delwhjr wrote:
In my case it doesn't bypass it because I removed it completely from the unit (has a nice little removable cover). The new external one is all the way to WiFi6 compatible.
Well, if you remove the hardware and replace it with new hardware you technically have bypassed the non functioning OEM hardware with aftermarket functioning hardware.
In this case, if the OEM radio card malfunctions you do not have to remove it physically unless you bought one that will use the same physical location.
The old one can stay in place and you can ignore it with no ill effects to your system. Some laptops and devices may have the WiFi radio card fully soldered in place and simply adding an external card is the only fix there is.
If it annoys you, you can of coarse always go to the device manager and select the offending device and tell Windows to disable the device and it will no longer show up as a possible network connection.