To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
From: Jon Fairbairn <jon.fairbairn@cl.cam.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: PCI express card that does AP mode? (abit wlp-01?)
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 08:39:10 +0100
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Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org> writes:

> On Thu, 2009-07-16 at 18:01 +0100, Jon Fairbairn wrote:
>> The distro I'm using (fedora 11) has 2.6.29 -- will the relevant modules
>> build for that, or would I have to build a whole 2.6.31?
>
> You can build compat-wireless, which includes the latest ath5k driver
> backported from the wireless-testing kernel.  Alternatively, you can
> build madwifi (be sure to use the trunk snapshot).

OK! I bought one and with compat-wireless-2009-07-20 + hostapd 0.6.9 it
seems to work. I haven't done much testing yet, but I can certainly
connect to it from an eee pc 901 and from a Macbook Air (and from my IBM
X30 so long as I don't use WPA).

For reference: The box says "abit airpace wifi", "pci-e wi-fi card",
"WLP01WCG121095 V0.0B" (on a sticker; this is the only place on the
outside of the box that mentions WPL01), "EAN 4 710933 354359", "UPC 8
43323 00028 5"

lspci -nn says
04:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x
           802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter [168c:001c] (rev 01)

Does that want to go on the wiki? (I can't access it right now:
http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Devices * Connection to 83.246.72.84
Failed )

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Jón Fairbairn                                 Jon.Fairbairn@cl.cam.ac.uk