This popular wireless adapter is back on sale again. The US$ price has gone up a little bit, but with the stronger exchange rate it still works out to be the same as before.
This 2.4GHz USB adapter uses the MT7601 chipset and has a 2dBi inbuilt antenna. Limited to 2pcs per customer.'
AU$ based on current Mastercard rate, GST inclusive and stackable with cashback.
Shipping from 19/2/2021 due to Spring Festival Holidays in China.
How long is delivery, does it come fast?
Yes it Comfast
What if we don't want it to come fast?
tell it ur jokes
Take paper bag off
Rub one out before doing it.
Okay I'll be honest.. having a not very good day at business due to the sudden lockdown but this one cracked me up..
Yes it will be delivered by the world's fastest sloth
I'm going to assume you're genuinely interested in knowing the answer. It's pretty good actually. I was quite surprised.
Looks like the delivery is 30 + days, even including the express option 😅
Cainiao have been really good lately. Usually 3-4 weeks so that's better than the 30-50 business day estimate.
CNY is going to extend this.
I had issues with getting this dongle to work on my computer - ended up being due to my USB ports all being 3.0 and this dongle only working with 2.0.
So if you have only 3.0 ports, this won't work for you.
Worked fine for me in a 3.0 port
You can bypass this issue by using a USB 2.0 extender
USB 3 is backwards compatible with USB 2
Only if your device is 100% USB 2.0 compliant.
just got one delivered few days ago while i was working in my garage, attached it right away on my windows 10, after attaching, i am waiting for the noitification to install the driver or whatever… confused by minutes, dunno what to it, untill i saw a wifi connection icon at the right hand crner bottom on my desktop, voila, i just need to enter my wifi password to have it connected automatically… amazing !!! and connection works fine !!!
Windows 10 should just be plug and play
Always generic Microsoft drivers for something as cheap as this.
This doesn't provide BlueTooth as well does it?
Just Wi-Fi
Nope
Anyone knows if this works on a Chromebook?
What kind of Chromebook doesn't have wifi built in?
Mine has the wifi card defective (connection drops constantly) so I thought it would be a cheap way to fix it. I read Chromebooks receive only some wifi dongles, I'm just curious to know if this is one of those
For the price I would just give it a go.
Can you manually set (change) the MAC address of this?
You can change any adapter’s MAC address on Windows.
Hm… Can Windows 10 do what Win 7 couldn't? I had Windows 7 installed on this laptop. Then I discovered my local supermarket had fast wifi (when I'm the only one using it LOL). But then they blocked my MAC address. So I researched how to change the MAC address of the laptop's wifi card but found it's one of the few cards you cannot manually change. Since then I've installed Windows 10.
And this is why we cant have nice things. They likely blocked you because you were overusing their wifi.
@xoom: LOL. What nonsense. For a start it would obviously be unlimited NBN and they pay that amount regardless. Second I was the only person in the place apart from a cleaner. Third I didn't realise it was blistering fast and burning through data until it had downloaded a few GB in seconds, because during the day it's slower than dialup and often times out with a 'cannot connect' message.
For a start it would obviously be unlimited NBN
And you know this how? For those playing at home. Not all NBN services are unlimited.
Even if a business had unlimited download NBN I would still block those abusing it.
@xoom: Because they'd be morons not to.
Besides as I already said, I was expecting the connection to barely work like the other times I'd attempted to use it. I'd literally hit the on button, logged into their wifi, and it had downloaded a few GB in seconds before I even realised.
And to be honest, I couldn't care less what anyone thinks about it LOL. Who finds something is free, with no-one else using it, and thinks: "Gee I better browse only a few pages." Particularly after seeing other people doing the same for hours a few days in a row. It never worked all the other times I'd REALLY needed it (one time was with no other way to signup for a new internet connection). If something is free with no 'fair use' signs displayed then who knows WHAT the 'rules' are. So I'll use it as much as I need to and if I still need more after they block me then I'll try to find a way to circumvent that just on principle. i.e. Who cares if 10x people use up 1GB, or 1 person uses 10GB. If it's illegal then gaol me. If it's not illegal then don't rant and whine like little Hitlers when people look for ways around it.
You can change any adapter’s MAC address on any Windows or Linux installations.
Some manufacturers allow to change more easily (e.g. with supplied software or through driver settings), while others need third party software.
Fact is, there are no adapters that won’t allow MAC address changes on Linux and Windows.
You can also change it on rooted Android phones too, but there is no way on iPhones and iPads.
