I read the stickied topic (https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?topic=6886.0) and am ready for the rotten fruit.
My thought is that $300-400 (https://www.amazon.com/TP-Link-AX6000-8-Stream-Smart-Router/dp/B07L56SN8M) is a lot to spend on a new router. Especially when the new cards are $40 (https://www.amazon.com/NETELY-Bluetooth-PCs-2-4GHz-2400Mbps-AX200NGW/dp/B082T4P19W) and I won't use anything except passthrough on the wifi router. I also miss the convince it was having everything in one box, when I used to run tomato.
I understand the technical limitations and the philosophical too. I know many people would like to do this. I also know people have just given up on having one box that does home networking. I have tried and failed many times. I just really would like to get faster wifi standard without spending a ton of money.
I don't see the new standard on the pfsense netbsd compatibility chart (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11cF4UoNL68Me5ZC6qhjFPmzdW7mib56dBIAKz30Qpug/edit?hl=en&hl=en#gid=0). So...I realize this might be a long shot. I see openbsd has a driver (https://bsd-hardware.info/index.php?id=pci:8086-2723-8086-0084&dev_class=02-80&dev_type=net%2Fwireless&dev_vendor=Intel&dev_name=Wi-Fi+6+AX200&dev_ident=01c94) but do not know about station mode.