Question WiFi card ethernet Vs mobo

Jul 25, 2021
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[Moderator note: Moving thread from Components to Networking. More applicable.]

If I get a WiFi card (pcie) with ethernet will it's ethernet performance be better than the motherboards performance
 
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Maybe yes, maybe no.

Like many other products the end performance will depend on design, quality, drivers, configuration options, and its' place in the network environment as a whole.

What make and model motherboard?

What make and model pcie card or cards are you considering?

Do you now have some sort of network speed or performance problem?

If so, provide more information and detail. That problem, may be fixable without the need for a WiFi card.
 
Maybe yes, maybe no.

Like many other products the end performance will depend on design, quality, drivers, configuration options, and its' place in the network environment as a whole.

What make and model motherboard?

What make and model pcie card or cards are you considering?

Do you now have some sort of network speed or performance problem?

If so, provide more information and detail. That problem, may be fixable without the need for a WiFi card.
MSI b450 max ii I have not yet decided which network adapter I am gonna choose yet I am running Windows 11
 
I would first always use ethernet rather than wifi unless you have no option to use ethernet. You in general will not have a performance issue using the onboard ethernet it uses a very popular and stable chipset. You would only need a add in card if it was somehow defective or you were looking for something like a 10gbit interface.

I have never seen a wifi card that also has ethernet. It doesn't make sense to build one since you can't use both ethernet and wifi on the same time to the same network.
 
This motherboard?

https://download.msi.com/archive/mnu_exe/mb/E7C02v3.1.pdf

[Verify that I found the applicable User Manual.]

My suggestion is to start (as suggested above) with wired via the Motherboard's Ethernet port.

Reference physically numbered Page 22 of the User Manual.

Connect the computer to the network, configure, and test the speeds and performance.

Even if only temporary.

You will at least have some sort of baseline for future reference if long term wired connectivity is not doable and you are forced to use wifi.