ThinkPads with IBM a/b/g wireless card

[Arne Schwabe]

Andreas Totlis <usenet at esct.org> writes:

> On Tue, Mar 23, 2004 at 04:30:01PM -05003505, Jesse Sheidlower wrote:
>> 
>> Does anyone know what the a/b/g card actually is, and does
>> it work with FreeBSD? I'd rather get this than an 802.11b-
>> only card, assuming it will work.
>
> I've a T41p Thinkpad with the following card:
>
> ath0: <Atheros 5212> mem 0xc0210000-0xc021ffff irq 11 at device 2.0 on pci2
> ath0: mac 5.6 phy 4.1 5ghz radio 1.7 2ghz radio 2.3
> ath0: 11a rates: 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
> ath0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
> ath0: 802.11 address: 00:00:0:00:0:00

T40p Thinkpad here:

ath0: <Atheros 5211> mem 0xc0210000-0xc021ffff irq 4 at device 2.0 on pci2
ath0: mac 4.2 phy 3.0 5ghz radio 1.7 2ghz radio 2.3
ath0: 11a rates: 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
ath0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
ath0: 802.11 address: 00:05:4e:xx:xx:xx

Works with fine in managed mode for me. Have not tested ad hoc so
far. Putting the card into ap master mode is easier *g*

> I can't tested the card without any WLAN AP :-(
>
>
> windows-xp said the card manufactur is phillips(branded).

Same here. Also the mac id of the card is Phillips

Arne
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