Comparison of open source wireless drivers
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cards for computers require control software to make them function (Device drivers). This is a list of the status of some open-source
drivers for 802.11 wireless network cards.
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cards for computers require control software to make them function (Device drivers). This is a list of the status of some open-source
Open source
The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...
drivers for 802.11 wireless network cards.
Status
| Driver | Chipsets | Integration in mainline | Non-free firmware required | License | Development |
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| acx100 | Texas Instruments Texas Instruments Texas Instruments Inc. , widely known as TI, is an American company based in Dallas, Texas, United States, which develops and commercializes semiconductor and computer technology... ACX100, ACX111, TNETW1450 |
Dual BSD/MPL Mozilla Public License The Mozilla Public License is a free and open source software license. Version 1.0 was developed by Mitchell Baker when she worked as a lawyer at Netscape Communications Corporation and version 1.1 at the Mozilla Foundation... |
Reverse engineered | ||
| airo | Cisco Systems Cisco Systems Cisco Systems, Inc. is an American multinational corporation headquartered in San Jose, California, United States, that designs and sells consumer electronics, networking, voice, and communications technology and services. Cisco has more than 70,000 employees and annual revenue of US$... Aironet 4500/4800 and 340/350 |
GPL | |||
| ar9170 | Atheros AR9170 (802.11n USB) | (since 2.6.30) | GPL | Atheros supported | |
| ath5k | Atheros Atheros Qualcomm Atheros is a developer of semiconductors for network communications, particularly wireless chipsets. Founded under the name Atheros in 1998 by experts in signal processing from Stanford University, the University of California, Berkeley and the private industry, it became a public company... AR2413, AR2414, AR2417, AR2425, AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, AR5213, AR5413, AR5414, AR5423, AR5424 |
(since 2.6.25) | Dual GPL/BSD | Reverse engineered | |
| ath9k | Atheros Atheros Qualcomm Atheros is a developer of semiconductors for network communications, particularly wireless chipsets. Founded under the name Atheros in 1998 by experts in signal processing from Stanford University, the University of California, Berkeley and the private industry, it became a public company... chips with 802.11n support |
(since 2.6.27) | ISC | Written by Atheros | |
| MadWifi | Atheros Atheros Qualcomm Atheros is a developer of semiconductors for network communications, particularly wireless chipsets. Founded under the name Atheros in 1998 by experts in signal processing from Stanford University, the University of California, Berkeley and the private industry, it became a public company... AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413 |
Dual GPL/BSD with proprietary HAL | Atheros supported | ||
| atmel | Atmel Atmel Atmel Corporation is a manufacturer of semiconductors, founded in 1984. Its focus is on system-level solutions built around flash microcontrollers... at76c50x |
Depends on the model | GPL | ||
| b43 | Some Broadcom Broadcom Broadcom Corporation is a fabless semiconductor company in the wireless and broadband communication business. The company is headquartered in Irvine, California, USA. Broadcom was founded by a professor-student pair Henry Samueli and Henry T. Nicholas III from the University of California, Los... 43xx |
(since 2.6.24) | Experimental OSS firmware | GPL | Reverse engineered |
| bcm43xx | Some Broadcom Broadcom Broadcom Corporation is a fabless semiconductor company in the wireless and broadband communication business. The company is headquartered in Irvine, California, USA. Broadcom was founded by a professor-student pair Henry Samueli and Henry T. Nicholas III from the University of California, Los... 43xx |
(removed in 2.6.26) | GPL | Reverse engineered | |
| HostAP HostAP HostAP is one of the most popular IEEE 802.11 device drivers for Linux. It works with cards using the Conexant Prism 2/2.5/3 chipset and support Host AP mode, which allows a WLAN card to perform all the functions of a wireless access point.... |
Intersil Intersil Intersil Corporation is an American company that specializes in the design, development and manufacturing of high-performance analog semiconductors for four high-growth markets — Communications, Computing, High End Consumer and Industrial.-Company history:... PRISM PRISM (chipset) PRISM wireless networking solutions are a family of Conexant chipsets used for Wireless LANs, and were formerly produced by Intersil Corporation.- Legacy 802.11b products :... -II, PRISM-2.5, PRISM 3 |
Depends on the model | GPL | ||
