ASUS PCE-AXE5400 WiFi 6E PCI-E Adapter with 2 external antennas, Supporting 6GHz band, 160MHz, Bluetooth 5.2, WPA3 network security, OFDMA, MU-MIMO - Black

This network card is having an impact on my sanity, so now writing a review is the best I can do. This is a 1-star review for both the product as well as Amazon. It's ridiculous for Amazon to refer me to ASUS when Amazon is the party that sold the product to me. That's at least how it works in the Netherlands. A consumer is entitled to a "decent/functioning product" with a "reasonable lifespan" by the VENDORRRR (i.e. Amazon). Anyway the network card is like the cultural restoration project in Skopje. Seems great for the price, but it just starts to break down as time passes. I ordered the card on the 26th of March and it's the 7th of September at 01:30 in the morning. I could've played video games right now, but this godforsaken card is keeping me from doing that. So now I'm writing this review to warn others from buying this product. So what makes it bad? The network card is by ASUS, but basically everything that makes this product a network card is the chipset. The chipset on this model is supplied by MediaTek (MT7922) and it doesn't have a great reputation. Now why does it have a bad reputation? This thing has crashed my computer due to bad drivers. Like literally crashing my PC at bootup. I was confused and did a FULL clean install (wiped everything). Everything was fine until I reinstalled the drivers by ASUS. That's also funny, because their latest driver is from 2022. I guess ASUS also knew that this network card is junk and just dropped software support. So download drivers from a different supplier. It's fine! Just make sure you download drivers for the matching chipset (MT7922). Well after reinstalling all drivers to more up-to-date software, problem solved? Unfortunately no. Whenever I boot up a game this network card just crashes. No WiFi, no Bluetooth? Want to play Rocket League on the coach with a controller? Go touch some grass you geek, ASUS PCE-AXE5400 says no. The amount of hours and effort I have put into it is truly maddening for what it is. It's just a network card that should allow me to connect to the internet. Why is it so bad? At some point after so much more troubleshooting with ChatGPT, it basically suggested that I should get a different make of network card instead. And hence therefore, I give up. The network card has won and the only thing I can do now is to write a cynical review trying to warn others not to buy this.

Great quality product, can't wait to use it :)

It runs full my wifi full speed 500GB 3 meters from Wifi spot. السرعة عندي 500ميجا والجهاز بنفس الغرفة يجيب السرعة كاملة تقريبا.

Dovete sapere che non sono molto pratico ma l'installazione è stata un gioco e tutto funziona perfettamente

Kurulum esnasında bluetooth 'un çalışması için kutudan çıkan kabloyla anakartta bulunan bir usb portuna bağlantı yapmanız gerekiyor. Anakartımda usb portlarının yakın olduğu pcie portunu tercih ettim bu nedenle ve ekran kartının fanları ile yakın bir konuma yerleşti. Çok büyük olmaması nedeniyle ekran kartı ısısına bir etki etmedi. Kurulumdan sonra ilk çalıştırmada sürücüler otomatik yüklenmedi ve ethernet bağlantısı ile sürücüleri indirerek kurulumu tamamladım. Kullanılan işletim sistemi windows 11. Hotspot olarak vr cihazımla bağlantı beklenen başarıya ulaşmıyor. Virtual dektop ile wifi 6 bir router üzerinden bağlantıyı sağladığımda aldığım sonuçlar daha iç açıcıydı. Moonlight ile cep telefonumdan bağlantıyı sağlamam için yeterli hızı destekliyor ancak bir ethernet bağlantısı kadar iyi değil. Gene de beni salonumdaki ethernet kablolarından kurtardığı için minnettarım.