Alfa AWUSO36NH High Gain USB Wireless G / N Long-Rang WiFi Network Adapter

by Alfa

Product Details

• Item Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 10.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B0035APGP6
• Item model number: AWUS036NH
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (63 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: January 20, 2010

Product Description

Removable 5dBi antenna (RP-SMA Connector)

Compatible with 802.11b/g/n wireless standards

2.4GHz frequency band, MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output)

Complies with Universal Serial Bus Rev. 2.0 specifications

High speed transfer TX data rate up to 150 Mbps

Supports WPS by S/W

Supports wireless data encryption with 64/128-bit WEP, WPA, WPA2, TKIP,AES

Wide Range coverage

Compliant with FCC Part 15.247 for US, ETS 300 328 for Europe

Supports driver for Windows 2000, XP 32/64, Vista 32/64, Windows 7

Linux (2.4.x/2.6.x), Mac (10.4.x/10.5.x) Power PCv

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

42 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Solved my wireless problems, February 23, 2010

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Texas Mack (Dallas, Texas, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Alfa AWUSO36NH High Gain USB Wireless G / N Long-Rang WiFi Network Adapter (Electronics)

I was having difficulty getting a good connection to a Linksys access point in my home (802.11g). The distance from my PC isn't actually all that far (just a couple of rooms), but apparently the walls in between and/or the low power (?) signal from the router resulted in reception hovering around 2 bars on both my laptop's built-in wireless and my desktop PC's Netgear WPN111 USB adapter (internal antenna).

Ping times to other machines on my local home network were all over the board, 5ms, 100ms, 1500ms, time-outs, it was pretty terrible. Playing online games was out of the question. PingTest.net gave me a grade "F"

So, after looking around a bit on the net and hearing generally good things about these Alfa units, I picked up this 2watt 802.11n-compatible one (figured I might be on N networks in the future).

I plugged in the Alfa, let Windows find and install drivers (I still had my Netgear USB attached at this point, to let it connect to Windows Update if needed), removed the Netgear, set up the network connection using Windows's built-in functions (didn't bother with installing Alfa's drivers/utility)...

...boom! Immediately gets 4 bars. I moved the adapter around a bit and got it to stay at 5 bars.
Local network pings are consistently <1ms and PingTest tells me "grade A." It's like night and day.

I can't say for certain if I really needed a "strongest on the market" adapter, or if any random adapter with an external antenna might have worked, but in any case, this solved all my problems very easily and didn't cost much.

For reference, the machine I'm using it on is running Windows 7 64-bit.
PingTest.net results are of course dependent on your internet connection on top of your local connection.

67 of 75 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Buyer Beware!, March 24, 2010

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A. G. Smith - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Alfa AWUSO36NH High Gain USB Wireless G / N Long-Rang WiFi Network Adapter (Electronics)

As the happy owner of an Alfa AWUS036H 1000mW wireless adpater, I purchased the Alfa AWUS036NH 2000mW wireless adpater for my second computer expecting to be ecstatic.

Imagine my disappointment when I discovered that the 2000mW adapter has more difficulty finding, acquiring, and maintaining connections to wireless access points than does the less expensive, supposedly less powerful 1000mW adapter.

Regardless of the combinations of cables, antennas, computers, locations, and updated drivers I tried, the 2000mW adapter consistently found fewer than half as many access points and reported far lower signal strength than did the 1000mW adapter.

Assuming that I'd received a defective item, I contacted a customer service agent at DB Roth who politely handled my call and promptly shipped a replacement adapter.

Unfortunately the second AWUS036NH performed just as badly as the first. Since both 2000mW adapters had exhibited the same behavior and the 1000mW adapter performed perfectly (as has been similarly reported by other Amazon.com customers), I have decided to exchange the 2000mW adapter for the less expensive 1000mW adapter.

DB Roth customer service has been extremely helpful. In spite of a brief misunderstanding over shipping charges, Bianca in customer service deserves very high marks.

Sadly, I can't say the same for the Alfa 2000mW adapter.

31 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Works much better than my other wireless adaptors., February 11, 2010

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K. li "JJJ" (Mass USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Alfa AWUSO36NH High Gain USB Wireless G / N Long-Rang WiFi Network Adapter (Electronics)

I share wireless signal from my neighbor's router, I have an old linkSys WUSB11 works ok for years, usually I get two bars on signal strength. Bought a new PC with Windows 7, also need a new adapter which supports Windows 7, I bought a LinkSys WUSB100 because it is a name brand and my previous LinkSys WUSB11 works ok. Not quite, the WUSB100 only get one bar and some times two bars on signal strength. Switched to NetGear WP111, this one works better than the WUSB100, but just marginally better. Based on Amazon reviews, try this Alfa adapter, installed the drive, connected the signal, immediately I got three bars on signal strength, it does work better than other adapters. Only one thing is, the one I bought came with the original antenna and a 15 inches 9db antenna, the 9db antenna make no different and actually worst.
Update, 9/29/2010, I saw reviews on the AWUS036H (1000mw) which is lower end model than this one. Many people claim it works better. So I give it a try, yes, it is absolute better, I got 5 bars instead 2-3 bars, the cheaper lower end model did work better. Don't waste your money just go get the AWUS036H instead, don't border to get the 9db antenna too.