Realtek RTL8821CE Combo Module

abgn+ac (AC600)
802.11abgn/ac RTL8821CE Combo Module
Platform
Brand • Model • Rev	Realtek RTL8821CE Combo Module
Interface	M.2
Connector	M.2
Form factor	2230
ID:10ec:c821 SS: 103c:831a Windows: PCI\VEN_10EC&DEV_C821&SUBSYS_831A103C
FCCID	TX2-RTL8821CE
ICID	6317A-RTL8821CE
Board ID	U98H132
Chip1	Realtek RTL8821CE
OUI: none specified
Antenna Connection	U.FL
MIMO status	1x1:1
Wireless Standards	IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac
802.11ac	up to 433 Mbps
802.11n	up to 150 Mbps
802.11g	up to 54 Mbps
802.11b	up to 11 Mbps
802.11a	up to 54 Mbps
Operating Frequency	2.4 or 5 GHz
Other
Manuf/OEM/ODM	Foxconn U98H132 .00
Flags: Wave2, MU-MIMO, Bluetooth 4.2
Probable Linux driver rtl8821ce (see also passys)
Windows driver see Realtek's website
Retail
Availability	reference design
FCC approval date	12 December 2016
Country of manuf	China

For a list of all currently documented Realtek chipsets with specifications, see Realtek.

For a list of all currently documented Realtek device with specifications, see Realtek.

• 433 Mbps - 1SS 5GHz 802.11ac (80MHz chan.),

• 150 Mbps - 1SS 2.4GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan.) = AC600 class

Overview

OEM: Foxconn (Hon Hai) U98H132.00

See also: Realtek reference design

• Realtek RTL8821CE - PCIe 1.1 (WLAN)/USB 2.0 (BT)

802.11abgn+ac 1T1R (1x1:1), Wave2, MU-MIMO, BT 4.2

• Realtek RTL8821CE Combo Module

802.11abgn/ac RTL8821CE Combo Module

FCC ID: TX2-RTL8821CE (2016-12-12)

IC: 6317A-RTL8821CE; 3.3V/0.5A

• Lenovo notebook models:

Lenovo IdeaPad S540-14IWL Touch (81QX),

S540-14IWL (81ND), S540-14API (81NH),

C340-14IWL (81N4), FLEX-14IWL (81SQ),

C340-14API (81N6), FLEX-14API (81SS)

Lenovo ThinkPad E570, 720S-13ARR

• PCI ID: 10ec:c821 on pci-ids.ucw.cz

HP All-in-One • [10ec:c821/103c:831a]

Lenovo ThinkPad E570 • [10ec:c821/17aa:c024]

#root@HP:~# lspci -nnk | grep -A2 0280
 Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. 
 RTL8821CE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter [10ec:c821]
 Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company RTL8821CE 
 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter [103c:831a]

#root@ThinkPad-E570:~# lspci -nnk | grep 0280 -A3
 Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. 
 Device [10ec:c821] Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:c024]

• Linux driver: rtl8821ce (GitHub)

#ifdef CONFIG_RTL8821C
 {PCI_DEVICE(PCI_VENDER_ID_REALTEK, 0xC821), .driver_data = RTL8821C},
 {PCI_DEVICE(PCI_VENDER_ID_REALTEK, 0xC82A), .driver_data = RTL8821C},
 {PCI_DEVICE(PCI_VENDER_ID_REALTEK, 0xC82B), .driver_data = RTL8821C},

See also

Realtek reference design

• Realtek RTL8821AE Combo Module (10ec:8821)

802.11abgn/ac RTL8821AE Combo Module

FCC ID: TX2-RTL8821AE (2013-07-10)

• Realtek RTL8821AENF Combo Module

OEM: Foxconn T77H609.00 • NGFF

• Realtek RTL8821AU Combo Module

802.11abgn/ac RTL8821AU Combo Module

FCC ID: TX2-RTL8821AU (2014-03-06)

• Realtek RTL8821CE Combo Module (10ec:c821)

802.11abgn/ac RTL8821CE Combo Module

FCC ID: TX2-RTL8821CE (2016-12-12)