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differences in the entry: vendor
Atheros-Communications-Inc.
differences in the entry: model name
Atheros Communications Inc TP-Link TL-WN821N v2 [Atheros AR9001U-(2)NG]
differences in the entry: possible other names of the device
TP-LINK 300Mbps Wireless N USB Adapter
differences in the entry: VendorID:ProductID code of the device
0cf3:1002
differences in the entry: year of commercialization
2010
differences in the entry: interface
USB
differences in the entry: GNU/Linux distribution used for the test
trisquel_4_5
differences in the entry: tested with the following kernel libre
2.6.35-28-generic
differences in the entry: does it work with free software?
yes
differences in the entry: free driver used
ar9170usb
differences in the entry: Description
If you search this device as "TP-Link TL-WN821N", validate that you're getting version 2 or [a]https://h-node.org/wifi/view/en/266/Atheros-Communications-Inc-TP-Link-TL-WN821N-v3-1--Atheros-AR9002-|3[/a]. [b]Newer revisions [a]https://h-node.org/wifi/view/en/1133/Realtek-Semiconductor-Corp--RTL8192CU-802-11n-WLAN-Adapter/1/1/undef/undef/undef/undef/wifi-works/undef|don't work[/a][/b].
300adapter adapter[/p]
[p]Atheros Communications, Inc.
0x1002 TP-Link TL-WN821N v2 [Atheros AR9001U-(2)NG]
[/p]
[p][a]http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/ar9170 | AR9170[/a] chipset[/p]
[p]Device [b]may require the installation of "atheros-firmware"[/b] from the repository.[/p]
[p]Remember to check the version, "TP-Link TL-WN821N v3 802.11n [Atheros AR7010+AR9287]" (0cf3:7015) uses a different driver (ath9k_htc) and doesn't work without nonfree firmware.[/p]
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