NETGEAR - Nighthawk AXE3000 Tri-Band Wi-Fi 6E USB 3.0 Adapter - Black

Price rating: 7/10 Personally, I would consider this bad boy on the high end of usb adapters. The price at the time of my purchase was 80 dollars and was the most expensive one available in store. I saw Asus makes one that is smaller for around 60 dollars, however, the difference in potential speed was worth the extra 20 dollars for me. I've never had a cool usb adapter and this one comes with a cool stand/dock so it looks cool in your setup.+1 cool points if you also have a Netgear Night hawk router and modem. Looks: 10/10 This thing looks like a mini router on your setup. It even flips up for better signal. All the other ones I've seen look like a usb thumb drive or an antenna Installation rating: 10/10 Your grandmother could probably set this up. It comes with a usb drive that has the installation software on it. Just run the installation for the adapter, then plug it in and its ready to go.

I only have windows 10, so I can only connect at Wifi 6 speeds on the 5 GHz network. You’ll need windows 11 and an expensive (as of 2024) router to take advantage of 6E speeds on a 6 GHz network. I don’t require those speeds, just a fast reliable connection, which this device absolutely provides, looks slick too. The important thing is that this device immediately connects upon startup (after the device driver is installed initially and the network passkey is entered/remembered for your machine). The installation even integrates disabling your existing adapter to ensure there’s no confusion, how thoughtful of netgear. Very smart. More importantly, after the computer comes out of “sleep”, this adapter again connects immediately with no trouble at all. The competition has a real problem here because other adapters will reset 5 or 10 times when the computer comes out of sleep. It’s very annoying, but this one from netgear has no such problem whatsoever, which is exactly why I didn’t mind the higher cost (I expected higher quality and that’s exactly what I got). Absolutely smooth connections after a restart, power off/on, and absolutely smooth after waking the computer up from sleep. Couldn’t ask for more in this regard. There has been some confusing details as to the speeds when I check the details within windows 10 after connecting to wifi, but things have stabilized at wifi 6, 1201mbps with windows 10. Actual speeds have been around 600-700 mbps download and about 150-300mbps upload. For a 2gig download and 300meg upload plan, I’m not complaining since it’s a very old machine from 2007 that had wifi 4 (wireless n, I think?). It’s a fantastic upgrade, well worth the expense for reliable operation. Don’t waste your time and money on all those cheap adapters unless you absolutely need a micro sized one for travel, but also don’t expect any level of performance out of a micro sized one. This one is excellent and gets the job done. If you don’t mind the size, buy this and be glad you did. It’s reliable, it works, it’s fast, and that’s what matters most.

My girlfriends PC didnt have wifi available on it, so i decided to buy her this adapter. I expected it to work, but not like this. The setup was super simple. Within 5 mins she had working wifi. I have to say, this thing gives her very fast speeds. We have wifi 6 in our and the ethernet port was too far. This was the best option. She has speeds up to 500-650mbps! Its very reliable and seems to hold uo very well for gaming. I highly recommend this. I believe they make one thats like $10 cheaper too just doesn’t come with the dock.

I ditched my internet providers equipment and bought a Netgear modem and router. My laptop is newer so I had no issues with it connecting but I could not get my old Windows 10 desktop to connect to my WiFi. After a few days of frustration I finally figured out my wifi adapter was outadted and incompatable with my new Netgear equipment. So I came to Best Buy and bought the Netgear WiFi adapter and it connected in seconds with no issues. Very happy.

Honestly great product, I’ve had for at least 2 months now and it works phenomenal. I use it as a WiFi extension since my pc connection doesn’t go that far. The router is on the second floor and I’m in the basement and it was game changer