5GHz Adapter for Old Laptop

[sfx2000]

Getting back to the original question - best adapter for USB and 802.11ac in my experience for Windows has been the USB-56AC from Asus...

 

[sfx2000]

companies whitelist adapters so they cna charge you a lot more for one of thier "approved" ones.

Erm, not really, it's about reducing support calls when things "don't work"...

Keeping in mind that most folks are not as savvy as the collective group here that can work through issues...

 

[remixedcat]

Not really when they charge you 5x for a crappy dual band N 300 adapter vs what you'd find at newegg.

 

[TonyH]

Microsoft Windows 7 the same as my new used one.

I am sure then you tried W7 driver?

 

[coxhaus]

I used the same driver off the Intel web site for both. The wireless PCIe card is an Intel AC-7260 wireless card.

 

[sfx2000]

Thank you Tim. I have the Edimax N450 adapter and it works well. I may have to upgrade to the Edimax AC1200 now after reading your review.

That wouldn't be the AC450 nano adapter (5GHz only) - EW-7711ULC

For an older laptop, might be the easiest way to add some 5GHz love (along with single stream performance in 11n (N150), and 11ac (AC450).

 

[sm00thpapa]

For some reason I found the N450 adapters are much faster than the AC867 adapters.

 

[sm00thpapa]

That wouldn't be the AC450 nano adapter (5GHz only) - EW-7711ULC

For an older laptop, might be the easiest way to add some 5GHz love (along with single stream performance in 11n (N150), and 11ac (AC450).

No it's the EW-7733UnD.

 

[sfx2000]

For some reason I found the N450 adapters are much faster than the AC867 adapters.

I've seen it go both ways... much depends on the chipset and drivers, along with antennas...

 

[TonyH]

I've seen it go both ways... much depends on the chipset and drivers, along with antennas...

-n card with 3 antenna is fast and stable vs. Intel 7260AC. My laptops have Qualcom
bigfoot -n card which I like.