After the part but very negative reviews from other customers my feeling was very split when I ordered the TP-Link TL-WN951N Wireless PCI Adapter 300 MBit. After I, Mimo had technology in terms of signal strength, bit rate and quality (defect after 2 months) bad experiences with a more expensive Asus PCE-N13 PCI Express 1x WLAN Card, 802.11n, 300 Mbit / s, Low profile, Wps configuration, However, I did not want to even buy the same model. As the market of high-quality 300 Mbit / s PCI cards is very small, I decided from gut feeling against the cheaper and higher-rated sister model TP-Link TL-WN851N Wireless PCI Adapter 300 MBit and for TP-Link TL-WN951N. Many of the bad reviews were from driver problems with the still fresh at the launch of Windows 7. Map I find it very inappropriate to give a product a star because you're unable to reinstall drivers.
Packaging and commissioning:
The packaging consists of a sturdy cardboard box. Much more can not say. The installation may, as with PCI hardware customary not be easier: the wireless card is simply plugged into an appropriate empty PCI slot on the motherboard. After restarting, the card has been detected (unlike the above already mentioned Asus card) only after installing the supplied driver CD. This was the most exciting moment, because the included drivers are an old version and it supposedly comes with Windows 7 64-bit operating systems problems. However, I was pleasantly surprised: there were no crashes yet connectivity issues. On The Contrary. The connection was without problems, the signal strength very well and the data transfer rates afloat. This very positive impression was strengthened in the next two weeks ever: Despite an average use time of 10 hours a day, there was not a single time disconnections or reception problems -very unlike the Asus card. Despite very difficult reception conditions (0.5m thick walls, many sources of interference in the area) the reception is never less than 60% of the maximum reception. The transfer rates are just great. Meanwhile, I have a driver update performed, although I had no problems with the old.
Conclusion:
+ Perfect price / performance ratio
+ Good reception strength
+ High transmission rates
+ For continuous use suitable (power users, gamers, home server)
- No
So I can only recommend to anyone the TP-Link TL-WN951N Wireless PCI Adapter 300 MBit. I would buy them even at twice the price yet. When you're working constantly online, gets the subject wireless Larte a very high priority. I do not want to miss my TP-Link. The driver apparently problems do not occur in all users, and a driver update is to accomplish even for unexperienced in 2 minutes. There is no reason to give this product bad reviews!