| orinoco | Lucent Hermes (WaveLAN/ ORiNOCO ORiNOCO ORiNOCO is the brand name that was used for a family of wireless networking solutions by Proxim Wireless . These chipsets provide wireless connectivity for 802.11-compliant Wireless LANs.- Variants :... ); Intersil Intersil Intersil Corporation is an American company that specializes in the design, development and manufacturing of high-performance analog semiconductors for four high-growth markets — Communications, Computing, High End Consumer and Industrial.-Company history:... PRISM PRISM (chipset) PRISM wireless networking solutions are a family of Conexant chipsets used for Wireless LANs, and were formerly produced by Intersil Corporation.- Legacy 802.11b products :... -II, PRISM-2.5; Symbol Symbol Technologies Symbol Technologies is a manufacturer and worldwide supplier of mobile data capture and delivery equipment. The company specializes in barcode scanners, mobile computers, RFID systems and Wireless LAN infrastructure. Symbol Technologies is a wholly owned subsidiary of Motorola, and headquartered in... Spectrum24 802.11B |
Required for WPA support | GPL | ||
| ipw2100 | Intel PRO/Wireless Intel PRO/Wireless Intel PRO/Wireless is a series of Intel wireless products.After the release of the wireless products called Intel Pro/Wireless 2100, 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG and 3945ABG in 2005, Intel was criticized for not granting free redistribution rights for the firmwares that are necessary to be included in the... 2100 |
GPL | Intel supported | ||
| ipw2200 | Intel PRO/Wireless Intel PRO/Wireless Intel PRO/Wireless is a series of Intel wireless products.After the release of the wireless products called Intel Pro/Wireless 2100, 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG and 3945ABG in 2005, Intel was criticized for not granting free redistribution rights for the firmwares that are necessary to be included in the... 2200BG/2915ABG |
GPL | Intel supported | ||
| ipw3945 | Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG | GPL with proprietary binary regulatory daemon | Intel supported. Obsoleted by iwlwifi. | ||
| iwlwifi | Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG, 4965AGN | (since 2.6.24) | GPL | Intel supported. | |
| iwlagn | Intel PRO/Wireless 4965AGN, 5100BG, 5350AGN, 6000AGN | (since 2.6.27) | GPL | Intel supported. | |
| libertas | Marvell Marvell Technology Group Marvell is an American producer of storage, communications and consumer semiconductor products.Founded in 1995, Marvell Technology Group Ltd. has operations worldwide and approximately 5,700 employees. Marvell’s U.S. operating subsidiary is based in Santa Clara, California and Marvell has... 88W8388, 88W8686 SDIO |
GPL | |||
| prism54 | Intersil Intersil Intersil Corporation is an American company that specializes in the design, development and manufacturing of high-performance analog semiconductors for four high-growth markets — Communications, Computing, High End Consumer and Industrial.-Company history:... ISL38xx FullMAC |
GPL | Reverse engineered. Obsoleted by p54. | ||
| islsm | Intersil Intersil Intersil Corporation is an American company that specializes in the design, development and manufacturing of high-performance analog semiconductors for four high-growth markets — Communications, Computing, High End Consumer and Industrial.-Company history:... ISL38xx SoftMAC SoftMAC A SoftMAC network device is a device thatrequires software to implement MAC Sublayer Management Entity In Linux, the mac80211 subsystem provides capabilities for SoftMAC devices and additional capabilities for devices with limited function.... |
GPL | Reverse engineered. Obsoleted by p54. | ||
| p54 | Intersil Intersil Intersil Corporation is an American company that specializes in the design, development and manufacturing of high-performance analog semiconductors for four high-growth markets — Communications, Computing, High End Consumer and Industrial.-Company history:... ISL38xx SoftMAC SoftMAC A SoftMAC network device is a device thatrequires software to implement MAC Sublayer Management Entity In Linux, the mac80211 subsystem provides capabilities for SoftMAC devices and additional capabilities for devices with limited function.... |
(since 2.6.24) | GPL | Reverse engineered | |
| rndis_wlan | Broadcom Broadcom Broadcom Corporation is a fabless semiconductor company in the wireless and broadband communication business. The company is headquartered in Irvine, California, USA. Broadcom was founded by a professor-student pair Henry Samueli and Henry T. Nicholas III from the University of California, Los... 4320 USB FullMAC/RNDIS RNDIS The Remote Network Driver Interface Specification is a Microsoft proprietary protocol used mostly on top of USB. It provides a virtual Ethernet link to most versions of the Windows operating system... |
GPL | |||
