We all know and prefer wireless USB adapters instead of wireless PCI adapters for the desktop computers. USB adapter is easy to install and you don’t need to open your desktop computer case to install it like you need to do with PCI adapter. Moreover, with USB adapter you can use it either for the desktop or laptop computers so it’s easy to use and easy to remove.
Normally standard wireless USB adapter can be used to connect to indoor wireless network and not so long in distance with the router. In some cases you need to use high power wireless USB adapters to reach longer distance Wi-Fi network when the signal reception is not strong enough. Any high power wireless adapters can help you boost the low signal strength. Alfa and Amped wireless are two products which are specialize in high power wireless devices.
UA150C High Power Wireless-150N Compact USB Adapter
Amped UA150C wireless N150 compact USB adapter is a high power adapter which is embedded with amplifier inside to provide twice as powerful as standard adapter. Normally the antenna gain of the standard wireless adapter is around 2 dBi, but with UA150C the antenna gain is 3dBi.
Features:
- Upgrade and add long range Wifi for your computers – Mac or PC
- Longer distance coverage with high power and high gain antenna
- High speed wireless N150 technology
- USB 2.0 compliant
- WPA/WPA2
For normal connection to short distance network you may consider D-Link DWA140 USB adapter. It’s a draft wireless N adapter and is compact look, no extension cable and long external antenna like you have in Amped UA150C. You cannot upgrade the antenna with high gain indoor or outdoor like you can do with Amped.
UA600 High Power Wireless-300N 600mW USB Adapter
Should you require more powerful wireless adapters to connect to longer distance network, such conditions such as in warehouses or large offices, Amped UA600 high power adapter is ideal for you. In some cases you may install high power wireless access point to cover larger area to eliminate dead spots such as Amped AP600EX.
UA600 main features:
- High power up to 600mW with internal amplifier
- Includes 5dBi antenna for maximum range, upgradable for more power antenna
- Wireless N300 compliant
- Works universally
For normal operation you may consider D-Link DWA160 wireless dual band USB adapter. DWA-160 is powered by Xtreme N technology to enable High-Definition (HD) video streaming, file sharing, enhanced Internet phone calling (VoIP), and Web surfing.
DWA-160 is ideal in connecting to wireless dual band router such as new lines of wireless N600 or wireless N750 routers for optimum data rate transfer.
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