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18 Aug, 2016
Lightweight toolboxes
You get a lot of toolboxes for the money, and the handles and catches feel strong and sturdy. Sadly the toolboxes themselves are made of thin, soft plastic that deforms and splits easily, so much so that the padlock eyelets are useless as the lid bends open with light pressure and then the eyelets tear open.
OK for very light domestic use only.
09 Dec, 2016
Cheap, OK for a 802.11g card, but 802.11n mode is unreliable
2 of 2 found this helpful In my Dell Vostro 1500 the stock wifi card (Intel WM3945ABG) was stalling at random intervals and lacked 5GHz support; the 4965AGN was the OEM upgrade option for this model, so I bought this card as a cheap replacement. The 4965 works out of the box on Ubuntu Linux using the standard iwl4965 kernel driver.
However, this is now a very old card design so its support for 802.11n is only draft spec and may not play nicely with final spec devices. While this card initially works OK in both 2.4 and 5GHz bands, if not maintaining a high upstream load it soon drops packets with the iwconfig command showing high Tx excessive retries and Invalid misc counts. This does not negatively impact all applications (e.g. web browsing is OK), but can be critical for things like video streams which will hang and stutter. The only known workaround on Linux is to force disable n-mode and fall back to 802.11g (54Mbps max) where the card has no problems.
Users with other operating systems may find that their driver handles the flaws in n-mode better, but if you're using Linux you should consider newer models if you want 802.11n operation.
09 Dec, 2016
Good performance, no problems under Linux
I have been using this card for several weeks now, and the standard Linux kernel iwlwifi driver (with Ubuntu 16.04) is stable with no issues or quirks. Performance-wise, this card supports 802.11ac in 2x2 mode and sustains a connection to my WiFi access point at 520-866Mbps (the maximum that my AP supports) while in the same room, and 234-390 when in the farthest corner of my flat. I usually sustain 30-40MB/s transfers to/from a local NFS share, which is within range of expectations.
While this is no longer the newest in Intel's range, it is probably your best bet if you need a mini PCIe card as newer models are typically only found as NGFF cards.
I bought this to replace the full height mini PCIe card card in my Dell Vostro 1500. As this card is half-height, you will need to be aware that this product does not include an adaptor, but they are cheap and simple to fit.
If you are using this in a full height slot, you might also have insufficient slack in the existing antenna cables to reach the terminals of the new card. You can buy "pigtails" (not included in this product) to extend the existing cables, but you might also be able to tweak your cables to reach - check before buying.