Wireless AC USB Adapters

[retrogamer76]

Why does it seem there aren't any AC1750 usb adapters? I might buy the Archer C7 router, and even TP-Link's wireless AC adapter is 867 on the 5Ghz band, not 1300. If the C5 wasn't more expensive than the C7, I'd just buy that router.

Or am I just poor at searching on Amazon, Best Buy and Newegg?

 

[JackMDS]

Well there is this - http://www.walmart.com/ip/D-Link-Wir...apter/28802813

But in reality I would not buy anything according to Marketing BS numbers.

The decision about a Wireless Router should Not be according to whatever Cards are currently sold on the retail chain.

You were giving very sound detailed info in your 1st post by Azazel.

If I had to buy a Wireless stationary card I would go with this

http://www.amazon.com/Intel-Wireless.../dp/B00EKQN2KK

And the best Router that fits my need regardless of the Speed of the Wireless cards.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Well there is this - http://www.walmart.com/ip/D-Link-Wir...apter/28802813

But in reality I would not buy anything according to Marketing BS numbers.

With Wi-Fi dual band speeds of 150/433Mbps, the DWA-171

That's only single-bandstream AC, 433Mbit/sec.

 

[JackMDS]

That's only single-bandstream AC, 433Mbit/sec.

D Link Wireless AC1750 DB USB Adapter


Well, that the whole point of Marketting numbers for the Ignorant.

 

[retrogamer76]

I bought the Belkin AC867mbps usb stick for $19.99. My laptop can't access my current Wireless N setup (Belkin n750 dual band from a few years back), only the 2.4 GHz band, so at least it will get me on the right track. I considered the TP-Link AC1200 stick but it was $11 more expensive and I'm not buying a new router yet. It should be delivered today or tomorrow.

 

[azazel1024]

Just keep in mind, Belkin often makes crap and from what I have seen, the Belkin AC1200 deserves the price (IE it is a low end product).

 

[retrogamer76]

Just keep in mind, Belkin often makes crap and from what I have seen, the Belkin AC1200 deserves the price (IE it is a low end product).

Well, I've been using their n750 for a few years with few problems. Hopefully the stick isn't total crap. We shall see. I also just purchased the Belkin AC1750 with 2 USB (3.0, 2.0), gigabit, for $69.99. I decided to spend $70 instead of $150-$200 for the Nighthawk or $115 for the Archer C8 (or $86 for the C7).

I set up an FTP already so I don't need that feature (as someone pointed out) on the router. It works locally but I'm still trying to get it to work over the internet. The 3.0 is nice to have but like I said I already have the Seagate Central.

Belkin is 'my brand'!

 

[azazel1024]

The $16 for the Archer C7 would likely have been money extremely well spent...

I am saying this in part because you were asking about how to get gigabit over the air. I don't have the belkin gear to test, but I'd bet a lot of money that the Archer C7, or one of the other better AC1750 routers (or a good AC1200 router) paired with a good AC1200 usb adapter instead of the cheap Belkin is likely to get you a good 20-40% higher speeds.

Or not. As I said, I haven't tested them, but looking at benchmarks, there is a pretyty clear performance difference. Dirt cheap is often dirt cheap for a reason (just cheap could be missing features, but dirt cheap generally means cut corners).

 

[retrogamer76]

If I don't like the router or adapter, Amazon has a good return policy at least, so I will definitely make sure it's good enough for me before I keep it.

Off topic, but do you know why my Seagate NAS makes a snapshot sound periodically? The NAS is totally quiet, but then say I'm streaming from it to my Xbox One or phone, or even when I press a link on a webpage, I hear it make a quiet snapshot sound. Not every time though. I ran a health check and it passed and seems to work great besides that.

 

[azazel1024]

Fan spinning up from off?

 

[retrogamer76]

Fan spinning up from off?

Sounds like a snapshot and happens periodically. Sometimes when I click a link on a webpage I can hear it. It's weird.

I got the Belkin USB adapter today. I like it so far, but don't have the Belkin AC1750 router to try it out yet. Just using my older n750.

 

[thecoolnessrune]

The heads automatically parking on a hard drive sounds like a camera shutter pretty often. If you have standard Eco or Green drives in the NAS, (or if you got a NAS with hard drives pre-packaged, it's almost certainly what they're using), then that's probably what you're hearing. The drives spinning up, reading data into the cache, then, once demand is no longer needed, they eventually park their heads and go to sleep.