* [ath9k-devel] Anyone know a laptop that supports an AR9380 NIC? @ 2012-03-28 17:55 Ben Greear 2012-03-28 19:00 ` Daniel Halperin 2012-03-29 5:56 ` Peter Stuge 0 siblings, 2 replies; 7+ messages in thread From: Ben Greear @ 2012-03-28 17:55 UTC (permalink / raw) To: ath9k-devel It seems there are some with the older chipsets, but we haven't found any with newer 3x3 ones? And cramming a random wifi NIC into a random laptop appears near futile since the BIOS locks them out... Thanks, Ben -- Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com> Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
* [ath9k-devel] Anyone know a laptop that supports an AR9380 NIC? 2012-03-28 17:55 [ath9k-devel] Anyone know a laptop that supports an AR9380 NIC? Ben Greear @ 2012-03-28 19:00 ` Daniel Halperin 2012-03-29 4:46 ` Mohammed Shafi 2012-03-29 5:56 ` Peter Stuge 1 sibling, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread From: Daniel Halperin @ 2012-03-28 19:00 UTC (permalink / raw) To: ath9k-devel Anything from Dell has worked for me. In particular, I've used the Inspiron 1525. Dan On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 10:55 AM, Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>wrote: > It seems there are some with the older chipsets, but we haven't > found any with newer 3x3 ones? > > And cramming a random wifi NIC into a random laptop appears > near futile since the BIOS locks them out... > > Thanks, > Ben > > -- > Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com> > Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com > > _______________________________________________ > ath9k-devel mailing list > ath9k-devel at lists.ath9k.org > https://lists.ath9k.org/mailman/listinfo/ath9k-devel > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ath9k.org/pipermail/ath9k-devel/attachments/20120328/a4dc989c/attachment.htm ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
* [ath9k-devel] Anyone know a laptop that supports an AR9380 NIC? 2012-03-28 19:00 ` Daniel Halperin @ 2012-03-29 4:46 ` Mohammed Shafi 2012-03-29 4:54 ` Ben Greear 0 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread From: Mohammed Shafi @ 2012-03-29 4:46 UTC (permalink / raw) To: ath9k-devel Hi Daniel, On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 12:30 AM, Daniel Halperin <dhalperi@cs.washington.edu> wrote: > Anything from Dell has worked for me. In particular, I've used the Inspiron > 1525. so replacing the intel's card with AR9380 worked fine ? in case i buy a dell laptop in future i can use our own card :) > > Dan > > > On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 10:55 AM, Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com> > wrote: >> >> It seems there are some with the older chipsets, but we haven't >> found any with newer 3x3 ones? >> >> And cramming a random wifi NIC into a random laptop appears >> near futile since the BIOS locks them out... >> >> Thanks, >> Ben >> >> -- >> Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com> >> Candela Technologies Inc ?http://www.candelatech.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> ath9k-devel mailing list >> ath9k-devel at lists.ath9k.org >> https://lists.ath9k.org/mailman/listinfo/ath9k-devel > > > > _______________________________________________ > ath9k-devel mailing list > ath9k-devel at lists.ath9k.org > https://lists.ath9k.org/mailman/listinfo/ath9k-devel > -- thanks, shafi ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
* [ath9k-devel] Anyone know a laptop that supports an AR9380 NIC? 2012-03-29 4:46 ` Mohammed Shafi @ 2012-03-29 4:54 ` Ben Greear 2012-03-29 5:50 ` Daniel Halperin 2012-03-29 5:57 ` Mohammed Shafi 0 siblings, 2 replies; 7+ messages in thread From: Ben Greear @ 2012-03-29 4:54 UTC (permalink / raw) To: ath9k-devel On 03/28/2012 09:46 PM, Mohammed Shafi wrote: > Hi Daniel, > > On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 12:30 AM, Daniel Halperin > <dhalperi@cs.washington.edu> wrote: >> Anything from Dell has worked for me. In particular, I've used the Inspiron >> 1525. > > so replacing the intel's card with AR9380 worked fine ? in case i buy > a dell laptop in future i can use > our own card :) If you get a new one and it works, please let me know. Seems the Inspiron 1525 are a bit dated, and I'm suspicious that newer laptops may have BIOS restrictions. There are modified BIOSs out there though, and they appear to work at removing the 'whitelist' restrictions. We got a WPEA-127N to work in an X220i Lenovo, but had to cram it in the 1/2 height slot (and tape it into place). It was not recognized in the full height slot...so perhaps some more BIOS hacking is needed yet... Supposedly, there will be 1/2 height AR9380 NICs soon...so maybe that will work with the existing BIOS mods... Thanks, Ben > >> >> Dan >> >> >> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 10:55 AM, Ben Greear<greearb@candelatech.