Current openwrt supported wifi6, wifi6e or wifi7 AP-capable cards

Hardware Questions and Recommendations
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Hi all.

I'm considering getting Protectil VP2420 router: https://eu.protectli.com/product/vp2420/

Though it lacks wifi functionality.

But it offers internal PCIe 3.0 x1 over an M.2 E-keyed slot so I would like to add wifi AP-capable adapter into it

I would like to have 2.4G (for older devices) and 5/6G wifi network for better speed.

I found that mt76 (mt7915, mt7916) and ath11k (qcn9074) are supported by openwrt, though they are wifi6 only

Wifi7 is under development, and wifi 6e is available for a while, so is there a wifi7/6e adapter that could be used already with openwrt?

If not which wifi6 adapter would you recommend?

I would prefer to stay away from separate dumb access point running proprietary firmware though, thus thought of using internal wifi card and running openwrt.

Thanks for your suggestions

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Please elaborate on that. Not linux? Like broadcom works on windows?

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sorry, I meant if wifi7 is not stable enough with openwrt then which card is recommended

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How do you measure "enough" ? Can you access web search like google? tried to find some leads?

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well, wifi7 support that does not require adding custom patches to the build. with the speed expected from the manufacturer. and stable to be used as an access point 24/7 and not crapping out during zoom calls

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Check AsiaRF for 2-radio M2 devices.

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Yes,

there is now a card out:

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In that price you can get a decent triband WiFi 7 router if you look around.
Use that as a AP with x86 router.

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Which routers do you mean?
During my first search I only found a Xiaomi BE3600 WiFi 7 ... Dual Band
Yes, if you just look for a router you can spare the money:+1:

But the topic are cards ... .
If you have a modular based router board (BPI-R4), a mediatek wifi card will not be the worst decition.

I would be glad if AsiaRF get a bit more competition ...

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OpenWrt is under-development.

Tri-band.