Re: AX211 Wi-Fi not working on 7.9

Lloyd <[email protected]> Fri, 29 May 2026 05:29:37 +0000

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Stefan Sperling wrote:

> This is probably a wifi 7 device which we do not support yet.
> 
> Only wifi 6e and below will work, for now.

The AX211 is Wi-Fi 6E and supported by iwx(4).

But you are correct, the subject Thinkpad has Intel® Wi-Fi 7 BE201.

The dmesg is a bit misleading, that is not the installed hardware.

If it's M.2, just swap the card to a AX211 (if Lenovo BIOS allows).

Regards
Lloyd