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differences in the entry: vendor
Atheros-Communications-Inc. 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
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
gnewsense_3_0 , trisquel_4_0 , trisquel_4_5 , trisquel_5_0 , trisquel_5_5 , trisquel_6_0
differences in the entry: tested with the following kernel libre
2.6.32-26-generic, 3.0.0-17-generic 3.0.0-17-generic, 3.13.0-121-lowlatency
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]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]

[p]This wifi card is recognized as an ethernet card by lspci for some reason.[/p]

[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
[/code]

[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
[/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
[/code]
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