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TP-Link Archer TXE70UH AXE5400 Wi-Fi 6E USB Adaptor $32.90 + Delivery (Free C&C) @ Bunnings
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Flutterby on 01/03/2025 - 21:01 bunnings.com.au (3395 clicks)
Last edited 01/03/2025 - 21:26 by 1 other user
Last edited 01/03/2025 - 21:26 by 1 other user
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Windows are pretty good with drivers these days. Normally plug and play with routine windows update.
I have one of these (and a Deco XE75 for the network), plugged it in and it worked without doing anything.
Was able to cap out my NBN connection (500Mbps) so certainly working.
Thanks
have a similar setup with freefall - was able to just plug in and work, although windows might need to install some drivers, it should all be automatic
In the case of WiFi 6E you'll need Windows 11 to use the 6GHz band as it's not supported in Windows 10
Thanks
I've stayed off 11 so far. Darn it
The exception is if you get an adapter with the Intel AX210 chipset and use a specific version of the Intel driver that Microsoft made them pull and you'll get 6GHz on Windows 10.
Unfortunately this TP Link is using a Realtek chip.
Wish this has free one pass delivery
Decent price, but already outdated with WiFi 7
Wut… I don't think I need to upgrade my phone yet.
Edit: My pixel does support wifi 7 and Archer BE3600 is $169 with 3.6 speed wifi and 2.5 speed ports. Tempting.
The S25 has WiFi 7, so does iPhone 16 and Pixel 9. Then you buy a WiFi 7 router to take advantage of your new phone, now you need a new WiFi adaptor.
Was to buy Archer AX80 until I saw your comment. The Archer BE3600 WiFi 7 is cheapest local while Xiaomi BE3600 is better price on Ali.
Only out dated if you have a Wifi 7 router or access point, which are not universal as yet.
Long-standing rule of networking is that the network is only as quick as the slowest point, so this can still provide an improvement, if you PC / laptop has lower spec wifi.
Also, TP-Link haven’t yet launched their Wifi 7 high gain USB device.
The major flagship phones all have WiFi 7, there are plenty of affordable WiFi 7 adaptors and routers, this isn't future-proofing it's today-proofing.
The TP-Link pcie version is already available, actually surprised the USB version isn't. The Comfast WiFi 7 USB adaptor is like $25.
Unless you need it now, why buy something that you'll want to upgrade in less than a year? Seems like a waste of $30
Reason to buy it now = If don't have a Wifi 7 router or access point, and are not going to buy one anytime soon (which are x10 more expensive than USB dongles), then is may give you a perfectly acceptable performance boost for 30 bucks. If you can find an equivalent priced Wifi 7 USB device, then yes you also get some "future-proofing", but after 30+ years in tech, people often pay for "future proofing" and then don't actually take advantage of it (effectively wasting money)
Bunnings special delivery can take weeks. Not worth going with them.
You're right, I bought this online from Bunnings about a month ago and it close to 3 weeks.
So, it means they have no local stock even I buy it instore?
Edit: "Item not stocked in-store." found the answer.
Will wifi 6e give me better coverage through walls?
Likely not unless your 2.4/5ghz is extremely busy.
As a rule of thumb, the higher the frequency the WORSE it performs through walls. But do keep in mind this is a relatively 'free' spectrum as not many people are using it so actual performance will depend on a lot of things (house vs apartment, current congestion, lots of IoT devices, etc etc).
Run a cable from one of the house to the other. No wifi router is good to penetrate double brick.
A cable with 2x cheap sub $100 routers is better than a expensive powerful router. Likely will cost the same for either of the two
Agree with were you are going with this. A federated network is typically a better design than one highly centralised in a single router, particularly for larger homes.
However, for the example, you don't need two routers. You need one router (somewhere on the network) and a switch or access point at the other end of the cable.
FYI - There is another deal live at the moment to buy cheap TP-Link switches.
Not really. I run the main router at one end of the house and got a sparky to run a cable to the back with aimesh setup. Solid wireless in the entire house and backyard.
A switch will limit to wired connection only.
@Flutterby: Then you are merely using the 2nd router as a wireless access point. Great if you have a spare 2nd router, but if you buying something to implement your idea, you would buy an Wifi access point (or a switch if you wanted to connect Ethernet devices. E.g TV, Playstation, XBox etc).
Great idea for larger & multi-level homes, or those with lots of brick.
In my case yes.
I had one of those little stubby USB wifi adapter's that I could previously only get 30mbs on a speed test, for some reason it dropped down to 3-4mbps and no amount of moving the router or the computer with the wifi receiver in the back of it would improve it.
I bought this wifi adaptor from Bunnings a few weeks back and now I constantly max out at 108mbps (my plan is for 100mbps).
Typically the higher frequency the less it penetrates given its the exact same type on a higher frequency but at the same time it depends on how powerful the receiver is and it's antennas.
So it will depend more on what wifi adaptor you're using now if you'll see any benifits, and depending on your plans speed 2.4ghz is good for 100mbps.
I paid $59 for this at Bunnings a few weeks ago, sucks for me but it's a great price now.
Bought for wardriving
how do these USB Adaptor compare to pcie wifi? most criticism USB Adaptor have is the lackluster antennaes but these kind of usb adaptor dont seem to have that kind of drawback. is this kind of design finally comparable to pcie now?
The overhead and latency for USB will always be worse than pcie, and you run into more issues with thermal throttling during sustained transfers as well.
Used to be an issue where the USB interface max speed would cap your connection speed, not really an issue with USB 3.x devices though.
Doesnt really matter these days unless you play competitive online games, as the jitter can be noticeably worse with USB adaptors
Will it "just work" (wifi 6E with windows but not manufacturer drivers installed)? I recall having a TP link dongle in the past and the tp link software was so unusable I got rid of it
Could have been a d link actually. I can't recall