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What do you look out for when you purchase wifi cards? (lemmy.world)

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What properties that affect the range, speed and features should a consumer be looking out for?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I check to see if it has 5ghz and 2.4ghz. Maybe check advertised mpbs since higher is better although a wifi card actually reaching speeds of 300mbps is laughable and I've never once seen it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That 300mbps has to come from both sides, and that's assuming there's no interference at all (which is impossible for us mortals, btw).