ar9170
ar9170 is a GPL driver for the Atheros 802.11n USB chipset (AR9170).
See also otus, the driver which ar9170 is based on.
device driver
The driver is now included in 2.6.30-git code
device firmware
Included in the firmware tree.
firmware checksums |
|
filename |
md5sum |
ar9170-1.fw |
bebf8de7bf0aa8ae3eb395cc6be2e762 |
ar9170-2.fw |
33ae4899340c75be4bc80c34fbe5d171 |
available devices
features
- 802.11abgn/bgn (depending on hardware)
- 1 or 2 spatial streams for 802.11n (depending on hardware)
working
- 802.11 a/b/g
- Ad-hoc, monitor and station mode
- Cryptographic accelerator in station mode
- SoftLEDs
not working yet
- Cryptographic accelerator in Ad-hoc mode
- Adaptive Noise Immunity
- 802.11n/HT
- Lots of other things
not supported
- AP mode (haven't found a way to properly transmit multicast frames after DTIM)