portabilidad.

El modelo netis WF2116 sirve para auditorías de redes funciona perfecto en wifislax, Linux para las personas que buscan una antena para auditorías de redes