Customer Ratings & Reviews

Excellent speed for a usb WiFi card, make sure you use usb 3.0 port. Wish it was a little less expensive. The software included isnt great

A plug and play WiFi is incredibly convenient and it captures signal very well. The only caveat is it’s very large, so make sure you have room behind the computer before purchasing.

Bought this to move my desktop to a new room. Rather than running a 100' patch cable across the ceiling or dropping a wall, I picked this up. I was hesitant about switching to WIFI because I do game and stream movies, but I have not had a single issue, going on 5 months now. Excellent product, nice design for desktops to have the base station to put on the desk instead of having it crammed in behind the desktop. I would recommend it!

Awesome adapter. Very easy to use, just plug it in, connect to your network and Done. Great connection and speed. Very pleased and recommend to anyone looking for a wireless adapter.

Easy setup and install, but doesnt work on linux operating systems. Only works on windows

Reliable product that was easy to set up. A little bulky on your laptop.

I recently purchased a new HP desktop computer (not from Best Buy) and from the beginning the built-in WiFi adapter was flakey, frequently dropping the connection for 3-4 seconds. I tried the usual fixes (updating drivers, etc.) but nothing made a difference. Rather than return the computer or take it somewhere for a repair (because it now had lots of personal files on it) I decided to purchase a USB WiFi adapter, After some research I decided on the Netgear Nighthawk adapter and I'm glad I did. It was easy to set up and I haven't had a single dropped connection since I started using it (30+ days). I'm not a high bandwidth user - no gaming or streaming - but it's capacity has been more than adequate for my needs. Overall it was a great purchase which solved my problem.

Set up was easy, plug and pay with a driver download. Works perfectly and stable on the network, picked up a fairly weak signal. Very happy!

easy to install and speeds are lightning quick. just remember to download the drivers from their website before you start to use.

Fantastic speeds and even better range. Rock solid connection with beam forming, if you have that option on your wireless router I suggest that you definitely utilize it.

Nice and fast, but a bit bulkier than I expected. Still good though.

Used it for my new desktop as the built in wifi on the motherboard was getting weak signal, went from being unable to connect to the wifi at all to 300+ Mbp speed. Only problem is it requires Netgear software to connect, so it's a bit annoying to use that everytime. Good hardware but software is a bit lacking.

I don't like using WIFI adapters for one reason only and that is because the connection is never stable when on WIFI with anything. This WIFI adapter picks up very well and stays stable, however there are times when you'll boot up the PC and the adapter has trouble connecting all but after restarting the PC it usually reboots itself and works again. I don't think that would be a reason not to buy it because so far this is the most stable out of all other adapters I have tried.

Fantastic and outstanding upgrade to my old 2013 Wifi Adapter... Huge speed and connectivity difference. Highly recommend this.

Purchased a desktop with no wireless no need to worry this Wi-Fi adapter works great I highly recommend it turn a non-Wi-Fi desktop into a Wi-Fi speeding PC

This is working so much better than the last adapter I had. We are in a rural area, so do not have a lot of options for internet. We are fiber, but it's not great. This adapter has been able to keep up with the many cycles of the server that seem to happen. The last one would always drop and would take several steps to get back up and running and hope I hadn't lost any data or files that I was working on. I've only had that happen with this adapter on a really windy day.

Had a friend log in remotely and fix my slow connection. Thought I needed a new composure and turns out just needed a usb wireless adapter. Never been faster

This is the Netgear WiFi USB Adapter. I bought it to add 5.0 capability to my laptop computer. I had bought an inexpensive laptop that only supports only 2.4 WiFi capability. This provides me with full use of my gigabit speed Internet access. It works very well. I like the connection stand and USB cable connection. It lets me put the adapter anywhere and optimize my signal. It’s an excellent product. As usual Netgear created a excellent product.

Bought this for a computer that was only wired in Internet, It does its job so well, though sometimes it will act funny if there are things in the way of where the router is at. I am a ways from my wireless router so i could just be distance

Reception and speed are fine but seems to lose connection once and while and often on a reboot it takes a good minute + for it connect to the wireless network.