--- product_id: 8583052 title: "Intel 7260.HMW Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260 Network Adapter PCI Express Half Mini Card 802.11 b/a/g/n/ac" brand: "intel" price: "€ 33.33" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 7 category: "Intel" url: https://www.desertcart.pt/products/8583052-intel-7260-hmw-dual-band-wireless-ac-7260-network-adapter store_origin: PT region: Portugal --- # Mini PCIe half-height form factor 867 Mbps dual-band Wi-Fi Bluetooth 4.0 smart ready Intel 7260.HMW Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260 Network Adapter PCI Express Half Mini Card 802.11 b/a/g/n/ac **Brand:** intel **Price:** € 33.33 **Availability:** βœ… In Stock ## Summary > πŸš€ Upgrade your connection, upgrade your life! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Intel 7260.HMW Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260 Network Adapter PCI Express Half Mini Card 802.11 b/a/g/n/ac by intel - **How much does it cost?** € 33.33 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.pt](https://www.desertcart.pt/products/8583052-intel-7260-hmw-dual-band-wireless-ac-7260-network-adapter) ## Best For - intel enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted intel brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - β€’ **Future-Proof Your Setup:** Supports 802.11ac standard, ensuring compatibility with the latest routers and maximizing your home or office network potential. - β€’ **Compact Mini PCIe Design:** Half mini PCIe form factor fits perfectly in laptops and desktops, delivering powerful wireless performance without bulk. - β€’ **Blazing Fast Dual-Band Speeds:** Experience up to 867 Mbps on both 2.4GHz & 5GHz bands for seamless streaming and ultra-responsive work sessions. - β€’ **Seamless Bluetooth 4.0 Integration:** Connect effortlessly to your favorite peripherals with smart-ready Bluetooth 4.0, enhancing productivity and mobility. - β€’ **Intel Smart Connect & Hotspot Assistant:** Stay connected and share your network effortlessly with cutting-edge Intel Smart Connect technology and Wi-Fi Hotspot assistant. ## Overview The Intel 7260.HMW Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260 is a high-performance mini PCIe network adapter delivering dual-band 802.11ac Wi-Fi speeds up to 867 Mbps and Bluetooth 4.0 support. Designed for laptops and desktops with half-height mini PCIe slots, it enhances wireless coverage, capacity, and battery life. Featuring Intel Smart Connect and Wi-Fi Hotspot assistant, it’s ideal for professionals seeking reliable, fast, and future-ready connectivity. ## Description The 802.11 ac, dual-band, 2 x 2 Wi-Fi plus Bluetooth adapter that lets you move at the speed of life with faster speeds, higher capacity, broader coverage, and longer battery life. Combined with 4th generation Intel Core processors and exceptional Intel wireless innovations, the Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260 dramatically reshapes your connected experience at home, work, or on the go. Review: Amazing upgrade to an older laptop... do your homework and ensure it will work in your PC - Perfect replacement for my Dell's B/G/N adapter. Before you try this for your laptop, here's what you need to know; 1. Do I have a 1/2 height mini PCIe slot? Find an exact replacement for your laptop and read the description... if it's a 1/2 height mini PCIe, continue... if not, look elsewhere. 2. Does my laptop manufacturer 'whitelist' components in the BIOS? Whitelist is a method the vendors use to limit your options to only hardware they allow. The questions is a hard one to answer too; I had to google quite a bit to find out the Dell does not whitelist. Your vendor might... If they don't, continue... if they do, consider a USB adapter. 3. Can you get to the card and are you comfortable with the task? Again, google and youtube are your friends... I youtube'd how to replace my wifi card and a perfect video showed me how to remove my keyboard to gain access to the card and how to swap the card. If yes, continue... if no, look elsewhere. I installed the card in my 18 month old Dell Inspiron 17R, Core i3, 8 gig, Win10... I downloaded and installed the Intel drivers from a comment in a review before I installed the card. When I powered back on and booted up, the adapter worked instantly with no additional action required. My 5 Ghz network was immediately available and connected with no issues. Previously speedtest.net put my downloads from Charter at 