Linksys AE2500 Dual-Band Wireless-N USB Adapter

To get optimum performance out of a Dual-Band Wireless-N router, you need to get Dual-Band Wireless-N adapters. There are plenty of Wireless-N adapters out there, all of which brag about being up to the "latest standard" and offering "blazing fast" WiFi performance. However, if you have a Dual-Band router, you are throttling your maximum connection speed down to no more than 130 Mbps unless you spend a little more and get the right kind of WiFi adapters. The Linksys AE3000 will do the job very well for an excellent price.Mine was out of the box, plugged in, installed and running in less than 5 minutes. I did not use the CD that came with the adapter. I downloaded the current driver software from the Linksys website and unzipped it on my hard drive. When I plugged in the adapter, I directed Windows to use these files to locate the appropriate driver. My system happens to have the 64-bit version of Windows 7 Home Premium installed, so I chose this driver package from the website.The AE3000 initially connected on my D-Link DIR-825 router's 2.4 GHz band at 130 Mbps, just like an ordinary Wireless-N adapter. I have the router configured such that the SSID is "invisible" for better security, and the adapter could not initially "see" the 5 GHz band. I logged on to my router and temporarily set the SSID for the 5 GHz band to "visible," which allowed the AE3000 to spot it right away. When I connected this time - Wow! - I had a 300 Mbps connection. I tested file transfers between several systems on my home network and found dramatically improved speeds. This was exactly what I was looking for. (By the way, I didn't forget to log back on to the router and reset my 5 GHz band SSID to "invisible." This doesn't provide perfect security by any measure, but every little bit helps against casual hackers.)Don't look for this adapter to necessarily improve your web-surfing experience. Your DSL or cable internet connection probably tops out at no more than 20 Mbps, so a connection to your router faster than Wireless-G speeds of 54 Mbps will most likely make no noticeable difference. The point here is to achieve faster connections between the devices on your home network. For instance, if you stream music and/or video files from a desktop system to a network-capable Blu-Ray player (as I do,) faster connection speeds will make a BIG positive difference.You may have to experiment with the position of the adapter and/or the router's antennas to obtain the highest quality signal strength. Even a slight twist in the angle of my router's antenna provided a 10% improvement in signal quality on the 5 GHz band connection. I found that my connection speed stabilized at 300 Mbps when the signal quality remained at about 90%. (I have asked my wife to avoid dusting on or around my router for the foreseeable future!) Interestingly, I found the 2.4 MHz band connection to be much less sensitive in this same manner. I suppose this is because less data is being transmitted.) However, even when the signal strength dropped to 80%, my connection speed remained at about 270 Mbps, which still isn't too bad.The key point is to configure your dual-band router so that the 5 GHz band is activated, and to log your compatible adapter on to that band. The Linksys AE3000 adapter is an excellent, affordable choice that gets the job done. I highly recommend it!

I got this WiFi adapter as a fix for a PC with a flaky internal card AND to use for other reasons. It worked right out the box, easy to install, and in fact, the most difficult part of the installation was taking off the protective cap from the USB plug.1. You get a USB WiFi adapter. It's larger than a thumb drive--maybe 2 1/2" long by 1 1/4" wide by 1/2" deep. You also get an extender cable with a USB port on a stand at the end, so you can attach the WiFi and reposition it for signal without repositioning your laptop--or not have it sticking out the side. An installation CD comes with as well.2. To install (I used it on a Win 8 laptop) you start up the CD, hit "setup" and then follow the instructions, which are mainly plug the unit into the USB port when requested. It finds the network. Strangely, my network was down the list of available ones, but the strength, even up a flight from the router, was five bars. I entered the password security key and it was up and running. Time: five minutes or less.3. It did interfere with the internal WiFi card of another laptop right nearby. I wasn't surprised by this. When I turned off this WiFi adapter and PC, the other WiFi jumped back on. I was amazed that the other laptop did not interfere with this adapter. Your results may vary (good discussion about routers and signals other reviews here, read all the reviews. My review is not as technical as some of the experts here.)Summary: worked fine, right out of the box and did what I wanted it to do.

I have an OLD Dell laptop. And due to some unfortunate home network pre-planning on my part, my main internet connection port, and subsequently, my wireless router, is not exactly in an optimal spot for good wifi distribution throughout my home. For a long time I blamed that bad router placement for my experiencing so many connection drops on the laptop whenever I'd visit any kind of graphics-heavy website or attempt to download a file of more than about a megabyte in size. I even had a hard time transferring files from other computers on my home network to the laptop without losing the connection in the middle of the transfer. It was extremely frustrating.However I noticed that when my kids would come home with their newer, Windows Vista laptops, they had none of the same connection problems I did. So recently, I decided to upgrade the old laptop's OS from Win XP to Windows 7, thinking that might help the router and laptop work together a little better. Heh. Just my luck, the laptop's internal wifi adapter wasn't supported by Win 7. So I did a little research and decided on the Linksys AE2500 Dual-Band Wireless-N USB Adapter, which I purchased through Amazon.Wow.The installation could not have been simpler and the performance has been amazing. Now I get a strong, fast connection from anywhere in my house, all via the same router with no change to its setup or location. The problem was the laptop's old internal wifi adapter all the time!I'm extremely satisfied with the Linksys AE2500 adapter. It's fabulous and it just works! And at under $40 it's a great deal as well.My ONLY concern is for its seemingly flimsy construction, so I'd say that care should probably be taken that nothing touches or exerts any considerable downward pressure on the adapter body while it's inserted into your laptop's USB port. While I certainly haven't tested its tensile strength, the thing seems as though it might snap off fairly easily.But no other complaints! If you need a USB wifi adapter, this is a good one!

Tengo un router Linksys (WRT 1900AC) y ,a pesar de ser la misma marca, no he tenido narices de hacer que funcione a 5 Ghz usando todas las prestaciones. La verdad es que me sorprende que Linksys saque un producto de tan baja calidad, no es comparable ni de cerca a la calidad de cualquiera de sus otros dispositivos de red.

Works well

Started working instantly, the software was already installed on my computer as I was using the same model on this computer but my son needed it urgently for his older computer and he was using my older one and I used the new one here. Very good supplier, fast delivery.

The Cisco AE2500 is a great adapter that features:1. Awesome speed/throughput of 300 Mbps2. Slim size which fits USB ports even in the nooks and crannies of a computer3. Doesn't heat up like other adaptersHowever, this is a product which works only and specifically on Windows. There is no official support for this adapter for Linux and Mac. However, Linux users may have some success with ndiswrapper.If you are a Windows user, especially into gaming, streaming and downloading, then this adapter is right for you.If you use Linux or own a Mac, stay away from this and buy something else.

Utiliza el módulo mt76x02_usb (más dependencias). Se puede configurar el AP con el radio de 2.4GHz XOR el radio de 5GHz, pero no los dos al mismo tiempo. El radio de 5GHz soporta canales de 20MHz, 40MHz y 80MHz. No tiene una cobertura excepcional, pero basta para mi departamento.