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differences in the entry: vendor
Atheros Atheros-Communications-Inc.
differences in the entry: model name
AR5416+AR5133+AR2133 Atheros 9000 series chipsets based PCI/MINI PCI-E 802.11a/b/g Communications Inc. AR5416 Wireless Network Adapter [AR5008 802.11(a)bgn] (rev 01)
differences in the entry: possible other names of the device
differences in the entry: VendorID:ProductID code of the device
168c:0023
differences in the entry: year of commercialization
not-specified
differences in the entry: interface
PCI
differences in the entry: GNU/Linux distribution used for the test
gnewsense_2_3 , trisquel_5_5
differences in the entry: tested with the following kernel libre
3.0.0-17-generic
differences in the entry: does it work with free software?
yes
differences in the entry: free driver used
ath9k
differences in the entry: Description
Info from http://hub.opensolaris.org/bin/view/Community+Group+laptop/wireless_driver_compatible_list [p]lspci -vmmnn[/p]
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Slot: 01:07.0
Class: Network controller [0280]
Vendor: Atheros Communications Inc. [168c]
Device: AR5416 Wireless Network Adapter [AR5008 802.11(a)bgn] [0023]
SVendor: Atheros Communications Inc. [168c]
SDevice: Device [3071]
Rev: 01
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Add: (2011-05-01) [p]lspci -nnk[/p]
# Model name seems not to be correct. Please check! [code]
# 01:07.0 Network controller [0280]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5416 Wireless Network Adapter [AR5008 802.11(a)bgn] [168c:0023] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Atheros Communications Inc. Device [168c:3071]
Kernel driver in use: ath9k
Kernel modules: ath9k
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[p]Info from http://hub.opensolaris.org/bin/view/Community+Group+laptop/wireless_driver_compatible_list[/p]
[p]Add: (2011-05-01)[/p]
[p]# AR5416 802.11abgn Wireless PCI Adapter (taken from Atheros web site) [/p]
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