Device 'Qualcomm Atheros AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)'

ID PCI 168c:001c:105b:e000
Class02-80 »
Type net/wireless »
Vendor Qualcomm Atheros »
Name AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)
SubsystemFoxconn International / LAN-Express

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Kernel Drivers

The device is supported by kernel versions 2.6.25 and newer according to the LKDDb:


Ver Source Config By ID By Class
2.6.25 - 2.6.30 drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/base.c CONFIG_ATH5K 168c:001c *
2.6.31 - 2.6.33 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c CONFIG_ATH5K CONFIG_ATH_COMMON 168c:001c *
3.17 - 6.12 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/pci.c CONFIG_ATH5K CONFIG_ATH5K_PCI CONFIG_ATH_CARDS CONFIG_WLAN 168c:001c *

Status (25)

The device is a part of the following computers:

HWidTypeVendor / ModelProbesSystemLast
Status
9581F » notebook Sony /
VGC-LM1ER
1 ROSA R4-R8 ROSA R4-R8 works
53951 » notebook Sony /
VGN-CR322H_P
2 Ubuntu 18.04 Ubuntu 18.04 works
D89DE » notebook Sony /
VGN-CR32G_W
2 Ubuntu 20.04 Ubuntu 20.04 works
337A1 » notebook Sony /
VGN-CR32L_W
2 Ubuntu 18.04 Ubuntu 18.04 works
15A78 » notebook Sony /
VGN-NR11M_S
1 Lubuntu 25.04 Lubuntu 25.04 works
E7F86 » notebook Sony /
VGN-NR130FE
1 Mint 20.1 Mint 20.1 works
6D001 » notebook Sony /
VGN-NR210FH
1 Mint 19 Mint 19 works
EBA04 » notebook Sony /
VGN-NR21E_S
1 Fedora 41 Fedora 41 works
53384 » notebook Sony /
VGN-NR21E_S
2 Ubuntu 20.04 Ubuntu 20.04 works
CD418 » notebook Sony /
VGN-NR21J_S
1 Ubuntu 18.04 Ubuntu 18.04 works
C9445 » notebook Sony /
VGN-NR230AE
1 BigLinux 21.3.6 BigLinux 21... works
74A64 » notebook Sony /
VGN-NR230FE
1 OpenMandriva 4.2 OpenMandriv... works
179F6 » notebook Sony /
VGN-NR310FH
1 MX 20 MX 20 works
87D85 » notebook Sony /
VGN-NR310FH
1 ROSA R4-R8 ROSA R4-R8 works
69C17 » notebook Sony /
VGN-NR31ER_S
1 ROSA R9-R11 ROSA R9-R11 works
6A9F1 » notebook Sony /
VGN-NR31ER_S
1 ROSA 13.0 ROSA 13.0 works
03770 » notebook Sony /
VGN-NR31MR_S
1 Feren OS 20.04 Feren OS 20.04 works
5E491 » notebook Sony /
VGN-NR32M_S
2 Zorin 16 Zorin 16 works
8377F » notebook Sony /
VGN-NR330FE
1 Ubuntu 18.04 Ubuntu 18.04 works
4DDF7 » notebook Sony /
VGN-NR38E_S
1 Xubuntu 20.04 Xubuntu 20.04 works
FB89E » notebook Sony /
VGN-NR38M_S
1 OpenMandriva 24.12 OpenMandriv... works
87A0A » desktop Sony /
TROGDOR
1 Debian Debian detected
685D2 » desktop Sony /
VAIO
1 OpenMandriva 4.2 OpenMandriv... detected
EC2A3 » notebook Sony /
VGN-NR32L_S
1 OpenMandriva 4.3 OpenMandriv... detected

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