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differences in the entry: vendor
Qualcomm-Atheros
differences in the entry: model name
Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)
differences in the entry: possible other names of the device
Lite-On Communications Inc AR242x / AR542x Wireless AzureWave AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter
differences in the entry: VendorID:ProductID code of the device
168c:001c
differences in the entry: year of commercialization
2007
differences in the entry: interface
PCI
differences in the entry: GNU/Linux distribution used for the test
parabola, trisquel_8_0
differences in the entry: tested with the following kernel libre
5.4.12-gnu-1, 4.4.0-142-generic
differences in the entry: does it work with free software?
yes
differences in the entry: free driver used
ath5k/ath9k
differences in the entry: Description
[p]Note: This wifi card is recognized as an ethernet card by lspci for some reason (2012, up to Trisquel 8 2018).[/p] 2018). On the Parabola test the card is attached on PCI-E not PCI, lspci and hwinfo corectly reference it. This one works without any problems.[/p]
[h1]Also reported working on those OS (2012)[/h1]
gNewSense [p]gNewSense 3.0 Metad (beta) (beta)[/p]
Trisquel [p]Trisquel 4.0 Taranis Taranis[/p]
Trisquel [p]Trisquel 4.5 Slaine Slaine[/p]
Trisquel [p]Trisquel 5.0 Dagda Dagda[/p]
Trisquel [p]Trisquel 5.5 Brigantia Brigantia[/p]
Trisquel [p]Trisquel 6.0 Toutatis Toutatis[/p]
[p]Parabola 2020[/p]
[h1]Specific issue[/h1]
[p]This wifi card seems to work with other laptops, but when tested on [a]http://h-node.org/notebooks/view/en/815/Presario-CQ60-207EO/1/1/undef/undef/undef/undef/undef/undef/undef/undef|Compaq Presario CQ60-207EO[/a] with Trisquel 5.5 it did not work even though it was revision 01.[/p]
[p]Revision 01 tested to work with Trisquel 5.5 on Eee PC 4G and MSI EX710-049NE, as well as a 2006 Mac Mini in Trisquel 6.0.[/p]
[h1]Detailed informations[/h1]
[p]lspci -vmmnn[/p]
[code]
Slot: 02:00.0
Class: Ethernet controller [0200]
Vendor: Atheros Communications Inc. [168c]
Device: AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) [001c]
SVendor: AzureWave [1a3b]
SDevice: AW-GE780 802.11bg Wireless Mini PCIe Card [1026]
Rev: 01
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[p]lspci -nnk[/p]
[code]
14:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter [168c:001c] (rev 01)
Kernel driver in use: ath5k
Kernel modules: ath5k
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[p]lspci -vvnnk[/p]
[code]05:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Qualcomm Atheros AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) [168c:001c] (rev 11)
Subsystem: Lite-On Communications Inc AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) [11ad:6303]
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 19
Region 0: Memory at f0400000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=375mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
Address: 00000000 Data: 0000
Capabilities: [60] Express (v1) Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00
DevCap: MaxPayload 128 bytes, PhantFunc 0, Latency L0s <512ns, L1 <64us
ExtTag- AttnBtn- AttnInd- PwrInd- RBE- FLReset-
DevCtl: CorrErr- NonFatalErr- FatalErr- UnsupReq-
RlxdOrd+ ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop-
MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 512 bytes
DevSta: CorrErr- NonFatalErr+ FatalErr- UnsupReq+ AuxPwr- TransPend-
LnkCap: Port #0, Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x1, ASPM L0s L1, Exit Latency L0s <512ns, L1 <64us
