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Review on Intel Dual Band Wireless- MQUPIN Intel 7260.HMW - AC 7260 Network Adapter & Bluetooth 4.0 | 802.11 b/a/g/n/ac Card (1 Pack) by John Jones

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Replaces Atheros AR5b125 (ne56r41u laptop gateway) much faster now.

I replaced an older and slower single band card (Qualcomm Atheros AR5b125 802.11b/g/n PCle) in my Gateway ne56r41u laptop and it worked without driver updates (Windows 10). Now I get full speed (I pay for 200Mbps upstream / 20Mbps upstream) and now I can finally see the 5MHz band from my router too. Note: I first tried a few more popular USB WiFi adapters without success, but the Win 10 update isn't officially supported on this laptop, so the BIOS and drivers probably prevented it from working. I was surprised that I didn't need to update the driver, it just worked. I had to re-enter the wifi password but that was it.

Pros
  • Done
Cons
  • Some issues