Netgear Wireless USB Micro WNA1000M

I bought this just because of the form factor. I didnt want something sticking out of my devices as other adapters do.

However it keep dropping the connection and though it shows that it connects at 120 Mbps in Wireless N mode it is slower than my existing wireless G adapter. If it held the connection i would be happy but that keep dropping and does not have a very good range. This must be because of the size and the lack of good antennas.

I would not suggest buying it. Its bigger brother m...

Who uses 3rd party wifi adapters anymore? Grandparents? You know, to go with their stone age laptops with no inbuilt wifi adapters. Right? Wrong!

Actually, this is the perfect companion to your non-wifi device. I use it on my Raspberry Pi. It is so small that it fits right in with the IR receiver of a wireless mouse and a Sandisk Cruzer Fit pen drive. It is a low power device which means you can use it on a USB hub without external power.

Others have commented on the actual throughput speed...

I bought this from flipkart in March 2013 and was using Airtel broadband of 4 mbps. The adapter gave a decent performance and I used to get throughput of 3-4 mbpos. There were frequent disconnections and weak signal issue that I faced intermittently but ignored them as I had a laptop and most of the time I worked in that without issue. Recently I upgraded my connection to 8GB and never got the performance of that speed. When the engineer checked, he pointed out issue with adapter not supporti...