D-Link DWL-A650

a (A54)
5GHz 802.11a Wireless CardBus Adapter
Support	Support page
Platform
Brand • Model • Rev	D-Link DWL-A650 A1
Interface	PCMCIA (32-bit)
Connector	PCMCIA (32-bit)
ID:168c:0007 (14 addl. devices) SS: 1186:3a00 Windows: PCI\VEN_168C&DEV_0007&SUBSYS_3A001186
FCCID	KA22001120011-1, PPD-AR5BCB-00021
Chipset	Atheros AR5000
Chip1	Atheros AR5210
Chip2	Atheros AR5110
OUI: 00:05:5D (3 E, 13 W)
Wireless Standards	IEEE 802.11a
802.11a	up to 54 Mbps
Operating Frequency	5 GHz
Probable Linux driver madwifi or ath5k (in backports) PCI ID first seen in kernel v2.6.25 (2008-04-17) (see also passys)
Retail
End of Life date	24 February 2002
FCC ID Atheros AR5BCB-00021 PPD-AR5BCB-00021 Netgear HA501 rev B PY3HA501RB PPD-AR5BCB-00021 Z-Com XV-5325 PPD-AR5BCB-00021 M4Y-0005325

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.

• 54 Mbps - 5GHz 802.11a = A54 class

Overview

The device has an additional model name of DW-690.

At least one model (KA22002020018-1) redirects to PPD-AR5BCB-00021 (Atheros AR5BCB-00021)

Despite the fact that the device uses the FCC ID of the AR5001A reference design, the device appears [1] to instead use AR5210 (the drivers do not reference 168c:0011).

lspci -nnv dump

06:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Qualcomm Atheros AR5210 Wireless Network Adapter [AR5000 802.11a] [168c:0007] (rev 01)
        Subsystem: D-Link System Inc Device [1186:3a00]
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 19
        Memory at f1d00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
        Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2
        Kernel driver in use: ath5k

ath5k info dump

ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x10
ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a direct regpair map
ath: Country alpha2 being used: CO
ath: Regpair used: 0x10
ath5k: phy16: Atheros AR5210 chip found (MAC: 0x7, PHY: 0x3)
ath5k: phy16: RF5110 5GHz radio found (0x2)
cfg80211: Calling CRDA for country: CO

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