New Arrival Archer TBE550E - Wi-Fi 7 BE9300 Bluetooth 5.4 PCIe Adapter
Supercharge Your Desktop with Wi-Fi 7
5760 Mbps (6 GHz) + 2880 Mbps (5 GHz) + 688 Mbps (2.4 GHz)
Our first flagship Wi-Fi 7 Network Adapter, the Archer TBE550E, offers unrivaled speeds and is proving itself to be one of the fastest tri-band network adapters available. With the latest Wi-Fi 7 features, such as 320 MHZ Channel Widths, 4K-QAM, and Multi-RU, this network adapter is unparalleled in performance.
Learn More on our Spotlight: What is Wi-Fi 7? How Does Wi-Fi 7 Work?
Wider Signal Coverage — A separate magnetic base with two multi-directional antennas designed for optimal signal reception and flexible placement away from the back of your PC.
Multicolor Wi-Fi Status Lighting: The base of the adapter is equipped with vibrant LED lighting effects, providing an intuitive indication of network status and enhancing both functionality and aesthetics.
Reliable Bluetooth 5.4 Connectivity: Security and Reliability Improvements over earlier Bluetooth generations to Support All Your Devices.
Low-Profile Bracket: In addition to the standard bracket, a low-profile bracket is included to accommodate small form factor computer cases.
Sturdy, Magnetic Base: Move your antennae away from the back of your PC and sources of interference for improved connectivity and stability.
Archer TBE550E Product Overview Page | Buy the Archer TBE550E on Amazon Now
† Maximum wireless signal rates are the physical rates derived from IEEE Standard 802.11 specifications. Actual wireless data throughput and wireless coverage are not guaranteed and will vary as a result of network conditions, AP limitations, and environmental factors, including building materials, obstacles, volume and density of traffic, and AP location.
‡ Use of Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be), Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax), Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax), and other features including 320 MHz Bandwidth, 4096-QAM, Multi-RUs, OFDMA, MU-MIMO, and BSS Color requires the AP and PC OS to also support the corresponding features. Current Support for the TBE550E is limited to Windows 11 PCs.
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@collin3000 This is right on the specs page for the adapter:
| System Requirements | Supported operating system: Windows 11(64-bit) only |
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The TP-link Wi-Fi 7 adapter uses a MediaTek card.
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@soundnado I'm aware it uses the Mediatek card. But there is no good reason that MediaTek card can't have drivers written for Windows 11. Windows 11 is basically Windows 10+ in architecture and WiFi 7 isn't using something like TPM because the driver will work on systems without TPM 2.0 and Intel can make a driver for windows 10.
It's merely them not wanting to take the time to write a windows 10 compatible driver.
If for some reasom Mediatek isn't giving them access to driver files to make a signed driver then all their card is is a M.2 to PCIe converter and you can get a M.2 adapter and Intel card for ~$45 making the tplink price a huge markup for an inferior product.
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Hi, just got this card installed Sunday.
Was curious if this card supports WiFi7 MESH system features of MLO? I see by first post MLO is listed.
I noticed this is a MediaTek chipset card vs Intel. Prior PCIe card that this one replaced was a Intel BE200 that connected via MLO.
I know this MLO is farily new stuff and also seems to need or require Windows 11 24H2 to work which I have.
Only issues I saw after installing the card was the USB flash drive that came with the adapter seem to cause my mouse to stop working and caused a partial PC crash. Had to force power cycle the PC OFF then back ON. So I downloaded latest driver from here and got it installed:
https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/download/archer-tbe550e/
After installation completed, noticed that the card would only connect to 5Ghz and not 6Ghz with a 6Ghz supporting MESH system. I had to go in to the drivers advanced settings to get it to connect to 6Ghz.
Any recommendations for suggestions to get the card to connect with MLO?
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Hey @TwoXboxGamer,
Thanks for the information about the USB, I will make sure to pass the feedback along for our teams to take a look at, just in case.
MLO is very new overall, and extremely new when it comes to Windows Systems. When it comes to networking devices, they usually follow the established standard and it is up to the system to make use of the feature. Unfortunately, with the added support for Windows being so new, we do not really have a set of established steps (nor does Microsoft)- especially with the feature being limited to a canary build. Once we see more widespread availability of the feature, we can be sure to provide recommended settings and further test compatibility between our Wi-Fi 7 adapters and Windows.
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Thank you Riley for this information.
Would there be a time frame on when MLO could be implemented between TP-Link and MediaTek? Maybe later on this year?
FYI, I updated the driver v5.4.0.1920 from the post just above mine and still, have to force adapter to prefer 6Ghz to connect at 6Ghz. No Preference seems to chose 5Ghz. I presume this needs tuning.
Thank you for your support.
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@Riley_S why not have an option to run on windows 10 in degraded mode? That way when I do upgrade I have full functionality but can still use the product until I am able to upgrade? Other vendors do that.
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What about a Linux driver? I saw Linus Torvalds writing the kernel for Intel BE200, which was kernel 6.10. Is there going to be a way to use this Mediatek chip for Linux?
One of my SSDs is a Windows drive, it was Win 10 Pro, but it got the Win 11 upgrade today so I could run this new card, which runs fantastic, but I normally don't boot into that drive, I boot into my Linux Mint 22 drive, that's my main one, I don't care for Windows. I had no problem running the Intel BE200 on Linux Mint 22, although it was not always connected to the BE band, but usually to the AX band, but it would connect to the BE sometimes. I have a TP-Link BE9300 A550 router. I got this wireless card to match my router, my machine sees the card in Linux Mint 22, but has no kernel driver for it, is there any way to build a kernel module for this card so that it will run?
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Is this an actual picture of the card that's inside my Archer TBE550E (BE9300) PCIe wireless card?
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