We've created this page to help you keep track of our products that will work with Windows 10, and what models may require a future driver update. Each time we update the page we will put the update date in the title above. Many of our products now ship with Windows 10 drivers, however in some cases you may need to download the driver, or we may have a newer driver available. AWUS036H/AWUS036EW/Tube-U(G)/UBDO-gt8 Driver support? The legacy 802.11g products from Alfa seem to work on Windows 10 using the 12/2009 driver for Windows 7, but it must be loaded manually instead of via the Windows 7 installer. In some cases, the driver update wizard can help.

Mar 14, 2017  Alfa Network / Ethernet Drivers Download by Alfa, Inc. Reconnect the device and power it on. Double click the driver download to extract it. If a language option is given, select your language. Alfa AWUS036H USB Wireless WiFi Network Adapter Driver: Alfa_AWUS036H_. Ver.zip: 1.9.

You must be connected to Internet first through internal Wi-Fi. Then go to Device Manager, go to Other section, and right click RT81787 device, and select Update Driver. Then select 'Search Automatically for Updated Driver Software'. Allow wizard to finish. Note this process will not work if you do not have Internet access through your internal Wi-Fi card or built-in Ethernet when doing it. Or you can try to manually install the Windows 7 driver. Shows how to do it on Windows 8 and the process is the same on Windows 10.

*We do not advertise AWUS036H/EW/TubeG/UBDO-gt8 to be Windows 10 compatible. This is because the above methods are just workarounds for an old driver and they may not work in call cases. AWUS036NH/AWUS036NEH/Tube-U(N)/UBDo-nt8 Simply download this update. Once downloaded, double-click it to launch. During install, select the option to Install Driver Only. If you have older software on the PC, you may be prompted to Remove All first. Complete that step and run the program again.

AWUS036AC, AWUS036ACH, AWUS036EAC Driver support? If you upgrade from Windows 8, you may find in Device Manager a Code 37 error, but we have an updated Alfa driver that is Windows 10 compatible.

Simply, unzip the package, and run the Setup program instead. One PC restart is required on completion. AWUS036NHR/AWUS036NHV Driver support? These devices seem to work with the most recent Realtek drivers on CD however we found that for the AWUS036NHR/NHV, the best performance still comes from a 2011 driver for this chip. We are not sure why newer drivers seem to have lower sensitivity, but to the 2011 package we found works the best in Windows 10 so far. AWUS036NHA Mixed bag.

On our PC it auto installed an Atheros driver from 1/4/2010 with version number 2.0.0.32. The driver was stable and we went online and had normal browsing speeds. We have not thoroughly tested the throughput of this driver yet but it seems normal. We have also had buyer reports this product causes crashes on their Windows 10 machine and therefore we do not suggest purchasing this product for Windows 10.

Instead this commentary is for existing owners of their product who might be looking for something to try. If your Windows 10 system does not auto install this adapter, you can download the 1/4/2010 driver. Once you download it, open it and drag the contents to a folder on your desktop, then go to your Device Manager, find this device, right click and update driver, and choose the options to search for a driver manually, and browse to where you put these drivers. Again this may not work for all users or may cause system instability so we do not recommend buying this adapter for Windows 10 use. AWUS051NH v2/AWUS052NH/AWUS052NHS Simply download this software.

This is the newest driver for AWUS051NH v2, AWUS052NH, and AWUS052NHS. This contains the latest Windows 10 driver and also works for Windows XP through Windows 8.1 as well. Watch the video below for information on how to scan for and connect to networks. How to use the Windows 10 Connection Manager to connect to networks One thing we found is available networks for your external USB Wi-Fi adapter are displayed differently from Windows 7 and 8/8.1.

We've put together a video tutorial showing you how to ensure you are connecting to a network with your Alfa USB adapter. Thank you for all of the comments. I see a lot of you need technical help. Please help us by remembering our blog comments are not a good place for technical support exchange with us due to the layout. Instead, please click the Support link up top and use the contact options to contact us for support. Please also remember we can only provide phone and email technical support for products purchased from us. For products purchased from other retailers, please contact the retailer or Alfa directly.