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Add Intel BE200 Wi-Fi 7 NIC (#690)
* ddd graphic for intel wi-fi nic * Create intel-be200-wifi-7.md
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layout: card
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title: "Intel BE200 WiFi 7 802.11be M.2 non vPro"
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picture: "/images/network-intel-be200-wi-fi-7.jpg"
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functionality_cm4: "Untested"
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functionality_pi5: "Full"
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driver_required: "Yes"
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github_issue: none
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buy_link: https://www.alternate.de/html/product/100044899
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videos:
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To get this card working on the Pi, you need to compile a custom kernel with the following kernel configuration option added:
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```
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Device Drivers
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> Network device support
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> Wireless LAN
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> Intel Wireless WiFi Next Gen AGN - Wireless-N/Advanced-N/Ultimate-N (iwlwifi)
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> Intel Wireless WiFi MVM Firmware support
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```
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[Details on how to compile a kernel, you may want to look at cross-compiling for a significant speed bump](https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/computers/linux_kernel.html#kernel)
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[Details on iwlwifi](https://wireless.docs.kernel.org/en/latest/en/users/drivers/iwlwifi.html)
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Then you also need to install the [latest Intel firmware for the BE200](https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git):
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```
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$ sudo cp linux-firmware-20241110/iwl* /lib/firmware/
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$ sudo reboot
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```
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To physically connect it to a Pi 5, you may need to buy an M.2 A+E key to PCI Express card adapter, like [this one from ThePiHut](https://thepihut.com/products/m-2-2242-e-key-top-for-raspberry-pi-5).
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Please note that the antenna connections use MHF4, not UHF - thus you likely need to order a pair of antennas (or adapter cables) as well.
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Please note that 6 GHz support was only introduced to NetworkManager in v1.46 & v1.48, thus you'll have a better experience with an upgrade to Debian (testing): trixie (which includes NetworkManager v1.50)
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At this point, I've only tried this as Wi-Fi 7 client - not as an AP.

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