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Coming soon at Rokland, Alfa ID36ACH 802.11ac AC1200 Industrial USB Antenna with dual N-female antenna connectors. Pair with Alfa AOA-2458-59-TM.

ID36ACH  
802.11ac AC1200 Industrial USB Antenna 
High Quality N Female Antenna Connector
USB 3.0 Micro B Connector
High-Speed 802.11ac
867Mbps@5GHz
300Mbps@2.4GHz
Detachable RF-connector
Universal N female connector
allow to exchange to any
preferred antenna 
Copyright @ ALFA NETWORK Inc. All Rights Reserved  *specifications may change at any time without prior notice
Contact us: sales@alfa.com.tw    
Website: www.alfa.com.tw
Heavy Duty Industrial Design
Die casting enclosure for better
temperature control  with
Din Rail mount 
Industrial Temperature range  
Support temperature range
-40℃ to 70℃
ID36ACH    802.11ac AC1200 Industrial USB Antenna
Specifications
Chipset  RTL8812AU
Working
Standard IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac
5.15GHz – 5.825GHz
Output
Frequency
2.412GHz – 2.472GHz
Data-Rate
802.11b: up to 11Mbps
802.11g: up to 54Mbps
802.11n: up to 300Mbps
802.11ac: up to 867Mbps 
Antenna
External detachable dual-band
Antenna
Connector
Channel
Width
antenna
Security
N female
Copyright @ ALFA NETWORK Inc. All Rights Reserved  *specifications may change at any time without prior notice
Channel
1-14 (2.4GHz)
36-165 (5GHz)
Power
(Typical)
30dBm@2.4GHz
27dBm@5GHz
Sensitivity
802.11b: -88dBm@11Mbps
 
20 / 40 / 80MHz
Operating
LED Indicators Power / WLAN
OS Support
Windows 2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8,
10
Mac OS X 10.7 or up
Linux
Suggest Antenna:
AOA-2458-59TM
Dual-Band 2.4GHz +5GHz Omni Antenna
5dBi @ 2.4GHz
9dBi @ 5GHz
Contact us: sales@alfa.com.tw    
Website: www.alfa.com.tw
802.11g: -76dBm@54Mbps
802.11n: -70dBm@300Mbps
802.11ac: -54dBm@867Mbps
64/128bit WEP
WPA (TKIP with IEEE 802.1x)
WPA2 (AES with IEEE 802.1x)
WPA Mixed
Temperature
-40°C ~ 70°C
Storage
Humidity
5% ~ 98% (Non-condensing)
Dimension  125 x 102 x 34 mm
Weight 680g

If you have purchased a new Wi-Fi repeater system, whether one from your local store or a more complex kit like the Alfa WiFi Camp Pro 2, you may have decided to give it a test run at home in the same room as your router. 

You may have been surprised to see that at 100% signal and not much distance between your computer, router and your repeater, your speed through the repeater was slower than when directly connecting your PC to your home router's Wi-Fi signal. But the repeater was supposed to make everything faster, you thought.

Repeaters are designed to take a fair/weak Wi-Fi signal and rebroadcast it (repeat it) as a  new Wi-Fi signal that will cover additional area where signal could not previously be received well. When you setup a repeater at close range to a router, you are detouring data packets through an unnecessary route. The best way to describe it comes from this post we saw on CNET forums:

PC to router = 1 request and 1 reply.

What Wi-Fi USB adapters are the most popular for injecting in Kali Linux?

A recent poll from WirelesSHACK shows these results:

The Alfa AWUS036NH and the AWUS036NHA are clear cut winners (graphic source https://www.wirelesshack.org/best-kali-linux-compatible-usb-adapter-dongles.html)

The AWUS036NH is a 2.4 GHz product with the Ralink (Mediatek) RT3070 chipset. The AWUS036NHA is also 2.4 GHz and uses the Atheros AR9271 chip.

Both models are excellent choices with great performance. If you need a Wi-Fi adapter for Kali Linux, Kali users have spoken, and their choice is one of these two.

In conjunction with Alfa Network, Inc. we have a new Windows 10 driver & utility package for the Realtek RTL8812AU/RTL8814AU based dual band products which include the Alfa AWUS036ACH, AWUS036AC, and the AWUS1900.

