NETGEAR Nighthawk WiFi 6E USB 3.0 Adapter (A8000) | AXE3000 Tri-Band Wireless Gigabit Speed (Up to 3Gbps) | New 6GHz Band | for Windows PC

I had recently bought a WiFi 6 Router, so decided to buy this product hoping to improve WiFi performance on my laptop. In summary:1. Installation was very easy. Go to the Netgear website, download the drivers, run the downloaded file, plug the device in, and that was it. A bit of configuration on the Router is required (eg enable 160mhz).2. The build quality is OK. It's made of plastic and feels a bit flimsy - but its good enough.3. The Wifi speed I've achieve is incredible. The device is only about 4 meters from the router, but using a LAN Speedtest tool, I consistently get about 260 mbps upload and 470 mbps download. A massive improvement on my previous Wifi 4 speeds.4. The consistency of the performance is also good.But for the main reason I bought this device - Speed - its has surpassed my expectations.

Successfully built a 6ghz AP and a client on Raspberry Pi OS Bullseye, using A8000, after renewing Linux Wireless Regulatory Database, renewing the firmware for MediaTek MT7921 chipset, and replacing hostapd/WPA Supplicant by v2.10.It is a good and inexpensive starting point to explore the new 6ghz WiFi band.

Always a good idea to have backup- especially on the road and connection is a must have. Antenna helps boost weak hotel signals better than the 2x SFF antennas I have. Used the old 6210 for years but I needed wifi 6e. I have found that their products are durable. New device doesn't use the Netgear genie app which I liked, but lets windows handle the connection settings which is fine- plus it puts one less program on your system. Setup was easy. Huge plus that they give you a small USB with the software on it vice a CD so if your internal network card has problems you can still set it up and get online. I take this everywhere I go as a primary if the signal is weak. Always have a backup. I saw some reviews that said it had a magnetic base but this one does not. Either way is fine but this takes up little room in your baggage. I just place it in with my Plantronics headset case for storage. A bit on the expensive side but if it lasts as long as my trusty Netgear 6210 USB adapter then it will be worth it.

I've only had this adapter for a day or so, so this review is strictly first impressions.This adapter is exactly what I needed! I have a raspberry pi which has a less than stellar built-in wifi implementation. This adapter gets a far stronger signal and supports the latest WiFi6 standard, it even supports 6E.I'm using 5GHz WiFi. I've found latency is quite good with this adapter. I'm in an old house and my router is a floor down and across the floor plan through many walls. I disabled power save for this device and am seeing a very stable 2ms to 3ms ping to other devices on my LAN. That is very good, comparable to something like a wired MoCA connection - but this is wireless! This thing is leagues better than the built-in wifi was doing, I was seeing really unstable pings from 10ms to 50+ms.I have to admit I was afraid this thing would be a pain to get working with Raspberry Pi OS. It's linux, it's an ARM architecture, and I don't think the manufacturer officially provides support for any of that - it's certainly not mentioned if it is.This adapter isn't plug-and-play using the kernel my pi is running (this WiFi adapter will allegedly be plug-and-play starting at kernel 6.4, check your kernel version using `uname -r`), but I had a very easy time finding steps to manually wire up hotplug support using udev.5/5 - fast and reliable WiFi, plus easy setup. Can't ask for more!

I was questioning this heavily. I am a huge radio/antenna nerd and I was debating this in my mind. I decided to ultimately buy this and find out if it's worth it's price tag. It is. I got substantial increases in speed and a portable stick to plug in (with the extender).Do note that you should always look at the bigger picture (your router, modem, provider, channels, band, locations of all your stuff, ETC). If it really comes down to a good network adapter, then this is probably the one for you.I'm frankly relieved to have this small portable option instead of a lot of cable and my own antennas. It is worth it if it is the missing piece to your networking solution.