TP-LINK wireless pci - ath(4) driver - Atheros chipsets => WAS: [mary.li@tp-link.com: RE:]

[Anton Shterenlikht]

Below is the reply I received from TP-LINK about
chipsets in some of their pci wireless adapters.
This might be of interest to somebody who is buying
a pci wireless. My interest in Tp-link is because
there are hundreds of cards on sale at ebay.co.uk
at the moment.

However, I'm more confused by the reply than clarified. ath(4) man
page list these 4 chipsets as supported:
 Atheros AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, and AR5416

Only 5416 appears in the manuf. reply, and even that
is in a combination with another ath chip.
More specifically, can somebody comment whether
  
TL-WR851N: AR5416+AR2122
TL-WN651G/ TL-WN650G: AR2414
TL-WN350G: Atheros AR2417

will be supported by ath(4) driver, please.

In case it matters it will have to be run on sparc64.

many thanks
anton

----- Forwarded message from "mary.li" <mary.li at tp-link.com> -----

Dear Anton,
 
Thank you very much for your email requesting information about our product.

The chipsets of the adapters you mentioned are as below:
TL-WR851N: AR5416+AR2122
TL-WN651G/ TL-WN650G: AR2414
TL-WN353G: Realtek RTL8185L
TL-WN350G: Atheros AR2417

Hope the information will help you.

Any further help please feel free to let me know.
To get technical support quicker,please go to
http://www.tp-link.com/support/faq.asp
Best Regards
-----------------------------------
Mary.Li
Technical Support Engineer
TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO.,LTD.
tel:+1 866 225-8139
     +86 755-2650-4400
E-mail:mary.li at tp-link.com
Website:http://www.tp-link.com/support/Support.asp

-----Original Message-----
From: Anton Shterenlikht [mailto:mexas at bristol.ac.uk] 
Sent: Sunday, December 27, 2009 3:45 AM
To: support.uk at tp-link.com
Subject: 

Dear Sir/Madam

I'm looking to buy a TP-LINK PCI wireless adapter.
However, it must not be based on Atheros AR5005VL chipset.
I need to use the adapter with FreeBSD operating system,
which does not support Atheros AR5005VL chipset. 

Could you please confirm whether TP-LINK PCI adapters
use Atheros AR5005VL chipset. In particular I'm interested in

TL-WN851G
TL-WN651G
TL-WN650G
TL-WN353G
TL-WN350G

Which Atheros chipsets, if any, do these adapters use?

many thanks
anton

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Anton Shterenlikht
Room 2.6, Queen's Building
Mech Eng Dept
Bristol University
University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK
Tel: +44 (0)117 331 5944
Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423


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-- 
Anton Shterenlikht
Room 2.6, Queen's Building
Mech Eng Dept
Bristol University
University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK
Tel: +44 (0)117 331 5944
Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423