TP-Link 150 Mbps Wireless Nano USB Adapter, 2.4 GHz, Wi-Fi
TP-Link 150 Mbps Wireless Nano USB Adapter, 2.4 GHz, Wi-Fi Dongle for Windows11/ 10/7/8/8.1/XP/ Mac OS 10.9-10.14 Linux Kernel 2.6.18-4.4.3 (TL-WN725N) (Packaging may vary)
SoftAP Mode
Turn a wired internet connection to a PC or Laptop into a Wi-Fi hotspot
Miniature Design Brings Infinite Convenience
TL-WN725N is designed to be as convenient as possible. With its miniature size and sleek design, users can connect the nano adapter to any USB port and leave it there, no matter when they are traveling or at home.
Easy Setup
A friendly user interface Utility on a CD for simple installation.
Operating System
Supports Windows, Mac OS, Linux
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| Customer Reviews | 4.4 out of 5 stars 111,345 | 4.4 out of 5 stars 111,345 | 4.4 out of 5 stars 10,359 | 4.4 out of 5 stars 10,359 | 4.2 out of 5 stars 60,631 | 4.4 out of 5 stars 111,345 |
| Price | £29.99 | £17.99 | £15.99 | £12.99 | £8.49 | £5.48 |
| Wireless Standard | AC1300 Mbps | AC1300 Mbps | AC600 Mbps | AC600 Mbps | N300 Mbps | N150 Mbps |
| Maximum Wireless Speed | 867Mbps on 5GHz, 400Mbps on 2.4GHz | 867Mbps on 5GHz, 400Mbps on 2.4GHz | 433Mbps on 5GHz, 200Mbps on 2.4GHz | 433Mbps on 5GHz, 200Mbps on 2.4GHz | 300Mbps on 2.4GHz | 150Mbps on 2.4GHz |
| USB Standard | USB 3.0 | USB 3.0 | USB 2.0 | USB 2.0 | USB 2.0 | USB 2.0 |
| Range | Best | Best | Better | Better | Good | Good |
| Easy connect at a push of WPS button | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Easy management with bundled utility | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| High Gain | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| MU-MIMO | ✓ | ✓ |
| Weight: | 1.13 g |
| Dimensions: | 1.85 x 1.47 x 0.69 cm; 1.13 g |
| Brand: | TP-Link |
| Model: | TL-WN725N |
| Colour: | Black |
| Batteries Included: | No |
| Manufacture: | TP-Link |
| Dimensions: | 1.85 x 1.47 x 0.69 cm; 1.13 g |
Just works well full signal strengths and easy install for windows and other pc its just the same apart from you need an dvd and just install it and done no problems with it good quality and good stability and 10/10
My wifi dongle keep dropping randomly before, no reason, keep crashing all USB ports.
This has resolved the issue. I now go dayssss without disconnection or any problems. Solid and fast. Very easy to install. Cheap and cheerful, definitely will buy again for my other PCs.
I decided it was best to pay a little bit more for a known brand and I’m glad I did. This dongle worked as soon as it was plugged in and has provided a faultless, strong and fast wifi signal consistently. I’m very pleased with it.
Desktop computer upstairs previously using Ethernet cable connection.
A move to full fibre means the router will be downstairs and the Ethernet cable is no longer practical.
I purchased this small USB wireless dongle having read that it worked in Linux and I’m delighted to say that it does, and extremely well. No drivers or setup needed; just plug it in and login to the wireless channel that shows in your network configuration.
Definitely and good buy at 7 if you need USB wireless for a computer using Linux.
Highly recommended.
A recent upgrade to full fibre broadband dis not improve download speeds on my DELL Desktop PC running Windows 10, whereas my mobile and laptop and other tablets were performing much faster. I contacted my ISP and they confirmed that speed to the router was well above the guaranteed minimum. They suggested I reduce the number of devices running on my home network but that had no effect. Not being of a “technical” mind I was at a loss to know what to try to identify to solve the problem. It was by sheer chance I discovered that the network adapter in my PC was single band only, and apparently this is incapable of coping with the higher speeds. After a little research I found that an external usb adapter might help so I opted for the TP-Link AC1300 Nano Wireless MU-MIMO USB 2.0 Adapter. I ordered it from Amazon and it was delivered 2 days later.
It was very easy to insert the little dongle into a port at the back of my computer. I ran the supplied CD and the necessary driver(s) installed automatically. Download speeds increased from approximately 50Mbps to 130Mbps, which is more than adequate for my needs ( I am not into gaming). I am very content with this purchase ,so my thanks to all concerned!!
Plug and play! I was looking for a wireless adapter for my desktop PC, and thanks to this little thing, I can easily connect to my Wi-Finetwork without any issues. It worked perfectly, and the speed didn’t disappoint me. Recommended.
