Failing that suggestion, you might want to take a look inside. A number of desktop computers use the same little WiFi transceiver cards that are used in laptops (this is a VERY modular industry). If true in your case, it means that you can find it and take a closer look. I would take a picture of the label on that card so that I could magnify it and verify that it is the right radio. It should show AX210, if it is indeed an AX210-based radio. These cards are approx 1-square-inch, so they’re quite small. Next on the agenda is WiFi range, which is largely determined by the quality and number of antennas that come with your card. Besides making your WiFi card look like a cute little bug, they’re responsible for receiving and transmitting the wifi signal, so in a way, they’re the most essential part of the card. external antennas with a magnetic base allow adjusting the antenna for better coverage and reception.

As for the antenna, ASUS Pce-AX58BT ships with 2 external antennas with a magnetic base. You can easily adjust these antennas for better coverage and signal reception. Let’s start with one of the most exciting aspects of a WiFi card, the connection speed. You can buy wifi cards with pretty juiced speeds these days, but it’s not as simple as buying the fastest one. For smart home devices, it makes sense to simply upgrade these as they break or become obsolete. For desktops and laptops, however, you can postpone a total upgrade by installing a new Wi-Fi 6 compatible wireless card. I’ve looked at review videos and found none that explain how to config the WiFi PCIe card device other than simplistic SSID, IP, enable/disable the radio, …etc. Most reviewers just hold the box in their hand and wax on about the fabulous hardware specs of the chipset used by QNAP. QNAP’s config GUI renders this hardware useless in my opinion. QNAP videos introducing the product are not helpful: lots of fancy slides that give technical people not one shred of info to configure the product for a WiFi network with any level of sophistication. Some users report their QNAP wifi card 2.4ghz and 5ghz radios can not run reliably at the same time….. great. My own otherwise excellent QGD-1600 nas/switch has the QWA-AC2600 WiFi card installed but can only use the 2.4ghz radio, even though the 5ghz radio is enable, showing a status of “active”, but none of my WiFi clients can connect from 10’ft away line of sight, to the 5ghz radio only 2.4ghz. This QNAP product should be recalled. I continue to post on other forums about the WiFi card’s many failings… and yet I love the performance of my QGD-1600 and QGD-3014 devices which are stellar, ground-breaking products. For things like competitive online gaming, we’d suggest looking for something with at least 1GBps transfer speeds. This should be enough to support pretty much any online gaming scenario, no matter how data-heavy the game is.

Do WiFi cards affect internet speed?

ASUS makes great computer equipment; this is one of those. If you’re looking for a WiFi card for PC that can handle heavy stuff like gaming, streaming etc. then this card will be a great addition to your rig. This fellow normally has great and informative video tutorials, but this and his video on the QNAP QWA-AC2600 are not useful. He never shows any use of the config software, just holds the card in his hand and waxes on about the specs on the box. No indication he has ever used the PCIe wifi card product. Very uncharacteristic, because I have found virtually all his other videos very helpful. I can also suggest trying another computer with WiFi6 capability to verify the function of your Asus ET8. Maybe you or a friend has a capable laptop, for example. This is probably a priority now in the troubleshooting procession of steps. You want to be sure it’s working as expected to have as solid a case for Dell if you choose to pursue convincing them.

Computer chips get hot. It’s just a fact of life. And it’s another fact of life that heat kills computer chips…it’s sort of Superman/Lex Luther, Batman/The Joker state of affairs. If a computer component gets too hot, you’ll begin to see a decline in performance and in severe circumstances, crashes.If you want a budget dual-band WiFi card for your PC with WiFi 6 and Bluetooth 5.0 support, then give this PCIe adapter a go.

A lightning-fast WiFi card is fantastic, don’t get us wrong, but it won’t speed up the network connection that your router has already established. Your card can only run as fast as this primary network connection. This smaller adapter module that the card supports is one that is available from a number of brands and is near identical to a card we tested earlier in the year in the QNAP TS-251D to no success – clearly, this is a now a driver that has been added to QTS platform and firmware for the release of the QXP-W6-AX200 Specifically, these are 2230 M.2 cards, which are 22m wide and 33mm long, that use the A or E key to connect to a host. To qualify for the upgrade, your computer must have a compatible slot for this card design.

Wi-Fi 6 vs Wi-Fi 6E

If you can verify that, and the PC still doesn’t see the SSID of your WiFi6 network, you may want to peek at your desktop computer more closely… Most Wi-Fi cards use a PCIe x1 connection, meaning you can use any unoccupied PCIe slot on your motherboard to install the card. This includes PCIe x1, x4, x8, and x16 slots.Some cards come in the M.2 form factor. They are usually made for laptops since most newer laptop models, notwithstanding MacBooks, feature a replaceable M.2 Wi-Fi card.Note that some desktop motherboards have a dedicated M.2 slot reserved for an M.2 Wi-Fi card, but they’re few and far between. If you own a desktop PC, your best bet is getting a PCIe Wi-Fi card. Are Wi-Fi cards universal?