Intel Launches Wi-Fi 6 AX200 Wireless Network Adapter
Intel has quietly launched its first Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) wireless network adapter, codenamed Cyclone Peak. The new WLAN adapter will deliver up to 2.4 Gbps network throughput when used with a compatible access point, but, like Wi-Fi 6 in general, its main advantage is that it will work better than existing adapters in RF-noisy environments where multiple Wi-Fi networks co-exist.
The Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 is a CNVi WLAN card that supports 802.11ax via 2x2 MU-MIMO antennas over the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands. And never found too far from a Wi-Fi card, Intel's AX200 also supports Bluetooth 5.0.
[...] Intel's web-site says that the first Cyclone Peak wireless network adapter has been launched, so the device is available to makers of PCs. Depending on the order, the Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 costs Intel's customers from $10 to $17.
One of the commenters linked to this paper about 802.11be, a generation of Extremely High Throughput (EHT) Wi-Fi technology beyond 802.11ax that could offer a maximum throughput of at least 30 Gbps.
Previously: Netgear Introduces its First Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) Routers
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 05 2019, @08:01PM (2 children)
2.4 Gbits in lab condition. Probably 80 Mbits/s in real life, under ideal conditions (10 cm between transmitter and receiver)
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Friday April 05 2019, @10:26PM (1 child)
I've speedtested a .ac connection at over 400Mb/s. Next room, about 5m from the box.
Wired Gig-E to the same box yielded 500Mb/s down. About 20 Euros a month.
I'm jealous of my usually low-tech dad...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 05 2019, @11:22PM
It depends a lot on the wireless card in the end device - hockey end stuff has multiple antennas, lower end stuff will be 1x1.