35 average from my TP-Link AC1750 router. After installing this card and connecting to the 5Ghz network, my speedtest results easily top 120. It's a huge change for $30 and about 15 minutes of actual installation work. I spent about 2 hours googling the various compatability questions and watching how-to videos. Highly recommend this card to anyone willing to do the research ahead of time to ensure it works. The AC speeds are fantastic and I don't have a USB dongle or external card to worry about snagging or breaking. Review: 867 Mbps. That's right! - I am thoroughly satisfied with this network card. I was skeptical because I intended to use it on a 2008 Dell Inspiron 1545 (with an Intel processor). I was worried if such a modern (relative to the computer) card would be compatible. I am running Windows 8.1 Pro, so I knew that the drivers were present, it was just a matter of the chipset accepting this wireless card. Other concerns like, if the full bandwidth could be attainable on such an old device were also present. And turned out, none of those concerns were a problem. This card is incredible and extremely backwards compatible. I recently upgraded this PC to Windows 8.1 and just had my WiFi router upgraded to a dual channel, 802.11ac with dual streams. The maximum AC (link) speed advertised both by my router and on this card was 866 Mbps. And if you look at the image on this review, this theoretical link speed was achieved with this card on a 7 year old laptop. I haven't installed Plex Media server after the Windows 8.1 upgrade, however I can not wait to have Plex up and running. My Roku and other plex apps are going to be thrilled. I tried chrome tab morroring on the chromecast and it was almost real time and was flawlessly casting HD videos from Vimeo (I'm not a big vimeo user, but I used vimeo because it streams the video on the computer as it is an unsupported site for direct casting, supported services like Netflix or YouTube would stream directly to chromecast, which would have made this casting test useless). While it beat up my good old Core2 Duo processor, the WiFi card just performs. Additionally, I use Xender app to transfer files between my phone and the PC. Now the app transfers faster than the wired USB connection. Additionally, the card came with a bonus Bluetooth 4.0 LE upgrade, earlier my Bluetooth headset only worked in the room this computer was in and maybe the neighboring room...Now it works everywhere in the house. Even outside. Latest drivers are always posted and updated periodically on Intel's site. P.S: My Internet connection nowhere nears this link speed. My 7 year old card could handle triple the speed of my Internet plan. The reason to have this card was not internet speed, at all. I have an ecosystem of intraconnected devices, that interact with each other. The update to the WiFi router and this upgrade to my laptop takes the intraconnected communications to their best potential. ## Features - Ultimate Wi-Fi performance more speed, coverage, larger capacity - Bluetooth 4.0 smart ready - Intel wireless display - Intel Smart Connect technology - Intel Wi-Fi Hotspot assistant ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | B00MV3N7UO | | Best Sellers Rank | #137 in Internal Computer Networking Cards | | Brand | Intel | | Built-In Media | Network adapter | | Color | multicolor | | Compatible Devices | Desktop | | Compatible Operating System Family | Windows | | Customer Reviews | 4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars (1,572) | | Data Link Protocol | 802_11_ABGNAC | | Data Transfer Rate | 867 Megabits Per Second | | Global Trade Identification Number | 00735858283083 | | Hardware Interface | Bluetooth | | Item Dimensions L x W x H | 0.5"L x 0.5"W x 0.5"H | | Item Type Name | Intel 7260.HMWG.R Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260 Network adapter PCI Express Half Mini Card 802.11 b/a/g/n/ac | | Item Weight | 0.02 Pounds | | Manufacturer | Intel | | Mfr Part Number | 7260.HMWG.R | | Minimum Required Operating System Version | Windows 1 | | Model Number | 7260.HMW | | UPC | 735858283083 768451100136 012024017124 | | Warranty Description | no warranty | ## Product Details - **Brand:** Intel - **Color:** multicolor - **Compatible Devices:** Desktop - **Compatible Operating System Family:** Windows - **Data Link Protocol:** 802_11_ABGNAC - **Data Transfer Rate:** 867 Megabits Per Second - **Hardware Interface:** Bluetooth - **Item Weight:** 0.02 Pounds - **Product Dimensions:** 0.5"L x 0.5"W x 0.5"H - **UPC:** 735858283083 768451100136 012024017124 ## Images ![Intel 7260.HMW Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260 Network Adapter PCI Express Half Mini Card 802.11 b/a/g/n/ac - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71H0QX821nL.jpg) ## Questions & Answers **Q: How is this any different from http://www.amazon.com/Intel-Network-7260-HMWG-Wireless-AC-Bluetooth/dp/B00DMCVKMU ?