Easy setup Good, solid connection

None

I got this to replace an older/slower adapter. I can pick up about 3x as many nearby connections and get 100% signal strength on my own connection. Actual throughput nearly doubled. Plug & play works great on Win10, so the older reviews complaining about that are now out of date.

- Plug & play - up and running in 10 seconds. Type in WiFi password and you're good to go - no need to search for drivers - Works much better than expected - Can easily get over 300 Mbps 3 floors away from my router even with sub-optimal positioning - Build quality is better than expected - USB extension cable, stand, and external antenna are all included - Does not seem to get hot at all, even while gaming it's barely warm - I can get the same ping (9ms) as with my hard wired connection! - Very reasonable price - similar to units without extensions or external antennas - Works perfectly with Windows 10 and 5Ghz Wireless AC band (have not tried 2.4Ghz, no point for me)

- None that I have found.

Can't go wrong for the price, and quality/performance is much better than the cheaper versions with no external antenna that just look like a USB flash drive. I bought this as a temporary solution because my computer had to be moved to a room without a hard-wired internet connection and it has definitely exceeded my expectations. They do make a more expense version with a more substantial triple antenna but that would be unnecessary in my scenario as I am already getting excellent performance. There is no noticeable difference between this and my wired connection while gaming, surfing the web, etc.

windows xp to 8.1 works great. Good speeds

windows 10 5 ghz band is broken. works if you force to b g n but other then that totally broken. Asus phone support said patch coming but windows 10 out for a 2 years and no driver update yet this product is doa

Avoid if you are using windows 10 or plan for future upgrades.

Good connection

So cheaply made its the cheapest plastic and the USB port is very easy to bend or damage and if it bends even slightly The warranty is completely void mine is slightly bend It still works perfectly I have the in store warranty but it does not cover any physical damage in anyway And that's fucked up considering how cheap its made And it was all a waste I was gonna buy one I put inside the computer through PCI-e and the salesmen told me this was 5x faster and I wouldn't regret it and Here I am

Garbage

Extremely sensitive antenna

Installed this on a Raspberry Pi running Libreelec. 2.4 was 60%, now 2.4 and 5 are pinned at 100%. Big improvement on Kodi performance. Super pleased and brainless install. Just Plug and Play!

The provided antenna makes for very strong connections. I often get full bars connecting to a 5GhZ network while my phone cannot connect from the same distance away. The base is also a nice addition

I wish the cord from the base was a bit longer, but that can be fixed with an extra USB to USB cable On very rare occasions, it won't connect to a network on startup but a reboot fixes the issue

I bought this guy a few months ago because the card in my laptop would cut in and out constantly, now I have never had that issue. Another reason is because connecting to a 5GhZ network was tricky. My router was just able to reach my laptop. I tried using WiFi extenders but those didn't work. Turns out I just needed to have a stronger connection. I don't use the provided software from Asus but instead just use Windows 10 to manage it. Make sure you plug it into a USB 3.0 port

Basically nothing except for the materials that was used to make it.

The software is slow,lagging, and glitchy. The original windows 7 software works way better but when It comes to the signal to stay connected, it can't connect to a faraway connection that my cell phone can connect to and my cell phone has similar antennas as this USB adapter.

Before I bought this I did a lot of research into this USB adapter and on another website like memory express it showed 4 stars in posted reviews. But on the memory express site it got bad reviews that I just decided to ignore and go and buy and try it out. But only after using it for 3 days I was extremely disappointed and got a full refund. I will stick to Asus notepads instead of their USB adapters, because I bought a Asus notepad from memory express last year and it still works very well.

Plug and Play Speed Convenience

No firmware update to AC1300 Bloatware management console

After initial install I had a connection, but it was slow (0.81 Mbps). After a reboot it got a lot faster (64.62 Mbps). I installed the ASUS control centre for the ASUS ISB-AC56 Dual Band USB Adapter, and it told me to upgrade my USB bios settings. I haven't seen any significant improvement. How do I flash the ROM, as in the Memory Express product information: "Used to be AC1200, but a new ROM Flash (available for AC1200 versions) enables AC1300" - there's no information on the ASUS site.

- NONE

- Complete JUNK

This USB network adapter is junk! If you install the drivers, it will BSOD on you in windows 8.1. If you try to stream anything across PC's it's junk. You need to disable QoS to have a stable stream, but it slows your connection down to 50mbps. What a joke.

promises!

Flakey -- had to download a driver update to get this thing to "talk" -- though it suggested a good connection -- even then the data throughput was disappointing Driver consistently popped up suggestion that performance would improve if connected to a super-speed USB port -- tried this on two separate machines, 3 different USB3 interfaces -- ensured latest drivers in all cases -- one machine was a fresh Win7Pro install -- one was 32 bit, the other 64 bit -- still that nagging USB3 concern

Maybe wait a while for this -- (confession) -- I didn't have the time or patience to follow up with ASUS tech support ... I'll maybe try again when they have this with a 3-antenna extension and some effective beam-shaping BECAUSE WE'RE ALL GOING TO WANT THAT!