WiFi 7 support

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I just ordered a new ThinkPad and the tech specs say the following about WiFI 7:

“WiFi 7 requires Windows 11 OS, as well as a separate WiFi 7 router and / or other networking devices to meet full WiFi 7 requirements. It’s backwards compatible with prior WiFi standards & available only in countries where WiFi 7 is supported.”

Does Fedora fully support WiFi 7? (Yes, I have a WiFi 7 router.)

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Looks like it, unless you have card that isn’t listed here.

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Fedora supports wifi 7 if:

  1. your wifi adapter is capable of wifi 7
  2. your adapter driver supports wifi 7
  3. your router supports wifi 7.
  4. Your kernel is 6.10+

Note that the difference between wifi 6 and wifi 7 is mainly in the radio frequencies used with increased bandwidth. All the hardware and drivers must be able to use the additional bandwidth.

I got this with a quick search for ‘wifi7 support on linux’

Wi-Fi 7 support on Linux is maturing rapidly, with core support introduced in 
kernel 6.7+ and significant enhancements in 6.10+. It requires very recent kernels 
(6.10+) and updated firmware to fully utilize features like Multi-Link Operation 
(MLO) and 320 MHz channels. Intel BE200/BE201 and some MediaTek/Realtek 
chipsets have driver support, but stability is improving.
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it depends on your wifi card, see link posted above.

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for reference: iwlwifi — Linux Wireless documentation, and iwlwifi — Linux Wireless documentation

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True, but since the current fedora kernels are all 6.19+ that seems immaterial for this discussion.

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