In the wireless network market, Mercury and TP-Link are actually one, as an independent sub-brand of TP-Link, Mercury's market performance is also good, and the sales of wireless network cards in e-commerce can squeeze into the top five.
Mercury's relationship with TP-Link is no secret in the industry, and users with a little knowledge of the field know that Mercury is a sub-brand created by TP-Link to further segment the market. All of Mercury's products are manufactured in TP-link's factory, and the software configuration interface and functions are almost identical to those of TP-Link, with the exception of some parts that may be different, and the overall performance is not too far apart. Relatively speaking, TP-Link is positioned relatively high-end, and Mercury is a brand purely for the low-price market, and the price is lower than TP-Link, for example, TP-Link entry wireless network card is about 50 yuan, and the same level of Mercury network card can be about 30 yuan.
The relationship between Mercury and TP-Link can also be reflected in the product naming, for example, the "H" suffix in the TP-Link product model represents the external antenna network card, and the "drive-free version" is a plug-and-play product, which also means the same in the Mercury wireless network card.
If you want to talk about the characteristics of Mercury wireless products, it is probably two words: cheap, after all, Mercury was created to further segment the entry market, so low price is Mercury's gene. For example, the price of 55 yuanMU-MIMO network card TengdaU9The cost performance is already very high, and the positioning is similar, it also supports MU-MIMO, and the mercury UD6S that uses a higher RTL8812BR chip is cheaper than TengdaU9, the price is less than 40 yuan.
The Mercury wireless network card product line is also relatively clear, mainly including UD/MW two series. Among them, the UD series is a dual-band network card, and the larger the number after UD, the better, and the MW series is a 2.4G single-band network card. MW series is divided into MW310/300 and MW150 series, 300 and 150 indicate the maximum transmission rate, so the overall positioning of MW300/310 is higher than MW150. In addition, there are various suffixes, in addition to the previously mentioned "H", "drive-free version", M and U suffixes are the appearance of regular USB flash drives, and the S suffix indicates NANO network cards, which are smaller in size.
UD19H is Mercury's current highest-positioned wireless network card, with a maximum transmission rate of 1900 megabytes, this level corresponds to the WDH7200H of TP-Link, and the chip scheme of the two is the same, both are RTL 8814AU chips, so there should be little difference in performance. However, WDH7200H is a traditional USB network card, although it is equipped with a base, the network card itself can also be directly plugged into the computer USB. The UD19H cannot be plugged in directly, it needs to rely on a connecting cable, and there is no base. The price is Mercury's advantage, the same plan, UD19H only needs 159 yuan, compared with the price of WDH7200H 259 yuan.
The entry dual-band network card can choose the UD6 series, which has a total of UD6H, UD6 and UD6S, all of which are USB wireless network cards. The UD6H has a non-detachable external antenna, which theoretically has the best signal but is not very portable. UD6S IS A NANO NETWORK CARD, WHICH IS ONLY THE SIZE OF A THUMB AND HAS THE BEST PORTABILITY, BUT THE SIZE IS TOO SMALL AND EASY TO CAUSE HEAT DISSIPATION PROBLEMS. The UD6 is located between the three and looks like an ordinary USB flash drive. The price gap between the three is not large, all in the range of 40-60 yuan, you can buy according to the actual demand, if you don't need to carry, you can buy UD6H, otherwise you can choose UD6 or UD6S.
