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From:
Sylvain Saboua <sylvain@saboua.me>
Subject:
Re: Available TP-Link Archer T4E AC1200 – Anyone ?
To:
Thomas Kupper <mailing.list@kupper.li>
Cc:
Tech <tech@openbsd.org>
Date:
Sat, 12 Sep 2026 20:05:13 +0200

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On 2026-09-12 16:12, Thomas Kupper wrote:
> Sylvain Saboua wrote on 12.09.2026 15:49:
>> Ping. Anybody ?
> 
> Wouldn't you be in the perfect situation to clear that? Remove the card 
> and check if the RealTek entry is still there. Or boot from USB into a 
> Linux and check it.
> 

Indeed. Having removed the card, the following line
disappears from the dmesg:

vendor "Realtek", unknown product 0x8812 (class network subclass 
miscellaneous, rev 0x01) at pci6 dev 0 function 0 not configured

I can hence confirm that this is the TP-Link card below:
https://www.tp-link.com/us/home-networking/pci-adapter/archer-t4e/

Happy to ship it to anyone who feels like hacking it.

>> 
>> On 2026-09-03 15:39, Sylvain Saboua wrote:
>>> I got this card from a computer tower I disassembled :
>>> https://www.tp-link.com/us/home-networking/pci-adapter/archer-t4e/
>>> 
>>> It is not supported at the moment. You can also check here
>>> https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=178654718862573&w=2
>>> but I'm not sure whether it appears in the dmesg, unless it's:
>>> vendor "Realtek", unknown product 0x8812 (class network subclass
>>> miscellaneous, rev 0x01) at pci6 dev 0 function 0 not configured
>>> 
>>> I can post it somewhere and take in charge the transportation fees.
>>> Is anyone interested ?
>> 

-- 
Sylvain Saboua
looking for a PDP-11