TP-Link AC1300 PCIe WiFi PCIe Card(Archer T6E)- 2.4G/5G Dual Band Wireless PCI Express Adapter, Low Profile, Long Range, Heat Sink Technology, Supports Windows 10/8.1/8/7/XP

I have a home office setup in my garage about 50ft from my WiFi Router that is inside my House. My PC is an HP ProDesk 600 with Windows 10 64bit. My ISP is Spectrum at 200Mbps Download Speed. I originally went with a TP-Link AV600 Powerline Adapter to get an internet signal to my garage. Always assumed a hardwire plugin would be the fastest and surest connection type for my needs. With that setup I had just under 40Mbps D/L. Not very fast but it seemed to work ok but unfortunately would continually lose connection a few times a day and the Powerline adapter would need to be unplugged then plugged back in to reset. I tried different outlets in my garage with similar results. I finally had enough and decided to try this TP-Link AC1300 PCI Express Adapter and all I can say is wow! Took me only 5 minutes to install. I then I installed Broadcom BCM4360 chip Drivers as I heard the drivers from TP-Link website can have issues on some systems. My first speed test showed my speeds increased to around 85Mbps. I was getting one to 2 bars of signal. Since my signal was not consistently great I ordered an Eightwood Dual WIFi Antenna. This has a magnetic base and extends the TP-Link Wifi antenna from my PC to 6.5ft. Once I plugged that in and raised the antenna off the ground as high as I can get. I now am getting 194Mbps! So if you are not in the same room as your router and are not receiving 3 bars. I would recommend to add this antenna extension to get the best signal possible. Made a huge difference for me. The TP-Link AC1300 is now working flawlessly and does not disconnect. Can't believe I am getting this kind of performance from a relatively inexpensive WiFi Card!

As a 10+ year IT Professional I have no issues installing cards or dealing with drivers. A lot of people talk about the drivers being a pain but I have tried a few and don't really notice much difference. My desktop is upstairs directly over the router and I get 300up/300down normally on my Gigabit fiber connection. However I suggested this card to my neighbor and it's driven me mad at times working on his. I'm not sure if is card is just iffy or if it's right on the edge of his network and can't decide between the 2.4Ghz or the 5Ghz band but it's just a pain and really inconsistent. Even if I set it to one band or the other it doesn't seem to affect the speeds much. Granted his router is on the other side of the house so that contributes to this but I've also tried a good repeater without much luck. He still gets 100up/100down but sometimes he jumps on and the speeds are horrific and he just needs a restart or to disconnect/reconnect to his network. Overall for the price works great for me. I never though I'd be gaming over wireless. I still get 15-16ms latency and great speeds which blows my mind. Obviously if a lot of streaming is going on in the house it drags those speeds/latency down a bit but overall I really like the look and performance of this card. It's a good value and has been rock solid in my desktop since I purchased it.

Ive had this wifi card for about a month now and I have had no problems. Windows recognized it instantly and I installed the drivers from tp links website. I was getting about 70 mbps when I had my computer wired and now with the wifi card im getting about 50-60 mbps. My laptop, which is probably 3 or 4 years old, gets about 10 mbps. The signal reliability is also great on this wifi card. So far I dont think there has been a single time where my connection has slowed down or cut off. The card picks up both 2.4 and 5g bands perfectly. UPDATE: 2/14/20 This wifi card still works flawlessly, I am still consistently getting about 60 mbps download speeds, which is great considering my router, ISP, and overall home internet setup. I never have dropped internet connections or any other problems. Over the past 8-10 months since I bought this card I have tried a couple cheap ebay bluetooth adapters and one cheap wifi adapter and I have learned my lesson, dont cheap out on these two components. With both bluetooth adapters and wifi adapters, get something from a name brand that has good driver support, like this one. The software support of these adapters is more important than the specs of the device itself (max download speeds, bluetooth range, etc.).

I purchased this card for a new PC build. My motherboard specifically sets aside an M.2 slot for a wifi card, but I had a spare PCI-E slot and, based on the positive reviews this card received, I decided to give it a try. The installation was incredibly simple -- just slide into an open PCI-E slot on your motherboard, screw it into the appropriate slot on your case, and attach the two antennae. Consistent with the advice of other reviewers, I used the Broadcom BCM43xx drivers, ver. 7.35.317.3. The first day or so of use I had constant struggles trying to get the card to pick up a decent signal, to the point where I considered opting for an M.2 card after all. However, after this initial setback, the card has since worked wonderfully without trouble, so much so that I wonder if perhaps I was just having general wifi connectivity issues the first day I tried it. For a basic, fairly inexpensive card that will give great performance, this one is a winner.

