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Derek Boyles
Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2025
I'll start by saying this is being used for an older desktop (8th gen Intel i7) that recently started having issues with it's built-in WiFi 5 (802.11ac) adapter. After using it for a day, it's been solid and the speeds are impressively faster than I've ever experienced on the computer. Here's a breakdown of my thoughts:- The speeds were noticeably faster. I pay for 500/Mbps download and upload speeds and this WiFi adapter got a consistent 450Mbps (download and upload) on each of the 5 tests performed. The computer is in the basement and roughly 50 feet away from where the router is placed on our first floor. I used to get roughly 200Mbps speeds before with the built-in adapter.- I like the ability to turn the blue activity light on/off by tapping the touch sensitive button on the base of the adapter.- Make sure you disable your old WiFi adapter in Device Manager so your computer will only attempt to use the Wavlink adapter moving forward.- I like that the adapter is also seen as an external drive so you can install the drivers very easily. No more hunting for drivers online.- Make sure you plug the WiFi adapter into a USB 3.0 port and not an older USB 2.0 port. This will help you achieve the top advertised speeds. The included USB 3.0 cable could be a bit longer though.Overall, for the price, this isn't a bad option!
C Elledge
Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2025
This is a very nice WiFi adapter. It came in nice, but simple packaging. It included the adapter and a USB-C to USB 3 cable and that is all that is needed. Note that this is a Windows only adapter. I am not sure if there are linux drivers and Apple does not allow third party adapters. It shows to be a Realtek 8832CU chipset.When first plugged into a Windows PC, the adapter appears as a CD drive with the software ready to install (screenshot attached). After installing the software, the drive disappears and does not remount unless the software is removed.I connected to our guest network with a speed of 1201 Mbps. That is a significant improvement over the Intel chipset built into my Dell PC. I was getting around 700 Mbps on the internal chipset. I suspect that the antennas on the external adapter give it a big advantage over the internal antenna.The adapter looks really neat. It stands 7 inches tall with the antennas fully vertical. The antennas can be articulated many ways to suit your needs.I really like the simplicity of this WiFi adapter and have been impressed with the speeds I am getting. Speed tests are subject to many variables and I am not trying to push this to its limit. Getting a 50% increase in speed versus the internal 6E WiFi is enough for me. Overall, I recommend this adapter if you need more speed and have a router to support it.
dreimalschwarzerkater
Reviewed in Germany on May 28, 2025
Dieser WAVLINK AX5400 USB WLAN Stick hat meine Erwartungen übertroffen und verdient ohne Zweifel fünf Sterne! Das elegante, schwarze Design mit den vier drehbaren High-Gain-Antennen sieht nicht nur modern aus, sondern sorgt auch für eine beeindruckende Signalstärke. Die Möglichkeit, den Adapter dank des mitgelieferten 1-Meter-USB-3.0-Kabels flexibel zu positionieren, hat mir geholfen, den optimalen Empfang zu finden, selbst in einer Wohnung mit mehreren Wänden. Besonders praktisch finde ich die Funktion, das LED-Licht durch einen Klick auf das WAVLINK-Logo ein- oder auszuschalten – eine kleine, aber durchdachte Detail.Die Leistung dieses Adapters ist einfach phänomenal. Dank der WiFi 6E-Technologie und der Tri-Band-Unterstützung (6 GHz, 5 GHz, 2,4 GHz) erreiche ich Geschwindigkeiten, die meine Internetverbindung voll ausreizen. Mit bis zu 2402 Mbit/s auf 6 GHz und 5 GHz sowie 573 Mbit/s auf 2,4 GHz ist er perfekt für anspruchsvolle Anwendungen wie 4K/8K-Streaming, Online-Gaming oder große Dateiübertragungen. Besonders das 6-GHz-Band sorgt für eine extrem niedrige Latenz, was beim Gaming oder in VR-Anwendungen einen spürbaren Unterschied macht. Die OFDMA- und MU-MIMO-Technologien sorgen selbst in einem Haushalt mit vielen Geräten für eine stabile und effiziente Verbindung ohne Verzögerungen.Die Einrichtung war ein Kinderspiel. Der integrierte Treiber wurde von meinem Windows 11 System sofort erkannt, und ich war innerhalb weniger Minuten online. Die Kompatibilität mit WiFi 6 und 6E Routern ist nahtlos, und die WPA3-Verschlüsselung gibt mir ein zusätzliches Gefühl von Sicherheit, da meine Daten optimal geschützt sind. Auch die Reichweite ist bemerkenswert: Selbst in entfernten Ecken meines Hauses bleibt die Verbindung stark und zuverlässig, was bei meinem alten Adapter nicht der Fall war Insgesamt ist dieser WAVLINK WiFi 6E Adapter eine hervorragende Investition für alle, die ihr Netzwerk auf das nächste Level bringen wollen. Die Kombination aus modernster Technologie, einfacher Handhabung und beeindruckender Leistung macht ihn zu einem Muss für Gamer, Streamer oder jeden, der eine zuverlässige und schnelle WLAN-Verbindung benötigt.Ich bin begeistert und kann ihn uneingeschränkt empfehlen!
