Return-path: Received: from wolverine01.qualcomm.com ([199.106.114.254]:17625 "EHLO wolverine01.qualcomm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757092AbdCUMZu (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Mar 2017 08:25:50 -0400 From: Kalle Valo To: Konstantin Koslowski CC: "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" , wil6210 Subject: Re: Dell DW1601 (WIL6210) Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2017 12:21:57 +0000 Message-ID: <87var26cre.fsf@kamboji.qca.qualcomm.com> (sfid-20170321_132553_537199_BD354917) References: <17d816d3dafddb3447e21808c130f596@rainloop.xkonni.de> In-Reply-To: <17d816d3dafddb3447e21808c130f596@rainloop.xkonni.de> (Konstantin Koslowski's message of "Fri, 17 Mar 2017 08:46:36 +0000") Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: (adding wil6210 list) "Konstantin Koslowski" writes: > I recently acquired a few Dell DW1601 cards and after a few initial > searches it sounded like they could be used to connect to each other. > Now it seems that they do not have the wifi connectivity enabled, just WB= E. > > relevant lspci output: > 03:00.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Wilocity Ltd. Wil6200 PCI Express Root Port > [1ae9:0101] (rev 04) > 04:00.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Wilocity Ltd. Wil6200 PCI Express Port [1ae9:0= 200] (rev 04) > 04:02.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Wilocity Ltd. Wil6200 Wireless PCI Express > Port [1ae9:0201] (rev 14) > 04:03.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Wilocity Ltd. Wil6200 Wireless PCI Express > Port [1ae9:0201] (rev 14) > 05:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Qualcomm Atheros AR9462 Wireless > Network Adapter [168c:0034] (rev 01) > > So the wifi device does not show up. Seems it needs a different firmware. I was told that this an older device and it only supports WBE, not Wi-Fi. So it's not actually supported by wil6210. --=20 Kalle Valo=