TP-Link WiFi 6 USB Adapter for Desktop PC - (Archer TX20U Plus) AX1800 Wireless Network Adapter with 2.4GHz, 5GHz, High Gain Dual Band 5dBi Antenna, WPA3, Supports Windows 11/10

Why did you pick this product vs others?:I have a Beelink mini pc with a docking station and an external graphics card which I use for video editing and gaming. It works GREAT however the internal wifi antenna makes online gaming a bad experience. I got this antenna more hoping than expecting it would fix the problem but I was SUPER surprised. Solved all my wifi connection problems. For ref. I have Google Fiber, 3gig and the mesh in my house which is a one story STONE house. I do NOT have my mini pc in the same room as my router. The setup was easy however there is a step that is NOT included in the directions that IMHO you should do which is disabling your internal antenna in the BIOS. Value for money:Extremely good value for the money

I connected it to a pc that has no wifi chip and I am blown away by how good this is. It’s real fast and way better than I expected. It’s sleek and easy to tuck away, it prompted a driver install as soon as it was plugged in so it was real easy to set up. The build quality feels premium and gets me high speed WiFi.

I bought this for and older PC in my garage that did not have a wifi card. I ordered this TP-Link wifi adapter and Amazon delivered it the same day. I plugged it into my PC, loaded the driver (supplied), and right off it worked perfect! In all, it took me less than 3 minutes to set it up. The wifi is every bit as fast as my house laptop which is new and has a build in wifi card. I am very happy!

The adapter seems to work fine, but there is one small problem. After my laptop's internal WiFi stopped working, I started using my smartphone as a WiFi adapter. On the smartphone the ping was jumping from 1 to 15 ms, it was a bit uncomfortable in an online game, but it was acceptable. But this adapter was less stable than my smartphone. The adapter showed a constantly low ping 0.5 - 3 ms, but a couple times an hour it could jump to a few hundred milliseconds and then returned to low values, this little thing caused huge problems in the online game at the most important moments and I ended up losing several times, it is very annoying every time. So it is with my laptop and WiFi router that this adapter is suitable for everything but gaming.

Bought this adapter since moving to my new house. My previous house was wired pretty heavily so I didn't have to rely on wifi. I got this adapter in hopes that I wouldn't have to cable much, since wifi works for all other devices in the house.At first everything seemed fine. I've used this adapter for my PC for ~4 months now, but over the last week, the disconnects started happening.When first connecting the device to my PC, it connects as a USB drive, and the install app for the driver is on the unit. This is actually pretty brilliant, since having to download a driver on a PC that doesn't have a network card can be challenging, if not impossible, unless you have another PC handy. The install goes really quick and installs v2.0.2.0 of the driver.The PC that I installed this on is ~8 feet from the wifi router. Signal is good between the unit and the router...when it's connected. The challenge I've had is that recently, the unit frequently just disappears from my devices. Occasionally, just unplugging and replugging the device gets it to show up and reconnect, but more often, I have to completely uninstall the driver, reboot my PC, reinstall the driver, then reconnect the adapter to my wifi.I've tried changing some adapter settings related to power management and that doesn't seem to make any difference. I tried different driver versions from the TP-Link support site, and I get the same behavior. I was having an even odder issue where when i tried to do any kind of high-bandwidth usage, like transferring files, or using a remote desktop tool (TightVNC), that would cause the adapter to just disappear again. That seems to have stopped after multiple reinstalls, but the disconnects continue.I've read a number of posts in forums about having to change a number of different settings on my wifi router, but to be honest, I shouldn't have to do that. I've got ~40 devices connected in my house, from smarthubs, to Amazon FireTV devices, to laptops and PCs, and a couple of Raspberry Pi units, and NONE of them required any changes on the router side.I've also seen some people compliment the "speed" of this device, but I'm not impressed. I have gigabit fiber internet, so I am not limited by bandwidth. Using other wireless devices in the house, I average ~400+Mbps download and ~330Mbps upload. The attached screenshot shows what I get when I run this with the TP-Link adapter. I ran the test several times just to make sure it wasn't an issue with any single test and the results average right around this 231Mbps mark download. The upload speed is on par with the other devices, but the download speed is just horrible, by comparison. This is really secondary to the disconnect issue though. 230Mbps isn't bad, in general, for most tasks, including streaming, so it's just by comparison to other devices that the lack of throughput shows.Lesson learned and money wasted. Still haven't decided whether to purchase another wireless adapter or to go ahead and just run the cable, but I wanted to make sure to warn others about the frequent disconnects. That has been a major pain in the butt. It's quite possible that I just got a flaky unit, but just know that this is an issue.

Bought this for my laptop, when using it on my deck, quite a ways from my router. I am able to max out my 600Mb fiber service on my laptop, outside. It took a bit to get in lined out in Linux Mint, as it was originally recognized as an AC device, with poor speeds. I had to force the device into USB3 mode, by creating a file that would load on boot. The only problem with that (and it wont effect me) is if someone then plugged it into a USB2 port on their computer..... it wont work at all. If youre a Linux user, look up the lwfinger drivers and install guide on github. Then force it into USB3 mode. You will be glad you did. You can find how to force it into USB3 mode on the Linux Mint forums. Search for "Solved-Update! Mint Reporting Adapter Incorrectly, or...."

my wifi signal spiked immediately, it works perfectly, it connected to my wifi immediately, the drivers installed automatically, its very stable.

Hardware works well but drivers are unstable leading to some crashes/disconnects