T. P. S.
Reviewed in Germany on May 27, 2025
Dieser USB WiFi 6E Adapter bringt Ihre Internetverbindung auf ein neues Level. Mit Unterstützung des neuesten 802.11ax-Standards (WiFi 6E) bietet er modernste Technologien wie OFDMA, MU-MIMO und 1024QAM, die eine optimierte Datenübertragung, geringere Latenz und eine besonders effiziente Bandbreitennutzung ermöglichen. Der Adapter arbeitet tri-band-fähig und liefert beeindruckende Geschwindigkeiten: bis zu 573 Mbit/s über das 2,4-GHz-Band, 2402 Mbit/s auf 5 GHz und zusätzlich 2402 Mbit/s über das neue, störungsfreie 6-GHz-Band. Damit ist er ideal für 4K-Streaming, Gaming, VR oder große Datenmengen geeignet.Dank des mitgelieferten 1 Meter langen USB 3.0-Kabels lässt sich der Adapter flexibel positionieren, um den besten Empfang zu erzielen. Die vier drehbaren Hochleistungsantennen sorgen für eine besonders stabile und weitreichende Verbindung, auch durch Wände und andere Hindernisse hindurch. Selbst in entlegenen Bereichen Ihrer Wohnung bleibt die Verbindung zuverlässig.Der Adapter ist vollständig kompatibel mit Windows 10 und 11 und funktioniert nahtlos mit jedem WiFi 6E- oder WiFi 6-Router oder Mesh-System. Die Treiber sind bereits vorinstalliert, sodass Sie keine zusätzliche Software installieren müssen – einfach einstecken und loslegen. Für zusätzlichen Komfort lässt sich das LED-Licht am Gerät per Fingertipp auf das WAVLINK-Logo ein- und ausschalten.
Alexander J.
Reviewed in Germany on May 23, 2025
Um das Maximum an Speed in meinem Arbeitszimmer rauszuholen, habe ich diesen AX5400 Wlan Adapter geholt. Er lässt sich schnell und einfach installieren, auch gefällt die Verarbeitung. Allerdings ist er von der Stromversorgung etwas empfindlich, daher sollte auf jeden Fall das beiliegende USB c Kabel genutzt werden. Sonst kann es vorkommen, das die Stromversorgung gelegentlich zusammenbricht, das merkt man wenn der Adapter kurz Offline geht und sich danach wieder verbindet. Die gemessene Geschwindigkeit war sehr gut, allerdings konnte ich nicht die maximal Rate messen, da meine Internet Leitung nur 400MBit hergibt. Diese hat der Adapter aber Problemlos erreicht. Zum Vergleich stand noch ein AX1800 Wlan Adapter des gleichen Herstellers bereit, sowie ein Adapter mit Antennen von TP-Link. Der AX1800 Adapter bleibt bei mir, er bietet bei meiner Leitung nahezu identische Übertragungsraten, ist aber nicht so Problematisch bei der Stromversorgung und auch nicht so ausladend. Der TP-Link ist gegen diese beiden komplett durchgefallen, auch dieser hat Stromprobleme, das einzige was etwas Besserung brachte war ein USB Adapterkabel vorzuschalten, welches über zwei USB Ports die Stromversorgung zieht. Aufgrund der Stromversorgung ein Punkt Abzug, daher gute vier Sterne.
