Intel BE200 Wifi card works on 11th Gen Intel FW13 laptop!

Framework Laptop 13
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I decided to get one of the factory seconds intel i7 11th Gen Laptop 13 DIY as i had a copy of Windows 11, some RAM and an SSD lying around. Ordered last week on thursday, and they shipped it super quickly. It got here on Monday!

I didn’t think to get a Wifi card for it, so i went diving into this forum and reddit. Even though there are so many horror stories on the BE200, i decided to risk it and get a new generation card vs the AX210 since I already have an AX210 on a mainboard build, and the AX210 can’t see my 6gh Wifi 6E network. I bought this card, just installed it, and have it running great! It can see the 6ghz Wifi 6e network i have, and speedtests have been in the 800+ range,

Several notes -

  1. download the intel BE200 wifi and bluetooth drivers before installing the card
  2. the connectors on the card seems little smaller than the AX210, it was a little harder for me to click on the antennas
  3. after booting into Windows 11, there will be no wifi and bluetooth, install both drivers in #1 and reboot.

let me know if you have questions! hope this helps anyone who is holding out on the BE200 card.

thanks!

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I don’t know if you’ll get pinged or not, but I just wanted to say thank you. My AX210 chip was terrible. It would take anywhere between 5-20 minutes to connect to my wifi at least once every day. I couldn’t take it anymore, did some research, and found this post. I bought a BE200 and predownloaded the wifi drivers before I did the swap. Took maybe 20 minutes all said and done (I cleaned out the inside since I was in there), and boom, I have immediate wifi every time I log in. You’re awesome. Cheers.