Mini PCIE WiFi 6E

Bought this to attempt to upgrade my old HP pavilion laptop model # 15-n225nr from the factory RTL8188EE chip. With newer routers working mostly off of 5-6ghz the old 2.4ghz chip just wasn't keeping up. Tested speeds from my Kitchen table before and after the swap, saw a 1500% (yes that's right, 1500) increase in download speed. Added Bluetooth capability is a bonus as well, as this laptop never had Bluetooth connectivity. This one upgrade has given this old laptop a completely new lease on life. With my current operation system being Kubuntu Linux, the chip was plug and play, I didn't install any software or have to edit or change anything. I plugged it in, powered it up, and wifi/Bluetooth was working immediately. Would definitely recommend this for anyone with a similar setup as me. I should have bought this years ago.

I've successfully installed two of these into a pair of Acer AspireONE 722 Netbooks. These are AMD C50 and C60 APU based units that were originally equipped with 802.11 b/g/n wifi mini-PCIe cards. They are currently running on openSUSE Leap 15.4 Linux without issue. Drivers are built into the OS kernel, so they just work following hardware installation - no Windows driver installation drama here. Performance is light years ahead of the OEM wifi card, which was constantly losing connection to an ASUS RT-AC68U WiFi5 router. After installing this WiFi 6E card, connections have been rock solid, with no drops. Also, data though-put has increased at least 300%, which isn't all that surprising given the tri-band nature of WiFi 6E. And yes, these give you access to all three frequency bands (2.4 GHz, 5GHz, & 6 GHz), at least under Linux. Also, note that I did not need, and did not install, the included metal shield.

As a traditional 2.4 gHz and 5 gHz wi-fi card, it works to perfection, and it's very low cost. I don't have a 6 or 6E 6 gHz access point, so I don't have a way to judge it's performance in the band where transfer rate is highest. I will have a 6E access point in a few months, and I intend to update this review at that time. Signal strength is better than the 14-year-old Intel wi-fi half mini-sata card it replaced. Although I had downloaded BT and wifi AX-210 drivers before replacing the card, I did not execute them. The card found whatever drivers it needed. Bluetooth works perfectly. The old card was BT 4.0, so this card brings an improvement. The upgrade was quick and painless. My DQ77KB motherboard interface used the half-mini-pcie version, and the new unit was completely compatible. Highly recommended.

Bought this for my Dell Inspiron 15 3521 laptop because my WiFi kept going in and out. The kit comes with everything you need for the replacement and immediately worked out of the box without needing to install any new drivers. All I needed to do was reconnect to my WiFi and it was ready to. Download speeds are much faster and updated my old laptop to WiFi 6 which I'm hoping will prevent outages I was having while taking tests. When I bought this it was $25 which I feel is a great price to breathe new life into my old reliable laptop.

Exactly what I was looking for. I purchased this item to replace the old 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi card on my very old laptop which lacked Bluetooth functionality, had the tendency to disconnect from my Wi-Fi network in the past, and was slow. It now connects to 5GHz Wi-Fi networks and has Bluetooth functionality built in! My laptop recognized it and after installing both the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth drivers, I had no issues related to functionality regarding to Wi-Fi. I ran a Speedtest and got a decent speed on my 5GHz Wi-Fi router, which was way faster than the old Wi-Fi card in my laptop. I haven't fully tested the Bluetooth functionality, I noticed that it connects to Bluetooth devices, but there is a minor lag when using the Bluetooth device (tested with a Bluetooth mouse), and it doesn't wake up from sleep from a Bluetooth device—this is not a big deal for me and it likely has to do with the age of my laptop, its BIOS limitations, and since the system I installed this card was originally designed to support Wi-Fi capability only. I've installed this Wi-Fi card on an ASUS X552EA-DH42 laptop which I've had since 2015.

I’ve used these twice when I upgraded older laptops to Linux and the Linux driver had issues with the stock Broadcom WiFi cards. The upgraded Bluetooth is nice little extra. Popped these and worked like a champ. Be careful with the connectors they’re tiny. :0) Just make sure you need the mini pci-e style card. Make sure the card you’re replacing has the two screw locations and not just one in the middle of the edge. Also to note currently there are no drivers for windows 7 that I can find at all so if you want to dual boot to windows 7 currently you won’t have WiFi in windows 7. That’s the only downside I’ve found so far, but honestly I wouldn’t be going to the internet on windows 7 anyways.

I was hesitant to buy a new WiFi card for my now 11 year old HP laptop, due to research on HP forums. Some people claimed(even this listing) that I would have to rewrite my BIOS because they whitelist WiFi cards. I pulled the trigger on this and it worked great! I have an older laptop (HP 15-n229nr) and when I updated to Windows 10, I completely lost the ability to use Bluetooth. I also could not stream 1080p on YouTube even with an Asus router and 1GB internet. My original card was a WiFi 4 Ralink RT-3290 with Bluetooth built in. I carefully swapped the card and booted up the laptop. The laptop didn’t recognize the card, so I had to plug into my router and download the drivers. It would be best to download the drivers beforehand, but this way wasn’t hard either. If you Google “Intel WiFi 6E AX211 driver” you’ll see a link to Intel’s website. You can download the Bluetooth and Wireless WiFi drivers for your application. There’s another review linking to some Chinese product website, but I find it best to get the drivers directly from Intel. As of typing this review, the drivers were updated April 29, 2025. After the drivers downloaded, I connected to the internet over WiFi. My streaming speed vastly improved, and now I have functioning Bluetooth again. I highly recommend this WiFi card!

Do not purchase this FAKE card. The card was tested under new full Windows 10 Pro 22H2 install with updates dated 1/4/2025 19045.5247 & Full fresh install of Windows 11 Pro 23H2 with correct updates dated 1/20/2024. Both operating systems would load default drivers for an Intel AC-7260. Intel® Driver & Support Assistant (Intel® DSA) reports the correct drivers installed as AC-7260. Removing all device drivers, turning off NIC, deleting from device manager and rebooting with device OFF to force the Intel® Wireless Wi-Fi Drivers for Windows® 10 and Windows 11* 12/17/2024 to install results in device manager show "This device cannot start (Code 10)" after the NIC is reenabled. Windows 11 device manager show this device as PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_08B1&SUBSYS_50708086&REV_CB (Intel AC-7260). On one side of the packaging it shows the device as supporing AC on the other AX.

Until now my blutooth won't even work and I keep on removing it whenever I restart my hp laptop.

Solo lo instalé y windows 10 automáticamente encuentra los drivers. El producto funciona como debe

Does what it is supposed to do.

Pros New and unopened product received. Packaging was excellent. Item as described. Overall satisfied with product. Would order again from the seller. Cons Delivery took a few weeks, probably because it is an imported item, if so, then one should understand.

Carte conforme à la description, installation très simple et la carte a été reconnu instantanément sur mon pc portable de 9 ans