INTEL AX200

Summary:
It reeks and screams killer wifi instability and shits on your old ass wifi router with driver version 21.x.xx.

Explanation (rough research):
AX200 uses the new 802.11ax 5GHz IEEE Wi-Fi standard (Wi-Fi 6). Apparently everyone who has routers with non-ax support (2.4GHz b/g/n only or 5GHz n/a/ac) have been experiencing issues with random disconnection. Apparently for my case, issue would last me 30 seconds to a minute to reconnect. Some would report the same issue when trying to switch wireless modes (e.g. 802.11ax to 802.11ac). This issue was persistent with v21.x.xx driver versions, as of v22.x.xx these have been fix.
here are other sources of encountered issues:
https://www.reddit.com/r/intel/comments/hqzq60/intel_wifi6_ax200_goes_into_disconnection_spates/
https://community.intel.com/t5/Wireless/Intel-Wifi-6-ax200-keeps-disconnecting-from-my-wifi/td-p/709004
https://community.intel.com/t5/Wireless/intel-r-wifi-6-ax200-160mhz-disconnecting/m-p/1201026
https://www.reddit.com/r/ASRock/comments/gi5wc2/intel_ax200_wifi_6_keeps_disconnecting_on_asrock/
https://www.reddit.com/r/XMG_gg/comments/ffz7vd/intel_ax200_wifi_issue_and_usb_drives/

Verdict:
If you're experiencing this issue, check your driver version and if it's v21.x.xx of the driver, shit is gonna fuck you up really hard. Avoid OEM provided drivers of this chip... they sometimes provide you with the old (usually stock) driver version in their driver website.
ALWAYS download from intel directly here: https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/30279/Windows-10-Wi-Fi-Drivers-for-Intel-Wireless-Adapters?wapkw=AX200%20drivers

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Pub: 30 Jun 2021 10:44 UTC
Edit: 30 Jun 2021 10:45 UTC
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