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2-12-2019 03:21:57 Mobile | Show all posts |Read mode
I have a pretty nice Dell XPS laptop for work but the Wi-Fi reception on it isn't great. I am travelling a lot at the moment and crappy hotel Wi-Fi is the bane of my life. I was staying in a place a couple of nights ago and I could barely log onto the network before it dropped the connection again, but my phone and tablet were fine, to the point where I could watch Netflix on the tablet but cant even get my emails on the laptop.

I have been looking around at USB Wi-Fi adaptors, particularly the type with an external antenna and I was wondering how these perform and if anyone has any recommendations?
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2-12-2019 03:21:58 Mobile | Show all posts
Its hard to recomend anything specific IMO. Sometimes the mini adapters without antenna performe better than the ones with antenna. From what i saw even the same models can have verying results. Personally im using a TP-Link TL-WN722N but i saw some reviews of it with people complaining about its speed and conectivity but i didnt have any such problems so far.
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2-12-2019 03:21:59 Mobile | Show all posts
I use an Alfa with 9db replacement high gain aerial for reconnaissance work. You won’t get better than that.
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 Author| 2-12-2019 03:22:00 Mobile | Show all posts
Thanks for the recommendation, I got a bargain on an Alfa adapter off Ebay (came with three different antennas as well) and it works really well. Just sitting in my lounge I can pick up four networks on my inbuilt Wifi and fourteen on the Alfa!
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2-12-2019 03:22:00 Mobile | Show all posts
Awesome! Glad it works well for you. It is a really awesome piece of kit.
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