** A: Thanks for asking. The difference is the .R in the part #, which stands for revised/revision. Intel released the new revised model on September 1, 2014 in order to increase compatibility with existing systems. **Q: WILL THIS WORK IN HP PAVILLION G7 1150US?** A: Yes it should. However, HP is notorious for having a whitelist built into their BIOS. BIOS is the basic in/out system, essentially the most basic simple foundation(firmware) that a computer operates with. HP sometimes builds this whitelist into their BIOS to detect and block aftermarket peripherals like WiFi cards that aren't sold by them. They claim all sorts of reasons like FCC certification and what not but the reason truly is that: If you want a laptop with a faster WiFi card, HP would like you to buy a whole new laptop! So, with that let's Google your model number and see what happens!So I do not know what type of Processor you have but your Laptop does indeed have a Whitelist for WiFi or WLAN cards. Here is a list of approved cards for your Laptop depending on your processor:WLAN moduleDescription - Spare part numberFor use on all computer models: Broadcom 4313 802.11b/g/n 1Γ—1 WiFi and 2070 Bluetooth 2.1+EDR Combo adapter (BT3.0+HS ready) 600370-001 Ralink 5390GN 802.11b/g/n 1Γ—1 WiFi Adapter 630703-001Ralink RT3090BC4 802.11b/g/n 1Γ—1 WiFi and Bluetooth 2.1+EDR Combo Adapter (BT3.0+HS ready) 630705-001For use only with computer models equipped with an AMD processor: Atheros 9285G 802.11b/g/n 1Γ—1 WiFi Adapter 605560-005Atheros AR8002WB-1NGB 802.11b/g/n 1Γ—1 WiFi and Bluetooth 2.1+EDR Combo Adapter (BT3.0+HS ready) 593127-001 Broadcom 4313 802.11b/g/n 1Γ—1 WiFi Adapter 593836-001Broadcom 4313GN 802.11b/g/n 1Γ—1 WiFi and 20702 Bluetooth 4.0 Combo Adapter 657325-001Realtek RTL8191SE 802.11b/g/n 1Γ—1 WiFi Adapter 640926-001Realtek 8188BC8 802.11a/b/g/n 2Γ—2 WiFi and Bluetooth 3.0+HS Combo Adapter 602993-001For use only with computer models equipped with an Intel processor: Atheros 9285G 802.11b/g/n 1Γ—1 WiFi Adapter 518436-001Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6230 631956-001:smileysad:Intel Centrino Wireless-N 1000 593530-001.As you can tell they are all crap. You request a Bios mod at a website/ forum called bios-mod. There you post all your info and backup of your BIOS someone will download, modify, and reupload a modded BIOS for you. They will give step by step instructions in the file they give back to you. I just did this last night for my wife's Lenovo laptop that had the same problem. After I flashed the modified BIOS, I popped in the new WiFi card and all was well!!!! Hope this helps... **Q: Will this work in an hp envy all in one desktop? current part is hp 802.11 b-g-n wlan pcie hl mini card 573622-001** A: In theory, yes. However, at least on their laptops, HP has a nasty habit of locking out un-approved WiFi cards by putting a "white list" of allowed cards into the BIOS firmware. On boot-up, any card model not on that list is disabled. I'm not sure if they use this marketing strategy on their all-in-ones. Note that even if the card does work, you will likely have to uninstall the previous card's WiFi drivers and install both new WiFi and new Bluetooth drivers from Intel. Rather than using Windows Update, I suggest going directly to the Intel website for drivers at:http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/network-and-i-o/wireless-networking/intel-wireless-products/intel-wireless-7200-series/intel-dual-band-wireless-ac-7260.html **Q: Work in Asus N71JQ-XT1 (Base: N71JQ) OS: Win 7 64bit Intel i7 8Gb RAM? (Current PCIe Wifi: AzureWare Model: AR5B95, ATH-AR5B95 supports 802.11 b/g/n)** A: Yes, but to verify if you need the pci-e adapter, Google what size your card is. I.e. mini, half, full.... ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Amazing upgrade to an older laptop... do your homework and ensure it will work in your PC *by L***L on January 20, 2016* Perfect replacement for my Dell's B/G/N adapter. Before you try this for your laptop, here's what you need to know; 1. Do I have a 1/2 height mini PCIe slot? Find an exact replacement for your laptop and read the description... if it's a 1/2 height mini PCIe, continue... if not, look elsewhere. 