Linux ar5k 802.11a driver (GPL)

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This device driver is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation. See COPYING for more details.

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News

[2003/01/02] New version released

• Monitor rx (rfmon) support (iwconfig wlan0 mode monitor && ifconfig wlan0 up)
• Some fixes
• TODO: sta events (auth, assoc), basic tx, tx packet injection, WLSec support

[2002/12/31] Project relaunched... sorry for the delay.

Supported hardware

Here is a quite incomplete list of supported hardware. If you have comments or you know another supported product please send a note to the mailing list. If you want to support the project with hardware donations please send a mail to reyk@vantronix.net.

• Supported:
  • Atheros AR5x10 reference design
  • Actiontec 802CA 802.11a CardBus card
  • Netgear HA501 802.11a CardBus card
  • Netgear HA311 802.11a PCI card
  • Proxim Harmony 802.11a CardBus card
  • SMC 2735W 802.11a CardBus card
  • Sony PCWA-C500 802.11a CardBus card (Japan)
  • IODATA WN-A54/PCM 802.11a CardBus card (Japan)
  • icom SL-50 802.11a CardBus card (Japan)
  • A lot of other AR5x10- based CardBus and PCI cards...
• Not supported:
  • Atheros' second generation AR5x11 chipset (most 802.11a/b combo cards)

Mailing list

Please subscribe to the list under https://lists.vantronix.net/mailman/listinfo/ar5k/.

Links

• Atheros Communications, Inc. - notes about their chipset
• Kismet - my favourite wireless scanner (vt_ar5k is supported)
• Linux Wireless HOWTO - Jean Tourrilhes' who is who of Linux & Wireless
• WLSec - Wireless LAN Security Framework
• .vantronix | secure systems - I'm a co-founder of this IT-security company