• Reviews around adapter (3.20 of 5)

    TP-Link TL-WN725N N150 USB wireless WiFi network Adapter for pc with SoftAP Mode - Nano Size, Compatible with Windows XP/7/8/8.1/10 - Mac OS 10.6~10.11 - Linux Kernal 2.6~3.16

    • Wifi Adapter was so slow as to be unusable.
    • Even though I have had problems with other usb installations on my Windows 7 Pro desktop, this little adapter was flawless and worked perfectly
    • While that was fine for watching videos or doing school work, when it came to gaming, this adapter just struggled to keep up with the demand of downloading and running a game
    • It's worse than my 5 year old other usb adapter
    • This adapter was extremely easy to install and setup
    • To get the best performance at 300mbps, I disabled the laptop WiFi adapter and used this adapter.
    • I would highly recommend TP-Link itself and definitely this adapter when all else fails or, simply for better connectivity.
    • The cover on the wireless adapter fell off as soon as I got it out of the box
    • The adapter isn't compatible with windows 10 fully and has an extremely slow download speed
    • I do recommend this adapter.
    • Wifi Adapter is so slow, that you will fall asleep before it will upload a single internet page
    • This adapter was easy to install and it works.
    • The adapter worked well for sometime
    • Plug and play with windows 10, perfect cheap WiFi adapter for the family desktop
    • This adapter made my wifi connection a lot faster
    • These wireless adapters are great for cluttered areas
    • TP-Link?This adapter seems to work fine on
    • It turns out this adapter is weaker than the original one 🤬 wasted $20
    • 3.0 wifi adapter for $22 and its 50 times faster
    • Also, the adapter is not capable of using random hardware Mac Addresses, a new and neat security feature of Windows 10 when connecting to public hotspots
    • I ordered this wifi adapter and it worked great
    • Great small wifi adapter
    • Wonderful wifi adapter
    • However, the 2.4ghz connection works well, although sometimes it will cut out, I would still not recommend this adapter if you are trying to run a 5ghz wifi connection to your computer
    • After only a few months of working the adapter completely shut down and will not work at all on any computer,
    • This tiny usb adapter works just as fast as my previous wireless card.
    • Updates to windows 10 and I can no longer even detect my router, every other device works fine, other adapters work, this just doesn't.
    • The adapter itself is also plagued with dropping packets, and the connection
    • I don't think that this adapter is to blame at all since I was having issues before, but when it works, it works well
    • this wifi adapter solved the problem!
    • Laptop wi-fi adapter stopped working, so this was a quick and painless solution that fixed the issue
    • This adapter works like a charm.
    • If you have high-speed internet and a decent router, spend the money to get an good adapter to get the most out of what you already have.
    • Really bad wifi adapter
    • I bought this dongle because I accidentally stepped on my old no name WiFi adapter and broke it
    • The computer is a Dell N5010 and I bought this adapter for it's Win 10 compatibility.
    • Tablets and phones seem to have a great signal, which indicates that the problem is the adapter, instead of the router.
    • This replaced my failed internal Ethernet network adapter and the wifi works great!
    • When this adapter was working, I was getting about 10 Mbps download speed
    • For whatever reason, this adapter and my desktop didn't seem to get along all that well, and the internet connection would just die for me sometimes
    • I have no issues with other front USB devices, but this adapter has connection issues and causes occasional BSOD's or freezes the system for some reason
    • I've been having troubles with my Wi-Fi network adapter in my laptop, and ended up buying an external adapter to solve the issue
    • The adapter that was sent to me was a version 1 and not a newer version adapter and not compatible with Windows 10.
    • Wouldn't recommend this adapter unless you're just desperate.
    • I loved this adapter I used the 5g when playing games or streaming but after 5 months it started to act up and keep on disconnecting from my desktop
    • Instead of having to buy a new laptop, we bought this adapter and his computer works as good as new.
