Netgear Nighthawk AC1900 Wi-Fi USB Adapter (A7000)|More bandwidth capacity when downloading and uploading data to and from the wireless network|Faster connections to more Wi-Fi networks

June 2025 update:8814AU is Finally mainlined into Linux kernel 6.15.All bugs will be sorted out 6.16.Tested with kernel 6.15 cachyos on fedora 42. Works beautifully🏆🏆.Haven't used all the features only downloading at constant 40 MBps, yes mega bytes from my 5g connection.Upcoming Bazzite, kinoite, silverblue will finally have these kernels and will be perfect for low latency gaming, including on steam OS. Ofcourse can use the full capabilities of this card for servers too! Even 8812au has inbuilt support.Enjoy🥂Feb 2025 Linux update:For linux, driver is now thoroughly maintained by the Linux community and the installation is a breeze. Although you can't install this on immutable distros like bazzite/kinoite etc etc.8814au is now going to be mainlined into the Linux kernel directly in version 6.14 if i remember correctly so eventually there will be no need to install any drivers. This device by the end of 2025 will be fully compatible with Linux out of the box.Good luck to all. 😊July 2020 update:Works brilliantly with Linux and bleeding edge kernels. Good number of contributors are pushing updates on GitHub. Check out aircrack-ng on GitHub to download any updated driver. This card is good substitute to gbit ethernet. Absolutely no issues when updating new kernels using make. Works well with raspberry Pi 4 on usb3. 0...no issues. Highly recommended device if you frequently use vnc and ssh, but all speed is determined by router. So get a good router if you want to exploit this card. This driver also works for rtl8812au.... Ac600.Works with Linux... Kernel 4.18.5 as of Sept 2018Install drivers manually using either dkms or compile using make.... Then insmod the driver. Switch off SECURE BOOT in BIOS as it creates problems.NOVEMBER 2019 UPDATE: I have revised it to a 2 star rating. One for Amazon and one for Netgear. Read Further.With the 5.3 series kernel there hasn't been any updated driver on github. You will be forced to use 5.2 series the last being 5.2.18 with this device. I reckon it will work nicely with 4.19 on the new Debian but most people aren't gonna use that.Realtek does NOT officially provide any apt support for the RTL series devices for LINUX. The A7000 uses the RTL8814AU chipset which is excellent but has pathetic support with the new kernel. DO NOT get this device or any of the RTL series because it will not work with fedora 31 or other newer distros. So much for performance, so little for being useless. Even the ALFA 1900 which uses the same chipset is nothing more than a fancy brick to look at.I also have the TPLINK T2U nano which has the RTL8812AU and that too is useless at the moment.

Purchased it for 3.2k, 10hr delivery, totally happy.Been using it for a couple of days and it works fabulously (installed drivers from online site). My laptop's internal card was damaged and repair would have costed around 7k so I chose this product.Though a little big in size it is amazing. I use netgear 300n router and the router is at a level below my room and the speed is awesome compared to my internal wifi card when it was working and my phone oneplus3t.This product is definitely worth it if you want the signal to reach farther than 10m or packed complexes. My router transmits 45mbps when you're beside it. My phone picks up 26mbps and the receiver picks up 32mbps whereas my internal card used to pick up around 21mbps.My internal WiFi card is Intel AC 3160. It's definitely an upgrade from older laptop's internal cards.Pros:Amazing receiving capacity.Easy install.Magnetic cradle for sloppy surfaces.WPS button.Sleek design.Cons:Little big in size.Looks delicate.

So, purchased this Wi-Fi adapter mainly for Nvidia gamestreaming from my laptop to my shield tablet and smartphone(moonlight gamestream)because I didn't want to invest heavily in a dual band 5ghz router. I was initially dissapointed because the driver software does not support wireless access point mode,only receiver mode is available. Took a fair bit of tinkering in the driver settings but finally figured out that by limiting the device to 802.11 a/n and creating an ad-hoc Wi-Fi direct network with some third party software like connectify,I could get this adapter to broadcast a 5ghz Wi-Fi signal..now I have this set-up purely for game streaming and it's flawless, interference free, almost lag free(16ms average) 1080p 60 fps game streaming,can do 4k60 no problem on a device that supports it ! However downside here is you can't connect to a 2.4ghz Wi-Fi using the adapter in this mode,and switching to 802.11 auto mode changes broadcast channel to 2.4ghz which is not ideal..So am using the integrated adapter with my laptop for that which still does a pretty decent job with my Wi-Fi connection(dual band Intel 8265). Overall, very powerful device capable of maintaining near loss-less 5ghz stream. Recommended!