TP Link do tend to make products that are value for money, which is why I have their professional Omada equipment too
I’d much prefer a WiFi NIC however the person who I was helping was quite adamant that they’d prefer the USB attachment instead mostly due to this being a bit cheaper than the NIC
The only downside here really is the size
Super simple and efficient. Installation is a breeze – just plug it in and enter your WiFi credentials, and you’re on-line. Compatibility is impressive; it worked flawlessly with both Windows (10 & 11) and a couple of various Linux distros (Mint, Ubuntu Server, Fedora, OpenSuse) in my tests.
While transmission speed is dependent on proximity to the router and obstacles like walls, the dongle performs admirably. My setup involves a considerable distance and a few walls, which naturally affects speed, but this is not a limitation of the dongle itself. It maintains a stable connection, which is a significant plus. Highly recommended for its ease of use and reliable performance.
Lets be honest, this is not the most technically advanced wifi dongle. It is not overly fast, it is not wifi6, it is not got the most amazing wifi reach. (it’s a tiny little thing after all)
But, for all of that, it is simple. And that means it simply works.
Just about everything I own accepts this, without having to download extra drivers.
For people looking for a wifi dongle for picky electronics, this is the one.
(I use it with a retro handheld games console to add wifi support)
I fitted this in a friend’s house to give them network connection on a PC in a back room. They got fairly poor speeds on this, as their hub needed to point in the other direction to give good coverage on the rest of the house, so I purchased the other TP Link USB dongle with the big antenna, which gave a superb signal and speed. So, this one worked well, but if you’re not fairly close to your hub or wireless AP, you might want to go for something else.
Works on windows 10 and 11, and worked fine without extra driver install so you can just plug and use, although I would recommend that you get the specific drivers for whatever version you get from the site(instructions included) as that did help the reliability of the connection for me.
The one issue I would say is that it has a little difficulty when there is alot of barriers-like walls- between the router and it(when other devices like my phone connect fine). I use a USB 3 extender cable to put it in a place in the room that gets better connection like a window that is closer to the router, it then works fine for me, with this setup I reliably get a 500Mb/s connection to the router using ac(wifi 5).
As an additional point, when I was using this on just the normal windows drivers that are built in, windows was sometimes having trouble detecting it after powering on, it would be fine after unplugging and replungging and intermittent(i.e. not an issue on every power-on), it would then work fine until powered back on where it was a luck of the draw if the issue would come back up, however I downloaded the drivers from the official website(as I mentioned before, instructions on how to do this are included) and from that point it has worked fine for me.
I would highly recommend to anyone looking for a second adapter or who has no wireless NIC for their computer(s).
I ordered this item last night and it arrived today. Great turnaround!. The packaging it came in was much larger than the box.
The dongle arrived shrink wrapped and sealed which is what I expected. The box however appeared to be a bit squashed as per photo. The squashed box did not impact the device itself.
Once opened I plugged the dongle into my laptop which had a faulty internal WiFi card. The laptop running windows 10 recognised the Nano AC1300 immediately. The dongle then very quickly found my home WiFi.
The speed of the dongle for loading webpages seemed reasonable.
Overall I am happy with the dongle. My third photo shows you just how small the dongle is when plugged in.
Early days but so far so good!
So I used to run my gaming PC’s with ethernet for years because guaranteed speed and ping however now that my only ethernet cable has died I dont really have the time now to set up a new one and having to re tac everything. Bought this.
I am pleasantly surprised with what this 20 dongle can do. Its doing the same speed as I would on wired but with minor fluctuations. I can take this over drop outs sometimes in games because of how my ethernet cable has behaved in recent years.
All in all im really happy with this purchase and I recommend it for people who are looking to replace an ethernet cable for wireless connectivity instead but in certain competitive scenarios where low pings matter I would still go for a wired connection. However my only game that I have been playing is Diablo 4 so low enough where its playable is what I was hoping for.
Disclaimer though is that speed and ping is varied on your ISP/General internet speed so dont take this as this lowers your ping and increases internet speed it doesnt. It gets real close though to your true internet speed if you know it with a wired connection.
I bought this because the wifi built into my motherboard was extremely slow, about 4 or 5 times slower than my phone. When I installed the adapter on the top of my PC and installed the drivers, I got about 10x faster wifi. Then I moved it to another USB port to test again and it was 5x slower. I moved it back to the same USB port and again, 5x slower. I restarted my PC, but it was still really slow. I then reinstalled the drivers and my speed went back up to the original 50mbps+ I was getting.
Not sure what caused this, whether it was a Windows issue or an issue with the drivers, but for now it seems to be working consistently.
