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(adding wil6210 list)

"Konstantin Koslowski" <konstantin.koslowski@xxxxxxxxx> 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 WBE.
>
> 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 [1ae9:0200] (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.

-- 
Kalle Valo



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