Panasonic N5HBZ0000055

Overview
This device may also be known as TY-WL20U.

Additional models of N5HBZ0000056 and N5HBZ0000057 noted within the WLU5080's test report.

Usage on Linux w/ ath9k_htc
This device works fine with ath9k_htc. At least some units (or probably most US distributed ones) have the following EEPROM settings...
 * 0x6a RegDomain (World roaming, passive scan + no beaconing / IBSS on 5 GHz channels, see this relevant linux-wireless thread )
 * 1x2 chain mask

Capable of Master / AP operation but because of the EEPROM world regulatory domain, it will not work as a Master / AP device in the 5GHz band on most platforms. The linux cfg80211 driver reports this condition as...

wlan0: IEEE 802.11 Configured channel (36) not found from the channel list of current mode (2) IEEE 802.11a wlan0: IEEE 802.11 Hardware does not support configured channel Could not select hw_mode and channel. (-4) This can be circumvented, but it requires mucking with the regulatory framework in some fashion.

OpenWRT 'Barrier Breaker' since r32126 contains a fix that removes the "no IR/IBSS" condition on channels 36-48 only, permitting AP / Master mode on these channels. Tested to work on this device.

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dmesg dump
usb 3-2: new high-speed USB device number 7 using xhci_hcd usb 3-2: New USB device found, idVendor=04da, idProduct=3904 usb 3-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=16, Product=32, SerialNumber=48 usb 3-2: Product: UB94 usb 3-2: Manufacturer: ATHEROS usb 3-2: SerialNumber: 12345 usb 3-2: ath9k_htc: Firmware htc_7010.fw requested usb 3-2: ath9k_htc: Transferred FW: htc_7010.fw, size: 72992 ath9k_htc 3-2:1.0: ath9k_htc: HTC initialized with 45 credits ath9k_htc 3-2:1.0: ath9k_htc: FW Version: 1.3 ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x6a ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a direct regpair map ath: Country alpha2 being used: 00 ath: Regpair used: 0x6a ieee80211 phy5: Atheros AR9280 Rev:2

cat /sys/kernel/debug/ieee80211/phyX/ath9k_htc/base_eeprom
mTOR ath9k_htc # cat base_eeprom Major Version :        14 Minor Version :        25 Checksum :     13353 Length :      3556 RegDomain1 :       106 RegDomain2 :        31 TX Mask :         1 RX Mask :         3 Allow 5GHz :         1 Allow 2GHz :         1 Disable 2GHz HT20 :         0 Disable 2GHz HT40 :         0 Disable 5Ghz HT20 :         0 Disable 5Ghz HT40 :         0 Big Endian :         0 Cal Bin Major Ver :         0 Cal Bin Minor Ver :         8 Cal Bin Build :       133 MacAddress : e0:ca:94:9f:f9:e5

