1000mW 1W 802.11g/n High Gain USB Wireless G / N Long-Rang WiFi Network Adapter – Also works with Viewsonic vmp75

First, the con. It is unwieldy for a dongle. You really benefit from a USB extension cable if you are using this with a laptop.Now, the pros.Excellent performance. I installed drivers only (no utility) and let windows manage the device. I get far superior performance two stories up from my basement router than I did with my netbook's built in card. Superb reception as confirmed by a Windows "excellent" five bars vs. two previously, and my DD-WRT router's connection ratings (40 percent vs 17 percent).As a huge added bonus for power users, it has a replaceable antenna and is ready for your homemade cantenna or a commercial upgrade.A great value and it runs nice and cool for its power. If you can live with the clunky size, buy it. It is a great mobile adaptor you can easily shift to other PC's and antennas. Though the included antenna works very well.The best USB network dongle of the 5 I have owned from Belkin, Netgear, Trendnet, and a generic Ralink. When I use inSSIDer or netstumbler, far more networks show up in range. I had issues streaming video on my home network and this solved the problem. It may not be 300M/S but it gives you a solid connection which is more important than rated speed.

I just received this today. Fast shipping. Ordered Sunday night, received Thursday morning.I did a lot of research to find a 802.11N WiFi USB that would work with both Windows 7 and Ubuntu 10.10 Linux.This one came the closest. Although there were reviews suggesting that I would have issues on both OS's, they would be resolvable.Those doubts were wrong. There were no issues on either OS.I unplugged my old Belkin Basic 802.11n ($35) and plugged this one in. Windows 7 found it and installed the drivers immediately and at once I was able to surf the net at 2-3 times the speed. I verified this with CNET's Speedtest. It showed a 65Mbs connection.I planned to install Ubuntu on this same box once I found a reliable 802.11n WiFi USB. So, as a test, I booted Ubuntu from CD (64bit version) and voila!It found the dongle and I connected to my D-Link 802.11n Wireless network using WPA with no problems whatsoever. It showed a 54mbs connection. Surfing was quite quick. I could not test via CNET due to an Adobe Flash Issue that will be resolved when I install the OS on my hard drive. But, it appeared quicker on the same pages that I tested on Windows 7 (which I expected).So, bottom line, I am extremely satisfied with this purchase.Update: After using the product for several days, I have discovered a minor inconvenience. If the computer goes to "sleep" due to inactivity, when I "awaken" it then Windows 7 cannot find it. I have tried adjusting the Power management options, including disabling "allow the computer to turn off this device to save power" to no avail. The solution is simple but somewhat inconvenient. I can either shutdown and power back up, or unplug the dongle and re-plug it, at which point Windows 7 finds it immediately and activates it. I did read in one review about a similar issue with Ubuntu but cannot verify at this time.

Apparently my Airport card failed in my almost 4 year old MacBookPro and replacing it was going to cost $[...] plus labor. I am overdue for a replacement and didnt want to spend $[...] for something I wasnt going to use in 6 months.Writing this review connected with this so if you are reading this, it works.So that is the most important thing, it works. I unpacked it, screwed in the antenna and then went to the Alpha website for drivers. I had to google the model number because as you can see, the address is not the most obvious.[...]Downloading the drivers was interesting because you get directed to [...] free file sharing site. Apparently keeping down costs is important. The Mac drivers were for 10.3-10.6 but there was a warning that the Snow Leopard drivers did not work. I attempted to instal them anyway and was rewarded with a working system. But the software does in fact fail randomly. While it was working, I could see that this little thing has some serious range and pulling power. Instead of the normal 3 networks visible (2 mine, one next door) I got 8, one of which I know is over 300 meters away. Not bad.Now for the bad part. This thing looks pretty fragile. Tomorrow I am buying a short USB extension cord so I dont have this plugged directly into the port. And it has a very annoying blue light to tell you its working. Black tape will solve that.I have tried it with and without the antenna and in the house it works fine without an antenna.Overall, Im very happy. I have wireless again and when I retire this machine I can hang on to this as a backup. Always good to have plan B!January Update - After 4 months of use and abuse I managed to break my first one. When I got a new one it was MUCH more sturdy from day one. I think I got a bad one right off but I still mistreated it so I am not blaming it for breaking. The USB extension cable is a must.

You won't believe how good this product is until you try it. I tried two linksys AE1000's which is Linksys "best" USB wireless N adapters (send each back after trying each one), and only got a poor signal ( 13 - 27 mbps) in my home office about 30 feet away from my Linksys E2000 router. Now I'm getting 135 mbps all the time, with Very Good to Excellent signal strength for 1/2 price as before. Sure there is a antenna sticking out of this one (but you need that puppy), but even with AE1000 "mount" there was still poor signal strength -- no improvement over just sticking in the unit directly. But this USB adapter is fantastic. Downloaded new XP drivers, works first time, every time. You can't believe how much better this is than other USB wireless N adapters I've tried. Its just amazing how well it works, and how solid and steady is the performance. Mine is the one with the single 6" antenna. They have another one with 6" and 3" extender (9"). Git u 1 today.

No complain for the adapter. The only thing not so perfect is the interface of the Windows application. Its UI is out of date.