Users Guide

Table 5. Ports and connectors
Description Values
Internal:
PCIe expansion card slots
● Two PCIe x16 mechanical/x8 electrical Gen4 slots (SLOT 1
and SLOT4)
● Two PCIe x4 slots (SLOT2 and SLOT3)
mSATA
Not supported
SATA
Four
M.2
● One M.2 card slot for WLAN and Bluetooth
● One PCIe/SATA M.2 card slot for 2230/2280 solid-state
drive
NOTE: To learn more about the features of different types
of M.2 cards, see the knowledge base article SLN301626.
Ethernet
The following table lists the wired Ethernet Local Area Network (LAN) specifications of your Alienware Aurora R12.
Table 6. Ethernet specifications
Description Values
Model number
Killer E3100 Ethernet controller integrated on system board
Transfer rate
10/100/1000/2500 Mbps
Wireless module
The following table lists the Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) module specifications of your Alienware Aurora R12.
Table 7. Wireless module specifications
Description Option one Option two Option three
Model number
Qualcomm QCA9377
(DW1810)
Intel AX201 Killer 1650i
Transfer rate
Up to 433 Mbps Up to 2400 Mbps Up to 2400 Mbps
Frequency bands supported
Dual band 2.4 GHz/5 GHz Dual band 2.4 GHz/5 GHz Dual band 2.4 GHz/5 GHz
Wireless standards
Wi-Fi 5 (WiFi 802.11ac) Wi-Fi 6 (WiFi 802.11ax) Wi-Fi 6 (WiFi 802.11ax)
Encryption
● 64-bit/128-bit WEP
● AES-CCMP
● TKIP
● 64-bit/128-bit WEP
● AES-CCMP
● TKIP
● 64-bit/128-bit WEP
● AES-CCMP
● TKIP
Bluetooth
Bluetooth 5.0 Bluetooth 5.1 Bluetooth 5.1
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