| rt2x00 | Most Ralink Ralink Ralink Technology, Corp. is a Wi-Fi chipset manufacturer which is mainly known for their WLAN chipsets. Now headquartered in Hsinchu, Taiwan, Ralink was founded in 2001 in Cupertino, California and it was bought in 2009 by the taiwanese company MediaTek.... chipsets, experimental support for RT2870 (USB), 2860 and 3090 (both PCI) |
(since 2.6.24) | Depends on the model | GPL | From partial documentation and GPL drivers by Ralink |
| rt2400 | Ralink Ralink Ralink Technology, Corp. is a Wi-Fi chipset manufacturer which is mainly known for their WLAN chipsets. Now headquartered in Hsinchu, Taiwan, Ralink was founded in 2001 in Cupertino, California and it was bought in 2009 by the taiwanese company MediaTek.... RT2400 |
GPL | Ralink supported | ||
| rt2500 | Ralink Ralink Ralink Technology, Corp. is a Wi-Fi chipset manufacturer which is mainly known for their WLAN chipsets. Now headquartered in Hsinchu, Taiwan, Ralink was founded in 2001 in Cupertino, California and it was bought in 2009 by the taiwanese company MediaTek.... RT2500 (PCI) |
GPL | Ralink supported | ||
| rt2570 | Ralink Ralink Ralink Technology, Corp. is a Wi-Fi chipset manufacturer which is mainly known for their WLAN chipsets. Now headquartered in Hsinchu, Taiwan, Ralink was founded in 2001 in Cupertino, California and it was bought in 2009 by the taiwanese company MediaTek.... RT2500USB (RT2570) |
GPL | Ralink supported | ||
| rt61 | Ralink Ralink Ralink Technology, Corp. is a Wi-Fi chipset manufacturer which is mainly known for their WLAN chipsets. Now headquartered in Hsinchu, Taiwan, Ralink was founded in 2001 in Cupertino, California and it was bought in 2009 by the taiwanese company MediaTek.... RT2600 (RT2661), RT2501 (non-USB, RT2561) |
GPL | Ralink supported | ||
| rt73 | Ralink Ralink Ralink Technology, Corp. is a Wi-Fi chipset manufacturer which is mainly known for their WLAN chipsets. Now headquartered in Hsinchu, Taiwan, Ralink was founded in 2001 in Cupertino, California and it was bought in 2009 by the taiwanese company MediaTek.... RT2501USB (RT2571W) |
GPL | Ralink supported | ||
| rtl8180-sa2400 | Some Realtek Realtek Realtek Semiconductor Corp. , a fabless IC design house situated in the Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu, Taiwan, was founded in October 1987, and subsequently approved as a listed company on the Taiwan Stock Exchange in 1998... RTL818x |
GPL | Realtek supported. Obsoleted by rtl-wifi project. | ||
| rtl-wifi (link OK) rtl-wifi (link broken) | Realtek Realtek Realtek Semiconductor Corp. , a fabless IC design house situated in the Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu, Taiwan, was founded in October 1987, and subsequently approved as a listed company on the Taiwan Stock Exchange in 1998... RTL8180, RTL8185, RTL8187, RTL8187B |
GPL | Forked from rtl8180-sa2400 project. | ||
| zd1201 | ZyDAS ZD1201 | GPL | |||
| zd1211 | ZyDAS ZD1211/ZD1211B | GPL | written by ZyDAS | ||
| zd1211rw | ZyDAS ZD1211/ZD1211B, Atheros AR5007UG | (since 2.6.18) | GPL | ZyDAS supported |
Driver capabilities
Also see linuxwireless.org| Driver | 802.11 | Bus interface | WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy Wired Equivalent Privacy is a weak security algorithm for IEEE 802.11 wireless networks. Introduced as part of the original 802.11 standard ratified in September 1999, its intention was to provide data confidentiality comparable to that of a traditional wired network... |
WPA Wi-Fi Protected Access Wi-Fi Protected Access and Wi-Fi Protected Access II are two security protocols and security certification programs developed by the Wi-Fi Alliance to secure wireless computer networks... |
WPA2 Wi-Fi Protected Access Wi-Fi Protected Access and Wi-Fi Protected Access II are two security protocols and security certification programs developed by the Wi-Fi Alliance to secure wireless computer networks... |
Monitor mode Monitor mode Monitor mode, or RFMON mode, allows a computer with a wireless network interface controller to monitor all traffic received from the wireless network. Unlike promiscuous mode, which is also used for packet sniffing, monitor mode allows packets to be captured without having to associate with an... |
Master mode | Ad-Hoc mode |
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| acx1xx | 802.11b, 802.11g | PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Conventional PCI is a computer bus for attaching hardware devices in a computer... , Mini PCI, PC card PC card In computing, PC Card is the form factor of a peripheral interface designed for laptop computers. The PC Card standard was defined and developed by the Personal Computer Memory Card International Association which itself was created by a number of computer industry companies in the United States... , USB |
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| adm8211 | PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Conventional PCI is a computer bus for attaching hardware devices in a computer... |
