Product Info

Electrical interfaces PCIe and USB 2.0 for both form factors
Antenna Interface
Connector
Hirose U.FL-R-SMT mates with cable connector U.FL-LP-066
Antenna Diversity On-board diversity
IEEE 802.11
Networking
Standards
Intel® Dual Band Wireless-AC 8260
Model 8260NGW - 802.11agn, ac, 2x2, Bluetooth 4.0, PCIe, USB, M.2
Operating
Temperature
0 to +80 degrees Celsius
Humidity 50% to 95% non-condensing (at temperatures of 25 ºC to 35 ºC)
Frequency
Modulation
5GHz (802.11ac/n) 2.4GHz (802.11b/g/n)
Frequency band 5.15GHz - 5.85GHz (dependent on
country)
2.400 - 2.4835GHz (dependent on
country)
Modulation BPSK, QPSK, 16 QAM, 64 QAM, 256 QAM CCK, DQPSK, DBPSK
Wireless Medium 5GHz UNII: Orthogonal Frequency
Division Multiplexing (OFDM)
2.4GHz ISM: Orthogonal Frequency
Division Multiplexing (OFDM)
Channels All channels as defined by the relevant specification and country rules.
Spatial streams Intel® Dual Band Wireless-AC 8260: 2 X 2
Data Rates All data rates are theoretical maximums.
IEEE 802.11ac Data
Rates
Intel® Dual Band Wireless-AC 8260: Up to 867 Mbps
IEEE 802.11n Data
Rates
Tx/Rx (Mbps): 300, 270, 243, 240, 216.7, 195, 180, 173.3, 150, 144, 135, 130, 120,
117, 115.5, 90, 86.667, 72.2, 65, 60, 57.8, 45, 43.3, 30, 28.9, 21.7, 15, 14.4, 7.2
IEEE 802.11a Data
Rates
54, 48, 36, 24, 18, 12, 9, 6 Mbps
IEEE 802.11g Data
Rates
54, 48, 36, 24, 18, 12, 9, 6 Mbps
IEEE 802.11b Data
Rates
11, 5.5, 2, 1 Mbps
Bluetooth Dual Mode Bluetooth* 2.1, 2.1+EDR, 3.0, 3.0+HS, 4.0 (BLE) supported by the
following adapters
Model 8260NGW
General
Operating Systems Windows* 7 (32-bit and 64-bit), Windows* 8 (32-bit and 64-bit), Windows* 8.1 (64-
bit)
Wi-Fi Alliance*
certification
Wi-Fi CERTIFIED* for 802.11ac, a/b/g, n, WMM*, WPA*, WPA2*, and WPS, WPS 2.0,
Protected Management Frames. Wi-Fi Direct* for peer-to-peer device connections.
Architecture Infrastructure and SoftAP; Supports simultaneous Client and SoftAP modes
Cisco Compatible
Extensions
certification
Cisco Compatible Extensions, v4.0
Security
Authentication WPA and WPA2, 802.1X (EAP-TLS, TTLS, PEAP, LEAP, EAP-FAST), EAP-SIM, EAP-AKA
Authentication
Protocols
PAP, CHAP, TLS, GTC, MS-CHAP*, MS-CHAPv2
Encryption 64-bit and 128-bit WEP, AES-CCMP, TKIP
Wi-Fi Direct* WPA2, AES-CCMP