We have tested this on multiple Windows 10 computers. You can continue to use the Windows 10 connection manager to connect to networks as always, but this appears to be the first driver package that includes a working Realtek Client Utility app for Windows 10.

As always, blog comments are not regularly monitored, so please use our contact page if you bought a product and need technical support.

[Editor's note: the comment section is not regularly monitored. For tech support, visit our support page. At this time we can only provide support to customers, though we can also answer any questions about compatibility.]

If you own some of our products advertised as Mac compatible, you may be in a situation where they just aren't working. The most likely issue is that on Mac OS 10.11 and later, Apple has SIP protection enabled by default.

What is SIP protection?

Apple defines SIP protection as "...technology in OS X El Capitan and later that's designed to help prevent potentially malicious software from modifying protected files and folders...it restricts the root user account and limits the actions that the root user can perform..."

In other words, it is designed to limit capabilities of your Mac system with the intention of preventing unscrupulous software from doing things it shouldn't. But it also blocks legitimate software from being installed outside of the Apple app store (FYI Apple does not approve WiFi driver software for the app store).

SIP protection locks down system folders to prevent third party software from writing to them. So to use Mac driver installers for most of our Mac compatible products on 10.11 and later, you have to disable SIP protection. Fortunately this is easy to do, read on.

Does disabling SIP your Mac less safe?

It makes it as safe as it was in Mac OS 10.10 and earlier. You are essentially just allowing applications to write to your system folders again. As always, never run any application from a source you don't trust, and always use antivirus software.

How to disable SIP protection

To use any of our Mac installers on most 10.11 and newer Macs, you will need to first disable SIP protection before installing the software. If you already installed the software, uninstall it. Then take these steps to disable SIP protection:

1. Click the Apple menu.
2. Select Restart...
3. Hold down Command key and R key to boot
into the Recovery System.
4. Click the Utilities menu and select Terminal.
5. Type csrutil disable and press return.
6. Close the Terminal app.
7. Click the Apple menu and select Restart...

Now install the software desired and you should be able to use your product.

If you own a Realtek RTL8812AU based product like Alfa AWUS036AC or AWUS036ACH and are having issues with Kali, we recommend you read our knowledge base articles that can help get you going.

Go to our help center and click on the category "Alfa AWUS036AC AWUS036ACH AWUS036EAC". Then click on the subcategory "Linux/Kali help".

There we have some great article including one showing how to install the item on Kali 2018.2

If you need additional help, we recommend posting in actual Linux or Kali forums as Linux is a community supported operating system. Our blog post comments are not regularly monitored. You can reach out to our support team with questions and feedback, but please note our support staff can only offer guidance on Linux related issues are not able to provide walkthroughs, step by step instructions, or guaranteed solutions for Linux use.

If you have followed our blog for some time, you may recall us mentioning Connectify, a software tool that allows you to create a hotspot on your computer and share a Wi-Fi connection. Now the company that makes Connectify has does it again with Speedify.

Speedify is an exciting new service that allows you to bond more than one Internet connection together to increase your Internet speed. For example, if you are using one of our Alfa Wi-Fi USB extenders to get better signal to a network, and you are in a location where your built-in Wi-Fi card still works, you can bond the connections together and essentially use them both at the same time.

From the Speedify web site:

"...The technology behind Speedify’s connection magic is called Channel Bonding. We combine multiple Internet connections – Wi-Fi, cellular, ethernet, etc. – to provide increased bandwidth, lower latency, and better reliability."

Speedify also includes VPN service which helps encrypt and protect your data even when you are connected to an open Wi-Fi connection. Rokland strongly recommends VPN service to all users of Alfa R36A and Alfa WiFi Camp Pro Kit 2.

*Rokland is not affiliated with Speedify and is not receiving any compensation for this post. We are writing about it simply because it could be of great benefit to many of our customers.

Speedify does have a free plan for low-bandwidth users and monthly and annual plans for those who use more data. Read more here.

We are excited to announce the beta version of Rokland Knowledge Base, a comprehensive set of articles and troubleshooting guides related to Alfa Network products.

Rokland Knowledge Base is a searchable categorized collection of support documents for the products we sell. As always, our technical team is here to help by phone or email for any purchases you have made from us. But our knowledge base is a great resource for those that may own Alfa products but did not buy from us (meaning phone and email support is not available), or for those who may need assistance after hours or on weekends.

