Atheros Communications Inc. AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01) – h-node.org

Description:

Beware of the USB device !

This device can be possibly be bundled in the same MiniPCIe Card with:

Atheros Communications, Inc. AR3011 Bluetooth

which is using the USB headers and it is actually not supported (without interfering with the functionality of this side of the card)

This card is included in these computers

  • Acer Iconia Tab netbook/tablet
  • Acer Aspire 7740G
  • Asus A52JE-EX274V
  • Sony Vaio VPCEB2Z1E notebook
  • Presario CQ71-410SF
  • Some Dell computers (at begin of 2010’s)

Details

lspci

0b:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)

lspci -vmmnn

Slot:	12:00.0
Class:	Network controller [0280]
Vendor:	Atheros Communications Inc. [168c]
Device:	AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) [002b]
SVendor:	Foxconn International, Inc. [105b]
SDevice:	Device [e016]
Rev:	01

or also :

Slot:	0b:00.0
Class:	Network controller [0280]
Vendor:	Qualcomm Atheros [168c]
Device:	AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) [002b]
SVendor:	Hewlett-Packard Company [103c]
SDevice:	U98Z062.12 802.11bgn Wireless Half-size Mini PCIe Card [3040]
Rev:	01

or also :

lspci -nnk

12:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) [168c:002b] (rev 01)
	Subsystem: Foxconn International, Inc. Device [105b:e016]
	Kernel driver in use: ath9k
	Kernel modules: ath9k

or also :

0b:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) [168c:002b] (rev 01)
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company U98Z062.12 802.11bgn Wireless Half-size Mini PCIe Card [103c:3040]
	Kernel driver in use: ath9k
	Kernel modules: ath9k

or also :