Recently we have done a few reviews on the emerging wireless AC technology but up until now those reviews have been limited to routers which merely allow access. Today we take a look at what may be one of the fastest ways to utilize your new wireless AC connection.

We take a glimpse at the next generation of wireless adapters from ASUS with the USB-AC56. Is it time for your laptop to get an upgrade? Let's see.

Asus has been trouncing the competition with respect to wireless routers , and now it has the fastest 802.11ac Wi-Fi adapter, too. The USB-AC56 is a fancy devil, with the same glossy black diamond-plate texture that Asus routers have.

The Asus USB-AC56 unit is the fastest 802.11ac USB adaptor we have tested. It provides the best boost to your data rate at range and allows you to wander far from your router with your laptop while maintaining high data rates.

The Asus USB-AC56 unit is the fastest 802.11ac USB adaptor we have tested. Find out more about the USB adapator in our Asus USB-AC56 review.

Great product. I'm getting strong signals of my router.

I'm big on researching electronics until I find exactly what I'm looking for. I recently purchased an Asus Desktop computer which wasn't wireless. I looked at all different USB Wireless Adapter options and decided on the Asus USB-AC56 Dual Band.

I'm not an expert tech person so I rely on recommendations and other's ratings. This product does everything I hoped it would do when I bought it and it did so with no hassle set-up and installation. For me that rates a high score.

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.

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

With the exception of dropped connections, this is an amazing USB adapter. Connection drops happen once every 100 so times so its a small price to pay. My laptop was getting 5Mbps before, now it is around 110Mbps which is around what my service provider provides.

Very fast connection; Excellent speed retention; I get Ethernet-like speeds from 2 floors away; Excellent build quality

Connection drops at times; Dust magnet; Antenna detaches too easily