ClockPM- Surprise- LLActRep- BwNot- ASPMOptComp-
LnkCtl: ASPM Disabled; RCB 128 bytes Disabled- CommClk+
ExtSynch- ClockPM- AutWidDis- BWInt- AutBWInt-
LnkSta: Speed 2.5GT/s (ok), Width x1 (ok)
TrErr- Train- SlotClk+ DLActive- BWMgmt- ABWMgmt-
Capabilities: [90] MSI-X: Enable- Count=1 Masked-
Vector table: BAR=0 offset=00000000
PBA: BAR=0 offset=00000000
Capabilities: [100 v1] Advanced Error Reporting
UESta: DLP- SDES- TLP- FCP- CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF- MalfTLP- ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol-
UEMsk: DLP- SDES- TLP- FCP- CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF- MalfTLP- ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol-
UESvrt: DLP+ SDES- TLP- FCP+ CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF+ MalfTLP+ ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol-
CESta: RxErr- BadTLP- BadDLLP- Rollover- Timeout- AdvNonFatalErr-
CEMsk: RxErr- BadTLP- BadDLLP- Rollover- Timeout- AdvNonFatalErr-
AERCap: First Error Pointer: 14, ECRCGenCap+ ECRCGenEn- ECRCChkCap+ ECRCChkEn-
MultHdrRecCap- MultHdrRecEn- TLPPfxPres- HdrLogCap-
HeaderLog: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
Capabilities: [140 v1] Virtual Channel
Caps: LPEVC=0 RefClk=100ns PATEntryBits=1
Arb: Fixed- WRR32- WRR64- WRR128-
Ctrl: ArbSelect=Fixed
Status: InProgress-
VC0: Caps: PATOffset=00 MaxTimeSlots=1 RejSnoopTrans-
Arb: Fixed- WRR32- WRR64- WRR128- TWRR128- WRR256-
Ctrl: Enable+ ID=0 ArbSelect=Fixed TC/VC=ff
Status: NegoPending- InProgress-
Kernel driver in use: ath5k
Kernel modules: ath5k[/code]
[p]hwinfo[/p]
[code]25: PCI 500.0: 0282 WLAN controller
[Created at pci.386]
Unique ID: QqMf.hN55BEci0aB
Parent ID: WnlC.yrCegcGObU9
SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:16.0/0000:05:00.0
SysFS BusID: 0000:05:00.0
Hardware Class: network
Model: "Qualcomm Atheros AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)"
Vendor: pci 0x168c "Qualcomm Atheros"
Device: pci 0x001c "AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)"
SubVendor: pci 0x11ad "Lite-On Communications Inc"
SubDevice: pci 0x6303
Revision: 0x11
Driver: "ath5k"
Driver Modules: "ath5k"
Device File: wlp5s0
Features: WLAN
Memory Range: 0xf0400000-0xf040ffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
IRQ: 19 (68 events)
HW Address: 70:1a:04:d4:b2:e2
Permanent HW Address: 70:1a:04:d4:b2:e2
Link detected: no
WLAN channels: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
WLAN frequencies: 2.412 2.417 2.422 2.427 2.432 2.437 2.442 2.447 2.452 2.457 2.462 2.467 2.472 2.484
WLAN encryption modes: WEP40 WEP104 TKIP CCMP
WLAN authentication modes: open sharedkey wpa-psk wpa-eap
Module Alias: "pci:v0000168Cd0000001Csv000011ADsd00006303bc02sc00i00"
Driver Info #0:
Driver Status: ath5k is active
Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe ath5k"
Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
Attached to: #18 (PCI bridge)[/code]
[p]These also seem to be the same chipset: [/p]
[code]
0777 3006 SRX 802.11abg Wireless ExpressCard Adapter
1468 0428 AR5BXB63 802.11bg NIC
1468 042a AR5007EG 802.11bg NIC
147b 1033 AirPace Wi-Fi
168c 001c AR242x 802.11abg NIC (PCI Express)
168c 002c AR2427 802.11bg (PCI Express)
168c 3061 AR5006EGS 802.11bg NIC (2.4GHz, PCI Express)
168c 3062 AR5006EXS 802.11abg NIC (2.4/5.0GHz, PCI Express)
168c 3063 AR5006EX 802.11abg NIC (2.4/5.0GHz, PCI Express)
168c 3065 AR5006EG 802.11bg NIC (2.4GHz, PCI Express)
168c 3067 AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)
1a3b 1026 AR5007EG 802.11bg Wi-Fi mini PCI express card
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