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model: Atheros Communications Inc. AR922X Wireless Network Adapter(model id: 8)
possible other names of the device:
TP-LINK TL-WN851N
TP-LINK TL-WN861N
D-Link DWA-552 Xtreme N Desktop Adapter
vendor:
Atheros
VendorID:ProductID code of the device:
168c:0029
year of commercialization:
2008
interface:
not-specified
tested on:
Trisquel 4.0 Taranis
Trisquel 4.5 Slaine
tested with the following kernel libre:
2.6.32-24-generic
does it work with free software?
yes
free driver used:
ath9k
Description:

This is an Atheros AR9223 chipset, which uses the officially supported free ath9k Linux driver.

The TP-LINK TL-WN851N is a PCI card.

The TP-LINK TL-WN861N is a Mini-PCI card.

The D-Link DWA-552 Xtreme N Desktop Adapter is a PCI card.

This chipset has been tested with IEEE 802.11g and 802.11n networks, unsecured and secured (WPA2-PSK).

$ lspci -nnkd 168c:0029
06:02.0 Network controller [0280]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR922X Wireless Network Adapter [168c:0029] (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Atheros Communications Inc. Device [168c:2091]
        Kernel driver in use: ath9k
        Kernel modules: ath9k
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