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CHIPSET ATHEROS usb 2.0 150Mbs

sudo lshw -C network
*-network
description: Wireless interface
physical id: e
bus info: usb 1:1
logical name: wlxc04a002b9728
serial: c0:4a:00:2b:97:28
capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath9k_htc driverversion=6.8.0-87-generic firmware=1.4 link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11
val-hp-elitebook-840-g5:~$ sudo dmesg | grep -i 'usb 1-1'
[ 1.710174] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 2 using xhci_hcd
[ 1.857741] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0cf3, idProduct=9271, bcdDevice= 1.08
[ 1.857760] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=16, Product=32, SerialNumber=48
[ 1.857769] usb 1-1: Product: USB2.0 WLAN
[ 1.857776] usb 1-1: Manufacturer: ATHEROS
[ 1.857782] usb 1-1: SerialNumber: 12345
[ 6.324977] usb 1-1: ath9k_htc: Firmware ath9k_htc/htc_9271-1.4.0.fw requested
[ 6.611214] usb 1-1: ath9k_htc: Transferred FW: ath9k_htc/htc_9271-1.4.0.fw, size: 51008