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
It is recommended you use the latest ar9170 driver, you can obtain this through compat-wireless. You will need to be at least on 2.6.27.
open firmware
Firmware is open! Go check the ar9170.fw page.
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)