Pros & Cons
Pros
This wifi card is very consistent on my end. So far has never disconnected or have any network problem. This of course is also reliant on your wireless router hardware, which most people seem to overlook.
For some inexplicable reason, the usb adapter works fine on another computer, both running windows 11. Make sure to download the driver from their website instead of using the one windows chooses. Works with win 7,8. Using windows 10 and most linux di... Read More
Cons
To my disappointment, the wifi speed is extremely inconsistent despite being on 5g. If you really want this make sure you are close enough to your router, but at that point just get an ethernet cable.
This card is not compatible with every modem. The drivers are buggy as heck. Performance is dreadful.
Highlights
Quality
Good wi-fi signal, no issues - good product.
Biggggg improvement in wifi speed over the dlink powerline av2 2000 powerline adapter with ethernet cable that we were previously using.
Works to connect to wifi but signal is short for distance wise, i give this product 666 monkeys out of 7 cans
For some inexplicable reason, the usb adapter works fine on another computer, both running windows 11.
Price
Not sure if this would apply to everyone, but for me it met all my needs at a quite reasonable price.
Competitiveness
I replaced a usb ac1200 adapter with this pci-e wifi nic because the usb adapter was inconsistent on boot-up.
At face value this is a great bang for buck wireless card if you're paying for ~300mb/s internet, it gets about 200-250mb/s thr... Read More
Tried multiple different driver versions (from tp-link) , drivers from similar tp-link products, drivers of similar products fr... Read More
If you have a 1gbps wifi, you might want to just directly connect via ethernet cable, or get a more high end card than this.
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Some of these people have no idea what theyre doing
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Ppl just dont know how to trouble shoot anything before complaining
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Or look into the hardware before purchasing
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I dont think this was my problem
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However for whatever reason i could not get the bluetooth to work at all
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I was putting this in a system with a fresh install of windows and updated bios however the bluetooth driver from tplink did not seem to work at all