Customer Ratings & Reviews

Works as expected. Easy set up, simple installation

Easy setup and connects without problems. Small form factor and works great.

Super fast speeds and very easy setup. Great price.

What can I say. I gave this adapter chance, after chance, after chance. I have had a Netgear AC 1200 router for about 2 years before I bought this AC 1200 USB adapter for a new Windows 10 computer I built. I built two Windows 10 computers within a 3 month time span. I built a cheaper, "budget" pc for my little sister as a birthday/college graduation present, and used a less expensive AC USB 3.0 adapter from a brand I have never heard of (brand: Netis, for ~ $45). For my own personal build, I bought this AC 1200 Netgear USB 3.0 adapter, as I thought it would better go with my Netgear AC1200 wifi router, have better compatibility, and last longer/be better quality, and all the other things you would expect from a known name brand. Boy was I wrong. Unfortunately, all I did was read reviews from this website, and my other favorite online retailers. Just Google "ac 6210 Windows 10". You will see a ton of other people with horrible issues with this device. For many, the drivers for this adapter completely ruined their Install of Windows 10, causing them to have to do a system restore, or even worse, a fresh install of Windows 10. Yikes! Luckily, for me the worst was just an endless cycle of disconnects and freezes every time I tried to connect to my 5GHz network. I waited 5 months (since November, it is now March) for Netgear to make new drivers for this considerably expensive piece of hardware. This model has been out since before windows 10 launched, and Hardware/Software developers have had early access to Windows 10 since very early in 2015 (Windows 10 launched for retail sale in July 2015). Now, in March 2016, there are still no usable drivers for this device! I can get on the 5Ghz frequency, but lose/gain the signal every 10-15 seconds. This makes streaming, gaming, or even web browsing difficult (on the browsing side) to impossible (on the streaming/gaming side). I installed an AC wifi card in my laptop and one in my gf's laptop 2 years ago (intel 7260) when I got my Netgear AC1200 router, and have had 0 problems the entire time. The "Netis" 5GHz USB 3.0 router I bought for my sister's PC has had 0 problems (built in August 2015). All of these computers are accessing the same router. It doesn't matter if I am the only one in the apartment and thus the only one accessing the router or not, I still have a constant signal drop/re-acquisition. Netgear has had a very long time to write good drivers for this device, and they have not. They are a huge company putting out very expensive products, especially compared to their competition. For them to have failed to write usable drivers so that I can use their product as advertised, as it is NAMED and AC wifi adapter, and that I cannot use it to reliably connect to an AC adapter, when I have 2 tablets (android & windows), 3 cell phones (2 android, 1 Windows Phone OS), 2 laptops, and 1 other desktop that have ZERO problems connecting is completely unacceptable. It took me 90 minutes to write this review, by the way, with all the persistent connection issues. I wrote this using the PC in the picture, with the adapter clearly visible. Yes, I know what I am doing/talking about. Stay away from this one. Give Netis a shot. Cheaper, better antennae, and better DRIVERS My build: -i5 6500 -Asrock Z170 Pro4 -16 GB G. Skill Ripjaws 4 2133 -Intel 530 240 GB SSD, Sandisk Ultra II 480 GB SSD, Seagate 7200 rpm 500 GB HDD -AMD R9 390X -Corsair RMi 850 Watt PSU

Super easy, Super fast.....I am very happy with this product !!!!

Does what its suppose to, that's about it. From 35 feet away and with one wall, I get around 250 down / 240 up on my fiber network. Only problem I have with the device is the loss of connection every once in a while. Also not happy that it requires a bloatware driver to operate..... Other than that, it works and will do so at AC speeds.

I recently upgraded my network to AC and my previous range extender would not work upstairs with the new router. I purchased this USB adapter and have much better connectivity then my previous setup. Installation was easy, and everything is working as it should. The desktop dock is setup high behind one of my monitors which may help with the signal.

If your PC has an older wifi (802.11 b, g or n) then you will want to upgrade to the latest AC specification which is up to 3 times faster than N. Easy to install, just plug in to your USB port and follow the setup. A huge plus is the dual-band capability, most wifi uses the 2.4GHz range, meaning it can get very noisy (think of a tunnel where everyone is shouting, you come in and have to shout louder than others in order to communicate to someone at the other end, you may have to repeat yourself, this is similar to what your wifi device has to do if the channel is full of other wifi devices). By switching to the 5.0GHz range, you are much more likely to have the channels to yourself and therefore see real speed improvements.

Works great, had for about a year. Gives great wifi speeds and upholds to this day, cord is a tad short but my setup thankfully allows it.

Originally used with Windows 7 and worked great. Ran set up disk and up and running, Updated computer to Windows 10 and unit did not work. Found that program and drivers had to be updated. Getting Window 10 updates was not the easiest update. Once drivers and program updated, works great.

Good item and performs as advertised. Worked right out of the box!!

This item was very easy to set up and seems to work well.

It works great. Its super fast and easy to install. I love it.

Installation was easy and it has worked flawlessly thus far.

I thought this was a little pricey but wanted to go with a name brand. I found it really easy to setup and convenient with the USB cord extender. I can place it right where I want it. Haven't had a hiccup with it since setting it up...and it provides screaming fast connectivity. I'd say spend a few bucks and go with a name you can trust.

Was easy to set up Works nice Pretty fast wifi Good deal

I bought the first one when I discovered that my Dell desk top could not receive 5g WyFy. It worked great right out of the box. I then bought a cheaper unit for my wife's Dell laptop from Amazon. BIG MISTAKE. It worked off and on for awhile, and then, within a few weeks, just gave up the ghost. I have the Geek Squad annual service contract on both computers. I took the laptop in to them, and discovered that the laptop was fine, but the cheaper external WyFy was inoperative. So, I bought my second Netgear AC1200 USB 3.0 adapter, and her laptop received the 5 g WyFy without problems. I'm very happy with the units.

Allows you to connect and setup very easily. Works really well.

Great speed and improves signal. Installation is a snap.

I had to move my desktop computer to the other end of my house and did not have a Lan line. So I bought this adapter to work with my Wi-Fi. I get three bars on this adaptor while my new high end laptop computer only gets one bar. I do not notice any drop in speed compaired from when I was hooked up directly. Well worth the purchase.