Ubiquiti WiFiStation Ext works on Linux

05 August 2010
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WifiStation EXT or WifiStation on ubuntu 10.04


Information for drivers.
http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ath9k_htc

Downloads and some configuration information.
http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Download

Enable these options in your kernel config .config file.

Code:
CONFIG_ATH_COMMON=m
CONFIG_ATH9K_HW=m
CONFIG_ATH9K_COMMON=m
CONFIG_ATH9K_HTC=m

Recompile the kernel.

Code:
#lsusb -v 

idVendor           0x0cf3 Atheros Communications, Inc.
idProduct          0xb003

download:
http://wireless.kernel.org/download/...ss-2.6.tar.bz2

Code:
#locate hif_usb.c

edit the hif_usb.c
add idVendor and idProduct

Run

Code:
#./scripts/driver-select ath9k_htc
#make 
#make install

download the firmware and move ar9271.fw into /lib/firmware/

 

WifiStation EXT or WifiStation on ubuntu 10.10

In 2.6.35 drivers are added to the kernel and the firmware is already loaded in /lib/firmware/ar9271.fw so it makes for less steps.

Install linux headers.
download compat-wireless-2.6.35-1.tar.bz2 from http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Download/stable/

Code:
# vi drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c

add line 
ATH9K_FW_USB_DEV(0xb003, "ar9271.fw"),


# ./scripts/driver-select ath9k_htc
#make 
#make install
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for WifiStation just find the id by #lsusb

 

WifiStation EXT or WifiStation on ubuntu 11.04 and 11.10

The wifiStation EXT works but the id for the Wifistation is not currently added to the default drivers.

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