17 R5, WiFi upgrade?

It should just be a  drop-in replacement.  

Hi @WZ123  Yes, but only if you have access to a tri-band 2.4GHz, 5GHz and 6GHz hub connected to 2.4Tbps Internet and/or LAN. The card has two aerial connections, so a third 6GHz aerial in the laptop is seemingly not required by this card, but the 6GHz connection speed will be less than 2400Mbps @6GHz. Getting the original drivers by ethernet (not WiFi) connection is advocated. 

Thanks for the info.

My fingers hit the wrong key, I have an AW 17R2 not a 5, does that make a difference?

I have a Tri Band Nighthawk arriving in about 5 days so I'll see if it works.

Hi @WZ123  thank you for sharing update. The 17 R2 WiFi card interface is M.2 2230 and the Intel AX210NGW interface is M.2 2230, so there is no interface difference. Not sure if 17 R2 and 17 R5 motherboard's WiFi data highway have similar capabilities. 

Evidently the Tri Band Nighthawk is a router and does not have a built in modem. With tri-band WiFi, there are three WiFi bands, with the third dedicated for communication between your Router and Household WiFi devices (laptop, etc.). This will be used as a repeater to improve LAN reception, with no improvement in internet gaming speed which continues to be reliant on the router internet speed. The Tri Band Nighthawk has two internet ports, both will accept 1Gbps max internet connections from the routers to support Internet Plans up to 2Gbps max. 

Please share an update on progress, so that other users derive benefit from your experience. Thank you.