[ath9k-devel] trouble with DWA-552 and ath9k

[Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>]

On Mon, 2009-12-28 at 14:22 -0500, Brian Walker wrote:
> Can anyone else confirm that this card works (or definitely does not 
> work) with the current (2009-12-11) ath9k driver?
> 
> 00:0a.0 Network controller [0280]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR922X 
> Wireless Network Adapter [168c:0029] (rev 01)
>      Subsystem: D-Link System Inc Device [1186:3a7a]
>      Flags: 66MHz, medium devsel, IRQ 5
>      [virtual] Memory at f8040000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
>      Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2
>      Kernel driver in use: ath9k
>      Kernel modules: ath9k

I can definitely confirm that DWA-552 is working for me.  It didn't work
on newer systems with Intel Quad Core CPU and Intel G35 chipset for
reasons unrelated to ath9k.  Either it's not seen by lspci, or the PCI
ID is corrupt.

However, DWA-552 is working with ath9k on older systems, such as an AMD
XP 2000 system with Asus V7B8X motherboard or PowerMac G3.  The access
points are seen in the scan results and WPA connection is established
quickly and reliably.

The system and subsystem IDs is different, but the card is marked as
D-Link DWA-552.

01:03.0 Network controller [0280]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5008
Wireless Network Adapter [168c:0023] (rev 01)
        Subsystem: D-Link System Inc Device [1186:3a6d]
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 24
        Memory at 80890000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
        Capabilities: [40] #80 [0000]
        Kernel driver in use: ath9k
        Kernel modules: ath9k

wlan0     IEEE 802.11bgn  Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  
          Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=27 dBm   
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:on
          
# wpa_supplicant -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/mike1.conf -D wext -i wlan0
ioctl[SIOCGIWSCAN]: Resource temporarily unavailable
ioctl[SIOCGIWSCAN]: Resource temporarily unavailable
Trying to associate with 00:19:5b:56:fc:73 (SSID='mike1' freq=2437 MHz)
Associated with 00:19:5b:56:fc:73
WPA: Key negotiation completed with 00:19:5b:56:fc:73 [PTK=TKIP
GTK=TKIP]
CTRL-EVENT-CONNECTED - Connection to 00:19:5b:56:fc:73 completed (auth)
[id=0 id_str=]

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Regards,
Pavel Roskin