No idea about Macs.
what is the benefit of changing the MAC address??
So faulty p xel can leech off free wifi.
when staying at some hotels they will charge your for wifi on each device you use, if you only need 1 device at a time you can change the MAC addresses to match and only pay once. I don't know if this is still a thing but it was a long time ago.
Network admins (or software) can ban the wireless MAC address of your device. So if you can change it, you're seen as a new device/user.
I'd seen someone using a laptop in the food area of the local supermarket several days in a row. So I tried to connect my phone and it worked. But their wifi during the day was useless. You clicked on something and it just cycled away, never loading, until it finally displays a 'cannot connect' error. A few weeks later I was in the middle of changing ISPs with no internet connection. So I went to the supermarket thinking it probably wouldn't work. But I was there when everything except ColesAldiWorths was closing. So I sat down, connected my laptop, and because no-one was there it was blistering fast and it had downloaded several GB in seconds before I even realised what was happening. (I had a bittorrent client installed that automatically loads upon computer startup.)
Then the connection suddenly stopped working… So I tried the phone, it still worked, so I just shrugged and hotspotted the laptop to the phone wirelessly. Half an hour later the cleaner said it was time to close that section. Next day I returned but the phone MAC address was now blocked too. Only then did it dawn on me it could be deliberate/automatic. So I went to the library instead but they only had a few hundred MB then you had to get another code at the desk.
After that day I didn't need it anymore anyway, but several months later I needed to go online while at the supermarket but found my phone was still blocked LOL. It wasn't my damn fault their wifi is unusable one minute, and downloads several GB in seconds the next. And there were no 'fair use' warning anywhere. So I researched if you could change MAC addresses. Apparently you can with most devices. e.g. With my phone it had to be rooted first so I just didn't bother. But the laptop has a wireless card and I spent hours researching why I couldn't change it, then found it's one of the few that can't be changed by the user.
what is the benefit of changing the MAC address??
Get around library/airport/supermarket data limitations or bans.
No idea why but I just paid 0.26c delivered. I get the feeling that’s about to be cancelled.
Nah new user coupon likely
Same here…lol, not sure how they "make" money?? postage is more than that? Do they have dothroki slave/free pigeons?
Still waiting on a smart watch strap bought from Aliexpress almost 90 days ago.
What did the store say
I don’t know much about these. Is 150mbps fast enough? I’ll be playing some basic RTS games online with other noobs.
Edit: Nevermind. I just read that the bandwidth speed is not as important as the ping rate.
Aliexpress can be super slow like a month or two for delivery, but some of things on there are worth the wait, especially if you don't need it urgently.
I've found most things on AE are also on ebay for the same or nearly the same price. Even the description photos are the same. There's a lot of thieves on AE. I've only come close to losing one AE refund, but I still lost money due to the varying exchange rate… So now I check if the same thing is on ebay first because sellers are less likely to be thieves, and full refunds are faster and easier.
anyone know how to avoid the international transaction fee when buying form aliexpress?
Use ING bank card
thanks, I'm not with those banks and don't want to manage another card, guess I'll be paying the fees.
Please hand in your ozbargain membership.
Don't understand why you need to be with any of those banks to get a Credit Card with no fee on foreign transactions. I've the 28 Degrees over 10 years and never have pay any fees when travel overseas or online purchases. Setup direct credit card payment from my saving account and never have to remember to pay your CC. Not sure what your worrying about "manage".
Then close one you already have that does have fees, and sign up for the one I mentioned below instead. ;-)
Yeah get a Macquarie Bank Debit Mastercard account. Signup online was the fastest and easiest I've ever done. Zero fees too.
OOS?
2.4ghz is pretty worthless now, I have a couple of them laying around I don't need since I bought some dual band ones for $14 which are 5 times faster.
Hardly worthless. It still has its place.
range is better than 5ghz
Got it for AUD2.06
Wow shows US $0.01 for new users on their first order.
Limit now 1 but won't even allow that. "
There's a quantity purchase limit on this item. Please adjust the amount."
It seems to be working for me. Have you ordered it before?
Could be the problem, yes, I've had one for a while now, nice item.
Anyhoo, logged in via another account bought 1, paid, went back, bought another, paid. 2 coming. Happy
My other older PC's/Laptops can now connect
Got one for AU$1.26.
Bought when posted, it arrived today. With a vast quantity of packaging. Sorry environment.
Shopaholicdesi on 12/02/2021 - 14:52 Comment score below threshold.
