Open Source driver for Atheros 802.11n Devices
at 12:15 am
on July 27, 2008
in Development, Programming, Technology, Tellicommunications
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A new driver by Atheros has been released for use in Linux. It is licensed under the ISC license, so BSD users should be able to make use of the drivers as well.
The new driver doesn’t use a proprietary hardware abstraction layer and no firmware is required.
The ath9k driver includes supports for the following chipsets:
* AR5418+AR5133
* AR5416+AR5133
* AR5416+AR2133
* AR9160
* AR9280
* AR9281
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