Ratty
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 16, 2025
The AX5400 USB WiFi 6E Adapter is very simple to setup on a laptop / PC, plug in the USB A to the computer, the C plug to the Adaptor, power on the computer and, after booting, there will be a "CD Drive" listed that contains the driver for the adaptor, installation takes just a few seconds and the adaptor appears in the list of Wifi connections. Select your own network and enter the password (or press the WPS button on your router) and connection is swiftly established.I've used the adaptor on my laptop, which is getting on a bit and its wireless connection was never particularly good, and the signal strength, even through a double brick wall, has remained consistent enough to move files to and from my NAS without errors - previously I had to bring the laptop into the same room as the router to move photos / video to the NAS if I wanted any real speed of transfer.I liked the ability to turn off the blue illuminated logo with just a touch, makes it less distracting! I didn't notice any appreciable difference with the antennas set upright for space saving, or splayed outward for versatility, although if used for gaming, the preferred splayed arrangement might prove more stable.The AX5400 USB WiFi 6E Adapter just works, nothing to mark down about it!
Vile Lizard
Reviewed in the United States on May 13, 2025
This thing is ridiculously big, like so big that if I made it, I'd probably just put a little router in it too and have it work as a repeater and register as a CDC ethernet device for USB. It's got a sort of obnoxious blue LED ring on top, which rumor has it can be turned off. Looking inside, the little daughterboard for the LEDs is easily big enough to contain an entire OpenWRT router.It's based on the RTL8832CU chip, which works fine on Windows, using the drivers included on the magic-USB-storage function that's included with the adapter, or you can download newer ones and install them before plugging it in. It can also be gotten working on Linux, albeit with out-of-tree drivers that aren't shipped with any standard distro. If you've got a Mac, good luck to you.All the usual features are here, MIMO, WPA3, and the 6 GHz band (not working properly with the Linux drivers due to some sort of proprietary regulatory claptrap).I'm not sure what the target market is for this thing. Gamers would probably prefer to be on ethernet, or have an internal M.2/PCIe adapter. Business travelers probably would prefer not to carry something the size of a second laptop. Perhaps it's the coffee-shop warrior market, people who want to look very impressive while consuming overpriced coffee and prompting an LLM to generate their next self-published book.
Sometimes Grumpy Geezer
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 12, 2025
Comes in a retail box with a short usb a to c cable and instructions.Easy to set up, just plug it in and run the install for the drivers located on a virtual cd drive that appears in your computer.Im using this as a wifi adapter to connect my pc to my hotspot and Initially it worked perfectly as i had my hot spot set for 2.4ghz, i then changed it to 6ghz and thats where the problems started.My hot spot is my samsung s24 ultra (2024 model) that has 2.4ghz,5ghz and 6 ghz options for its hotspot and windows 10 (updated to latest version) would not connect at all to my phone when i set it to performance at 6ghz and i had to set my hotspot down to 5ghz and so far its working perfectly at that speed.The drivers contained on the device are the latest available (5001.19.113.3) as i checked for newer drivers as well as a firmware update which this device may need to get it to work at 6ghz but currently there is no firmware or newer drivers available on the wavlink site.I also tried using this in a USB 3.2 Gen2, Type C port with a known good usb c to usb c cable (20gbps 240watt) as welland the same issues occured with the 6ghz setting.I have yet to test this as a hotspot but if i cant use it at 6ghz as an adapter i doubt its going to work correctly the other way.The price at the time of ordering was £49.99 and if it worked as advertised it would be acceptable but currently if you want a 6E adapter this is not it, a 3.5 star at best unfortunately.
Chris Lally
Reviewed in the United States on May 10, 2025
Installation simple, plug in to USB3 port, it mounts a drive with driver, Installed driver and reboot, drive no longer comes up( Good thing).I tested on system with wifi 6e already on motherboard. Wanted to see if connection speeds and actual download and upload speed.Router supports wifi 7. Spectrum gig internet.On board connection speed (Aggregated link speed 2402/2402 . On the 6GHz bandOn board speed test latency 11ms, download 1,143.38 Mb/s upload 39.81 Mb/sWAVLINK AX5400 USB3 connection speed (Aggregated link speed 2402/2402 . On the 6GHz bandWAVLINK AX5400 USB3 speed test latency 9ms, download 1,128.79 Mb/s upload 39.67 Mb/sSo the WAVLINK AX5400 is as good as the devices motherboard manufacturers put on motherboard.If you have a USB3 port, on a system without wifi or want to upgrade to wifi 6e this adapter will work as good as built in. Basically same speed as on board or internal adapter.
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