NETGEAR A7000-100PES Nighthawk AC1900 Wi-Fi USB Adapter (USB 3.0, Dual Band Wi-Fi, Magnetic Cradle Included)

Mon ordinateur est dans un bureau séparé du routeur Wifi 6 par environ 20 mètres, 1 étage et plusieurs cloisons, je cherchais un moyen de le connecter efficacement pour des usages variés : travail, straming, cloud gaming. Cet adaptateur Netgear est plus imposant qu'une clé USB, mais sa rallonge et son pied aimanté permettent de le poser où on veut sans bloquer plusieurs ports de son ordinateur. Il peut rester discret sous un bureau, mais avec son design moderne et élégant, vous pouvez aussi bien le laisser sur votre bureau. L'installation est très simple, mais il vaut mieux télécharger d'avance le logiciel d'installation sur le site de Netgear. Au quotidien, il fonctionne parfaitement ! Il capte mieux le wifi que les cartes de mon ordinateur professionnel récent. Le débit est excellent pour tous les usages en dépit des obstacles (à l'instant, j'ai un ping de 4ms avec 230 Mbps de débit descendant et 460 Mbps de débit ascendant). Bref, j'en suis très satisfait ! Reste à voir comment il se comporte dans la durée !

Ich habe mich von den negativen Rezensionen nicht abschrecken lassen und mir den Netgear A7000 gegönnt. Die vielfach beschriebenen massiven Treiberprobleme konnte ich mit aktuellem Win10 nicht beobachten (Kauf 11/2018). Ehrlich gesagt war die Installation tatsächlich reines Plug&Play. Ich bin wie folgt vorgegangen: Ich habe mir von der Netgear-Seite den Standalone-Treiber runtergelanden (diese Treiberversion kommt ohne die ebenfalls oft kritisierte Netgear-Software, finde es auch tatsächlich besser, wenn das WLAN über die Boardwerkzeuge von Windows gemanaget wird, eine Zusatzsoftware bringt hier m.M.n keine Vorteile). Dem Installationshinweis auf der Verpackung folgend habe ich die Treiberinstallation VOR dem Anstecken des Wifi-Adapters gestartet. Und siehe da: runs like a charme! Keinerlei Verzögerungen beim Windows-Start, keinerlei Verbindungsverluste oder sonstige Probleme. Läuft einfach nur sau schnell, wobei ich die maximale Geschwindigkeit gar nicht ausreizen kann, da mein Router nur 2x2 Antennenkonfigurationen unterstützt. Ich habe mir den A7000 trotzdem gekauft, da der kleine Netgear AC1200-Bruder zum Kaufzeitpunkt nur etwa sieben Euro billiger war und ich den Adapter stationär am Desktop-Rechner betreibe. Letzteres ist ein Punkt: wer einen Adapter für sein Laptop anschaffen möchte sollte zu einem kleineren Adapter greifen. Der A7000 ist groß und breit, wirklich verdammt groß und breit! Diskussionswürdig wäre lediglich, warum der Standfuß einen so starken Magneten beherbergen muss, dass man ihn von Festplatten und anderen Magnetspeichern fern halten sollte.

I had my ethernet cable running down the stairs to the router. I (the wife) got fed up of the mess so I did some research on the best wireless adapter and this kept coming up in the top 10. There are some really expensive ones and this was the most reasonable for performance. I was a little nervous though due to the £80 price tag but went for it. On arrival, (took 2 days), I followed the installation instructions, instead of my usual 'I know what I'm doing'. I have no CD drive so went to the net gear support website to download the driver software. I usually just get the drivers for this kind of install, instead of the full bundle software utility. This time I played safe, due to some of the reviews of difficulties with it on windows 10, and installed the full package. (It's not really needed as it's just basically a network selection utility and performance monitor but it's fairly light). I plugged in the adapter into the magnetic base and into the USB 3 port on my PC and BOOM! there it was. Connected to my WiFi and BOOM! Speeds just as fast as the ethernet. I'm only on a 200mbps connection from my provider, (so can't vouch for the advertised max speed of it) and this adapter is giving me a WiFi connection of 217mbps. My PC is upstairs and in the room above the router, so it's not really testing it I guess. Been running for 2 weeks with no issues at all, no drops in speed, no disconections. It is a big adapter but not as big as some. I guess if you want to pick up strong signals you need a big reciever. The magnetic base is great too, my desk has metal vertical plates on the side and it sticks there no problem. All out of sight. Hasn't moved and the adapter hasn't fallen out of the base, it's got a good solid USB connector on it. Will update if I notice any issues but I don't think I will.

Il Nighthawk A7000 Adattatore USB WiFi AC1900 è un prodotto di alta qualità progettato per fornire una connessione WiFi ad alta velocità e stabile per i dispositivi che non sono dotati di una scheda WiFi integrata. L'adattatore è dotato di una antenna esterna che offre una maggiore portata e stabilità della connessione, e supporta velocità di trasferimento fino a 1900 Mbps. Il Nighthawk A7000 Adattatore USB WiFi AC1900 è facile da installare e utilizzare, e include un software di gestione per il controllo e la personalizzazione delle impostazioni di rete. Inoltre, l'adattatore è compatibile con tutti i principali sistemi operativi e può essere utilizzato con laptop, desktop e altri dispositivi dotati di porta USB.

This WiFi adapter is great and works perfectly. I've tried a few other adapters before this one, but the all had issues with dropping the connection, slow speeds and having horrible latency and jitter, but this one has none of those. The only issue really is the 2008 look of the program you use to connect to a network, but it works great. So, since you really don't use it that often, it's totally fine.