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| ath5k | 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g | PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Conventional PCI is a computer bus for attaching hardware devices in a computer... , Mini PCI, PC card PC card In computing, PC Card is the form factor of a peripheral interface designed for laptop computers. The PC Card standard was defined and developed by the Personal Computer Memory Card International Association which itself was created by a number of computer industry companies in the United States... , AHB |
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| ath9k | 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n | PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Conventional PCI is a computer bus for attaching hardware devices in a computer... , Mini PCI, AHB, PCI Express Mini Card |
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| b43 | 802.11b, 802.11g | PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Conventional PCI is a computer bus for attaching hardware devices in a computer... , Mini PCI, SDIO ? |
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| bcm43xx | 802.11b, 802.11g | PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Conventional PCI is a computer bus for attaching hardware devices in a computer... , Mini PCI, PC card PC card In computing, PC Card is the form factor of a peripheral interface designed for laptop computers. The PC Card standard was defined and developed by the Personal Computer Memory Card International Association which itself was created by a number of computer industry companies in the United States... , Cardbus |
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| brcmsmac | 802.11b, 802.11g | |||||||
| hostap | 802.11b | PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Conventional PCI is a computer bus for attaching hardware devices in a computer... , Mini PCI, PC card PC card In computing, PC Card is the form factor of a peripheral interface designed for laptop computers. The PC Card standard was defined and developed by the Personal Computer Memory Card International Association which itself was created by a number of computer industry companies in the United States... |
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| ipw2100 | 802.11b | Mini PCI | ||||||
| ipw2200 | 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g | Mini PCI | ||||||
| ipw2200-ap | 802.11b, 802.11g | Mini PCI | ||||||
| ipw3945 | 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g | Mini PCI, PCI Express Mini Card | ||||||
| islsm | PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Conventional PCI is a computer bus for attaching hardware devices in a computer... , USB |
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| iwlwifi | 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g | Mini PCI, PCI Express Mini Card | ||||||
| iwlagn | 802.11a, 802.11g, 802.11n | Mini PCI, PCI Express Mini Card | ||||||
| libertas | 802.11b, 802.11g | USB, CF CompactFlash CompactFlash is a mass storage device format used in portable electronic devices. Most CompactFlash devices contain flash memory in a standardized enclosure. The format was first specified and produced by SanDisk in 1994... , SDIO |
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| MadWifi | 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g | PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Conventional PCI is a computer bus for attaching hardware devices in a computer... , Mini PCI, PC card PC card In computing, PC Card is the form factor of a peripheral interface designed for laptop computers. The PC Card standard was defined and developed by the Personal Computer Memory Card International Association which itself was created by a number of computer industry companies in the United States... |
some issues in HAL, outdoor sensitivity? | |||||
| orinoco | 802.11b | Mini PCI, PC card PC card In computing, PC Card is the form factor of a peripheral interface designed for laptop computers. The PC Card standard was defined and developed by the Personal Computer Memory Card International Association which itself was created by a number of computer industry companies in the United States... |
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| p54 | 802.11b, 802.11g | Mini PCI, Cardbus, USB | ||||||
| prism54 | 802.11b, 802.11g | PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Conventional PCI is a computer bus for attaching hardware devices in a computer... |
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| rndis_wlan | 802.11b, 802.11g | USB | ||||||
| rt2x00 | 802.11b, 802.11g | PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Conventional PCI is a computer bus for attaching hardware devices in a computer... , Mini PCI, USB |
