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Gabe,

Yes, 60 for 2.4 and 90 for 5 Ghz. I was expecting higher speeds also.

With the built in wifi I was maxing around 40 for 2.4 and 60 for 5 Ghz, so there's been a 50% increase in both speeds with the USB adapter, but still far below the laptops with the Intel chips. I've used the driver that ...

Gabe,

Plugged the adapter in and disabled the built in wifi. With the driver installed by Win 11, and the driver from the TP-Link website, I get 60 on 2.4 and 90 on 5 Ghz. This adapter looks to also have a Realtek chip, although it's apparently a bit better than the one that is built in. Was hoping ...

Gabe,

Thank you for the recommendation. After looking at what else Amazon had I decided to go with the one below. It's also by TP-Link and has 2 antennas. It was reviewed, along with some others including the one you linked to, by PC Magazine. It cost just slightly more than the single antenna ...

dd_milkshake,

Thank you for responding. I had considered a USB adapter but after reading various reviews online a very small number of them pertained to the adapter becoming extremely hot. Do you have one that you would recommned ? It would be worth the extra $20 or so to get speeds comparable to ...

Gabe,

Thank you for the response. With the Wireless Mode set to 802.11a/n/ac I checked the link speed twice. First was 195/195 and 5 mins later it was 130/130. Both times it was showing as being on the 5 GHz band. About an hour later I checked one of the laptops. First was 650/650 and 5 mins later ...

Thank you for that information, I really appreciate your help. I would rather not use a USB adapter so it looks like I'm stuck with 60. But, I now know what I'll avoid in the future.

Thanks again.

Thank you for the response. Over the weekend I found a suggestion online to change the wireless mode to 802.11a/n/ac, number 4 in your response. I did this and the speed went up to 60. Upon seeing your post this morning I implemented the other changes you suggested, numbers 2 and 3. After rebooting ...

On a new GK3 Pro that I setup I was getting 20 mbps wifi download speeds when connected to my 400 mbps internet service. The router is on a different level so I know that I'm not going to get 400 download. However, I have been using two laptops on this level for about a year and they both ...