Dell DW1601 (WIL6210)

Dell DW1601 (WIL6210)

[Konstantin Koslowski]

Dear linux-wireless developers,=0A=0AI recently acquired a few Dell DW160=
1 cards and after a few initial searches it sounded like they could be us=
ed to connect to each other.=0ANow it seems that they do not have the wif=
i connectivity enabled, just WBE.=0A=0Arelevant lspci output:=0A03:00.0 P=
CI bridge [0604]: Wilocity Ltd. Wil6200 PCI Express Root Port [1ae9:0101]=
 (rev 04)=0A04:00.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Wilocity Ltd. Wil6200 PCI Express =
Port [1ae9:0200] (rev 04)=0A04:02.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Wilocity Ltd. Wil6=
200 Wireless PCI Express Port [1ae9:0201] (rev 14)=0A04:03.0 PCI bridge [=
0604]: Wilocity Ltd. Wil6200 Wireless PCI Express Port [1ae9:0201] (rev 1=
4)=0A05:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Qualcomm Atheros AR9462 Wireless =
Network Adapter [168c:0034] (rev 01)=0A=0ASo the wifi device does not sho=
w up. Seems it needs a different firmware.=0A=0AThe old linuxwireless wik=
i [http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/wil6210/index.html] tells me=
 that I should contact Wilocity to get the wifi enabled firmware. As they=
 were bought by Qualcomm this is no longer possible,=0AThe current wiki j=
ust says: "We need to get this publicly available=E2=80=A6"=0A=0AIs there=
 any way to get this firmware and then flash it to the card/load it?=0A=
=0AThanks a lot!

Re: Dell DW1601 (WIL6210)

[Kalle Valo]

(adding wil6210 list)

"Konstantin Koslowski" <konstantin.koslowski@gmail.com> writes:

> I recently acquired a few Dell DW1601 cards and after a few initial
> searches it sounded like they could be used to connect to each other.
> Now it seems that they do not have the wifi connectivity enabled, just WB=
E.
>
> relevant lspci output:
> 03:00.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Wilocity Ltd. Wil6200 PCI Express Root Port
> [1ae9:0101] (rev 04)
> 04:00.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Wilocity Ltd. Wil6200 PCI Express Port [1ae9:0=
200] (rev 04)
> 04:02.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Wilocity Ltd. Wil6200 Wireless PCI Express
> Port [1ae9:0201] (rev 14)
> 04:03.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Wilocity Ltd. Wil6200 Wireless PCI Express
> Port [1ae9:0201] (rev 14)
> 05:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Qualcomm Atheros AR9462 Wireless
> Network Adapter [168c:0034] (rev 01)
>
> So the wifi device does not show up. Seems it needs a different firmware.

I was told that this an older device and it only supports WBE, not
Wi-Fi. So it's not actually supported by wil6210.

--=20
Kalle Valo=

Re: Dell DW1601 (WIL6210)

[Lior David]

On 3/21/2017 2:21 PM, Kalle Valo wrote:
> (adding wil6210 list)
> 
> "Konstantin Koslowski" <konstantin.koslowski@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> I recently acquired a few Dell DW1601 cards and after a few initial
>> searches it sounded like they could be used to connect to each other.
>> Now it seems that they do not have the wifi connectivity enabled, just WBE.
>>
>> relevant lspci output:
>> 03:00.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Wilocity Ltd. Wil6200 PCI Express Root Port
>> [1ae9:0101] (rev 04)
>> 04:00.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Wilocity Ltd. Wil6200 PCI Express Port [1ae9:0200] (rev 04)
>> 04:02.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Wilocity Ltd. Wil6200 Wireless PCI Express
>> Port [1ae9:0201] (rev 14)
>> 04:03.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Wilocity Ltd. Wil6200 Wireless PCI Express
>> Port [1ae9:0201] (rev 14)
>> 05:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Qualcomm Atheros AR9462 Wireless
>> Network Adapter [168c:0034] (rev 01)
>>
>> So the wifi device does not show up. Seems it needs a different firmware.
> 
> I was told that this an older device and it only supports WBE, not
> Wi-Fi. So it's not actually supported by wil6210.
> 
Here are some alternative devices which have 11ad chip supported by wil6210 driver:
Acer has a few laptops with a compatible 11ad chip. You can go to this site:
http://www.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/professional-models/laptops/travelmatep6
Currently the 11ad models do not appear there but I hope it is just a temporary
shortage.
The TP-LINK AD7200 and NETGEAR NightHawk X10 routers contain 11ad which is
supported by wil6210:
http://www.tp-link.com/us/products/details/cat-5506_AD7200.html
https://www.netgear.com/landings/ad7200/

Thanks,
Lior