NOTE: this page is for archival only, see the note at the end of the page.

otus

otus is an Atheros IEEE 802.11n USB Linux driver, licensed under the ISC.

Supported hardware

Atheros 802.11n hardware: UB81, UB82, UB83 AR9170

Dlink

  • DWA-160A1

Netgear

  • WNDA3100
  • WN111v2

TP-Link

  • TL-WN821N

Requirements

Kernel 2.4 - 2.6.24. Patches for >= 2.6.24 are greatly appreciated.

Mailing list

Our otus mailing list for this driver is:

https://lists.ath9k.org/mailman/listinfo/ath9k-devel

Get the code

You can get the code here

git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mcgrof/otus.git

wpa_supplicant otus driver

This driver requires its own supplicant driver for wpa_supplicant 0.4.8. For your convenience you can find the tarball here:

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/mcgrof/otus/wpa_supplicant-0.4.8_otus.tar.bz2

Features supported

  • IEEE standard compliance
  • IEEE 802.11a/b/g
  • IEEE 802.11h, 802.11d
  • IEEE 80211i
  • IEEE Draft 2.0 802.11n
  • Ad Hoc
    • join (2.4GHz, 5GHz if SKU allows), create (2.4GHz , 5GHz if SKU allows) Adhoc security: WEP
  • Security
    • Authentication: WPA/WPA2 (Personal / Enterprise),
      • 802.1x Encryption: none, AES, TKIP, WEP40, WEP104

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