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From: Sujith Manoharan <c_manoha@qca.qualcomm.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2012 09:36:06 +0530
Subject: [ath9k-devel]  need help with TP-Link TP-WN821NC
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Oleksandr Yeremko wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
> 
> I have TP-Link TP-WN821NC v3.
> When I insert it into my USB I get the next message in dmesg:
> 
> [ 1134.704223] usb 2-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 7
> [ 1134.823707] usb 2-2: New USB device found, idVendor=0cf3, idProduct=7015
> [ 1134.823718] usb 2-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=16, Product=32,
> SerialNumber=48
> [ 1134.823725] usb 2-2: Product: USB WLAN
> [ 1134.823730] usb 2-2: Manufacturer: ATHEROS
> [ 1134.823735] usb 2-2: SerialNumber: 12345
> 
> But unfortunately that's the end of story - no new wireless network devices :(
> 
> I have downloaded all the .fw files and I already have all the
> configuration changes described on
> http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/ath9k_htc
> 
> But situation is the same.
> 
> I have ath9k_htc module and my TP-Link TP-WN422G works fine. I use
> Fedora 14 with 2.6.35.14-106.fc14.i686.PAE kernel version.

2.6.35 is too old and I don't think that support for this card would
be present there. Please upgrade to a recent version [1].

[1] http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Download

Sujith