    • This Nano USB Adapter is cheap and does it's job very ok for its
    • Ironically, TP Link claims to be the reliable choice, but this adapter has been extremely unreliable
    • I was initially going to return it for a faster adapter, but in the days I have had it, even this relatively slow connection has proven to be
    • another adapter, works similar to this but this one is cheaper
    • I tried everything i could think of, to try and fix my network problem but it seems the problem is ultimately this adapter
    • With a couple of walls between the wireless router and my desktop, this adapter works amazingly well, does not drop connections or loose signal strength.
    • With a couple of walls between the wireless router and my desktop, this adapter works amazingly well, does not drop connections or loose signal strength.
    • It's a USB adapter and for some reason when plugging in a USB flash drive it dramatically slows down the wifi speed
    • I've had other USB wifi adapters that simply work on Fedora/Ubuntu/Raspberry without stress, out of the box
    • So would NOT recommend this adapter
    • I have had many wireless adapters, and for the low price this one has worked very well.
    • so if you have Win10, you may want to steer clear of this particular wireless adapter.
    • Compared to the internal wifi adapter that recently failed on my Yoga 2 (great computer at first with lots of part failures within the first 2 years of use), this provides faster internet
    • The adapter is somehow worse.
    • That is about all I use, but this usb wifi adapter is useless.
    • Great adapter if you want to use a desktop on WiFi or if your laptop WiFi card dies it's much cheaper than replacing card
    • This adapter is absolut trash
    • I did this for months because I couldn't find a good adapter.
    • Great adapter if you want to use a desktop on WiFi or if your laptop WiFi card dies it's much cheaper than replacing card
    • Well, this made my laptop much faster than my internal 2.4 Ghz network adapter, but it is NOT a 5Ghz
    • Installed one Adapter with the included installation disk on a Win 7 PC, and it works perfectly
    • I've been using a few of the AC600s on several devices and they have proved to be the most reliable adapters that I own.
    • Anyway, this is a great adapter for any pc
    • This USB wifi adapter is efficient, cheap, and versatile
    • While this adapter was better than dead, it was slow and often dropped the signal or failed to find a signal
    • I highly recommend this adapter to anyone having similar WIFI issues...
    • I'm leaving it at 2 stars because I figure that I may eventually be able to get it to work, but it REALLY should not be this hard to get a USB Wi-Fi adapter to work on a platform that it is "ideal" for
    • Nice wireless adapter, work very good with my Fluke DSX-5000 CableAnalyzer.
    • Great wireless adapter with a good range
    • This wireless adapter works great in my Windows 7 and Windows 10 computers
    • good wifi adapter
    • This is literally the worst adapter i have ever had, somtimes its 2mbs witch i can deal with its pretty slow, but other times it wil be 60 kbs.
    • I loved this adapter when I had it
    • But do not think that this is the best option or the adapter that is going to get you the max speed from your modem/router
    • I highly recommend this adapter.
    • This WiFi adapter is even slower than the built in adapter.
    • Both of these adapters work very well and with no problems
    • The adapter worked fine at first and the 802.11AC speeds were nice.
    • WiFi signal with this is much stronger than the built-in wireless adapter
    • I would try troubleshooting with the computer, which would reset the wireless adapter and would work again for ten minutes, and then stop working again
    • I am totally satisfied with this wifi adapter.
    • The 2.4Ghz band runs faster than my older TP-Link "N" adapter, but no such luck with the "AC" 5Ghz band.
    • one day the adapter just stopped working
    • If you're looking for a relatively affordable 802.11AC wifi adapter, this will definitely not disappoint.
    • the adapter worked out of the box..it came w cd
    • This WiFi adapter works fine with Debian Linux version 9.2 and above without the need for drivers
    • Please, save yourself some hassle and purchase a more reliable adapter
    • An excellent USB adapter
    • This mini USB Wireless WiFi Adapter works extremely well as a substitute adapter.
    • The new smalled adapter is very fast not as fast as ethernet but acceptable
    • and it's 10x slower than the integrated wifi adapter in my laptop in the same room on the same network.
