> According to the NetBSD WLAN guide at:
>
>     http://www.netbsd.org/Documentation/network/wavelan.html
>
>     ath*   at cardbus? dev ? function ?    # Atheros 5210/5211/5212 8=
02.11
>     atw*   at cardbus? dev ? function ?    # ADMtek ADM8211 (802.11)
>
> there should be support for the ath driver...but I guess
> it is only for the 2.0 release?

Correct.  You need 2.0 (currently close to release, with RC4
available) or later.

> Or is there any patch for 1.6.2 release for it?

No, there isn't at the moment, and I suspect there won't be
either, as it's probably difficult to backport it.

Regards,

- H=E5vard