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200mW USB 2.0 WiFi adapter

Engenius Senao NUB-362 200mW USB adapter review

 

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information on the NUB-362

 

The Engenius NUB-362 is the next generation long range
200mW and high speed USB 2.0 802.11g / super g client.  The adapter is
based on the Atheros ar5523 chipset to provide super long range and high data
throughput.  Windows drivers are provided I was not able to test under
Linux because the madwifi driver does not yet support USB however the
ndiswrapper driver should work using the windows drivers.

The adapter is small and flat with a fixed antenna and
detachable mini usb cable.

 

Inside the unit the antenna is soldered to the board what looks like a
hirose connector is also provided, to open the unit only 2 screws have to be removed.

This is a netstumbler graph of the nub-362 with a 2611cb3
10 feet away

For comparison this is a 200mW 2511cd plus ext2 the
reading are very close.

Here is a chariot graph with the nub-362 connected to a
5354ap1 aries2 with a  Atheros chipset

This is a graph of the nub-362 connected to a 3054cb3 with
a prism chipset

Here is a AirMagnet signal strength graph.

Here is a spectrum analyzer graph showing peak and average
power levels. 

We have a 2611cb3 on channel 1 a 3054cb3 on channel 6 and
the nub-362 in ad-hoc mode on channel 10.

 

The Nub-362 provides both high power output for long range
and high throughput is a USB 2.0 package that will work well with desktop or
laptop computers.  The addition of a external antenna via the connector on
the board would allow for long range making this a perfect CPE device for WISPS.

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UPDATE: I have also tested with a USB 1.1 port it seems to run as a low speed device like a mouse or keyboard with the current driver i was only getting 1-2Mbps.

I have information that a updated driver is on the way I will update after testing.

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