Sky Wireless Connector MINI (SD501)

abgn (AN600)
802.11abgn Dual-band 2x2 WiFi USB Adapter
Homepage	Product page
Platform
Brand • Model • Rev	Sky Wireless Connector MINI
Model Part Number	SD501
Interface	USB 2.0
Connector	Micro-B USB
Form factor	module
ID:27d5:0080 Windows: USB\VID_27D5&PID_0080
FCCID	none specified
Board ID	48DNUA45.0GA
Chip1	Atheros AR9374X
OUI: C0:3E:0F
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
Other
Manuf/OEM/ODM	Wistron NeWeb DNUA-145 .0GA
Probable Linux driver may be supported by ath6kl (in backports) depending on the chip revision (v1.2+ only) USB ID not yet observed in any mainline kernel / this list (note: outdated) (see also passys)
Windows driver possibly see ath-drivers.eu
Retail
(Est.) release date	27 May 2013
ASINs	B00KUSJUC6 B00F97M59S
Country of manuf	China

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

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

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

Overview

"48DNUA45.0GA" and "2013/05/27" is silkscreened on the module board.

See also: Sky Wireless Connector (SC201) and Wistron NeWeb

Links of Interest

• Sky Wireless Connector MINI (SD501) on SkyUser (images)
• Sky Wireless Connector MINI (SD501) Review on LinearThoughts
• Hacking the Sky Wireless Connector on Chris Harvey

URL: httр://169.254.xx.xx/ Username: admin Password: sky

WebUI: http://skywirelessconnector.local/login.html

usb 1-5: New USB device found, idVendor=27d5, idProduct=0080
usb 1-5: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
usb 1-5: Product: USB WLAN
usb 1-5: Manufacturer: Qualcomm Atheros
usb 1-5: SerialNumber: 12345678

# modprobe ath6kl_usb
# echo "27d5 0080" > /sys/bus/usb/drivers/ath6kl_usb/new_id

• Connect to 5-pin WiFi board DNUA-BS1 from Sky+ HD Box? on Reddit

Wistron NeWeb DNUA-BS1 (27d5:0001) - Sky WiFi Module (image)

# modprobe ath6kl_usb
# echo "27d5 0001" > /sys/bus/usb/drivers/ath6kl_usb/new_id

See also

• Sky Wireless Connector MINI (SD501) • Review
• Sky Wireless Connector (SC201) • ASIN: B00D7E643I
• Sky Wireless Broadband Router (SR101) • Review
• Sky Wireless Broadband Router (SR102) • OpenWrt Wiki
• Sky Wireless Booster Extender (SB601) • Review