TP-Link TL-WN725N USB WiFi Adapter for PC/Laptop, 150Mbps Wireless Nano USB 2.0 Adapter, Wi-Fi Dongle for streaming/internet calls, Supports Windows 11/10/8.1/8/7/XP, Mac OS X, Linux, Easy setup

Excellent little adapter that does exactly what it’s supposed to. I bought this to work around the 1Gb limitation on my HP dock and it worked perfectly — instantly giving me a 2.5Gb ethernet connection over USB-C with no fuss. Setup was basically plug-and-play and it was recognised immediately. The build quality feels solid and the adapter stays stable even under heavy network use. Speeds have been consistent and it’s been completely reliable so far. It’s also tiny enough to throw in a bag without worrying about it, which is a nice bonus. As someone who runs a bit of a home lab, it’s great finding a simple solution that unlocks extra performance without replacing half your hardware. This little adapter basically tricked my dock into behaving like a 2.5Gb device — and I’m very happy it did. Great value and highly recommended if you need faster ethernet from a USB-C port.

This product has been a game changer for me! I have super fast BT fiber optic broadband in the house but my laptop never got any where near the high speeds it should. I work from home and make calls through my laptop and always had issues with calls dropping out or a really bad line, my CRM system was always slow. I found this product after doing a lot of research on increasing my internet - I did all the things suggested on my laptop but nothing worked until I bought this. It's brilliant my speed has gone from around 26 to nearly 200!! My phone calls are crystal clear, no drop outs no bad lines and my laptop is now super quick on all applications using internet. It's a game changer would definitely recommend. I did have an issue setting it up as it was not recognising the device. I contacted TP and was advised to put my laptop next to the modem and try again and it worked. Their Customer Service via chat was very good as well This was worth every penny and made my working day that much better!!

This device improved the quality of my internet connection considerably. The issue I had been experiencing was caused by the Intel WiFi chipset within my laptop, I'll not get into the technicalities here but having been frustrated by momentary connection dropouts between my router and laptop as was confirmed by the router logs, I purchased one of these and voilà, no more dropouts. Installation couldn't be easier, the drivers appear as if on a phantom CD-ROM built into the device, once installed the phantom CD-ROM disappears. The connection over WiFi to my router is now rock solid, my router logs show not a single hiccup since installing it. I'm extremely pleased with it, and at this price it's a great value piece of kit.

I bought the TP-LINK TL-WN725N Nano adapter for its wireless N capability as my Asus EeePC 1001P only has wireless b/g built-in and I recently bought a TP-Link TL-WDR3600 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit CABLE Router (2 UBS Ports for Storage Sharing, Media/Print Server, IPv6) . My EeePC runs Windows XP and Debian 7. It turns out that the TP-LINK TL-WN725N comes in two versions, V1 and V2. They look identical but use different wireless chips. If you get a V1 it will work out of the box in any typical Linux based operating system. If you get V2 you will need to build and install a driver module. Luckily this is very easy. You can find some information on the V2 at wikidevi.com/wiki/TP-LINK_TL-WN725N_v2 and download a driver and see install instructions at github.com/lwfinger/rtl8188eu. Building and installing the driver just takes a couple of commands and a few minutes. You need kernel headers installed and make and gcc (and optionally checkinstall). Unpack the driver archive, cd into the directory and run `make all`, then as root or using sudo run 'checkinstall --pkgname=rtl8188eu --pkgversion="1:$(date +%Y%m%d)-git"` if you like checkinstall and `make install` if you prefer not to use it. If using checkinstall that should build a versioned, dated package and install the driver, copy the firmware to the right place and do so such that your OS package manager knows about it so you can uninstall it cleanly, upgrade without issues, or use the driver and firmware package on other computers running the same OS and hardware. Even on my low power EeePC this only took a couple of minutes. Once it was done I reconnected the TP-LINK Nano to a USB port and immediately the device became available in Network Manager and I connected to my N network without any issue. My next task was to try the Nano in Windows XP. The Nano comes with a mini-CD containing Windows drivers and utilities but the EeePC doesn't have a CD drive so I downloaded the same driver pack from the manufacturer's web site and unzipped it. On connecting the Nano to a USB port Windows detects the device and offers to check Windows Update, search for a driver and install one automatically if found. I was interested to see if this convenient feature would succeed so went ahead. It couldn't find a driver but instead hardware wizard hung and had to be force closed via Task manager. Doh! I restarted the "Found New Hardware Wizard" and this time specified where to look. It failed again and again had to be forced closed. Next I used TP-Link's setup utility and selected to install only the driver (no extra software). This worked fine, at which point Windows' "Found New Hardware Wizard" launched itself and got in the bl***y way. Anyway the driver installed successfully and the wireless interface appeared in the system tray and I connected to my N router. Success! It's been a very long time since I connected anything to a Debian PC and found there wasn't a driver or firmware automatically loaded or easily available so at first I was a bit worried I might run into problems. Actually the driver build and install is really easy and quick and didn't take any longer than faffing around with XP's hit and miss new hardware wizard. If you run Windows XP just use the TP-Link setup application and save yourself a few minutes of aggravation or tedium. I believe Windows 7 will manage this all much more competently but haven't tried it myself. The Nano seems fine to me. I like that TP-Link's set up utility allows you to install either the driver only or the driver with TP-Link's utilities. The Nano is very good value and tiny enough that it can stay permanently in place even while my EeePC is in a snug case, and I can now set my wireless router to use N instead of B/G and get better speeds on all clients. edit: I just tried it with a clean install of Windows 7 64-bit. I downloaded the driver from TP-Link, ran the setup and the Nano works perfectly. Whichever operating system I use the Nano reliably connects to my N network at a nominal 150 mbps. I get very good speeds, almost as good as using a wired 100 mbps LAN, so this is great for file transfers and streaming 720p video and similar tasks which had sometimes been slow and frustrating with wireless g.

