is there a decent USB AC client available ?

[jerry6]

I've tried 1 a netgear 600 and it drops and crashes every few days , need a systm reboot to bring it back .
Anyone have a good experience with a USB 2.0 or 3.0 AC client , any brand , as long as it is stable .
Thanks

 

[sfx2000]

USB3 - Asus USB-AC56 is a decent device... I've had good luck here with Win7/8/10...

Win10 is basically plug/play - to get the most out of it, one needs to go into Advanced Settings and tweak a couple of things - but it's stable and fast..

 

[pete y testing]

3.0 AC client , any brand , as long as it is stable .
Thanks

dlink dwa-192 death star works great and is 1300M on 5 gig

 

[pege63]

WIFI adapter PCE cards - Asus PCE-AC88, Asus PCE-AC68
WIFI USB adapter - Asus USB-AC68, D-Link DWA-192

 

[jerry6]

Thanks for all the suggestions , I'll look into them and choose one , probably the D link DWA 192

went with the usb Asus ac-56 , the D-link 192 had to many conflicting reviews on egg , not the best reviews but , plus the D link was twice the price .

 

[Dan-H]

Will the USB AC adapters work OK on a USB extension cable, perhaps a 20 foot cable? I'm trying to get the antenna closer to the router. Not sure if the USB performance will drop at that length.

edit: clarifying, the USB device will be on a different floor, and still need to go through ceiling and floor, but I'm trying to get it closer to the router on the first floor.

Wired Ethernet will not happen until next year at the earliest.

 

[pete y testing]

Will the USB AC adapters work OK on a USB extension cable, perhaps a 20 foot cable?

prob n ot too much resistive loss and issue with power getting to it

Wired Ethernet will not happen until next year at the earliest.

look at power line adapters as your solution

 

[Dan-H]

look at power line adapters as your solution

I have a pair of TP-LINK AV1200 adapters, and they are doing fair. link speeds vary and at best are around 150 mbit. There is a ton of noisy things plugged in. edit: and they are on different circuit breakers with fairly long runs back to the main service panel.

I'm soon to be upgrading WiFi to AC and my hope is the wireless AC will out perform the powerline, but also wondering if I got it closer with a USB extension if that would help.

 

[pete y testing]

I'm soon to be upgrading WiFi to AC and my hope is the wireless AC will out perform the powerline,

only if the construction materials and environmental conditions locally allow as wireless AC and BHR ( big honking routers ) are not the panacea for all woes

getting that ethernet installed sooner rather than later is your best bet

 

[Dan-H]

only if the construction materials and environmental conditions locally allow as wireless AC and BHR ( big honking routers ) are not the panacea for all woes

getting that ethernet installed sooner rather than later is your best bet

Yup. agree on the ethernet. Sadly this won't happen until next spring when carpets are to be replaced and I can open up the sub-floor to run cable.

I think the AC is promising if I can just get the antenna a little closer. I have tested download speeds in different locations with a macbook pro retina that has AC and my hope is if I can get the antenna about 10 to 15 feet closer to the router the performance will be good.

 

[pete y testing]

Yup. agree on the ethernet. Sadly this won't happen until next spring when carpets are to be replaced and I can open up the sub-floor to run cable.

I think the AC is promising if I can just get the antenna a little closer. I have tested download speeds in different locations with a macbook pro retina that has AC and my hope is if I can get the antenna about 10 to 15 feet closer to the router the performance will be good.

the distance and loss in voltage will be the issue , you may be able to overcome this with perhaps a usb 3 hub next to the dwa-199 and powering the 192 from the hub instead of from the comp , not 100% sure this would work but worth a try

 

[Dan-H]

the distance and loss in voltage will be the issue , you may be able to overcome this with perhaps a usb 3 hub next to the dwa-199 and powering the 192 from the hub instead of from the comp , not 100% sure this would work but worth a try

Thanks.

I don't think I'm going to chase USB Wifi as an option. I'm not sure it will help and it is spending money on something I don't really need long term. I think I will return the powerline adapters and revert to using a backup router in wifi bridge mode (5Ghz N ). With a 30 foot ethernet cable I can position the upstairs router almost directly above the downstairs router and the throughput of the wifi bridge is better than the powerline.

Thanks again

 

[sfx2000]

USB cables - max length there is around 3 meters with USB3 - for USB2, the limit is around 5 meters...

For desktop PC's - I always prefer USB over PCI-e cards - mostly to get the WiFi away from the internal noise of the PC itself...

Laptops are a different story, as most do have some RF engineers looking at things...