NETGEARCertified Refurbished AC1200 Wi-Fi USB Adapter High Gain Dual Band USB 3.0 (A6210-10000R)

The short summary: I had the earlier iteration of Netgear's USB AC WiFi adapter and the frustrating sticking-point for me was that at the time they only made it in USB 2.0. Both this model and the earlier one were good about connecting at high speeds and staying stable, but the USB 3.0 doesn't have the bottleneck of USB 2.0's slower bus.The full review:This is the high-speed USB wireless adapter we need: it's USB 3.0, for starters. The USB plug swivels to allow plugging into a laptop at an odd angle. It comes with a USB cable and base to make it easier to put in a different position from the device you're plugging it into--a feature desktop users will probably appreciate because it means you don't have this thing sticking out from your PC. As an added bonus, the top part of the adapter is a high gain antenna that you can swivel out to improve the signal if you need to.If you're in a place that uses WPS, the button to toggle a WPS connection is easy to see on the side. Last, the unit has a light that flickers to show you connection status, just like an Ethernet cable would.The software that comes with the Netgear AC1200 is the Netgear Genie. I didn't care for Netgear's Genie in the early days, but it's gotten a lot better: not only is the installation very simple, but the Genie software lets you do all sorts of work with your network, from tracking who's connected and how to pulling down updates for your adapter or logging into your router to work with it (I think this last feature *might* require you to own a Netgear router).I used this device on both a Windows 8.1 Professional 64-bit laptop and a Windows 7 Professional desktop. In both cases, I installed the software before connecting the device. I have Netgear ac wireless equipment and I get good connection speeds from the adapter.If you want a high-gain WiFi adapter, this one is your best bet. It offers a lot of small extras.

I purchased a  ASUS RT-AC68U Wireless-AC1900 Router  a couple of years back to replace a D-Link model that had finally died after some years of use. At the time I bought the router AC1200 adapters weren't widely available & were quite expensive as well. I made due with wired connects mostly + a wireless N adapter at 1st, then eventually to the  Edimax EW-7811UAC AC600 USB Adapter , which typically tested at about 30Mps down/5-8Mbps up on the 5Ghz band. I noticed that my tablet(s) and phone in the same room as the Edimax-equipped PC were a LOT faster to my router with speeds of 100+Mbps down/10-12 Mbps up (I'm only guaranteed 10Mbps up by my provider).So I shopped around and noticed that pretty much all of the available wifi adapters (and routers as well) have their share of success and failures. The Netgear A6210-100PAS was no different but I chose it over the competing Asus model due to slightly better positive reviews. FWIW I have owned/own many Asus products so that didn't make choosing any easier.Setup was fairly straightforward, just the usual driver install prior to plugging in the adapter to a open USB 3.0 port. I obtained the drivers from the Netgear website and didn't bother with the included disk. The driver installed fine on Windows 10 64bit and works great as of this review.I do appreciate that Netgear provides both a "driver-only" and a "driver+software" option - there's already way too much unnecessary bloat that comes with so many devices these days so it's nice to have a bare-bones alternative.The speed of the Netgear adapter is roughly 3X that of the Edimax but that's not exactly fair given the fact that both adapters use different standards and different USB interfaces - USB 2.0 for the Edimax & USB 3.0 for the Netgear.Pros:Amazing speed without any settings changes/tweaks (see attached screenshot)Adjustable antennaReasonable priceDid I mention how fast it is?Cons:Fairly large compared to other adapters I compared it to (Not really an issue for me as it sits on a desktop)No activity light - just an illuminated WPS buttonUSB cable could be longerNone of my "cons" were bad enough to take away any stars - the performance more than makes up for any negatives.Side note: I didn't purchase the A6210-100PAS through Amazon (whose price was 10% cheaper) as I had a gift card from a big box store.

Muy rápido llego y me ha facilitado muchas cosas en el trabajo

Un buen dispositivo que sirve su propósito, pero lo que mas destaco es que es de los pocos que funciona en Linux sin necesidad de compilar un driver. Solo lo conectas y funciona.

Muy buena recepción en 5G que es de lo que adolecía

Installing was easy and came off without any issues. Product worked well until I tried to auto load a software update using a link on the NETGEAR genie.It didn’t work. Kept giving me an error message saying I wasn’t connected to the internet (I was)While I could manually upgrade the software I felt that the link should have worked.I registered the product with model, serial# and my personal information to get their 90 day online support. It’s free for 90 days then you have to pay to extend the time period to two years.Contacted “Rye” at NETGEAR Support who went through the usual do this/do that processes.Nothing fixed the problem.He asked for a receipt so I provided him with the Amazon.ca order/pay/delivery page with all relevant detail.Apparently that wasn’t good enough.Told him “fine your product is defective so I’ll return it to Amazon”.I will now purchase a different manufacturer for my WiFi adapterI cannot give it more than two stars as the support offered was so poor.

Having just upgraded to gigabit Ethernet, I wanted a wireless adapter that could get me closer to that speed. I've used Netgear Wifi adapters in the past, so thought I'd give this new release a try; I opted for the USB 3 version. The package contains the adapter, plus an extender cradle for those who don't want to leave the adapter plugged into their laptop or desktop directly. I used the adapter direct into a high-end Alienware desktop system.First issue: the disc the adapter shipped with has an installation routine that locks up every time it's launched. I had to reboot several times to unstick the process. After three tries, I went to the NetGear website and downloaded their "Win 10" installer...same problem. Again, same process, same problem. Finally got their "stand-alone" stripped down installer from their Web site, and used that, which didn't lock up. But, when prompted to attach the adapter...it didn't find it. Tried several USB ports (2 and 3) as well as the external adapter, no luck. Sigh...redownloaded and reinstalled, but rebooted in between. Hallelujah! With the stand-alone installer, and a reboot, it finds the adapter! No installation process should be this hard, and with Windows 10 out for over a year, there's no excuse for the sloppy installation process!OK, so now we have a working adapter, I joined my gigabit router and brought up speedtest.net. Expecting to see the needle swing off the scale, I waited...and the needle crept up to 5Mbps! Power down, and launch all over again, then try speedtest again. This time I got up to 100Mbps. Better, but no where near gigabit speed! My old 250Mbps connection gave me close to 160MBps on speedtest, so while I was not expecting to get close to 1000Mbps, I was hoping for better than 100! Started tweaking things, talked to a tech support person (who didn't know the difference between USB 2 and USB 3), and finally realized I'm not going to get close to promised behavior from this adapter.Fast forward a month, and I've tweaked setups quite a bit, working with tech support. At best, I am averaging 105Mbps from this "gigabit" adapter. Netgear blames the cable provider (Rogers). Rogers says they are not to blame (a direct-wired connection to the modem gives me much better speed, but not close to gigabit). Personally, I'm a bit fed up with both, expecting performance that was better than my old 250Mbps line and disappointed I don't get any improvement at all. So, the NetGear adapter is now gathering dust as I have a direct cable to the router, and I may try some other gigabit wifi adapters from other vendors.Put this in perspective: the adapter works. The installation is a pain, but once configured it will give you wifi, although not anywhere near hoped-for speeds. Better than nothing, sure, but disappointing none the less. Netgear could do a lot better, both with the product, their technical support, and their installation process.