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| rtl8180 | 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g | PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Conventional PCI is a computer bus for attaching hardware devices in a computer... , Mini PCI, PC card PC card In computing, PC Card is the form factor of a peripheral interface designed for laptop computers. The PC Card standard was defined and developed by the Personal Computer Memory Card International Association which itself was created by a number of computer industry companies in the United States... |
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| rtl-wifi | 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g | PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Conventional PCI is a computer bus for attaching hardware devices in a computer... , Mini PCI, PC card PC card In computing, PC Card is the form factor of a peripheral interface designed for laptop computers. The PC Card standard was defined and developed by the Personal Computer Memory Card International Association which itself was created by a number of computer industry companies in the United States... |
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| zd1201 | 802.11b | USB | ||||||
| zd1211 | 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g | USB | ||||||
| zd1211rw | 802.11b, 802.11g | USB |
DragonFly BSD
| Driver | Chipset | Integration | Non-free firmware required | License | Original/Primary developer | Development |
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| acx | Texas Instruments Texas Instruments Texas Instruments Inc. , widely known as TI, is an American company based in Dallas, Texas, United States, which develops and commercializes semiconductor and computer technology... ACX100/ACX111 |
Integrated since 1.5 | BSD | Reverse engineering | ||
| an | Aironet Cisco Systems Cisco Systems, Inc. is an American multinational corporation headquartered in San Jose, California, United States, that designs and sells consumer electronics, networking, voice, and communications technology and services. Cisco has more than 70,000 employees and annual revenue of US$... 4500/4800 |
Integrated | BSD | Bill Paul (FreeBSD) | ||
| ath | Atheros Atheros Qualcomm Atheros is a developer of semiconductors for network communications, particularly wireless chipsets. Founded under the name Atheros in 1998 by experts in signal processing from Stanford University, the University of California, Berkeley and the private industry, it became a public company... AR5210/ AR5211/ AR5212/ AR5416 |
Integrated | BSD | |||
| bwi | Broadcom Broadcom Broadcom Corporation is a fabless semiconductor company in the wireless and broadband communication business. The company is headquartered in Irvine, California, USA. Broadcom was founded by a professor-student pair Henry Samueli and Henry T. Nicholas III from the University of California, Los... BCM430x/4318 |
Integrated | BSD | Sepherosa Ziehau | Reverse engineering | |
| iwi | Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG/2915ABG | Integrated | BSD | Damien Bergamini Damien Bergamini Damien Bergamini is a former OpenBSD developer who has written numerous device drivers for wireless chipsets, almost half of the wireless device drivers available on the open source BSD operating systems. Bergamini's drivers for the Intel PRO/Wireless chipset have been ported to all the *BSD... (OpenBSD) |
Reverse engineering | |
| iwl | Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 | Integrated | BSD | Damien Bergamini Damien Bergamini Damien Bergamini is a former OpenBSD developer who has written numerous device drivers for wireless chipsets, almost half of the wireless device drivers available on the open source BSD operating systems. Bergamini's drivers for the Intel PRO/Wireless chipset have been ported to all the *BSD... (OpenBSD) |
Reverse engineering | |
| iwn | Intel 4965/1000/5000/5150/5300/6000/6050 | Integrated | BSD | Damien Bergamini Damien Bergamini Damien Bergamini is a former OpenBSD developer who has written numerous device drivers for wireless chipsets, almost half of the wireless device drivers available on the open source BSD operating systems. Bergamini's drivers for the Intel PRO/Wireless chipset have been ported to all the *BSD... (OpenBSD) |
Reverse engineering | |
| ral | Ralink Ralink Ralink Technology, Corp. is a Wi-Fi chipset manufacturer which is mainly known for their WLAN chipsets. Now headquartered in Hsinchu, Taiwan, Ralink was founded in 2001 in Cupertino, California and it was bought in 2009 by the taiwanese company MediaTek.... RT2500/ RT2501/ RT2600 |
Integrated | BSD | Damien Bergamini Damien Bergamini Damien Bergamini is a former OpenBSD developer who has written numerous device drivers for wireless chipsets, almost half of the wireless device drivers available on the open source BSD operating systems. Bergamini's drivers for the Intel PRO/Wireless chipset have been ported to all the *BSD... |