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> It seems there are some with the older chipsets, but we haven't >>> found any with newer 3x3 ones? >>> >>> And cramming a random wifi NIC into a random laptop appears >>> near futile since the BIOS locks them out... >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Ben >>> >>> -- >>> Ben Greear<greearb@candelatech.com> >>> Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> ath9k-devel mailing list >>> ath9k-devel at lists.ath9k.org >>> https://lists.ath9k.org/mailman/listinfo/ath9k-devel >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> ath9k-devel mailing list >> ath9k-devel at lists.ath9k.org >> https://lists.ath9k.org/mailman/listinfo/ath9k-devel >> > > > -- Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com> Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
* [ath9k-devel] Anyone know a laptop that supports an AR9380 NIC? 2012-03-29 4:54 ` Ben Greear @ 2012-03-29 5:50 ` Daniel Halperin 2012-03-29 5:57 ` Mohammed Shafi 1 sibling, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread From: Daniel Halperin @ 2012-03-29 5:50 UTC (permalink / raw) To: ath9k-devel On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 9:54 PM, Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com> wrote: > On 03/28/2012 09:46 PM, Mohammed Shafi wrote: > >> Hi Daniel, >> >> On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 12:30 AM, Daniel Halperin >> <dhalperi@cs.washington.edu> wrote: >> >>> Anything from Dell has worked for me. In particular, I've used the >>> Inspiron >>> 1525. >>> >> >> so replacing the intel's card with AR9380 worked fine ? in case i buy >> a dell laptop in future i can use >> our own card :) >> > Yes, I put an AR9380 in the Inspiron 1525 (along side an Intel 5300, not replacing it ;) That one is nice b/c it has 3 mini-PCIE slots. If you get a new one and it works, please let me know. Seems the Inspiron > 1525 are > a bit dated, and I'm suspicious that newer laptops may have BIOS > restrictions. > Note that several of Dell's laptops allow non-Intel Wi-Fi devices. In fact, one of their Alienware models comes with a Killer N1103 which, I thought, was AR9380 based... (http://www.dell.com/us/p/alienware-m18x/fs) There are modified BIOSs out there though, and they appear to work at > removing > the 'whitelist' restrictions. We got a WPEA-127N to work in an X220i > Lenovo, > but had to cram it in the 1/2 height slot (and tape it into place). It was > not recognized in the full height slot...so perhaps some more BIOS hacking > is > needed yet... > You might also find some adapters useful. See, for instance, http://www.orbitmicro.com/global/pe-mini-flex-hf--base--p-11896.html Dan -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ath9k.org/pipermail/ath9k-devel/attachments/20120328/aa4abfc2/attachment.htm ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
* [ath9k-devel] Anyone know a laptop that supports an AR9380 NIC? 2012-03-29 4:54 ` Ben Greear 2012-03-29 5:50 ` Daniel Halperin @ 2012-03-29 5:57 ` Mohammed Shafi 1 sibling, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread From: Mohammed Shafi @ 2012-03-29 5:57 UTC (permalink / raw) To: ath9k-devel Hello Ben, we had got an acer laptop where we put AR9382 card, while previously i had AR9380 i suppose. it is ASPIRE 4730Z > -- > Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com> > Candela Technologies Inc ?http://www.candelatech.com -- thanks, shafi ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
* [ath9k-devel] Anyone know a laptop that supports an AR9380 NIC? 2012-03-28 17:55 [ath9k-devel] Anyone know a laptop that supports an AR9380 NIC? Ben Greear 2012-03-28 19:00 ` Daniel Halperin @ 2012-03-29 5:56 ` Peter Stuge 1 sibling, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread From: Peter Stuge @ 2012-03-29 5:56 UTC (permalink / raw) To: ath9k-devel Ben Greear wrote: > It seems there are some with the older chipsets, but we haven't > found any with newer 3x3 ones? > > And cramming a random wifi NIC into a random laptop appears > near futile since the BIOS locks them out... coreboot works great on any ThinkPad X60 and is obviously free of arbitrary limits on PCI devices. Can get one off eBay pretty easily starting at $120. Let me know if you'd like some help with the upgrade from Lenovo BIOS. //Peter ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
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