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I was able to upgrade my 17-inch laptop (MSI GT70) wireless card from the old Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2230 (2.4Ghz only) to this newer Intel Wireless-AC 7260 (2.4Ghz and 5Ghz) wireless card. Since this particular laptop does NOT have any whitelisting in the BIOS; installation took less than 2 minutes. (Just a simple swap out from the old to the new). It runs fine on Ubuntu 19.10 (automatically detected upon boot up). I was up and running within 5 minutes of receiving it from Australia Post! And the speed improvement? My internet connection is rated: 100 Mbit/s-down and 40 Mbit/s-up via NBN HFC. I have QoS enabled on my router, so it's set at 93 Mbit/s-down and 35 Mbit/s-up (All A+ on DSL Reports speed test against BufferBloat and Quality.) Before upgrade: 33.8 Mbit/s-down and 28.5 Mbit/s-up After upgrade: 84.6 Mbit/s-down and 32.1 Mbit/s-up WOW! What an upgrade! There's nothing more to say. It's cheap, fast, and works in Linux.Read full review
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
I'll keep this short - this card makes for a nice upgrade for older devices and at less than 20 quid it's definitely worth it. Of course, real world improvement depends on what type of router (802.11 n or AC, single or dual band...) what you're replacing - ie a single stream/single band card would see a noticeable bump in performance - especially if you're replacing a draft-n or 802.11g card. There's one important thing - before you buy this NIC, first check if your device has a whitelist in place (just google model + "whitelist" and see if people are complaining about those) and then ... be prepared to tinker around. In my case, one of the 2 cards I bought went into an Acer that needed a bit of extra work to get the card working, as it was recognized as "installed, but disabled" ... It's just a matter of taping over 2 pins to bypass the WiFi switch in older devices and the speed gains are worth it DL/UL speeds from my NAS doubled compared to before (and that's over a dual-band, dual stream Atheros on the 5GHz band)Read full review
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
Does its job. Was able to upgrade my 802.11n wireless card in my notebook to 802.11ac so I can use 5 GHz wireless band, and thereby actually get the 100 Mb download speed I'm paying for over wireless on this computer. Intel is a very reputable company whose networking products have helped me in the past. Also clearly labelled as to which wire to connect where which is reversed in physical position from the OEM card I replaced.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: New
Stable WiFi as well as Bluetooth connections. The built-in wireless card on my PC's motherboard had always been flaky, and I put of replacing it for years, making do with USB network cards. Should have installed this a long time ago.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: New
This is the most recent WiFi card released in miniPCI-E form so if you have an older laptop this card is perfect for upgrading it. I have not experienced any WiFi drop outs with this card and it’s fast.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
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