On 4/16/2023 12:15 PM, vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.com wrote:
> Dell Vostro 3560
>
> wifi works on CAELinux & w7but not xp or reactos
> reactos also can't see the USA ports
>
>

https://www.dell.com/community/Vostro/Vostro-3560-replacement-for-Wireless-1703/td-p/8179917

Vostro 3560 replacement for Wireless 1703

I would like to replace my Dell Wireless 1703 802.11b/g/n card

It's under the keyboard/palmrest. Service manual here:

https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-us/product-support/product/vostro-3560/docs

Computers like this, they can use more than one Wifi module in production.
The 1703 gives me "3119" as an ID. I am using the above discussion thread,
as evidence of one possible module.

ATHR.DeviceDesc.3096 = "Dell Wireless 1515 Wireless-N Adapter"
ATHR.DeviceDesc.0203 = "DW1525 (802.11n) WLAN PCIe Card"
ATHR.DeviceDesc.30A1A = "Dell Wireless 1502 802.11b/g/n"
ATHR.DeviceDesc.30ABA = "Dell Wireless 1702 802.11b/g/n"
ATHR.DeviceDesc.3118 = "Dell Wireless 1506 802.11b/g/n (2.4GHz)"
ATHR.DeviceDesc.3119 = "Dell Wireless 1703 802.11b/g/n (2.4GHz)" <===
ATHR.DeviceDesc.946x = "Dell Wireless 1901 802.11a/b/g/n (2.4GHz and 5GHz)"
ATHR.DeviceDesc.946xT = "Dell Wireless 1601 802.11 a/g/n Adapter"
ATHR.DeviceDesc.956x = "Dell Wireless 1705 802.11b/g/n (2.4GHZ)"
ATHR.DeviceDesc.946xY = "Dell Wireless 1601 802.11 a/g/n Adapter"
ATHR.DeviceDesc.956xA = "Dell Wireless 1707 802.11b/g/n (2.4GHZ)"
ATHR.DeviceDesc.946xA = "Dell Wireless 1802 802.11a/b/g/n Adapter"

%ATHR.DeviceDesc.3119% = ATHR_DEV_OS61_3119.ndi, PCI\VEN_168C&DEV_0032&SUBSYS_02091028

168c Atheros Communications Inc.

AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter xp3264-10.0.0.260-whql.zip

https://drivers.softpedia.com/get/NETWORK-CARD/Atheros/Atheros-WLAN-Driver-1000260-for-XP.shtml

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Using Linux, verify hardware using

lspci <=== look for 168C:0032 as evidence AR9485 is present
lsusb

Atheros is a preferred Linux Wifi, in that Linux drivers have
been available for some time. Atheros was bought by Qualcomm,
which is why the driver distribution is not the same as it
used to be. (Broadcom Wifi also works, but it is much more
painful to get working under Linux, using blacklist entries.)

The Softpedia driver for WinXP should be OK, but is only going to work
if you actually have an Atheros module present.

And this is only a basic driver. The setup will still likely
use "Wireless Zero Configuration" in the OS, for setup
and configuring the device, once the basic driver is present.

https://kb.netgear.com/20021/Enabling-Wireless-Zero-Config-WZC-on-Windows-XP

Some drivers in the distant past, had custom panels for
setting up the Wifi. When the WinXP feature was available,
the driver packages could be slimmed down. and then it is up
to the WZC process, to finish the installation details (SSID and
so on).

Paul