iw phy info
Wiphy phy0 Band 1: Capabilities: 0x114e HT20/HT40 SM Power Save disabled RX HT40 SGI RX STBC 1-stream Max AMSDU length: 3839 bytes DSSS/CCK HT40 Maximum RX AMPDU length 65535 bytes (exponent: 0x003) Minimum RX AMPDU time spacing: 8 usec (0x06) HT RX MCS rate indexes supported: 0-15 TX unequal modulation not supported HT TX Max spatial streams: 1 HT TX MCS rate indexes supported may differ Frequencies: * 2412 MHz [1] (20.0 dBm) * 2417 MHz [2] (20.0 dBm) * 2422 MHz [3] (20.0 dBm) * 2427 MHz [4] (20.0 dBm) * 2432 MHz [5] (20.0 dBm) * 2437 MHz [6] (20.0 dBm) * 2442 MHz [7] (20.0 dBm) * 2447 MHz [8] (20.0 dBm) * 2452 MHz [9] (20.0 dBm) * 2457 MHz [10] (20.0 dBm) * 2462 MHz [11] (20.0 dBm) * 2467 MHz [12] (20.0 dBm) (passive scanning) * 2472 MHz [13] (20.0 dBm) (passive scanning) * 2484 MHz [14] (disabled) Bitrates (non-HT): * 1.0 Mbps * 2.0 Mbps (short preamble supported) * 5.5 Mbps (short preamble supported) * 11.0 Mbps (short preamble supported) * 6.0 Mbps * 9.0 Mbps * 12.0 Mbps * 18.0 Mbps * 24.0 Mbps * 36.0 Mbps * 48.0 Mbps * 54.0 Mbps Band 2: Capabilities: 0x114e HT20/HT40 SM Power Save disabled RX HT40 SGI RX STBC 1-stream Max AMSDU length: 3839 bytes DSSS/CCK HT40 Maximum RX AMPDU length 65535 bytes (exponent: 0x003) Minimum RX AMPDU time spacing: 8 usec (0x06) HT RX MCS rate indexes supported: 0-15 TX unequal modulation not supported HT TX Max spatial streams: 1 HT TX MCS rate indexes supported may differ Frequencies: * 5180 MHz [36] (30.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS) * 5200 MHz [40] (30.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS) * 5220 MHz [44] (30.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS) * 5240 MHz [48] (30.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS) * 5260 MHz [52] (30.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection) * 5280 MHz [56] (30.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection) * 5300 MHz [60] (30.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection) * 5320 MHz [64] (30.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection) * 5500 MHz [100] (30.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection) * 5520 MHz [104] (30.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection) * 5540 MHz [108] (30.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection) * 5560 MHz [112] (30.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection) * 5580 MHz [116] (30.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection) * 5600 MHz [120] (30.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection) * 5620 MHz [124] (30.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection) * 5640 MHz [128] (30.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection) * 5660 MHz [132] (30.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection) * 5680 MHz [136] (30.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection) * 5700 MHz [140] (30.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection) * 5745 MHz [149] (30.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS) * 5765 MHz [153] (30.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS) * 5785 MHz [157] (30.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS) * 5805 MHz [161] (30.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS) * 5825 MHz [165] (30.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS) Bitrates (non-HT): * 6.0 Mbps * 9.0 Mbps * 12.0 Mbps * 18.0 Mbps * 24.0 Mbps * 36.0 Mbps * 48.0 Mbps * 54.0 Mbps max # scan SSIDs: 4 max scan IEs length: 2257 bytes Coverage class: 0 (up to 0m) Supported Ciphers: * WEP40 (00-0f-ac:1) * WEP104 (00-0f-ac:5) * TKIP (00-0f-ac:2) * CCMP (00-0f-ac:4) * CMAC (00-0f-ac:6) Available Antennas: TX 0x1 RX 0x3 Configured Antennas: TX 0x1 RX 0x3 Supported interface modes: * IBSS * managed * AP		 * AP/VLAN * monitor * mesh point * P2P-client * P2P-GO software interface modes (can always be added): * AP/VLAN * monitor valid interface combinations: * #{ managed, P2P-client } <= 2, #{ AP, mesh point, P2P-GO } <= 2, total <= 2, #channels <= 1 Supported commands: * new_interface * set_interface * new_key * new_beacon * new_station * new_mpath * set_mesh_params * set_bss * authenticate * associate * deauthenticate * disassociate * join_ibss * join_mesh * remain_on_channel * set_tx_bitrate_mask * action * frame_wait_cancel * set_wiphy_netns * set_channel * set_wds_peer * Unknown command (84) * Unknown command (87) * Unknown command (85) * Unknown command (89) * Unknown command (92) * testmode * connect * disconnect Supported TX frame types: * IBSS: 0x00 0x10 0x20 0x30 0x40 0x50 0x60 0x70 0x80 0x90 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 0xe0 0xf0 * managed: 0x00 0x10 0x20 0x30 0x40 0x50 0x60 0x70 0x80 0x90 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 0xe0 0xf0 * AP: 0x00 0x10 0x20 0x30 0x40 0x50 0x60 0x70 0x80 0x90 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 0xe0 0xf0 * AP/VLAN: 0x00 0x10 0x20 0x30 0x40 0x50 0x60 0x70 0x80 0x90 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 0xe0 0xf0 * mesh point: 0x00 0x10 0x20 0x30 0x40 0x50 0x60 0x70 0x80 0x90 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 0xe0 0xf0 * P2P-client: 0x00 0x10 0x20 0x30 0x40 0x50 0x60 0x70 0x80 0x90 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 0xe0 0xf0 * P2P-GO: 0x00 0x10 0x20 0x30 0x40 0x50 0x60 0x70 0x80 0x90 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 0xe0 0xf0 * Unknown mode (10): 0x00 0x10 0x20 0x30 0x40 0x50 0x60 0x70 0x80 0x90 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 0xe0 0xf0 Supported RX frame types: * IBSS: 0x40 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 * managed: 0x40 0xd0 * AP: 0x00 0x20 0x40 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 * AP/VLAN: 0x00 0x20 0x40 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 * mesh point: 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 * P2P-client: 0x40 0xd0 * P2P-GO: 0x00 0x20 0x40 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 * Unknown mode (10): 0x40 0xd0 Device supports RSN-IBSS. HT Capability overrides: * MCS: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff		 * maximum A-MSDU length * supported channel width * short GI for 40 MHz * max A-MPDU length exponent * min MPDU start spacing Device supports TX status socket option. Device supports HT-IBSS.