Rosewill USB WiFi Adapter: Small and Powerful for Nano Connectivity

RF: This wi-fi dongle is replacing the internal wi-do card on my raspberry pi. I plugged it and without any issues it connected to the wi-fi and it’s been working for a couple of weeks now. No issues.

Canada on Jul 21, 2023

Amazon Customer: El producto llegó a tiempo y hasta el momento no ha fallado, súper fácil de instalar.

Mexico on Dec 11, 2020

Ivonne: No es dual band, regresaré el artículo ya que no me sirve para lo cual lo compre

Mexico on Oct 17, 2020

Luz Rincon: Muy fácil de instalar, logra una conexión wifi excelente

Mexico on Sep 19, 2020

Kitster: Works exactly as described. I was worried that it might need a usb extension cable as, in the past, I've found often dongles get interference from the PC itself, but no - plugged it in directly to case USB port and works like a charm with great speeds.

Canada on Jul 26, 2018

Robert Taylor: I have two computers in a part of the house with poor reception. The laptop got maybe 1 or two bars, frequently losing connection entirely. The desktop got maybe three bars on a good day, often also losing the connection entirely.

Laptops and desktops with built-in WIFI have a wireless chip built in, and the antenna is a thin wire that winds through the case then attaches to the metal of the case, using that as an antenna. It is expedient and cheap, but not a good engineering solution.

The Rosewill USB antenna claims to add 5dbi of signal improvement, and I completely believe it. I tested with Windows 7 and 8.1.

UPDATE : 14 months later, the adapter failed. Link light does not work, for any USB port. I had trouble with my wireless router, maybe the effort to connect caused this unit to overheat and fail??? Regardless, it's dead.

I'm leaving my 5 star rating, because it worked just great for over a year, and it's cheap.

*BEFORE* you plug in the Rosewill:
- right-click on the network bars in the toolbar, then click Network and Sharing Center
- click on Change Adapter Settings
- you will see you have a WiFi adapter....

United States on Mar 22, 2014

RM: I have a D-Link DIR-655 router, which had issues in the past with wireless. I had bought a DWA-130 USB wireless adapter 6 months ago to connect my desktop to the internet. The wireless would work fine for a while until later when the wireless would constantly connect and disconnect. Every time I rebooted the router, the wireless would play nice again and then start the whole thing over again. So I blamed the router. Even after the new firmware update for the router, which solved all issues for others, I still had issues. Then I turned to the modem. I thought the modem was timing out or something like that because even the wired computer was getting affected and the modem status page occasionally wouldn't load properly. Just more and more frustration as I thought the whole wireless tech was just worthless.

Then one day I got pissed at the wireless adapter because when I rubbed it on the back or even cooled it with my table fan, it would start working again...until I stopped rubbing it. I decided to get a new more powerful wireless adapter just to see if it would change anything. Saw good reviews for the Rosewill device and bought it.

OMG!!!...

United States on Mar 23, 2011