If you are reading this, you likely hold a piece of networking history in your hand. Or, more accurately, you are holding a piece of e-waste that refuses to die .
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But if you need to capture 802.11 beacons or inject deauth frames from a Windows environment without dual-booting Linux, this is the only game in town. Keep that driver ISO backed up. They don't make chipsets like the AR9271 anymore. If you are reading this, you likely hold
If you just need internet, the native driver works. But if you bought this card for Wireshark, packet injection, or simply to get a stable high-throughput connection, Microsoft’s driver is garbage. The only working driver for Windows 10 64-bit (build 1903 through 24H2) that restores full functionality is the Qualcomm Atheros AR9002 series driver , version 10.0.0.355 . Keep that driver ISO backed up
| Metric | TL-WN722N v1 (Win10 Driver) | Intel AX210 | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Max Link Speed | 150 Mbps (Theoretical) | 2400 Mbps | | Monitor Mode | | None | | Packet Injection | Working | N/A | | Range (2.4 GHz) | Excellent (-45 dBm @ 50ft) | Good (-58 dBm) | | Latency (Bufferbloat) | High (+45ms) | Low (+2ms) |