USB-N53 Quirk

I use this WiFi adapter for computers that need to receive either the 2.4GHz or 5GHz signal from WiFi access points.

http://www.asus.com/us/Networking/USBN53/

It comes with a CD, but I would go to the ASUS website to ensure that I get the latest driver. Being the minimalist that I am, I would pick to download just the driver and not the utility because Windows already has the wireless connection utility built-in.

Drivers are available for Windows XP, Vista, W7, and W8 both 32bit and 64bit, making this adapter almost universal for Windows machines. After the appropriate driver was installed, to my dismay, the adapter only detected the 2.4GHz signals. There is a button on the adapter that once pushed, nothing happens. Only after I have downloaded the utility and installed it does the adapter detects the 5GHz signals. Stranger still, during the installation process, I am given the choice of installing only the driver. I chose the driver only option and it works. The point being you have to install the barebone driver using the "utility" installer even though the utility itself is not installed.

Weird.

You should go to the ASUS website to get the latest driver for this device or any devices. However if the site is down, you can download from here. This was downloaded from the ASUS site on Feb 2014.

http://tinyurl.com/asus-usb-n53drivers