WiFi 6E/ Bluetooth Card M.2

ROCK 5 Series
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I found the following:

AX210NGW WiFi 6E Card M.2 5400Mbps Tri-Band Wireless Module for laptop,11AX WiFi Adapter with Bluetooth 5.3,MU-MIMO, Ultra-Low Latency, NGFF, Supports Windows 11/10 (64bit)

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08MJLPZPL/ref=ewc_pr_img_4?smid=A1P510M40JY8CO&psc=1

Before I buy I want to double check if this will work with the Rock 5A running Armbian?

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WiFi should works out of the box in Armbian 23.8 and newer versions. Firmware changes (remove pnvm bin) are not required any more. BT requires installing the armbian-firmware-full package manually.

radxa@rock-5a:~$ inxi -M -N -E
Machine:
  Type: ARM System: Radxa ROCK 5A details: N/A
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX210/AX211/AX411 160MHz driver: iwlwifi
  Device-2: rk3588-gmac driver: rk_gmac_dwmac
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel AX210 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 state: up
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Thank you @nyanmisaka, much appreciated!

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So I finally got the system up and running, got the armbian-firmware-full, opened the Bluetooth devices and set my bluetooth speaker to discover. Took a lot of tries, finally the speaker comes up and I try to connect and and tells me connection failed. What could be wrong?

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Show us a picture of your box, with antennas. :slight_smile:

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  • Bad signal quality? (no antenna connected or using a metal case)
  • Missing bluetooth related system dependencies?
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Check if bluez is installed

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rock5a
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I’m going to assume after you said antenna(s) <---- I would need something like this:

Bluetooth MHF4 IPEX 2.4Ghz 5Ghz 5.8G WLAN Network Adapter PC WiFi Antenna for Intel 7260 8260 8265 9265 9260 9560 AX200 AX Killer M.2 IPEX4 Wi-Fi Wireless WLAN Card Banana Pi 4 M2 Zero

https://www.amazon.com/Bluetooth-IPEX-Internal-Antenna-M-2/dp/B07QDTXGGJ/ref=sr_1_6?crid=2WXQAOYSZS2CM&keywords=WiFi+Adapter+with+Bluetooth+antenna&qid=1698877303&s=electronics&sprefix=wifi+adapter+with+bluetooth+antenna%2Celectronics%2C243&sr=1-6

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In a word: the MAIN antenna is for Wi-Fi and AUX is for Bluetooth.
Yes, you need one more antenna.

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Figured once you said antennas. Would the same type that I use for the wifi also work with BT? Thank you for the reply.

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Yes, they’re exactly the same.

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perfect, thank you!