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Network soultion for new build (£10-20)

Altruist
21 minutes ago, Altruist said:

I've had my eyes on "https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0721JZZJM/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=AKFILWP38RFK6&psc=1

i'm no expert on this at all you i'd like some advice on this.

I'd like other solutions but id heavily prefer a internal solution. 

I've never heard of Fenvi, so you might be out of luck as far as extended support goes. However, from the small amount of reading I've done, it seems to work out of the box on Windows 7+ since it has a generic Intel combined Wifi/Bluetooth chipset (the 6205) which Windows has built in support for. 

 

A friend of mine uses the Archer 1300mbit variant of the TP-link card that was recommended, but even with Windows 10 1803, it has no out of the box driver support.

 

Apparently the build quality on the Fenvi card is awful, though, so it might be a "fit it and forget it" and hope it doesn't fall apart on you.

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I'm guessing that's a bog-standard cheap Chinese PCIe to mini-PCIe adapter with a bog standard cheapo Intel mini-PCIe NIC in it.  You can buy the parts separately on eBay, although it would probably cost about the same.

 

Intel aren't exactly considered the "peak" of WiFi technology, they are just really cheap because they are often used as standard for laptops.

Router:  Intel N100 (pfSense) WiFi6: Zyxel NWA210AX (1.7Gbit peak at 160Mhz)
WiFi5: Ubiquiti NanoHD OpenWRT (~500Mbit at 80Mhz) Switches: Netgear MS510TXUP, MS510TXPP, GS110EMX
ISPs: Zen Full Fibre 900 (~930Mbit down, 115Mbit up) + Three 5G (~800Mbit down, 115Mbit up)
Upgrading Laptop/Desktop CNVIo WiFi 5 cards to PCIe WiFi6e/7

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