Yes, you can make your NAS wireless. When choosing the best card. It depend what your network is like. If your router is WiFI 5 then there is no difference in which card you choose. This is your bottleneck. But if you have wifi 6 router then choosing wifi 6 card will make more sense.
QXP-W6-AX200
up to 2400Mbps connection speed which is 2.8 times faster than Wi-Fi 5(802.11ac).
QWA-AC2600
supports up to 2533 Mbps (800 Mbps for IEEE 802.11n (2.4 GHz) and 1733 Mbps for IEEE 802.11ac (5 GHz)).
=====QWA-AC2600======
Controller Qualcomm QCA9984 NICs
PCIe and Lanes PCI Express (PCIe) 2.0 x1
Theoretical maximum performance 2.4/5 GHz
Antenna 4 x Dual-band RP-SMA antennas
Supported operating systems QTS 4.3.4 (or later) and WirelessAP Station 1.0 (or later). Visit [
https://www.qnap.com/compatibility(https...atibility)] for supported NAS.
Package Contents 1 x QWA-AC2600 PCIe wireless adapter, 4 x detachable antennas + magnetic stand base, Full-height & specialized (for selected QNAP NAS) brackets and Quick Installation Guide
Note QNAP NAS models with a 32-bit ARM processor require QTS 4.3.5 (or later). For compatible QNAP NAS, visit
https://www.qnap.com/compatibility
The WirelessAP Station app requires Container Station be installed on your QNAP NAS.
To use the QWA-AC2600 installed on QNAP NAS as a client, QTS 4.3.5 (or later) is required.
The driver used by the QWA-AC2600 (ath10k) is built in to Ubuntu 17.10 (and later).
When the QWA-AC2600 is installed in a PC, the following channels are supported:
- 2.4GHz: 1 to 11
- 5GHz: 36, 37, 38, 149, 153, 157, 161 and 165
=====QXP-W6-AX200=======
Controller Intel AX200 wireless module
PCIe and Lanes PCIe Gen2 x1
Theoretical maximum performance 2.4Gbps (5GHz)
Antenna 2T x 2R
Supported operating systems QTS 4.4.3 or later; 64-bit Windows 10® PC download and install [driver(
https://downloadcenter.intel.com/en/product/189347)] from Intel website; Linux kernel 5.1 or later download and install [driver(
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/...eless.html)] from Intel website
Hardware requirement NAS or PC with a PCIe slot, 64-bit processor and operating system.
Package Contents 1 x QXP-W6-AX200 card (GC-WBAX200 QNAP edition, a full-height bracket is pre-installed); 1 x installation guide; 2 x half-height low-profile brackets (a standard bracket and a flat bracket for NAS); Windows 10® driver CD.
Operating Temperature 0°C ~ 40°C (32°F ~ 104°F)
NAS Software Spec Supports QTS 4.4.3 or later
Security Protocol No Auth / WEP / WPA-Personal / WPA2-Personal
Supports the Captive Portal authentication method: Access WiFi via the configuration by Qfinder utility / Browser Station.
Note System requirements: 64-bit x86-based NAS (Intel and AMD), or ARM-based NAS, with QTS 4.4.3 (or later) with a PCIe Gen 2x1slot. Check the [Compatibility List(
https://www.qnap.com/go/compatibility/)] for a full list of compatible NAS.
Some NAS models must update their BIOS to the following versions. You can download BIOS from the [Download Center(
https://www.qnap.com/go/download)] and learn [how to update a BIOS here(
https://www.qnap.com/go/how-to/tutorial/...a-qnap-nas)].
