M.2 WiFi card upgrade in MacBook Air A1466 Early 2015?

[izajasz]

Hi guys. I am new to this forum but the topic intrigued me. I am a happy owner of macbook air A1466 Early 2015 and I was wondering if any of You have successfully swappend the original wifi card with something that supports ax speeds (wifi 6). I' ve just ordered this https://pl.aliexpress.com/item/4000246432872.html to do some testing on my own but the Intel AX200 card that I have did not work - it was not recognized in the OS. Did anyone manage to successfully upgrade this MacBook to AX standard without using USB adapter?

 

[Audit13]

The AX200 wouldn't work unless there is a macOS driver.

 

[izajasz]

Do You have any idea if there is such? If not, do You know which adapters could work? Is AirDrop going to still work?

 

[Audit13]

Do You have any idea if there is such? If not, do You know which adapters could work? Is AirDrop going to still work?

The only way I know of to get drivers is to find a manufacturer of Mac WiFi cards that use the ax200 and use that manufacturer's driver or somehow compile your own drivers for macOS.

Here's a Reddit post about ax200 on Big Sur but this thread is about a Hackintosh: https://www.reddit.com/r/hackintosh/comments/mxf6qx

 

[izajasz]

Thank You very much. Seems its not worth the hassle.