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1.0 out of 5 starsCan't Recomment - Not Reliable
Reviewed in the United States on May 17, 2017
I had high hopes for this wireless USB adapter. Alas, my hopes are dashed, I've been cursing this little machine, and it's nearly useless for daily work off of the home network. Nearly useless. I'm using Windows 10. Windows 10 is bad enough with wireless connections, and the update to Windows 10 ruined my previously reliable network interface. My previous interface was a $25 DELL computer board that hung antennas off the back of my desktop, all tangled up with the wires going everywhere else. So, perhaps, it isn't entirely fair to say that the adapter is the root cause of this problem.
Nonetheless, this adapter is entirely unreliable. When it works, it works for some unpredictable period of time; maybe 10 minutes, maybe an hour or two, or maybe not at all. It never works when the machine is powered on, I have to unplug the adapter and plug it back in. When it is connected, and I'm in the middle of some hot and heavy website activity such as banking, or making an order, suddenly POOF! NO CONNECTION! pops up from Windows 10.
I'm not an expert on USB type adapters, but there seems to be little to endorse this unit, especially for the price.
I wish I new whether this is a Windows 10 issue, or an adapter issue, or both ... but, whatever it is, and also noting the nearly 20% of customers who feel the same way, you are probably better off going elsewhere or using a hard wired connection.
I finally gave up on all wireless interfaces to Windows 10 and have been hard-wired to the home router. Works great now, no problems at all.
So, good luck to the TRENDnet folks in figuring out what's going on. I certainly can't. So it seems to me there's something awfully rotten in the bowels of Windows 10.
And, note, all Apple equipment connects to my home network and runs the full 300 Mbps (300 million bits per second) no problem, every time, all the time.
Crap. It's time to go Apple ... !
