Dell Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211 M.2 2230 CNVio2 Wireless Card with Bluetooth for Intel Platforms Only G83J7

Key Features

• Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211 (Gig+), Intel module marking AX211NGW, catalogued by Dell as G83J7 and 0G83J7.
• Dell's own DP/N description reads Card, Wireless, m.2, Intel, AX211, WW.
• The host interface is CNVio2, not PCIe. The card carries only the RF and companion logic.
• It requires a system whose Intel CPU or chipset supplies the CNVi MAC. It will not work in a generic M.2 Key E Wi-Fi slot and it will not work on an AMD system.
• Wi-Fi CERTIFIED 6E (802.11ax) across 2.4, 5 and 6 GHz with 160 MHz channel support.
• Intel's printed maximum speed is 2.4 Gbps.
• M.2 2230 form factor. Intel also lists an M.2 1216 form factor for this part.
• Intel's current specification page prints Bluetooth 5.4. Dell parts vendors variously print 5.2 and 5.3, so the version is attributed rather than stated flatly.
• Neither Intel nor Dell publishes a supported-platform list for this card, so none is printed here.

Key Specifications

• Part class: M.2 2230 CNVio2 wireless card, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
• Chipset: Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211 (Gig+), module AX211NGW
• Host interface: CNVio2. NOT PCIe, and not a self-contained M.2 Key E radio
• Prerequisite: An Intel CPU or chipset providing the CNVi MAC, on a board designed for it
• Wi-Fi: Wi-Fi CERTIFIED 6E (802.11ax), 2.4 / 5 / 6 GHz, 160 MHz channels
• Maximum speed: 2.4 Gbps, as Intel prints it
• Bluetooth: 5.4 per Intel's specification page. Vendors print 5.2 and 5.3
• Form factor: M.2 2230; Intel also lists M.2 1216
• Launch: Q3 2021, per Intel
• Platform compatibility: Not published by Intel or by Dell for this part number

CNVio2 is not PCIe

This is the fact that decides whether the card works, and it is the one most often missed. The AX211 is a CNVio2 device, not a PCIe device. It carries the radio and the companion logic only, and the MAC lives in the host: an Intel CPU or chipset has to supply it, on a board designed for that arrangement. So an M.2 2230 Key E slot is not enough. The card will not work on an AMD system, it will not work in a generic Key E Wi-Fi slot on a board expecting a PCIe radio, and it will not work in an older Intel platform without CNVi. A buyer who reads M.2 2230 as a universal fit returns the part.

Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth

Intel's printed values for the card are a maximum speed of 2.4 Gbps, operation across 2.4, 5 and 6 GHz with 160 MHz channels, and Wi-Fi CERTIFIED 6E at 802.11ax. The 6 GHz band is what separates a 6E card from a Wi-Fi 6 one, and it is only worth paying for where the access points serving the machine support it as well, so check the wireless estate first. Bluetooth is the one specification here that sources disagree on. Intel's current page prints 5.4 on both verification passes, and Dell parts vendors variously print 5.2 and 5.3, so 5.4 is what is recorded, attributed to Intel rather than stated as a flat fact.

No platform list published

Intel publishes no supported-platform and no supported-processor row for this card at all: its specification page was read twice and both passes returned nothing in that field. Intel's own community guidance goes no further than saying CNVio adapters must be used with select Intel processors and chipsets on systems specifically designed to support them, and that compatibility depends on the computer manufacturer's design. Dell publishes no list against this DP/N either. One parts vendor does publish a model list and it was never corroborated, so it is not repeated here. Check the machine's own service manual for the wireless card options it lists.

Which part this is

Dell catalogues this DP/N as G83J7 and 0G83J7 interchangeably, which is the usual filler-zero convention on Dell part numbers: the first character of the six-character field is a filler, because Dell part numbers are five digits. Dell's own DP/N description reads Card, Wireless, m.2, Intel, AX211, WW, and the WW is a worldwide designation rather than a region restriction of the kind that limits some radio parts to one continent. Our live title for this part is accurate on all four of the claims that carry weight here: Wi-Fi 6E, AX211, M.2 2230 and CNVio2. It is the cleanest of the five server parts in this catalogue.

Where it fits

Buy this card to add or restore Wi-Fi 6E on an Intel machine whose service manual lists the AX211 as a wireless option: a laptop whose radio has failed, a desktop ordered without wireless, or a fleet standardising on a single card for driver management. On the Dell Pro Slim QCS1250 desktops listed in this catalogue, both of which ship with the M.2 2230 wireless slot empty, Dell lists the AX211 as one of three card options. Do not buy it for an AMD system, for a generic Key E slot, or for any board where the manufacturer does not name a CNVi wireless option.

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