-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 08/16/2012 06:24 PM, [email protected] wrote: > With the Netgear WN111 USB wireless adapter, it has two versions. Version 1 > is Broadcom and Version 2 is the free Atheros 9170 chipset. Of course I want Version 2 due to the free driver. It is listed as an Atheros 9170 chipset when I type "modinfo carl9170" in the terminal even if it is not listed on the H-Node website. > > I am looking to buy this online really cheap and the product description only says "WN111-100NAR" which I have no idea what version it is. Do I actually have to see v1 or v2 on the box or adapter itself to see the difference? The online Netgear information is really no help.
That's exactly the reason I bought one from ThinkPenguin - and it's saved the day quite a few times already when onboard wifi wouldn't work on certain laptops. There's a premium but money goes to Trisquel and to the business, while saving me time & grief. I wouldn't use modinfo to get chipset specs on a live environment, though. I prefer going with USB IDs and sudo lshw -C network (in this case). Cheers, F. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: PGP/Mime available upon request Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAlAuSUYACgkQfUcTXFrypNV18QCfYCbbpY7iNyK5bXQaXEwh4UHw /KAAoPyXYroRaGrUjj1Lx7bxM4LSH6NS =eMZ4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
