Hardware for Linux - Atheros Communications / AR5006EG 802.11 b/g Wireless PCI Express Adapter

Details

Manufacturer	Atheros Communications
Model	AR5006EG 802.11 b/g Wireless PCI Express Adapter
Bus	pci
Type	Ethernet controller
Id	168c
Info2	001c
Info3	1a3b
Info4	1026

Overall rating: 2.5 x 13

By Linux distribution:

Working network cards on openSUSE 10.3 X86-64 (kernel: 2.6.22.13-0.3-default) by gabic (5):

only with ndiswrapper – azurewave_780_wlan_xp_nb – net5211.inf

Working network cards on Ubuntu 7.10 i386 (kernel: 2.6.22-14-generic) by waltercool (3):

I need compile and install the driver.

Working network cards on Gentoo Gentoo Base System release 1.12.10 AuthenticAMD (kernel: 2.6.23-gentoo-r3) by Sanches (3):

ndiswrapper

Working network cards on Ubuntu 7.10 i386 (kernel: 2.6.22-14-generic) by cisoprogressivo (3):

whit sperimental wifi driver

Working network cards on Ubuntu 7.10 i386 (kernel: 2.6.22-14-generic) by pym (3):

need to install ndiswrapper manually

Working network cards on Gentoo Gentoo Base System release 1.12.11.1 GenuineIntel (kernel: 2.6.23-eee-r3) by dmitryilyin (3):

madwifi-ng with this patch http://allenjb.me.uk/

Working network cards on Mandriva Linux 2008.1 i586 (kernel: 2.6.24.4-desktop-1mnb) by Skiper (5):

Correctly detected and installed. No problems were found. Works perfectly.

Correctement détecté et installé. Aucun problème n’a été trouvé. Fonctionne parfaitement.

Working network cards on Ubuntu 7.10 i386 (kernel: 2.6.22-14-generic) by webrad98 (3):

madwifi

Working network cards on MEPIS 8.0 i386 (kernel: 2.6.27-1-mepis-smp) by vituko (-3):

switch/led does not work
ath_* must be unloaded before suspend to ram