- #USB DUAL BAND WIRELESS ADAPTER INSTALL#
- #USB DUAL BAND WIRELESS ADAPTER SOFTWARE#
- #USB DUAL BAND WIRELESS ADAPTER WINDOWS 7#
#USB DUAL BAND WIRELESS ADAPTER SOFTWARE#
At about 15 feet away, Ixia's IxChariot testing software only registered 15 Mbps at about 15 feet away from the router. This is why I was puzzled why the Asus adapter gave lousy performance in 2.4GHz mode. The only other adapter I've tested that beat that performance in 5GHz mode is the Edimax 11ac USB adapter. In 5GHz 802.11-N mode, the adapter averaged a very nice 130 Mbps testing 15 feet away from the router. That did drop to 104 Mbps by the time I tested 30 feet away, but that is still very good throughput. In 5 GHz 11ac mode testing with Edimax's 11ac router, the Asus adapter managed an impressive 148 Mbps testing 5 feet from the router. Performance Asus adapter provided the second-fastest performance I've tested among wireless adapters-at least in 5 GHZ mode. I prefer getting an actual RSSI number for signal strength, but that is usually found in dedicated wireless management and troubleshooting software such as inSSIDer. Signal strength is displayed the same way as in Windows represented by up to five bars-the more the bars, the stronger the signal.
It displays whether the adapter is connected to a network or not, as well as each network's channel, security, encryption level, the MAC address of each access point, and displays signal strength. The utility performs a wireless site survey so it shows all nearby wireless network. I did find it strange that software that runs exclusively on Windows could not be verified by Windows during install, though. Asus software, however, did not give any issues after install. Typically, I am leery about running third-party wireless utilities over Windows' native wireless management because I have found that can cause some issues with managing the Windows' client's wireless connection.
#USB DUAL BAND WIRELESS ADAPTER INSTALL#
You can choose to install only the driver or the driver and wireless utility. You run the setup executable from the disc.
#USB DUAL BAND WIRELESS ADAPTER WINDOWS 7#
Setup Setting up the adapter on a Windows 7 laptop was a fairly simple affair. I discovered how fast a USB 3.0 11ac adapter can be when testing Edimax's AC1200 Wireless Dual-Band USB Adapter. From my testing, USB 3.0 is the better option since its faster speed does not impede network performance. Unfortunately, the device also only supports USB 2.0. The Asus adapter supports 64- and 128-bit WEP security, WPA/WPA2-PSK, and well as WPS. This utility provides a site survey, details on wireless networking in your location, and a WPS wizard. An accompanying disc contains the driver and utility.
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