Ported from FreeBSD | |
| rtw | Realtek Realtek Realtek Semiconductor Corp. , a fabless IC design house situated in the Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu, Taiwan, was founded in October 1987, and subsequently approved as a listed company on the Taiwan Stock Exchange in 1998... RTL8180L |
Integrated | BSD | Ported from NetBSD | ||
| rum | Ralink Ralink Ralink Technology, Corp. is a Wi-Fi chipset manufacturer which is mainly known for their WLAN chipsets. Now headquartered in Hsinchu, Taiwan, Ralink was founded in 2001 in Cupertino, California and it was bought in 2009 by the taiwanese company MediaTek.... RT2501USB/ RT2601USB |
Integrated | BSD | Damien Bergamini Damien Bergamini Damien Bergamini is a former OpenBSD developer who has written numerous device drivers for wireless chipsets, almost half of the wireless device drivers available on the open source BSD operating systems. Bergamini's drivers for the Intel PRO/Wireless chipset have been ported to all the *BSD... |
Ported from FreeBSD | |
| wi | Lucent Hermes (WaveLAN/ ORiNOCO ORiNOCO ORiNOCO is the brand name that was used for a family of wireless networking solutions by Proxim Wireless . These chipsets provide wireless connectivity for 802.11-compliant Wireless LANs.- Variants :... ); Intersil Intersil Intersil Corporation is an American company that specializes in the design, development and manufacturing of high-performance analog semiconductors for four high-growth markets — Communications, Computing, High End Consumer and Industrial.-Company history:... PRISM PRISM (chipset) PRISM wireless networking solutions are a family of Conexant chipsets used for Wireless LANs, and were formerly produced by Intersil Corporation.- Legacy 802.11b products :... -II, PRISM-2.5; Symbol Symbol Technologies Symbol Technologies is a manufacturer and worldwide supplier of mobile data capture and delivery equipment. The company specializes in barcode scanners, mobile computers, RFID systems and Wireless LAN infrastructure. Symbol Technologies is a wholly owned subsidiary of Motorola, and headquartered in... Spectrum24 802.11B |
Integrated | BSD | Bill Paul (FreeBSD) | Documentation based | |
| wpi | Intel 3945ABG | Integrated | BSD | Damien Bergamini Damien Bergamini Damien Bergamini is a former OpenBSD developer who has written numerous device drivers for wireless chipsets, almost half of the wireless device drivers available on the open source BSD operating systems. Bergamini's drivers for the Intel PRO/Wireless chipset have been ported to all the *BSD... |
Ported from OpenBSD |
FreeBSD
| Driver | Chipset | Integration | Non-free firmware required | License | Original/Primary developer | Development |
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| acx | Texas Instruments Texas Instruments Texas Instruments Inc. , widely known as TI, is an American company based in Dallas, Texas, United States, which develops and commercializes semiconductor and computer technology... ACX100/ACX111 |
Separate project | BSD | Reverse engineering | ||
| an | Aironet Cisco Systems Cisco Systems, Inc. is an American multinational corporation headquartered in San Jose, California, United States, that designs and sells consumer electronics, networking, voice, and communications technology and services. Cisco has more than 70,000 employees and annual revenue of US$... 4500/4800, Cisco Cisco Systems Cisco Systems, Inc. is an American multinational corporation headquartered in San Jose, California, United States, that designs and sells consumer electronics, networking, voice, and communications technology and services. Cisco has more than 70,000 employees and annual revenue of US$... Aironet 340/350, Xircom Wireless Ethernet |
Integrated | BSD | Bill Paul (FreeBSD) | ||
| arl | Aironet Arlan 655 | Integrated / Removed in 8.0 | BSD | |||
| ath | Atheros Atheros Qualcomm Atheros is a developer of semiconductors for network communications, particularly wireless chipsets. Founded under the name Atheros in 1998 by experts in signal processing from Stanford University, the University of California, Berkeley and the private industry, it became a public company... AR5210/ AR5211/ AR5212/ AR5416 /AR9130 /AR9160 /AR9280 /AR9285 /AR9287 (and derivatives) |
Integrated | BSD | Originally by Atheros via Sam Leffler (FreeBSD); supported by the community | Documentation based | |
| awi | AMD PCnetMobile | Integrated / Removed in 8.0 | BSD | Bill Sommerfeld (NetBSD) and Atsushi Onoe (NetBSD) | ||
| bwi | Broadcom Broadcom Broadcom Corporation is a fabless semiconductor company in the wireless and broadband communication business. The company is headquartered in Irvine, California, USA. Broadcom was founded by a professor-student pair Henry Samueli and Henry T. Nicholas III from the University of California, Los... BCM43xx/4318 |
