ASUS - USB-AC53 Nano AC1200 Dual-Band Wi-Fi 5 USB Network Adapter - Black

Reviewed in the United States on September 7, 2018 Size: USB-AC53 NanoStyle: USBPattern Name: Adapter Wow! Easy install and works as it should! Dell notebook with older b/g/n WiFi, with Windows 10 installed. Ookla Speedtest and Google’s speedtest both struggled to achieve much more than a couple of (2-3) Mbps download results. I plugged the adapter into a USB slot, Windows installed the device with little fanfare, yay. Looking at Device Manager I could see the new adapter under networking. I jumped over to the notifications area on the task bar, clicked on my WiFi icon, selected my WiFi network (802.11AC). Again, connected without issue. Disabled the old Dell b/g/n adapter n Device Manager. Re-ran speed test again and no getting results consistently 100-200 Mbps (using 802.11 AC router and 250 Mbps internet access). Windows Task Manager > Performance tab showed CPU never went above 60 percent utilization, 4 of 8 GB RAM use, and networking showing similar or higher throughputs than speed tests. Outlook, Firefox with multiple tabs, 2 PDFs, several word docs, folders, and more all open during test.

The ASUS - Dual-Band AC1200 USB Network Adapter works like a charm. I get around 200mbs while on a device that has wifi integrated in gets around 250mbs. It’s ease of use is perfect for when I’m on the go too because it’s small form factor I can keep it in my backpack and plug it in to any devices that may be broken. Although I’m getting around 50mbs slower than the integrated wifi chip installed on devices it doesn’t impact my performance too heavily. In games I’ll usually get around 15 ping which is around the same with other devices if not more. But because of the limitation with the speed and how it might impact other people more than me I had to give it 4 stars. But I recommend this to anyone who has a very slow internet connection on one specific device or when one of there devices only supports Ethernet.

Honestly, I was very surprised with this little guy, I have had bad luck with these kind of WiFi chips in the past, but this one works flawlessly. It was incredibly easy to set up, and has amazing connection, I hardly lag at all if ever. Overall, extremely impressed with the connectivity and ease of this product. In the photo, it’s plugged into the top USB slot on my PC. That’s how small it is!

My Skytech PC has a bad wifi card, and this thing did the trick immediately. I get super high speeds now. It was also super easy to set up, just make sure to restart once everhthing is installed.

This is an awesome little network adaptor!! Turned my Lenovo laptop into a 5G network and the network adaptor is practically invisible! It is that small! Works perfectly at home and at my work,which is a very large shop area. I carry my laptop back and forth to work and the network adaptor is untouched in my carry case.