I believe that many netizens will have such a feeling, when decorating, they forgot to lay network cables for the study, and as a result, the desktop computer could not access the Internet. To get a desktop computer online, either buy a wireless card with a USB interface or pull a long network cable.
Embarrassingly, the desktop is too far away from the router, and the bare network cable in the room not only affects the aesthetics, but also easily trips over the elderly and children. In contrast, the wireless network card of the USB interface is convenient to use, the network speed is slow and unstable. After the popularity of Wifi6 routers, install a Wifi6 wireless network on the desktop computer to easily solve the Internet problem of the desktop. Here, I would like to share the author's transformation plan.
Winglink EP-9655GS wireless network card comes with Bluetooth support Wifi6
As we all know, most of the USB interface network cards only support the Wifi5 standard, and the signal penetration ability is relatively poor in the 5G band, while the signal penetration of Wifi6 is relatively strong. Considering that the WIFI6 network card of the USB interface requires a USB 3.0 or higher interface, the Wifi6 network card with the PCI-E interface is selected.
Friends recommended a Winglink EP-9655GS wireless network card, support Wifi6 standard, using PCI-E interface, but also comes with Bluetooth 5.2, the price is only more than 100 yuan, the cost performance is very high. Place an order directly online and receive the product 2 days later.
The packaging of the Winglink EP-9655GS wireless network card is very ordinary, traditional carton packaging, with only some simple technical parameters on it. On the front of the box, you can see the interface and supported band information.
Open the package and you will be able to see a PCI-E network card, 2 antennas, 1 toolkit, 1 driver CD, and 1 installation guide. More intimately, the manufacturer is also equipped with a metal baffle. If it does not match the chassis, you can replace one of the bezel and install it without difficulty.
Winglink EP-9655GS wireless network card installation is very simple, directly open the chassis, find the PCI-E interface and install it. Since the network card comes with Bluetooth, it is necessary to connect the USB interface of the motherboard. Using the included USB cable, one end is plugged into the network card, and the other end is plugged into the USB interface of the motherboard.
Since the network card has 2 external antennas, it is necessary to install the network card first, and then install the antenna, otherwise the network card cannot be installed on the computer motherboard. When installing the antenna, be sure to tighten it so that the antenna contact will not affect the signal strength.
The connection is stable and the Internet speed is fast, and the Bluetooth 5.2 module is very practical
After the installation of the Winglink EP-9655GS wireless network card is completed, it is recommended to open the computer first to check whether the system has detected the new hardware. If no new hardware is found, check that the NIC is in good contact with the motherboard.
After the hardware installation is complete, the driver also needs to be installed. Since the driver is a CD-ROM, it is recommended to find a machine with an optical drive to copy the driver, or you can go to the official website to find the driver. If there is no driver for this model, you can find the official website customer service to send the driver to the specified mailbox.
After the driver installation is complete, you can see that there is a Wifi6 network card and a Bluetooth device. Here, first test the connection speed and stability of the network card. The test environment is that the model of the wireless router is 360V6 and the broadband is 1000M speed. The desktop computer is placed in a cupboard, 5 meters away from the wireless router, with a red brick wall spaced in the middle.
It should be noted that although it is gigabit broadband, the optical cat network port is only gigabit, and the cat line, plus the router port, is also gigabit. When the actual speed is measured, it is generally around 750Mbps. First use the Gigabit wireless network card built into the computer motherboard to test the network speed, speedtest speed measurement rate is 669Mbps.
Shield the built-in network card of the computer motherboard, use the Winglink EP-9655GS wireless network card to measure speed, the speed is about 590Mbps, and the speed of wired Internet access has a certain gap.
From the signal strength point of view, the full grid is 5 cells, and the strength of the actual connection to the 360V6 wireless router is 4 cells, and there is no full grid. Since the desktop doesn't move often and the antenna is behind the chassis, this signal strength is ok. Multiple tests have found that the signal has almost no fluctuations and the speed is stable between 550-620Mbps.
So, connect your Wifi5 router and see how fast it is? Put a router that supports the Wifi5 standard in the same location, use Speedtest speed measurement, the actual speed is around 150Mbps. It seems that the PCI-E wireless network card connected to the Wifi5 router speed loss is quite large.
Let's talk about Bluetooth, which allows desktop computers to connect wireless Bluetooth headsets, as well as smart speakers and other devices, which is very convenient. However, occasionally the device cannot be found, and it may be that the driver optimization is not well adapted.
Summary: For desktop computers with older configurations, the versatility of the Winglink EP-9655GS wireless network card is still quite high, with A PCI-E interface, and the compatibility is wider, because most motherboards have PCI-E interfaces. In contrast, the Wifi6 wireless card is faster and the signal penetration is stronger. However, the standard Bluetooth module software optimization is not very good, and it is hoped that it can be improved in the later stage.