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differences in the entry: vendor
D-Link D-Link-System-Inc
differences in the entry: model name
DWA-556 Xtreme N PCI Express Desktop Adapter
differences in the entry: possible other names of the device
differences in the entry: VendorID:ProductID code of the device
1186:3a70
differences in the entry: year of commercialization
not-specified
differences in the entry: interface
PCI-E
differences in the entry: GNU/Linux distribution used for the test
gnewsense_3_0 trisquel_8_0
differences in the entry: tested with the following kernel libre
5.6.14-gnu
differences in the entry: does it work with free software?
yes
differences in the entry: free driver used
ath9k
differences in the entry: Description
~$ lspci -vmmnn
Slot: 06:00.0
Class: Network controller [0280]
Vendor: Qualcomm Atheros [168c]
Device: AR5418 Wireless Network Adapter [AR5008E 802.11(a)bgn] (PCI-Express) [0024]
SVendor: D-Link System Inc [1186]
SDevice: DWA-556 Xtreme N PCI Express Desktop Adapter [3a70]
Rev: 01
~$ lspci -nnk
06:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Qualcomm Atheros AR5418 Wireless Network Adapter [AR5008E 802.11(a)bgn] (PCI-Express) [168c:0024] (rev 01)
Subsystem: D-Link System Inc DWA-556 Xtreme N PCI Express Desktop Adapter [1186:3a70]
Kernel driver in use: ath9k
Kernel modules: ath9k
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