I have five devices in the same room. All except the TP-Link connect and have reasonable performance (20+Mbps on 2.4GHz and 100+Mbps on 5GHz) to my router a couple rooms away, but the TP-Link often disconnects and has so many lost packets that the speed (when it even connects) drops to 1-3Mbps. It's very frustrating that my mobile phone has better reception/performance than this large wifi card with two external antenna. I wouldn't recommend buying this card.

On a separate note, I received TL-WN881ND hardware version 1.0 which hasn't had a driver update from the manufacturer since 2013 and doesn't have an official driver for Windows 10. I have five devices in the same room. All except the TP-Link connect and have reasonable performance (20+Mbps on 2.4GHz and 100+Mbps on 5GHz) to my router a couple rooms away, but the TP-Link often disconnects and has so many lost packets that the speed (when it even connects) drops to 1-3Mbps. It's very frustrating that my mobile phone has better reception/performance than this large wifi card with two external antenna. I wouldn't recommend buying this card.

On a separate note, I received TL-WN881ND hardware version 1.0 which hasn't had a driver update from the manufacturer since 2013 and doesn't have an official driver for Windows 10.

Don’t buy, my 2012 MacBook Pro and every other wireless device I have, (Samsung galaxies, iPhones) out perform this card that I installed in my brand new ryzen 5 build. Internet works good for a bit but then throttles right down to speeds that I would have expected 10 years ago. Was trying to search something on trademe and it was taking forever to load so I went on the trade me app on my iPhone 8 Plus and found what I was looking for before my new pc even loaded the next web page. Don’t buy, my 2012 MacBook Pro and every other wireless device I have, (Samsung galaxies, iPhones) out perform this card that I installed in my brand new ryzen 5 build. Internet works good for a bit but then throttles right down to speeds that I would have expected 10 years ago. Was trying to search something on trademe and it was taking forever to load so I went on the trade me app on my iPhone 8 Plus and found what I was looking for before my new pc even loaded the next web page.

Good fairly reliable. Good range and high speeds. Drops out occasionally but that's only once a day at most picks up again after 1-2 min. No problems installing drivers a little difficult if you have no internet and dont have a cd rom drive. But otherwise it's great and worth the money. Good fairly reliable. Good range and high speeds. Drops out occasionally but that's only once a day at most picks up again after 1-2 min. No problems installing drivers a little difficult if you have no internet and dont have a cd rom drive. But otherwise it's great and worth the money.

Does just what it's supposed to. Easy install. Just a shame it doesn't come with a couple of small screws to attach it securely to the pc cover. Otherwise it's great Does just what it's supposed to. Easy install. Just a shame it doesn't come with a couple of small screws to attach it securely to the pc cover. Otherwise it's great

Great little device, easy install and set up. A little better range than expected. Great little device, easy install and set up. A little better range than expected.

It is great that it works straight out of the box and gives good wifi speeds It is great that it works straight out of the box and gives good wifi speeds

Bought in-store in Chch around 2 years ago.

I genuinely can not think of a single time the card worked as intended.

Every day it was:
Power on PC and connect to WiFi
Wifi drops
Card appears to "disconnect and reconnect"
Card then may reconnect at useless speeds, at most 2mb/s. Usually repeats disconnect and reconnect.
Repeat until I disable card in Device Manager and plug in my equally as cheap, 6+ year old TP Link USB 300mb/s adapter and have actual usable internet again.

Issues persist with better / bigger antennas, new and old motherboards, new and old drivers, new and old OS, any antenna positions, long distance from router ...view more Bought in-store in Chch around 2 years ago.

I genuinely can not think of a single time the card worked as intended.

Every day it was:
Power on PC and connect to WiFi
Wifi drops
Card appears to "disconnect and reconnect"
Card then may reconnect at useless speeds, at most 2mb/s. Usually repeats disconnect and reconnect.
Repeat until I disable card in Device Manager and plug in my equally as cheap, 6+ year old TP Link USB 300mb/s adapter and have actual usable internet again.

Issues persist with better / bigger antennas, new and old motherboards, new and old drivers, new and old OS, any antenna positions, long distance from router to having router sitting on top of my pc case, and different types of routers.

Only reason I bought it was to save a USB port, but it's so unusable that I'll take the USB WiFi stick over this card all day every day and from this experience, I'd recommend you get the USB stick instead.

No hassles, speedy delivery. The card went in and connected straight away !! No issues since the install.. No hassles, speedy delivery. The card went in and connected straight away !! No issues since the install..

Easy to install, nothing other than plugging in required Easy to install, nothing other than plugging in required

Bought in Oct 2019, died in May 2020.

It worked perfectly OK, including on Linux, and was a good deal until it simply stopped working.

I'm only writing the review because it died - there are surely many people using this card perfectly well, who aren't writing reviews. So I'm not sure if this is unusual or not for this card, but be aware. Bought in Oct 2019, died in May 2020.

It worked perfectly OK, including on Linux, and was a good deal until it simply stopped working.

I'm only writing the review because it died - there are surely many people using this card perfectly well, who aren't writing reviews. So I'm not sure if this is unusual or not for this card, but be aware.

alot faster than previous network and cheap upgrade so im happy alot faster than previous network and cheap upgrade so im happy

By: DanielB934 03/09/20

Verified Owner

Great wifi card, worked out of the box on Linux Mint 19.3. Be aware that it only supports 2.4GHz networks not 5GHz Great wifi card, worked out of the box on Linux Mint 19.3. Be aware that it only supports 2.4GHz networks not 5GHz