TP-Link 10/100/1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express Network Card (TG-3468), PCIE Network Adapter, Network Card, Ethernet Card for PC, Win10/11 Supported

TP-Link manufactures quality networking gear. Over recent years, I have relied on a TP-Link modem and I currently running TWO TP-Link routers, one as a 'root' router, the other as an 'extender/bridge' router. Always rock-solid and reliable. (I retired the TP-Link modem only because TP-Link does not manufacture a stand-alone DOCSIS 3.1 modem.)Note that there has been, over the years, four versions/itinerations of this (1 Gigabit PCI-Express) card. Sold and shipped by Amazon, I received Version 4.6 of the card. So Amazon is selling (direct) and shipping current stock. You can check the version of the card by looking at the label on the outside of the box … or at the sticker on the card. Oddly, the MAC address is not given on either the box or the card; if you need it, you will have to snag it out of your router's DHCP list.Installation into a WinXP SP3 w/ circa-2007 Intel mobo was quick and straightforward:All the drivers come in the box on a mini-CD but to be sure I would be current, I instead downloaded the most current Version 4 XP drivers from the TP-Link support webpage for the card. That was a .ZIP file; I extracted all the files into a temporary folder. Powered down the computer. Snapped the card into a vacant PCI-Express x 1 slot on the mobo. Powered back up and got the "Welcome to the Found New Hardware Wizard" pop-up. The XP driver install instructions provided by TP-Link (at their website) were very close, but not entirely 100% spot-on; if I recall correctly, from the pop-up I followed the path:InstallFromAListOrSpecificLocationDon'tSearchIWillChooseTheDriverToInstallHardwareType (choose NetworkAdapter)Don't bother to choose a specific adapter from the given list, instead click onHaveDisk, then Browse (to the .inf file in the temporary folder), then Open it.Click on OK. Ignore incorrect driver warnings and click ContinueAnyway.(I think the warning is being 'thrown' by the fact that the TP-Link card is built on a Realtek chip & drivers.)Bam! Device and drivers installed. Device is named 'TP-Link Gigabit PCI Express Adapter.' The three needed driver files were dropped into the Windows/System32 folder. Swapped the Ethernet cable onto the card. Opened ControlPanel/NetworkConnections. Disabled the mobo Ethernet port, renamed it 'Mobo Ethernet.' Enabled the TP-Link Ethernet port, renamed it 'TP-Link Ethernet.' Deleted the temporary folder. Rebooted the router, just to be sure. Up and running !!I didn't pick up the download speed improvement I was hoping for, but I've definitely excluded the Ethernet port as a speed constraint. (Paying for 1Gb, pulling 220Mb … time to get a techie out here to test the speed at the coax connector!)In any case, this card is very inexpensive … and it is also a quick, easy solution under XP and older mobos.

Great product. Easy to Install and works great

I recently ordered 5G fiber, but as with many newer computers their network adapter cards only support 2.5G max. So I installed this myself, which was quite easy if you know what you are doing (be sure to ground yourself). Downloaded the drivers off the internet and it works like a charm.I now get 5G down / 2G up. Quite happy.I also bought the best Cat 8 Ethernet Cable I could find on Amazon, which is much better quality than what comes with is product.Amazing for gaming or if you just want to surf the internet or watch videos with next to 0 lag.

I'm going to have to say this is the best value in this product space. The Realtek chip used is really quite reliable, and I'm not easy to please. The Intel chip is better performance wise, but only by about 5% on the top end, however costs at least double, if not more. 95% of people won't be able to tell the difference in the performance even if they try pretty hard, and in the application this will be used, it won't be an issue anyway since maximum network traffic bursts will be in the 20MB/s range, at least for a few years. It's power consumption, about 1 watt at idle or very low traffic, is quite acceptable, and I'm also a stickler about that. An exceedingly simple card like this is hard to screw up, and they didn't, so that's a good sign. If you really need those 5,000 additional management features available on the Intel based card, go ahead and spend 4x what this one costs. Or is it 5x? I think I paid $10 for this one. Once, only once, did we try a card based on the Via chip. That card is in the trash now.Pay no attention to people saying it didn't work on their Windows box. If someone doesn't have the expertise to get the driver on to their Windows box, they shouldn't be adding cards to their box by themselves as it is. Any up-to-date version of Windows 7 or later has the driver already. And, of course, the card comes with a mini-cd with the driver on it, and it can be downloaded off the internet quite easily. If you're trying to add this card to a box that is 10 years old, well, bravo to you, but you will have to get creative unless you are running software that's newer than your box. We use Linux, and the driver has been in Linux distros for at least a year now. Even if the Linux release that you're running is a couple of years old, if you've been updating your kernel like you should be, you have the driver.

Plug and play. Wish I'd just bought this first instead of wasting many hours trying to fix a failed onboard NIC

Worked fine. My 8 years old Desktop computer(Dell XPS 8930 had one issue - it's RJ45 port stopped working for the last 6 months for no good reasons). Desktop has wifi card on the motherboard but wifi is bit slow and I really wanted faster internet speed for work. I was using USB ethernet adapter for better reliability but speed was very slow. My entire home has LAN/Ethernet ports(so really wanted to take advantage of it). This card worked as a charm. Zero issues in terms of installing it. No need to install any drivers in Windows 11 Pro. Working fine.