I keep buying cheap USB wifi dongles, and am mostly disappointed. This was a fraction more than the ones I've bought before, but hardly expensive, and so worth it. My main machine that I have this plugged in to was getting about 80-100mbps on my old cards (technically wifi 5, 5GHz). I have a 300mbps connection, so not good. With this, I get between 280 and 290. That's a massive jump. I'm only connected to the standard router that comes as part of EE broadband, so nothing amazing at that end, so was surprised the speed is quite as good as it is. I actually wanted to see if this, going through my router (not that close) would be good enough for using my Meta Quest 3s connected to my PC wirelessly. And it does. It isn't as good as wired, but never expected it to be. But it is usable! If I recall, set up required me to actually go find the driver and download it which was a bit of a pain, but nothing too annoying. Once I had that, it was easy and worked a treat.

When i first got this device it was working very well. Reaching 900mbps constantly, the limit of my network speed. It worked so well i bought a second device. For 12 months i've had no problems at all. Now however, for the last week both devices seem to have been capped at 300mpbs with frequent 5-10 second drops in performance. If it was one device it was happening, i'm put it down to a fault. As both of them started doing it at exactly the same time I can only put this down to either terrible hardware or intentionally designed to reduce performance after a set period to encourage people to re-buy. Sadly, this is not the first tp-link devices i have had this happen with. Their support is somewhat useless and blame my house for "changing", which is complete rubbish. I know there is nothing wrong with my router/internet/pcs since I bought an adapter from another company and it is easily hitting 800mbps, where running a test on this right after still couldn't get above 300mbps. Only buy this if you are prepared to get a new/replacement within a short period of time.

Great item, definitely notice the upgrade in signal, so overall she is very happy. Very easy to install, and to be able to have it docked or inserted into the pc is nice. Overall very happy

Absolutely solid, save for the times it decides to reboot itself out of nowhere and forcibly halt all that I'm working on. No amount of troubleshooting stops it from doing that. I've ticked the little box that stops my PC from being able to turn it off, I have all my drivers fully updated, my power supply works fine, it just likes to reboot itself. Don't use if you have a need of long online sessions.

Perfekt, köpte en till, r36s och r36max kompatibel med linux gaming hand-held devices

Wi-Fiの接続はスムーズで使い安い

buen adaptador, tiene buena velocidad y alcance, muy buena marca, Recomendado.

Very small and powerful, works perfectly!

Worked with my linux machine. No setup or packages required. Just plug in.