NETGEAR Nighthawk WiFi 6E USB 3.0 WiFi Adapter (A8000) - WiFi 6 Dongle For PC - AXE3000 Tri-band Wireless Gigabit Speed (Up to 3 Gbps) - New 6 GHz Band - For Windows PC

It was 100% worth the investment. I wanted to make sure that I could have the smoothest gameplay experience possible, without ping spikes, without connecivity issues and this gives me exactly that. My router isn't the strongest, and this gives me the range I need to keep the gaming smooth. Signal strength is awesome. From upstairs it is honestly amazing. I am getting 600Mbps upstairs and it's pretty far from the router. Luckily the router is free from intereference so this might play a factor. I tested with many games and overall the latency is almost always stable, never really get any dropouts, packet loss or lag. I am so happy with it at the moment. The size of it is probably a reason why it performs so well. It's not one of those dodgy ones with only a low quality Realtek driver in it. It's actually awesome. I am going to recommend this to some of my family members, because this is honestly one of the best WiFi adapters I have tried. It's so much better than my Internal adapter, and that one does 6 Ghz too. Maybe it's an Intel problem lol. I recommend this for gaming, if you want something stable and something that doesn't lag. The big antenna is definitely something you want to consider.

It's definitely superior to cheaper WiFi dongles, worth the price for anyone who needs good connection with a minimal lag. I did break wifi antenna in my laptop and needed some workaround to stay online. Initially I've tried some cheaper and smaller dongle, but the lag was too big to play competitive games like Counter Strike. Since I've switched to this Nighthawk, I'm not having any connectivity problems and I can play whatever I want. It was easy to install all requirement pieces (also offline). The device is quite big, but it's getting impressive results. I'm a few meters from the router and I'm getting above 500Mbps out from my 1Gbps router, which is probably the most you can get with any WiFi. The device can be opened to increase the WiFi reach, but I'm having it closed all the time (like on the picture) and it's still awesome.

I’ve been considering the NETGEAR Nighthawk WiFi adapter for months, but the price always put me off. When it dropped 33% on offer, I finally bought it — and I’m genuinely glad I did. Wow. Just wow. From the moment I opened the box, everything felt premium and well thought out. The adapter itself looks and feels extremely durable, and the USB 3.0 cradle/mount is built like a brick — solid, heavy, and clearly designed to last. A very nice surprise was the included USB flash drive with the drivers, which made setup simple and incredibly fast. I’ll try not to overdo it, but honestly — this adapter is fantastic. I’ve used several no-name WiFi adapters before, and they were always unreliable, fluctuating between 1–2 signal bars, especially on higher GHz bands. The Netgear Nighthawk is a completely different league. I get full bars on 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, and even 6 GHz, consistently. 🔹 Performance Signal strength: 10/10 — rock-solid connection, even in the farthest corners of my house Speed: 10/10 — lightning-fast downloads and perfectly smooth streaming Stability: No drops, no fluctuations, no frustration I honestly didn’t think a USB adapter could perform this well, but it far exceeded my expectations. If you’re on the fence because of the price, I was too — but after using it, I can confidently say it’s worth it. Highly recommended.

Speeds increased by 3 or 4 times. However the adapter tends to disconnect every once in a while.

Works out of the box on Linux, which is more than can be said for most USB WiFi adapters. Speed is good, can pick up a reasonably strong signal from the router downstairs in an old house, when placed in the right position. It is not the most compact WiFi dongle, but the stand it comes with mitigates this, and it is well worth having something larger if it means getting a good signal.

I already know netgear is A* Rated from other purchases. It comes with a seperate usb stick with drivers on it. Which is cool. Easy to install. Strong signal. I like the blue light on the device. Don't get me wrong I love asus and could have easily bought there wifi 7 dongle. But this is networking we talking about. Not motherboards.

Works a treat, I didnt get good speeds by straight up connecting the dongle to my usb port, but by using the cable and docking port I managed to get the speeds equal to being hard wired.

My previous tp-link usb wifi adapter was only achieving 120Mbps on the 5GHz band so I wasn't getting the full benefits of my new fibre internet installation. This NETGEAR adapter is achieving 510Mbps so I'm very happy with a quadrupling of my download speed, makes downloading large game files lightning quick. I'm about 10 metres from the router with a solid brick wall in-between, no issues with signal strength.