Review: MSRM 912AC USB 3.0 WiFi Adapter 802.11AC Dual Band

By | May 11, 2018

Review MSRM 912AC WiFi Adapter 802.11AC Dual Band

The MSRM 912AC is a 802.11AC Dual Band USB 3.0 USB adapter built for high speed wireless internet speeds.
 
Specifications
Interface: USB 3.0
Rated transfer speed: 1200Mbps
Wireless Standards: 802.11b/g/n/ac
Frequencies: Dual Band 5GHz / 2.4GHz
Compatibility: 7, 8,,10, XP, Vista ,OS
Review MSRM 912AC USB 3.0 WiFi Adapter 802.11AC Dual Band Specs
 
The box comes with the USB adapter, instructions, and Driver disc.
Review MSRM 912AC WiFi Adapter 802.11AC Dual Band All
 
It has a built-in antenna making it a good fit for a laptop or desktop.
Review MSRM 912AC WiFi Adapter 802.11AC Dual Band Cap Off
A cap is included which makes it good for portability.
 
We plugged it into a Windows 10 laptop which found the drivers and went online quickly and easily.
Review MSRM 912AC USB 3.0 WiFi Adapter 802.11AC Dual Band Laptop
Next we plugged into a windows 7 Desktop which also found the drivers. The setup was also quick and easy.
 
It uses the Realtek 8812AU Chipset
Device Manager Iperf Test MSMN
 
2.4Ghz Wireless-N Speed Test
All test were done at a distance of 10 feet to a router past a wall.
 
The first test was a simple online speed test at SpeedTest.net which maxed out our internet connection.
MSRM 912AC USB 3.0 WiFi Adapter 802.11AC Speed Test 1
It maxed out our internet speed of 50Mbps Down and 5Mbps Upload.
 
This was expected so next we tested it on out internal network using Iperf3.
 
Iperf3 gave the 2.4Ghz band an average speed of 49.5Mbits per a second.
MSRM 2.4Ghz iperf3 Speed Test
 
5 GHz Wireless-AC Speed Test
We connected to the 5GHz 802.11ac Band and ran Iperf3 on our internal network again.
 
Iperf3 gave the 5GHz band the average speed of 93.2Mbits per a second.
MSRM 5Ghz iperf3 Speed Test
 
Summary
The MSRM 912AC is a good USB 3.0 wireless USB adapter that worked well in our test.
 
We had no problems with Drivers with both Window 7 and 10, making it basically plug-and-play.
 
It would make a good fit in any network with the 802.11ac protocols backwards compatible, as well as USB 3.0 backward compatible with USB 2.0/1.0.
 
Windows 10 users who have had problems finding a good WiFi solution will find the MSRM 912AC a good fit.
 
We are still testing the adapter and will update if anything changes.
 

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