The articles are limited in number now but we will be adding more resources and materials each week.

Do you need Wi-Fi for your Pi? Our new 802.11n USB Wi-Fi dongle with RP-SMA port and detachable 2 dBi gain antenna is just what you need.

It is approved for the Raspberry Pi Model A, B, B+, Pi 2, and Pi Zero (ALL Models) and it supports packet injection for ethical hacking projects (aircrack, Wireshark).

Read more...

Alfa has not released a driver package for Alfa AWUS036NHA (Atheros AR9271 chipset) beyond Windows 7.

However it has come to our attention that AWUS036NHA can be stable on Windows 8 and 10 using this third party driver. This driver was made for a different brand product which uses the same AR9271 chipset. Note that after installing, the device will appear in Device Manager as "TP-LINK Wireless USB Adapter" instead of Atheros or Alfa. This is because TP-Link is associated with Microsoft as the Device Developer ID.

We have tested the driver extensively and it appears to work with the Alfa AWUS036NHA well. However it should be considered a beta driver until further notice.

We are excited to announce the long awaited second version of the Alfa Wi-Fi Camp Pro kit series is available. Get your Alfa WiFi Camp Pro 2 now.

Rokland Technologies is your Alfa WiFi Camp Pro headquarters. Check out our first look video which demonstrates how to set up the hardware and how to configure the software.

Alfa WiFi Camp Pro 2 is a special kit shipping in one retail box that is designed to pick up a weak Wi-Fi signal and repeat it as your own personal hotspot inside your RV, home, or building. This is ideal for use on boats, RVs and campers, or larger properties.

Rokland Technologies is an authorized Alfa distributor and retailer. Whether you need technical support out of box, at a campground, or need warranty assistance down the road, we are here to help by phone or email. In the Gainesville area? Stop by and say hello to our staff.

Note that we do not advertise or promote the use of AWUS036H on Windows 10. We have better and faster options available for purchase such as the newer AWUS036NH and AWUS036ACH.

But if you already own an AWUS036H and find yourself wanting to use it on Windows 10, here is a quick way how to do it.

The last driver made for this item was December of 2009 for Windows 7. The installer package for Windows 7 does not work on Windows 8 or 10, it just says "incompatible operating system" when you try and run it. So you need to run it in Windows 7 compatibility mode.

Step 1: Download Win7 driver (http://www.rokland.com/mask/drivers/alfa/awus036h_windows_7.zip)

Step 2: Open the downloaded zip file and extract the contents to a place on your computer you can find.

Step 3: Navigate to where you extracted the contents. Right-click the Setup.exe program and select Properties. Click the Compatibility tab and under Compatibility mode choose "Windows 7" and make sure the "Run this program in compatibility mode" is checked. Then click Apply and exit the Properties window. This should bypass the compatibility error.

Step 4: Run the Setup.exe program in full and restart the PC when done.Connect your AWUS036H to the PC and use as normal.

In December 2017, Realtek released driver version 1030.25.701.2017 for Alfa AWUS1900 for Windows 10. It was released in a Windows Update package so many of you may already be on this new driver if you have run Windows Update recently.

If you have not, then you can now download it here. Once downloaded, open it and run the Setup.exe program inside.

Upon completion, you can check your Device Manager properties for this device (go to Device Manager > Network Adapters > right click this adapter and select Properties, then go to Driver tab) and make sure the driver date now shows 12/25/2017.

Adapters compatible with above driver update:

Alfa AWUS1900
Alfa AWUS036AC
Alfa AWUS036ACH
Alfa AWUS036EAC

It has been seven years since our last web site makeover. We loved our last design, and felt it withstood the test of time, but it lacked some important functionality.

At Rokland we never make changes just for the sake of it, there is always a good purpose. We know our visitors have become used to navigating our site, and the new design may throw some people off at first glance. Where did the categories section go, for example?...

These last weeks have brought devastation to South Florida and Puerto Rico. All of Puerto Rico remains without power and Internet. We thank those that are providing vital relief services.

In the coming weeks as these areas rebuild, in addition to donating funds, our team at Rokland would like to make our time available to the customers of our friends in South Florida and Puerto Rico.