“Solved my weary WIFI problem working from my garden-office. The Pi5 worked ok when perched precariously on top of a box on the window sill but not on the desk. Now with the adapter + 2m extension lead WiFi is flying again! :-)”
“The WiFi receiver is great, does monitor mode and packet injection in both 2.4 and 5 GHz can't beat it for that price, and of course the service from Pi Hut as always top notch with super fast shipping.”
“Stand alone this adaptor works well with the Pi5, with no additional driver needed and visible in Raspian with no issues.
The main reason for giving this adaptor 3 stars is the lack of accepable shielding on the main body of the adaptor which means all the nasty EMI noise from the USB3 circuitry blasts out and renders the internal WiFi at 2.4Ghz unusable, and I am sure has some impact on the dongle's 2.4Ghz wifi despite the flip-up external aerials. This is a wireless dongle, it should be shilded to prevent this sort of noise escaping.
This means that, for my use case, I either have to use it in a USB2 port (severly constraining the throughput of the adaptor) or use a 1M long shielded twisted-pair USB3 extension cable to place it 1m away from the Pi. Given this was purchased to enable a COMPACT, mobile, secure, VPN travel hotspot for which I need both the internal and external WiFi (up stream and downstream radios) and usually I have no control over the public hotspot's band (as 5Ghz is not affected) then this is sub-optimal.
When I get a chance I am going to try and add some shileding myself using foil tape but, given the interfrerence that USB3 is known to create why is this shilding not already in place around the USB3 circuitry”
“Solid and easy solution for connection issues. Went from a Raspberry Pi 3 with pretty severe WiFi connection issues more often than not, to a very solid connection that rarely varies more than for a few seconds at worst. Since the device is being used for wireless speaker setup, this has proven to be the single most effective upgrade to the setup since I started using it a few years back. Long gone are the days of losing the connection and music stuttering.
For the price asked, I think this is a delightful network adapter. It is a bit on the bulky side, so one needs to keep that in mind, if you have limited space around the USB ports on your Pi. But otherwise, I have little to comment on, much less complain about. No setting up, it just works, assuming that you are running a somewhat recent version of pretty much any Linux-based operating system.
If you have the need for better connection to your Pi, need a solid and steady uplink to enable you to stream your music in the kitchen, or just keep an eye on your Pi that monitors your plants, this is one of the best choices I've seen and used so far!”
“Bought two of them, both worked great as is (plug-and-play), boosted upload and download speeds enough to consider the money well-spent. I expect to order 2 more of them, after scouting around for something better but failing to find anything that I'd trust. Bonus that they're also USB 3.”