    • The wifi did not work consistently (I checked that the internet was not the problem using a different adapter and connecting thru ethernet)
    • This adapter is great
    • great adapter
    • However, the 2.4ghz connection works well, although sometimes it will cut out, I would still not recommend this adapter if you are trying to run a 5ghz wifi connection to your computer
    • Pretty amazing how well this usb adapter performs
    • All I did was to disable the defective old internal adapter and enabled this wonderful Wireless WiFi adapter.
    • Pretty amazing how well this usb adapter performs
    • That is WAY too much effort to get a simple wifi adapter to work
    • Good adapter
    • WiFi adapter went bad on laptop
    • Plug and play with windows 10, perfect cheap WiFi adapter for the family desktop
    • There were wireless USB adapters even cheaper than this one, but I've been happy with my TP-Link router, and thought maybe the two devices would play better together than another brand.
    • I was worried about an external wireless adapter being too cumbersome
    • the adapter works perfectly
    • This adapter has yet to break, doing its basic job of acting as a wifi reciever and giving any computer with a USB input Wi-Fi capabilities; all in all, good product.
    • For the price, this is a great adapter.
    • I experience major lag with this wifi adapter
    • This adapter is not compatible with Synology NASs
    • Great USB adapter
    • Product was purchased to replace an aging 11n pci adapter, old adapter could easily get a signal before it died, this usb wifi adapter struggled constantly, so much so that it got stuck in a drawer only to be used within 25ft of the router
    • This adapter was easy to install and works perfectly with Windows 10.
    • This adapter worked well when I first received it, but stopped working 30 days later.
    • Works great, I was really impressed with the packaging for such an inexpensive adapter.
    • My OS and network are listed on the device specs, so I didn't buy the wrong adapter
    • That said, for long term usage this wireless adapter tends to overheat and die prematurely while providing fairly unstable wireless speeds
    • How to improve the speed of TP-Link wireless adapters?" which tells me this is a consistent issue.
    • This inexpensive adapter installed quickly and worked perfectly.
    • This inexpensive adapter installed quickly and worked perfectly.
    • After returning the first adapter as defective and getting a second one that did not work either, spending hours on the phone with my ISP and with the other company's tech support (that was no help at all), I finally decided that the fast speed of the other card was making it draw too much power from my USB port, and maybe I needed a slower adapter that would draw less power.
    • This adapter works great on windows 10 however if you need to read any of the manual, or need to use the setup
    • A local tech company recommended this little adapter and it works like a charm
    • This usb wifi adapter supposed to work with Mac OS 10.11 but could not get it to work
    • Unfortunately, the adapter is very spotty, and often has trouble connecting or holding a connection
    • The USB wireless adapter works flawlessly and setup was a breeze.
    • ethOS mining rigs work great with this WiFi adapter.
    • This adapter is not working after 30 days of purchase
    • Was ready to by a new computer when my WiFi service provider suggested this adapter to boost the Wifi.
    • so I'm not always using the adapter, but when I did use it, it worked out great
    • Kind of a pain, but what you expect from such a cheap adapter.
    • The TP- link usb adapter worked great.
    • The problem is, my laptop [[ASUS Zenbook UX31) shipped with a notoriously crappy network card--it's just the luck of the draw--so if this adapter hadn't fixed my spotty, slow-as-hell wireless connection--or made it at least bearable--I was going to have to consider getting a new laptop--a miserable thought because I love almost everything else about my Zenbook)
    • This adapter solved the problem for my computer!
    • Sadly my Wifi adapter was dead on arrival.
    • 300 Mbps wireless adapter has worked for me in the past on my Pi's without having to load any
    • But if you plan to do anything that depends heavily on the internet, old or new, get a better adapter.
    • This internet adapter works for 1 hour, then breaks, I have to unplug it from the internet, let it cool down, THEN I can use it
    • I have been having issues with my wireless signal lately so decided to install a WAP upstairs and replace my aging Belkin N600 adapter
    • I have disabled the builtin adapter and am using this one instead.
    • Downloading games took hours as opposed to minutes with my better adapter
    • adapter my connection is much more stable
    • so I could use the 2-year warranty to replace the failed adapter.