Integrated since 8.0 | BSD | Sepherosa Ziehau (DragonFly BSD), Andrew Thompson (FreeBSD), Sam Leffler (FreeBSD) | Ported from DragonFly BSD | |
| cnw | Netwave AirSurfer | Integrated / Removed in 8.0 | BSD | Imported from NetBSD | ||
| ipw | Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 | Integrated | BSD | Damien Bergamini Damien Bergamini Damien Bergamini is a former OpenBSD developer who has written numerous device drivers for wireless chipsets, almost half of the wireless device drivers available on the open source BSD operating systems. Bergamini's drivers for the Intel PRO/Wireless chipset have been ported to all the *BSD... (OpenBSD/ FreeBSD) |
Reverse engineering | |
| iwi | Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG/ 2225BG/ 2915ABG | Integrated | BSD | Damien Bergamini Damien Bergamini Damien Bergamini is a former OpenBSD developer who has written numerous device drivers for wireless chipsets, almost half of the wireless device drivers available on the open source BSD operating systems. Bergamini's drivers for the Intel PRO/Wireless chipset have been ported to all the *BSD... (OpenBSD/ FreeBSD) |
Reverse engineering | |
| iwn | Intel PRO/Wireless 4965 ABGN/ 5100/ 5300/ 5350/ 1000/ 6000/ 6250/ 6205a | Integrated since 8.0 / Available for 7.1 and above as separate patch | BSD | Damien Bergamini Damien Bergamini Damien Bergamini is a former OpenBSD developer who has written numerous device drivers for wireless chipsets, almost half of the wireless device drivers available on the open source BSD operating systems. Bergamini's drivers for the Intel PRO/Wireless chipset have been ported to all the *BSD... , Benjamin Close, Sam Leffler (OpenBSD/ FreeBSD) |
Reverse engineering | |
| malo | Marvell Marvell Technology Group Marvell is an American producer of storage, communications and consumer semiconductor products.Founded in 1995, Marvell Technology Group Ltd. has operations worldwide and approximately 5,700 employees. Marvell’s U.S. operating subsidiary is based in Santa Clara, California and Marvell has... 88W8335 |
Integrated | BSD | Weongyo Jeong (FreeBSD), Sam Leffler (FreeBSD) | ||
| mwl | Marvell Marvell Technology Group Marvell is an American producer of storage, communications and consumer semiconductor products.Founded in 1995, Marvell Technology Group Ltd. has operations worldwide and approximately 5,700 employees. Marvell’s U.S. operating subsidiary is based in Santa Clara, California and Marvell has... 88W8363 |
Integrated since 8.0 | BSD | Sam Leffler (FreeBSD) | ? | |
| ral | Ralink Technology RT2500/ RT2501/ RT2600 | Integrated | BSD | Damien Bergamini Damien Bergamini Damien Bergamini is a former OpenBSD developer who has written numerous device drivers for wireless chipsets, almost half of the wireless device drivers available on the open source BSD operating systems. Bergamini's drivers for the Intel PRO/Wireless chipset have been ported to all the *BSD... (OpenBSD/ FreeBSD) |
Based on partial documentation | |
| ray | Raytheon Raylink/Webgear Aviator | Integrated / Removed in 8.0 | BSD | Imported from NetBSD | ||
| rum | Ralink Ralink Ralink Technology, Corp. is a Wi-Fi chipset manufacturer which is mainly known for their WLAN chipsets. Now headquartered in Hsinchu, Taiwan, Ralink was founded in 2001 in Cupertino, California and it was bought in 2009 by the taiwanese company MediaTek.... RT2501USB/ RT2601USB |
Integrated | BSD | Niall O'Higgins and Damien Bergamini Damien Bergamini Damien Bergamini is a former OpenBSD developer who has written numerous device drivers for wireless chipsets, almost half of the wireless device drivers available on the open source BSD operating systems. Bergamini's drivers for the Intel PRO/Wireless chipset have been ported to all the *BSD... |
Based on partial documentation | |
| run | Ralink Ralink Ralink Technology, Corp. is a Wi-Fi chipset manufacturer which is mainly known for their WLAN chipsets. Now headquartered in Hsinchu, Taiwan, Ralink was founded in 2001 in Cupertino, California and it was bought in 2009 by the taiwanese company MediaTek.... RT2700U/ RT2800U/ RT3000U |
Integrated since 8.1 | BSD | Damien Bergamini Damien Bergamini Damien Bergamini is a former OpenBSD developer who has written numerous device drivers for wireless chipsets, almost half of the wireless device drivers available on the open source BSD operating systems. Bergamini's drivers for the Intel PRO/Wireless chipset have been ported to all the *BSD... (OpenBSD), Imported from OpenBSD by Akinori Furukoshi |
Based on partial documentation | |
| uath | Atheros Atheros Qualcomm Atheros is a developer of semiconductors for network communications, particularly wireless chipsets. Founded under the name Atheros in 1998 by experts in signal processing from Stanford University, the University of California, Berkeley and the private industry, it became a public company... AR5005UG/ AR5005UX |
