Thanks go out to otaku42 on the irc channel for assistance in  
resolving the confusion and fixing the ticket description.

If you apply/install the madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r3816-20080724 then  
card works.

I am unable to change the pci_class or regdomain for the card (didn't  
test any other registers) but the card is functional and works  
although I'm not impressed with the quality of the connection under  
linux.

With the AP only 2 feet away I can't get a signal greater than 70%  
and it drop down to less than 30% when the device is being used  
(download a file or load a web page) but there is progress, at least  
it's starting to work now.

On Jul 28, 2008, at 04:39 AM, D. Walsh wrote:

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> I've been all through the trak and in some places it looks like this
> card is working for some but the details are sketchy at best and many
> still post that it is not working and the confusion from cross-
> reference contamination makes it hard to follow or figure out.
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> I have 3 machines with these cards in them and the lack of working
> wifi in Ubuntu is the only reason the machines remain turned off and
> unused.
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> There is also speculated rumors that by changing the product ID to
> 0x13 it allows the card to work as if it were the AR5212a rather than
> the AR2412a.
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> Regardless, the cards don't work with madwifi and ath_info doesn't
> allow you to make any changes so rebranding as a possible temporary
> solution can't be examined.
>
> Yes I realize ndis wrapper works but I prefer a native solution.
>
> Also, the aBit AirPace and now the D-Link DWA556 are not the only
> PCIe cards available, I came across a card (actually I bought two)
> made by Han Hoi Precision Industries LTD that supports 802.11a/b/g/n,
> confirmed working in XP, Vista, Mac OSX (natively at 300mpbs) and
> Ubuntu using ndis wrapper method and based on AR5218 (I believe).
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> - -- Dale
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