User Reviews for TP-link TL-WN821N at TestFreaks.com

Overall 4

don't bother, there are better choices

CS, Amazon

4 March 2013

Summary: Firstly, this thing is not well designed physically: it sticks out almost 3 inches, with no ability to rotate, so you have to make sure that you have room for it around
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Overall 4

Connects, but not at the speed it says

TRFB, Amazon

28 February 2013

Summary: Okay, so this is the deal. I have a home computer, built in network card and have been getting 100Mbps connection speed.
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Overall 4

Drops signal

Pen Name, Amazon

10 February 2013

Summary: This device will constantly drop it's signal while online gaming. If you do a lot of online gaming do not get this unit, pick something else.
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Overall 4

Not What I Expected

Cap'n Cook, Amazon

26 June 2012

Summary: I read reviews saying how this works for long distances and through walls. Well, in my house, I'm above my router and it's about a 50 foot distance (if that) and this...
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Overall 4

Not worth gettong

David Veto, Amazon

9 November 2011

Summary: It hardly worked for me, and the darn thing connects on then all of a sudden cuts off and stays out..... I have a powerful router as well!
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Overall 4

The newer version isn't compatible with Trisquel.

Andrew Engelbrecht, Newegg

1 October 2011

Pros: wifi on a stick!
Cons: I was looking for this model, but the v2 not the v3.1, since the chipsets are different. The older chipset is compatible with a fully free distro of GNU/Linux, but the...
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Overall 4

Not at all happy

WmGoat, Newegg

16 June 2011

Pros: small, cheap, comes with usb extension cable
Cons: Really inconsistent signal reception. My recommendation: Dont bother with this one. too much headache for the costs. Pkg only includes win 7 driver, not adapter softwa...
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Overall 4

good sign, but overheat

Newegg

22 May 2011

Summary: No client software for Windows 7 x64, just drivers.
Pros: Good signal range
Cons: On summer it overheat all the time, causing lost of connection.
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Overall 4

Junk

break19, Newegg

3 January 2011

Pros: Cheap. Attractive appearance.
Cons: Poor connection. Even though my desktop is less than 5' from the AP, the connection quality frequently drops to under 70%. Plus I get random loss of TCP/IP connectivit...
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Overall 4

Not great..

break19, Newegg

1 January 2011

Pros: It's a 300M "n" adapter. Inexpensive.
Cons: Constant ping timeouts with this adapter. My wife's 54G connection is fine, and my 54G adapter also works fine with the router, it's not the router.
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