Solve : Wireless PCI(-e) vs USB dongle?

1.	Solve : Wireless PCI(-e) vs USB dongle?
Answer» Hi again. I have recently DISCOVERED the reason behind my slow WiFi speeds, it was because the ACCESS card in my PC is cheap $#!7. I now have 100Mb broadband (CURRENT receivable speed ~30Mb) and need a new method. So which do I buy? A little USB dongle or an expansion card? I currently have AC 1750 WiFi available and SHARE information on the network but may hard wire one day (not sure where everything is going yet), So do I want Asus' £80 monster card or a cheaper USB dongle?PCI-e is faster connection than USB...go for a card...preferably 1 with an antenna. And you don't need to spend $80.00I'd always go for a PCI-E card rather than a USB dongle. Make sure whatever one you get is rated for Wireless AC to get the full speed of your network. Quote from: camerongray on April 05, 2016, 08:06:48 AM I'd always go for a PCI-E card rather than a USB dongle. Make sure whatever one you get is rated for Wireless AC to get the full speed of your network. That's what I thought but AC is not a set standard, it seems to vary between ~1200 - ~1900Mbps. Quote from: patio on April 05, 2016, 07:40:21 AM PCI-e is faster connection than USB...go for a card...preferably 1 with an antenna. And you don't need to spend $80.00 One antennae? That would be useless for a dual band network would it not? Also £80 (GBP), its $113 after converting the currency. $94.27 if you take the VAT off. :p I'm thinking of going with the TP-LINK Archer T6E http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/networking/wirelessnetworking/wirelesspcipciecards/archert6e.html Never mind PC World (of all places) had a really good offer on the T8E model.That TP-LINK would be fine, the £80 ASUS one would be a waste of money IMO.Completely resolved. I'm now able to enjoy the internet speed that I'm paying for. Although perhaps embarrassingly the reason behind the poor performance was the fact that my old WiFi card was PCI (although from a quick google search I have no idea why this would cause such a bottle neck).That definitely doesn't sound like the issue, I've run gigabit Ethernet cards over PCI and its been fine. Sounds very much like a bad card rather than the bus itself. Glad that it's all sorted though!

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Hi again. I have recently DISCOVERED the reason behind my slow WiFi speeds, it was because the ACCESS card in my PC is cheap $#!7. I now have 100Mb broadband (CURRENT receivable speed ~30Mb) and need a new method.

So which do I buy? A little USB dongle or an expansion card?

I currently have AC 1750 WiFi available and SHARE information on the network but may hard wire one day (not sure where everything is going yet), So do I want Asus' £80 monster card or a cheaper USB dongle?PCI-e is faster connection than USB...go for a card...preferably 1 with an antenna.

And you don't need to spend $80.00I'd always go for a PCI-E card rather than a USB dongle. Make sure whatever one you get is rated for Wireless AC to get the full speed of your network. Quote from: camerongray on April 05, 2016, 08:06:48 AM

I'd always go for a PCI-E card rather than a USB dongle. Make sure whatever one you get is rated for Wireless AC to get the full speed of your network.

That's what I thought but AC is not a set standard, it seems to vary between ~1200 - ~1900Mbps.

Quote from: patio on April 05, 2016, 07:40:21 AM

PCI-e is faster connection than USB...go for a card...preferably 1 with an antenna.

And you don't need to spend $80.00

One antennae? That would be useless for a dual band network would it not? Also £80 (GBP), its $113 after converting the currency. $94.27 if you take the VAT off. :p

I'm thinking of going with the TP-LINK Archer T6E
http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/networking/wirelessnetworking/wirelesspcipciecards/archert6e.html

Never mind PC World (of all places) had a really good offer on the T8E model.That TP-LINK would be fine, the £80 ASUS one would be a waste of money IMO.Completely resolved. I'm now able to enjoy the internet speed that I'm paying for.

Although perhaps embarrassingly the reason behind the poor performance was the fact that my old WiFi card was PCI (although from a quick google search I have no idea why this would cause such a bottle neck).That definitely doesn't sound like the issue, I've run gigabit Ethernet cards over PCI and its been fine. Sounds very much like a bad card rather than the bus itself.

Glad that it's all sorted though!

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