[GUIDE] Successful Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be) on Framework 13 AMD with Qualcomm QCNCM865 and Arch Linux

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@Mark_Ghanz

What about the NCM865’s predecessor, NFA765, a.k.a FastConnect 6900? A WiFi 6E card that is rumored to do 2882Mbps on 5GHz

Was hoping for WIFI 7.

@ryanpetris

I have some BE202 and MT7925 cards on order and will try those when I get them sometime over the next couple weeks. The BE202 will likely have the same problem as the BE200; I’m hoping that the MT7925 cards will work however given the problems people have with the 6E versions I’m not going to hold my breath for a bug-free experience.

Thanks for testing and reporting back. So it looks like the BE202 and MT7925 are 160 MHz whereas the BE200 and the QCNCM865 are 320 MHz. Hoping for a 320 Mhz WIFI 7 card that works out of the box with AMD and Fedora. I guess I’ll continue to wait. The Intel AX200 is serviceable for now. It’s not killing my 5 GHz radio like the RZ616 at least.

@Mark_Ghanz

What about the NCM865’s predecessor, NFA765, a.k.a FastConnect 6900? A WiFi 6E card that is rumored to do 2882Mbps on 5GHz

I’m not looking for a 6E card. I already have a AX200 (6E) to keep myself afloat. I’m just hoping to get a WIFI 7 320 MHz card as the next upgrade. I just got the AX200 to keep from killing my 5GHz AP radio. For some reason, the RZ616 (6E) keeps knocking the AP radio offline which causes other endpoints to lose connection until I reboot the AP. It only happens when there’s sustained heavy traffic with the RZ616 (speedtest.net, file transfers to my NAS, etc), etc.