    • I mean, for a cheap wifi adapter, he works, however it drops your Internet speed dramatically
    • The TP Link router I bought is doing great, but the USB adapter was a disappointment.
    • Love the minimalist size of this USB wifi adapter
    • After about a steady year of use, I have never experienced a flaw with my TP-Link USB Adapter
    • Personally, I use my Wireless Adapter to game and my connection never falters
    • Likely a good adapter on other OSs, but not recommended for Linux.
    • This wifi adapter has been incredibly reliable and effective
    • Picked this up as the internal wireless adapter on my laptop died.
    • It works as advertised without needing any extra driver installation on Windows 10, but 10-20% of the time, the adapter will just start to inexplicably start dropping connection, or drop down to extremely low speeds and slow latency.
    • Wow I am amazed on how unreliable this adapter is
    • The adapter works good enough to run youtube and browse the
    • This adapter worked right out of the box and works great.
    • This adapter worked right out of the box and works great.
    • Best adapter out there worth every penny
    • Troubleshooting revealed that this adapter is just slow garbage.
    • This little adapter is very easy to understand and very fast.
    • I used this for my Gaming Computer, the connection was fine for a while but the adapter started to overheat regularly making me lose connection, would not reccomend.
    • And when I logged onto my 2G WIFI with this adapter, it actually SLOWED down my connection by at least 50% when compared to my internal WIFI adapter
    • Great wifi adapter
    • Have no problems with this wifi adapter
    • the wireless adapter is super fast and i am loving it i would recommend this to anyone looking to put wireless internet on their PC or Laptop.
    • This internet adapter works for 1 hour, then breaks, I have to unplug it from the internet, let it cool down, THEN I can use it
    • For Archer T2U: WiFi adapter worked well for the first few weeks
    • the wireless adapter is super fast and i am loving it i would recommend this to anyone looking to put wireless internet on their PC or Laptop.
    • Open package, put in the CD and run it, pop in the adapter - works like a charm
    • Only my computer suffered from a lack of wifi and a different adapter seems to work perfectly fine in the dorms
    • This wifi adapter didn't work well for me -- very unreliable and poor signal.
    • and RTL8192CU chipsets).atThis is an ideal adapter for my travel notebook.
    • Super small adapter, great speed, good signal range, and plug and play
    • This wifi adapter is too slow for practical use.
    • Good wifi adapter
    • Useful USB wireless adapter.
    • I have to open Network and Sharing Center, and then click on Change adapter settings, and then disable the adapter and then re-enable it, and then go manually connect it to wi-fi
    • Not as fast as other USB Wifi adapters, but it does the job
    • Terrible Range on this wifi adapter
    • Perfect!This adapter is easy-to-use and worked perfectly for 2 years
    • Love this adapter!
    • The adapter was immediately recognized by Win10 and I was able to disable the old adapter (in Device Manager)
    • Josh, my office computer tech friend, recommended this nano adapter
    • Adapter works as promised.
    • I disabled the built in Wireless Lan card as it caused a huge memory leak.
    • Installed a few days ago on my desktop and it's been as fast as when it was hooked up to my Motorola Surfboard modem/WiFi router when I had high speed cable internet @ up to 300Mbps.
    • Works as it should.
    • It works well as far as
    • Works as what it is supposed to but the range is pretty average.
    • Wifi Adapter for troubleshooting, as well as to be able to use the network I needed to connect to
    • I figured having a bunch of these as spares would work out as I'm never too trusting about the lifetime of these guys.
    • I wasn't expecting to get stellar ds, but as it is advertised ds is 150mb/
    • I disabled the built in Wireless Lan card as it caused a huge memory leak.
    • Installed a few days ago on my desktop and it's been as fast as when it was hooked up to my Motorola Surfboard modem/WiFi router when I had high speed cable internet @ up to 300Mbps.
    • Works as it should.
    • It works well as far as
    • Works as what it is supposed to but the range is pretty average.
    • Wifi Adapter for troubleshooting, as well as to be able to use the network I needed to connect to
    • I figured having a bunch of these as spares would work out as I'm never too trusting about the lifetime of these guys.