NFHK NGFF M.2 Key-A to Mini PCI-E PCI Express Converter Adapter for 9260 8265 7260 AC Card

I recently bought a wifi 6 router thinking since I had a couple cards in a couple PCs and all new handhelds capable, as well, but I failed to consider my old AF Dell Studio 17 laptop that I use in the living room every day. 1.) The fact that it still even works is damned miraculous with is core2duo and never maxed out its ram still sitting at 4gb. I've had it 14 years, spilled a miriad of liquids and bowls of cereal on it and it just goes. I actually have two since hubs retired his but I have yet to steal parts off of it. Anyway, 2.) I force fed said dinosaur laptop windows 10 against Dell's supported upgrades and its done fine till the most recent update that it refuses to install, but mt 7260 pcie card just won't effing work but the OG 1397 works fine. Intel won't support the 7260. Dunno why. So I took a chance that this adapter and my new ax210 (the 3rd one in the house) would fit in the compartment designed for pcie cards and would be compatible with core2duo. I got lucky and now have reasonably fast wifi again. Yippy! The processing on the other hand... 🙄 But Im good with it because I more than make up for it on the rigs I built. This is more of a remote access portal anyhow. :)

It worked fine for my M.2 Wifi 6 card: my router is Mini PCI-E and I wanted to add a Wifi 6 card, which are generally M.2.

Ive tried two now because another reviewer said it worked with openwrt. I cant get linux to recognize this with or without an lte module and sim in it in either a laptop or a pi. Lsblk shows nothing before and after plugging it in. Anyone with tips on using this who has had success? I dont wanna return a second one but i feel kinda stupid. Im gonna see if a multimeter even gets a read on this even because the OS i I tried (debian, openwrt, fedora I’ll try another if someone has a non MS suggestion) doesnt seem to notice anything was plugged into a usb port so idk how to try using any at commands until I can get that solved

A little pricy for my taste, but I needed it asap. Works as the tile states. However, a little instruction even on one page wouldve helped.

Works perfectly. Very slim profile, and the included adapters are convenient

Tried this to upgrade an older laptop to an Intel Wifi 6 card. Ultimately this adapter does fit and the WiFi card does function with it. However, Wifi signal strength is much worse, basically unusable, when using this adapter. Took a chance despite having doubts, but should have known better. Also don't like that for half size applications users will have to snap off the excess part of the PCB at the perforations to even try giving it a shot.Ultimately was better off spending the money for a different half-size mini-PCIe Intel based WiFi 6 card that directly fit the laptop motherboard's native slot and this works great in comparison. My guess is the pcb and additional antenna adapter cables are creating significant signal loss and/or signal reflections if the characteristic impedance is not perfectly matched along all parts of the resulting antenna signal path. This is better than nothing, but for me was not a viable solution and was ultimately a regrettable purchase.