We had a TP-LINK AC1750 adapter in a desktop built a few years ago, and it had been struggling to maintain connectivity for the past year or so, even after we bought an external extension array for the antennae. I had just upgraded our wireless router from a Netgear N900 WNDR4500 to an ASUS AX6000 RT-AX88U, but that did nothing for the adapter in the older desktop. In fact, it may have just made things worse.
I was hesitant to buy the ASUS adapter, because that ASUS router is . . . a lot to handle, unless you're a network engineer. The setup and UI for the ASUS router isn't exactly user-friendly.
We first deleted the old WiFi adapter drivers by re-running the original driver setup application. Thankfully, this was an option, because we were unsure what to delete from within Windows Device Manager. After uninstaling the old driver, we uninstalled the old card.
Turns out that the ASUS wireless adapter is simple to install and use. The bracket needed to be tweaked (bent slightly at the top and bottom), allowing the card to better fit the PCI bus—this happens with other cards, as well. After physically installing the new card, we installed the drivers from the included CD. The offering online were confusing—we could not tell if they were drivers, utilities, or a combination of both, and there's no guidance available. After installing the drivers, we connected the antennae extension array and connected to the home WiFi through the widget in Windows Task Bar. All we had to do was remember the WiFi password!
There were no menus to navigate, no Byzantine questions to answer, no trouble to be had, anywhere. It just worked.
The new adapter is ridiculously fast, compared to the old one. This adapter can maintain connectivity via the 5G band, where the old one would regularly drop the signal. Online gaming isn't losing connectivity. Downloads are quite fast.
This is a great product. Online, there was mention of a utility that switched off a KRACK exploit vulnerability, but, as is normal for ASUS, there's no explanation of how to use the utility. As we experienced with our ASUS AX6000 RT-AX88U router, ASUS would benefit by integrating a more user-friendly interface between its products and its customers—at all points within the ASUS ecosystem.
| 品牌 | ASUS 华硕 |
|---|---|
| 制造商 | ASUS Computer International Direct |
| 型号 | PCE-AC88 |
| 商品尺寸 | 21.08 x 5.69 x 27.69 cm; 125 克 |
| 电池 | 1 锂离子电池 电池(附带) |
| 制造商是否已停产 | 不是 |
| 计算机无线类型1 | 802.11n, 802.11b, 802.11g |
| 是否包含电池 | 是 |
| 锂电池容量 | 4 瓦時 |
| 电池包装类型 | 电池是包含在该商品的包装内，但没有装配在该商品内 |
| 电池锂含量 | 0.9 克 |
| 锂离子的数量 | 4 |
| 商品重量 | 125 g |
