Lite-On WN6502AH (HP)

abgn (AN600)
Platform
Brand • Model • Rev	Lite-On WN6502AH (HP)
Interface	Mini PCIe
Connector	Mini PCIe
Form factor	(half)
ID:168c:002a (23 addl. devices) SS: 103c:3041 Windows: PCI\VEN_168C&DEV_002A&SUBSYS_3041103C
FCCID	PPD-AR5BHB92-H, PPD-AR5BHB92
ICID	4104A-AR5BHB92H
Chip1	Atheros AR9280
OUI: 00:22:5F (-, 10 W), 1C:65:9D (-, 7 W), 68:A3:C4 (-, 9 W), 70:1A:04 (-, 5 W), 70:F1:A1 (-, 6 W)
Antenna Connection	U.FL
MIMO status	2x2:2
Wireless Standards	IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n
802.11n	up to 300/300 Mbps
802.11g	up to 54 Mbps
802.11b	up to 11 Mbps
802.11a	up to 54 Mbps
Operating Frequency	2.4 or 5 GHz
Probable Linux driver ath9k (in backports) PCI ID first seen in kernel v2.6.27 (2008-10-09) (see also passys)
Windows driver see ath-drivers.eu (Win 7/8/10)
Retail
FCC approval date	24 September 2008
ASIN	B009PX111U
Country of manuf	China
FCC ID Atheros AR5BHB92 PPD-AR5BHB92 PPD-AR5BHB92-F PPD-AR5BHB92-H PPD-AR5BHB92-D   FCC ID Atheros AR5BHB92 PPD-AR5BHB92 PPD-AR5BHB92-F PPD-AR5BHB92-H PPD-AR5BHB92-D AzureWave AW-NE773 PPD-AR5BHB92 Dell Wireless 1515 (DW1515) PPD-AR5BHB92 PPD-AR5BHB92-D Unex DNXA-92 NUK-DNXA92 PPD-AR5BHB92

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

For a list of all currently documented Lite-On device with specifications, see Lite-On.

• 300 Mbps - 2SS 5GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan.),

• 300 Mbps - 2SS 2.4GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan.) = AN600 class

Overview

This module would appear to have the following HP part numbers..

• P/N: 495848-001, SPS# 518437-001
  • 802.11A/B/G/N WLAN HF minicard (MD2020)
  • Most of World implementation (FCC)
• P/N: 495848-002, SPS# 518437-002
  • 802.11abgn WLAN HFminicard 2x2 MD ROW
  • Rest of World implementation (non-FCC)
• P/N: 495848-003, SPS# 580102-001
  • 802.11A/B/G/N WLAN HLFre minicard (MD20)
  • has an FCC region regulatory label
  • seems to have been used in some DV6Z series notebooks

The following seems to be silkscreened on various cards..

• "WN6502AH-H1 V01" and "323C16157197" (both on the back and covered by the reg. label, see below pictures) on V1 units (which look to include at least some, if not all, HP 495848-001 and 495848-002 cards)
• "WN6502AH-H1 V03" and "323C1615739D" (both on the front by the mPCIe connector edge, uncovered) on V3 units (which look to include at least some, if not all, HP 495848-003 cards)

The FCC ID of this device appears to be PPD-AR5BHB92-H.. which has a change of identification to PPD-AR5BHB92.

Noted cards

• HP 495848-001 (the below lspci / ath9k info dumps are per a card of this type)
  • OUIs: 00:22:5F, 70:1A:04, 70:F1:A1
• HP 495848-003
  • OUIs: 70:1A:04

lspci -nnv dump

04:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR928X Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) [168c:002a] (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company AR5BHB92-H 802.11abgn Wireless Half-size Mini PCIe Card [AR9280] [103c:3041]
        Physical Slot: 0
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
        Memory at f0100000 (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
        Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
        Kernel driver in use: ath9k
        Kernel modules: ath9k

ath9k info dump

ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x69
ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a direct regpair map
ath: Country alpha2 being used: 00
ath: Regpair used: 0x69
ieee80211 phy46: Selected rate control algorithm 'ath9k_rate_control'
ieee80211 phy46: Atheros AR9280 Rev:2 mem=0xffffc90002ec0000, irq=17

Pictures

User Images

• flatbed scan
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  top, shield removed

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  bottom, label removed