Preso per sostituire la penna WI-FI usb. Ovviamente va molto più veloce. Stabile. Nulla da segnalare. Ma non sono esperto e neanche posso raffrontarlo con prodotti simili. Credo stia mantenendo le "promesse" fatte dalle sue caratteristiche tecniche.

I am very pleased with the performance of this AC1300 (Archer T6E). It thrashed the speed of my previous wifi card. There are two vital points to bear in mind before you start: 1. Go to TP-Link’s website and download the appropriate driver file. In my case for W10, the driver file was: Archer T6E_V2_200508_Win10.zip. You will need to download this file on another computer if the current one has no internet access. Then copy this file to a USB drive and copy it to the current computer. I recommend creating a folder called “TPL” on the Desktop and putting the file in there. Then right click on the file and click on “Extract All”. 2. The second point to bear in mind is that BOTH your antivirus and firewall must be temporarily disconnected otherwise the driver installation will fail! If you use Kaspersky or similar, you need to disable it first and then go to Windows Defender and also disable that. This is because as soon as you disable Kasperky (or Norton or McAfee etc), Windows Defender will automatically replace the main security system. I recommend searching for “TP-Link How to Manually Install Adapters on Windows 10” and follow the instructions. Also search for “Turn off Defender antivirus protection in Windows Security”. I installed the AC1300 and screwed on the 2 antennae and switched on the PC. As per the above instructions, I browsed to: “Archer T6E(EU)_V1&V2_200508_Win10” and clicked on “Update driver software”. I rebooted the PC and then reactivated Kaspersky’s antivirus and firewall. Finally, I entered the wifi code for my network and my internet was restored. *****You may find that, contrary to the generally accepted wisdom of using the 2.4MHz frequency when you have thick walls and floors, that you actually achieve a higher speed using the 5MHz band. Accepted wisdom: “2.4 GHz networks cover a substantially larger range than 5 GHz wireless networks. 5 GHz networks do not penetrate solid objects such as walls and floors nearly as well as do 2.4 GHz signals”. I switched from 2.4MHz to 5MHz and my second (wifi) PC, which is 2 floors below, went from 11Mbps to 46 Mbps, matching the speed of my first PC which is connected via ethernet cable! It’s worth a try. .................................................................................................................................................................................................. EDIT No 5GHz signal on Linux? Then change a router setting. I recently bought this dual-channel TP-Link AC1300 Wireless Dual Band PCI Express Wi-Fi Adapter for a desktop PC that sits two floors below my router. The PC was originally using Windows 10 and the 5GHz signal was much stronger then the 2.4MHz one. I then decided to replace W10 with Linux Mint 21.1 MATE. The Broadcom BCM4360 was recognised by Mint and the appropriate driver installed. So far, so good. I then found that only the much weaker 2.4MHz signal was available. I used the excellent Wifi Analyzer (open-source) app on my mobile phone and this registered nothing for the 5GHz band. In contrast the 2.4GHz showed a strong signal. I tried connecting to a “Hidden network” and creating a new network, all to no avail. Finally after much research, I discovered that the Broadcom BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter [14e4:43a0] (rev 03) does not see 5GHz networks with a high channel number. See confirmed bug #1574196 at Launchpad. To rectify this, it is necessary to login to the router and change the channel for the 5GHz to a lower one. In my ASUS router I went to Advanced Settings > Wireless > Wireless General > select 5GHz band. Then clicked on Control Channel and reduced the figure from 140 maximum to say 36. Clicked on Apply and logged out. The Wifi Analyzer immediately picked up a very strong signal from the 5GHz. All is now well using Linux.

brilliant reception & speed .. wish I had bought it earlier

Been using this PCIe adapter for a couple of days and it's already proven to be superior to the USB adapters I was previously using. I'm getting better speeds consistently and no drop outs at all which is really nice. The only concern I had was installing it into my PC as I have a mini ATX motherboard and a graphics card that was covering my other PCIe slot, but as you can see from the picture it turned out perfectly fine and fits right in. I'm not a very technical person so I can't say anything on optimization, however overall I am very happy with this product and it is worth the price that I paid.

Purchased this card to replace a failing external USB wireless adapter. I have used many TP-Link products over the years. I did my research and I selected the Archer T6E AC1300. The computer is a Dell Optiplex, no problems at all with the install. Operating System is Windows 10 - again no problems at all. This system is in a smaller apartment, and the computer is in the same room as the Shaw Cable modem/router and TV. Connection went by the book, and I have to say... this card is FAST! That old USB wlan adapter was way worse than I thought! With this card, no more dropped connections, no more latency, solid as a rock! Very happy with this card, happy enough that I would buy it again. :) Oh, just general computing a some streaming in this application (no "gaming").