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Atheros WIFI Dongle

Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2020 5:34 pm
by veso266
Hi there, I have a USB wifi dongle based on AR9271 chipset

lsusb detect the device corectly,

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lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0cf3:9271 Atheros Communications, Inc. AR9271 802.11n
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

but I am unable to do anything else with it
even dmesg | grep usb shows nothing usefull

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dmesg | grep usb
[    0.255282] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[    0.255411] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[    0.255555] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[    1.007317] usbcore: registered new interface driver brcmfmac
[    1.011866] usbcore: registered new interface driver rt2800usb
[    1.016387] usbcore: registered new interface driver rtl8192cu
[    1.020934] usbcore: registered new interface driver rtl8xxxu
[    1.041131] usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_acm
[    1.052193] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
[    1.056938] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial
[    1.061463] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial_generic
[    1.066648] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for generic
[    1.071360] usbcore: registered new interface driver ch341
[    1.075507] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for ch341-uart
[    1.080450] usbcore: registered new interface driver cp210x
[    1.084727] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for cp210x
[    1.089304] usbcore: registered new interface driver ftdi_sio
[    1.093748] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for FTDI USB Serial Device
[    1.099721] usbcore: registered new interface driver pl2303
[    1.104046] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for pl2303
[    1.108633] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb_serial_simple
[    1.113854] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for carelink
[    1.118603] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for zio
[    1.122971] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for funsoft
[    1.127637] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for flashloader
[    1.132686] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for google
[    1.137266] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for vivopay
[    1.141978] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for moto_modem
[    1.146900] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for novatel_gps
[    1.151954] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for hp4x
[    1.156362] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for suunto
[    1.160987] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for siemens_mpi
[    1.166211] e0002000.usb supply vbus not found, using dummy regulator
[    1.388678] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
[    1.393931] usbhid: USB HID core driver
[    1.750647] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ci_hdrc

looking around I see that firmware is clearly there

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 ls /lib/firmware/htc*
/lib/firmware/htc_7010.fw  /lib/firmware/htc_9271.fw

So if anyone has any idea what could be wrong please tell me
BTW: I am using Release (1.04-7)
Thanks for Anwsering and Best Regards

Re: Atheros WIFI Dongle

Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2021 3:48 pm
by redpitaya
Hi,
The Wifi adapter that we recommend is one that is based on the rtl8192cu chipset.
Here are more details:https://redpitaya.readthedocs.io/en/lat ... ht=chipset