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The best USB Wi-Fi adapters
By Joel Santo Domingo This post was done in partnership with Wirecutter. When readers choose to buy Wirecutter's independently chosen editorial picks, Wirecutter and Engadget may earn affiliate commission. Read the full guide to Wi-Fi adapters. Plugging in a USB adapter is one of the easiest ways to add 802.11ac Wi-Fi access to a desktop PC, especially if you don't want to (or are unable to) install an internal card yourself. After 50 hours of testing 20 models against a high-end laptop's internal Wi-Fi, we are confident the TP-Link Archer T4U is the best USB Wi-Fi adapter for most people. The TP-Link Archer T4U is inexpensive, had excellent throughput performance all over our test home, didn't drop connections while we were testing, has a two-year warranty, and works with Linux computers, Macs, and Windows PCs. The TP-Link Archer T2U Plus is a little bulkier than the Archer T4U because of its six-inch external antenna and it didn't perform as well at long range, but it's still very good and was the only sub-$25 adapter to complete all of our tests. It has an identical two-year warranty and is just as compatible with Macs and Windows or Linux PCs. The Netgear Nighthawk A7000 is a bulky USB adapter that costs almost three times as much as the budget Archer T2U Plus. However, the trade-off is worth it if your broadband connection is faster than 100 Mbps or so.It posted our top throughput scores all over our test home, significantly outperforming the laptop's internal Wi-Fi adapter.
