Charlie T Posted May 7, 2008 Report Share Posted May 7, 2008 Hi, Just got myself an AR5BXB72 and installed on my M2300 last night. Everything went well and wireless LED is working with the help from this forum. But the WinXP Device Manager shows I have an AR5008X. Anyone knows the difference between AR5008 & AR5008X? I have checked Atheros web site but came up empty. TIA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobilenvidia Posted May 7, 2008 Report Share Posted May 7, 2008 I don't think there is a AR5008 as such all are X's Previous chipsets had little enhamcements to them as time went by. Hence more letter codes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipper Posted May 7, 2008 Report Share Posted May 7, 2008 Googling is your friend: The Atheros AR5008 chipsets are Atheros? highest performance wireless LAN solutions to date. AR5008 products are compliant to the draft 802.11n specification, to deliver the ultimate wireless triple play experience for video, voice and data transmission throughout the home or office. AR5008-3NG and AR5008AP-3NG 2.4 GHz client and access point solutions provide robust throughput for maximum bandwidth AR5008-3NX and AR5008AP-3NX 2.4/5 GHz client and access point solutions provide up to 300 Mbps throughput for maximum network bandwidth AR5008E-3NG The highest performance 2.4 GHz client solutions with PCI-Express? support AR5008E-3NX The highest performance 2.4/5 GHz client solution with PCI-Express? support AR5008-2NG and AR5008AP-2NG 2.4 GHz client and access point solutions provide robust throughput for maximum bandwidth AR5008-2NX and AR5008AP-2NX 2.4/5 GHz client and access point solutions provide up to 300 Mbps throughput for maximum network bandwidth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobilenvidia Posted May 8, 2008 Report Share Posted May 8, 2008 All the above are AR5008X chipset based. The Radio chipset decides what band and how many aerials are used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie T Posted May 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2008 All the above are AR5008X chipset based.The Radio chipset decides what band and how many aerials are used. I personally don't think its true. If all were based in AR5008X chipset, then why is there AR5008 in the INF. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NighTalon Posted June 26, 2009 Report Share Posted June 26, 2009 I just learned last night that my affinity for Atheros chipsets means I can do packet injection. The difference between the 5008 and 5008X is manufacturing size and chipset integration. Just like with the Broadcom 4321->4322, 5008->5008X means a drop from ~130 nanometer to 65 nanometer, and 1 instead of 2 ICs on-board. There may be other small improvements. I'm also sort of making up the nanometer numbers, although they are educated guesses. All AR5008s that aren't old stock should have the AR5008X chipset, I believe. Some Questions: Why can't Ubuntu see my 5 GHz networks with an AR5008 when Windows and MacOS can? Why did OxfordTec tell me there were no Windows drivers for the 9160 I put in my ThinkPad? I think I just forgot to turn off the MAC address restrictions. The drivers loaded. The reason I'm doing the update is that the AR5006EXS in my ThinkPad won't connect to anything stronger than WEP and I have no idea. I have all Service Packs and Updates installed. Grrr. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzpulp Posted October 16, 2009 Report Share Posted October 16, 2009 Yes this is an old thread but its still on page 1 so I thought I'd put in my opinion. Anyway, the X should simply mean that it does a/b/g instead of just b/g. I'm guessing your card may do n as well but 802.11a/b/g is what the X has stood for in the past for atheros. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobilenvidia Posted October 16, 2009 Report Share Posted October 16, 2009 The AR5008 chipet is the same for all models. The AR5008x has the dual band radio (AR5133) bundled with it. Basically any AR chipset with these letter in the name. X = Dual Band G = B/G A = A U = USB E = PCIe S = Super AG The chipsets are all the same, all that is changing is the Radio Chipset capability Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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