D-Link DWA-643 rev A1

bgn (N300)
Xtreme N Notebook ExpressCard
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Platform
Brand • Model • Rev	D-Link DWA-643 A1
Interface	ExpressCard/34
Connector	ExpressCard/34
ID:168c:0024 (6 addl. devices) SS: 1186:3a6f Windows: PCI\VEN_168C&DEV_0024&SUBSYS_3A6F1186
FCCID	KA2WA643A1
ICID	4216A-WA643
Chipset	Atheros AR5008E-2NG
Chip1	Atheros AR5418
Chip2	Atheros AR2122
OUI: 00:19:5B (11 E, 25 W), 00:1B:11 (7 E, 15 W), 00:1C:F0 (13 E, 19 W), 00:21:91 (11 E, 13 W)
MIMO status	2x2:2
Wireless Standards	IEEE 802.11b/g/n
802.11n	up to 300 Mbps
802.11g	up to 54 Mbps
802.11b	up to 11 Mbps
Operating Frequency	2.4 GHz
Other
Manuf/OEM/ODM	Cameo
Probable Linux driver ath9k (in backports) PCI ID first seen in kernel v2.6.25 (2008-04-17) (see also passys)
Windows driver see ath-drivers.eu
Retail
FCC approval date	27 December 2006
UPC	790069300240 (UPC DB, On eBay)
ASIN	B002OODRPA
Country of manuf	China

For a list of all currently documented Atheros (QCA) chipsets with specifications, see Atheros.

For a list of all currently documented D-Link device with specifications, see D-Link.

• 300 Mbps - 2SS 2.4GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan.) = N300 class

Overview

• Wi-Fi Certified : WFA5342 (as of 07/17/2007)

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Notes

lspci -nnv dump

05:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Qualcomm Atheros AR5418 Wireless Network Adapter [AR5008E 802.11(a)bgn] (PCI-Express) [168c:0024] (rev 01)
        Subsystem: D-Link System Inc Device [1186:3a6f]
        Physical Slot: 1
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
        Memory at f1d00000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
        Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
        Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
        Capabilities: [60] Express Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00
        Capabilities: [90] MSI-X: Enable- Count=1 Masked-
        Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
        Capabilities: [140] Virtual Channel
        Kernel driver in use: ath9k

ath9k info dump

[58139.752008] ath9k 0000:05:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
[58139.900565] ath: phy8: ASPM enabled: 0x43
[58139.900568] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x10
[58139.900569] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a direct regpair map
[58139.900570] ath: Country alpha2 being used: CO
[58139.900571] ath: Regpair used: 0x10
[58139.902959] ieee80211 phy8: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel_ht'
[58139.903497] ieee80211 phy8: Atheros AR5418 MAC/BB Rev:2 AR2122 RF Rev:81 mem=0xffffc90019740000, irq=19