As a local brand, the English name TP-Link is much more well-known than the Chinese name Pulian. More than 70% of homes and enterprises in China are using TP-Link wireless products, and its products are distributed in more than 100 countries and regions around the world.
High cost performance is the deepest impression of TP-Link products by the majority of users, which is also the core competitiveness of TP-Link. The vast majority of TP-Link network cards are below 100 yuan, and it is not uncommon for them to be around 50 yuan. Although TP-Link is not the best in terms of performance, it has been invincible in the global market with its cost-effective strategy and acceptable product quality, occupying a large part of the market. If we simply discuss brand share and popularity, TP-Link has even surpassed first-tier manufacturers such as ASUS, Lingshi and Netgear, which are known for their product performance, and is the No. 1 brand in the wireless network market in China and even the world.
Whether it is a router or a network card, TP-Link's products are the largest number of brands among all brands, and the choice is very rich, no matter what type of user can choose the right product. And TP-Link adopts a multi-brand marketing model, Mercury and Swift are all sub-brands of TP-Link, except for the slight differences between internal parts and TP-Link, the performance is basically the same, but the price is lower. With a more segmented market strategy, China's entry-level NIC market has basically been exhausted, and it is difficult for other NIC manufacturers to play any longer.
With the improvement of living standards, users' demand for product performance has further increased, and TP-Link's investment in technological innovation has also increased over the years, and the performance of network cards has been continuously improved, and high-performance network cards of more than 200 yuan have also appeared in TP-Link's product line.
TP-Link wireless network card naming is similar to wireless routing, from low to high is divided into WN/WDN two series, WN series are single-frequency network cards, only support 2.4G frequency band, the price is about 50 yuan. WDN series is a dual-band network card, supporting 2.4/5G dual-band, and the price is more than 100-200 yuan. In addition, there are suffixes for further subdivision, the "H" suffix indicates an external antenna network card, and the "drive-free version" indicates that it can be plug-and-play, and these products are priced slightly higher than the basic version without a suffix. And interestingly, TP-Link uses the last three digits in the name to distinguish the interface type, the mantissa 280 is a PCI-E network card, such as WDN6280, and the mantissa 200 is a USB network card, such as WDN-5200 and WDN-5200H.
TL-WDN7200H is the current wireless network card with the highest positioning of TP-Link, which looks like a USB flash drive, very similar to NETGEAR A7000, with a folding adjustable external antenna and a USB extension base. In terms of parameters, the two are basically the same, both are dual-band1900M transmission rate, the chip is the same RTL8814AU, it is the configuration of the flagship-level USB network card, and the theoretical performance gap is not large. However WDN7200H the price is only about 250 yuan, which is only half of Netgear A7000, which is more cost-effective.
The entry-level can choose WDN5200 or WDN5200H, both of which are 650M dual-band routing, the parameters are very similar, and the price is not much different, both of which are about 100 yuan. The main difference is the type of antenna, WDN5200 is a built-in antenna, WDN5200H has a non-detachable external antenna. Generally speaking, the external antenna generally has a better signal, while the built-in antenna is more portable, mainly depending on the specific needs of the purchase. It is worth mentioning that both of these have a drive-free version, if you are a computer novice, the drive-free version is more recommended, you can save the effort of finding a driver.
