I recently reviewed the Asus ROG Strix G16, which comes from the factory with a MediaTek Wi-Fi 6E (MT7922) M.2 card installed ...

Laptops can be tougher to fit a new card in. For older laptops (Wi-Fi 4 or earlier) and models where the Wi-Fi adapter is soldered onto the motherboard, it may be impossible.

An outdated Wi-Fi card could be to blame, and rather than tinkering around in laptop or PC trying to replace it, a USB Wi-Fi adapter is a simple and inexpensive solution.

A Wi-Fi card connects to your laptop either in your USB port or a wider card slot. This card generally is geared to a particular Wi-Fi network, so to use it you must be in range of a wireless ...

You’ve seen M.2 cards in modern laptops already. If you’re buying an SSD today, it’s most likely an M.2 one. Many of our laptops contain M.2 WiFi cards, the consumer-oriented WWAN… ...

Beyond mere speed: How your laptop's Wi-Fi card affects real-world performance, and why latency matters more than advertised bandwidth.

To upgrade to Wi-Fi 6 you would customarily need to buy an entirely new laptop or replace the Wi-Fi card in your desktop. Netgear has come up with a clever way to avoid this.

With USB 3.0 being capable of 4.8 Gbps, it can keep up with the full capabilities of every Wi-Fi standard other than the newest one, 802.11ax, better known as Wi-Fi 6.