Rated 5 out of 5 by Ken from So good that I bought a second oneI did a LOT of online research for a GOOD wifi adapter. I do not like spending a lot on one, but I also hate to have a weak connection. I had bought a wifi card (PCI) for a computer which was dead, and made me a bit paranoid about getting a dud. Also, I had bought a couple of those cheap $10 wifi dongles, and one has worked great, but the other has been a pain and is hit/miss (plays well with one computer, not well with another, needs driver manually installed / reinstalled periodically, etc.). I just wanted something that worked, and worked well. I read a lot of online reviews of some of the more common and expensive usb-wifi adapters. Some looked great at first, high ratings, but as I read the reviews it looked like the negative reviews were real and the glowing 5-star reviews seemed kind of suspect (very general). This one seemed well-reviewed without any significant negative reviews. I liked the fact it was USB 3.0 and could use 5Ghz wifi (both faster than USB 2.0 and 2.4Ghz, I think). I don't know the tech stuff except it performs very well, get noticeably faster speeds than I do with my one good dongle (which uses USB 2.0 and 2.5Ghz). I bought a second one for another computer I built.
Buy EDIMAX AC2600 Home Roaming Wi-Fi Router with MU-MIMO with fast shipping and top-rated customer service.Once you know, you Newegg! Rated 2 out of 5 by Blink86 from Poor choice of 5GHz channels Unfortunately you can only have one 5GHz 80MHz wide network because that takes up the whole range of the device which only offers four channels of 20 MHz (36,40,44 and 48). Which means that you cannot have another of these access points in a cluster nearby at 80MHz bandwidth.