2. Does my laptop manufacturer 'whitelist' components in the BIOS? Whitelist is a method the vendors use to limit your options to only hardware they allow. The questions is a hard one to answer too; I had to google quite a bit to find out the Dell does not whitelist. Your vendor might... If they don't, continue... if they do, consider a USB adapter. 3. Can you get to the card and are you comfortable with the task? Again, google and youtube are your friends... I youtube'd how to replace my wifi card and a perfect video showed me how to remove my keyboard to gain access to the card and how to swap the card. If yes, continue... if no, look elsewhere. I installed the card in my 18 month old Dell Inspiron 17R, Core i3, 8 gig, Win10... I downloaded and installed the Intel drivers from a comment in a review before I installed the card. When I powered back on and booted up, the adapter worked instantly with no additional action required. My 5 Ghz network was immediately available and connected with no issues. Previously speedtest.net put my downloads from Charter at 35 average from my TP-Link AC1750 router. After installing this card and connecting to the 5Ghz network, my speedtest results easily top 120. It's a huge change for $30 and about 15 minutes of actual installation work. I spent about 2 hours googling the various compatability questions and watching how-to videos. Highly recommend this card to anyone willing to do the research ahead of time to ensure it works. The AC speeds are fantastic and I don't have a USB dongle or external card to worry about snagging or breaking. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 867 Mbps. That's right! *by S***Z on July 27, 2015* I am thoroughly satisfied with this network card. I was skeptical because I intended to use it on a 2008 Dell Inspiron 1545 (with an Intel processor). I was worried if such a modern (relative to the computer) card would be compatible. I am running Windows 8.1 Pro, so I knew that the drivers were present, it was just a matter of the chipset accepting this wireless card. Other concerns like, if the full bandwidth could be attainable on such an old device were also present. And turned out, none of those concerns were a problem. This card is incredible and extremely backwards compatible. I recently upgraded this PC to Windows 8.1 and just had my WiFi router upgraded to a dual channel, 802.11ac with dual streams. The maximum AC (link) speed advertised both by my router and on this card was 866 Mbps. And if you look at the image on this review, this theoretical link speed was achieved with this card on a 7 year old laptop. I haven't installed Plex Media server after the Windows 8.1 upgrade, however I can not wait to have Plex up and running. My Roku and other plex apps are going to be thrilled. I tried chrome tab morroring on the chromecast and it was almost real time and was flawlessly casting HD videos from Vimeo (I'm not a big vimeo user, but I used vimeo because it streams the video on the computer as it is an unsupported site for direct casting, supported services like Netflix or YouTube would stream directly to chromecast, which would have made this casting test useless). While it beat up my good old Core2 Duo processor, the WiFi card just performs. Additionally, I use Xender app to transfer files between my phone and the PC. Now the app transfers faster than the wired USB connection. Additionally, the card came with a bonus Bluetooth 4.0 LE upgrade, earlier my Bluetooth headset only worked in the room this computer was in and maybe the neighboring room...Now it works everywhere in the house. Even outside. Latest drivers are always posted and updated periodically on Intel's site. P.S: My Internet connection nowhere nears this link speed. My 7 year old card could handle triple the speed of my Internet plan. The reason to have this card was not internet speed, at all. I have an ecosystem of intraconnected devices, that interact with each other. The update to the WiFi router and this upgrade to my laptop takes the intraconnected communications to their best potential. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review *by L***A on October 14, 2025* Works well, but are not on all Lenovo white lists. 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