My previous speeds were about 35ms ping, 5mbps down/up
My new speeds are about 25ms ping, 50mbps down, 20mbps up
My PC is below my desk, quite far away from the router which is in a utility closet on the other side of the flat. I am impressed with the speed for such a small device compared to the built in wifi and antennas which stick out the back of my PC. I would reccomend anyone installing this to go here Control PanelNetwork and InternetNetwork Connections on your PC and right click the adapter, then click Status. If the speed is reading 130mbps, you will need to reinstall the drivers. Mine is now showing 585mbps all the time, connected to a USB 3.0 port.
The basic outline of the solution is to be found at […] although the git repository shown there is deprecated. Substitute the line “git clone […]” instead. Then it all works hunky-dory. (Ironically, having googled all this, there is a product review here from 8 January 2014 by Julian Hughes who says something very similar. Sigh!)
Other reviews have complained about the slow speed of this adapter. Certainly plugging it directly into the USB port on the back of my desktop, I got only 1 MBps whereas a wired connection direct to the router gave 11 MBps. Presumably, placing the (tiny!) antenna so close to the earthed metal case of the PC screwed-up its radiation pattern really badly. The solution is to plug the adapter into a 1 metre long USB extension lead and position the adapter end well away from earthed metal. Doing this I get the 11 MBps, which is all my router delivers, even though the PC is now two floors up from the wireless router, although letting the adapter dangle next to the metal frame of my desk, it’s back down to 3 MBps.
So a tidy piece of kit. But shame about the lack of Linux support from the manufacturer. And the tiny antenna can be a mixed blessing – just keep it away from significant lumps of metal!
It turns out that the TP-LINK TL-WN725N comes in two versions, V1 and V2. They look identical but use different wireless chips. If you get a V1 it will work out of the box in any typical Linux based operating system. If you get V2 you will need to build and install a driver module. Luckily this is very easy. You can find some information on the V2 at wikidevi.com/wiki/TP-LINK_TL-WN725N_v2 and download a driver and see install instructions at github.com/lwfinger/rtl8188eu.
Building and installing the driver just takes a couple of commands and a few minutes. You need kernel headers installed and make and gcc (and optionally checkinstall). Unpack the driver archive, cd into the directory and run `make all`, then as root or using sudo run ‘checkinstall –pkgname=rtl8188eu –pkgversion=”1:$(date +%Y%m%d)-git”` if you like checkinstall and `make install` if you prefer not to use it. If using checkinstall that should build a versioned, dated package and install the driver, copy the firmware to the right place and do so such that your OS package manager knows about it so you can uninstall it cleanly, upgrade without issues, or use the driver and firmware package on other computers running the same OS and hardware.
Even on my low power EeePC this only took a couple of minutes. Once it was done I reconnected the TP-LINK Nano to a USB port and immediately the device became available in Network Manager and I connected to my N network without any issue.
My next task was to try the Nano in Windows XP. The Nano comes with a mini-CD containing Windows drivers and utilities but the EeePC doesn’t have a CD drive so I downloaded the same driver pack from the manufacturer’s web site and unzipped it. On connecting the Nano to a USB port Windows detects the device and offers to check Windows Update, search for a driver and install one automatically if found. I was interested to see if this convenient feature would succeed so went ahead. It couldn’t find a driver but instead hardware wizard hung and had to be force closed via Task manager. Doh! I restarted the “Found New Hardware Wizard” and this time specified where to look. It failed again and again had to be forced closed. Next I used TP-Link’s setup utility and selected to install only the driver (no extra software). This worked fine, at which point Windows’ “Found New Hardware Wizard” launched itself and got in the bl***y way. Anyway the driver installed successfully and the wireless interface appeared in the system tray and I connected to my N router. Success!
It’s been a very long time since I connected anything to a Debian PC and found there wasn’t a driver or firmware automatically loaded or easily available so at first I was a bit worried I might run into problems. Actually the driver build and install is really easy and quick and didn’t take any longer than faffing around with XP’s hit and miss new hardware wizard. If you run Windows XP just use the TP-Link setup application and save yourself a few minutes of aggravation or tedium. I believe Windows 7 will manage this all much more competently but haven’t tried it myself.
The Nano seems fine to me. I like that TP-Link’s set up utility allows you to install either the driver only or the driver with TP-Link’s utilities. The Nano is very good value and tiny enough that it can stay permanently in place even while my EeePC is in a snug case, and I can now set my wireless router to use N instead of B/G and get better speeds on all clients.
edit: I just tried it with a clean install of Windows 7 64-bit. I downloaded the driver from TP-Link, ran the setup and the Nano works perfectly. Whichever operating system I use the Nano reliably connects to my N network at a nominal 150 mbps. I get very good speeds, almost as good as using a wired 100 mbps LAN, so this is great for file transfers and streaming 720p video and similar tasks which had sometimes been slow and frustrating with wireless g.