Integrated since 8.0 | BSD | Weongyo Jeong (FreeBSD), Sam Leffler (FreeBSD) | ? | |
| upgt | GW3887 (Conexant Conexant Conexant Systems, Inc. is an American semiconductor company, formerly the semiconductor division of Rockwell International. Currently it's privately owned by Golden Gate Capital, an equity firm headquartered in San Francisco.-History:... /Intersil PrismGT series) |
Integrated since 8.0 | BSD | Imported from OpenBSD | Reverse engineering | |
| ural | Ralink Technology RT2500USB | Integrated | BSD | Damien Bergamini Damien Bergamini Damien Bergamini is a former OpenBSD developer who has written numerous device drivers for wireless chipsets, almost half of the wireless device drivers available on the open source BSD operating systems. Bergamini's drivers for the Intel PRO/Wireless chipset have been ported to all the *BSD... (OpenBSD/ FreeBSD) |
Based on partial documentation | |
| urtw | Realtek Realtek Realtek Semiconductor Corp. , a fabless IC design house situated in the Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu, Taiwan, was founded in October 1987, and subsequently approved as a listed company on the Taiwan Stock Exchange in 1998... RTL8187L/ RTL8187B |
Integrated since 8.0 | BSD | Weongyo Jeong (FreeBSD) | ? | |
| wi | Lucent Hermes (WaveLAN/ ORiNOCO ORiNOCO ORiNOCO is the brand name that was used for a family of wireless networking solutions by Proxim Wireless . These chipsets provide wireless connectivity for 802.11-compliant Wireless LANs.- Variants :... ); Intersil Intersil Intersil Corporation is an American company that specializes in the design, development and manufacturing of high-performance analog semiconductors for four high-growth markets — Communications, Computing, High End Consumer and Industrial.-Company history:... PRISM PRISM (chipset) PRISM wireless networking solutions are a family of Conexant chipsets used for Wireless LANs, and were formerly produced by Intersil Corporation.- Legacy 802.11b products :... -2, PRISM-2.5, PRISM-3; Symbol Symbol Technologies Symbol Technologies is a manufacturer and worldwide supplier of mobile data capture and delivery equipment. The company specializes in barcode scanners, mobile computers, RFID systems and Wireless LAN infrastructure. Symbol Technologies is a wholly owned subsidiary of Motorola, and headquartered in... Spectrum24 802.11B (Symbol support removed in 8.0) |
Integrated | BSD | Bill Paul (FreeBSD) | Documentation based | |
| wpi | Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG | Integrated | BSD | Damien Bergamini Damien Bergamini Damien Bergamini is a former OpenBSD developer who has written numerous device drivers for wireless chipsets, almost half of the wireless device drivers available on the open source BSD operating systems. Bergamini's drivers for the Intel PRO/Wireless chipset have been ported to all the *BSD... , Benjamin Close |
Reverse engineering | |
| zyd | ZyDAS ZD1211/ZD1211B | Integrated | BSD | Florian Stoehr, Damien Bergamini Damien Bergamini Damien Bergamini is a former OpenBSD developer who has written numerous device drivers for wireless chipsets, almost half of the wireless device drivers available on the open source BSD operating systems. Bergamini's drivers for the Intel PRO/Wireless chipset have been ported to all the *BSD... and Jonathan Gray (OpenBSD) |
Documentation based |
NetBSD
| Driver | Chipset | Integration | Free firmware | License | Original/Primary developer | Development methodologies | Free software Free software Free software, software libre or libre software is software that can be used, studied, and modified without restriction, and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified form either without restriction, or with restrictions that only ensure that further recipients can also do... |
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| an | Aironet Cisco Systems Cisco Systems, Inc. is an American multinational corporation headquartered in San Jose, California, United States, that designs and sells consumer electronics, networking, voice, and communications technology and services. Cisco has more than 70,000 employees and annual revenue of US$... 4500/4800, Cisco Cisco Systems Cisco Systems, Inc. is an American multinational corporation headquartered in San Jose, California, United States, that designs and sells consumer electronics, networking, voice, and communications technology and services. Cisco has more than 70,000 employees and annual revenue of US$... Aironet 340/350 |
Integrated | BSD | Ported from FreeBSD | |||
| ath | Atheros Atheros Qualcomm Atheros is a developer of semiconductors for network communications, particularly wireless chipsets. Founded under the name Atheros in 1998 by experts in signal processing from Stanford University, the University of California, Berkeley and the private industry, it became a public company... AR521*/ AR2413/ AR2417/ AR5413/ AR5416/ AR5424/ AR9160 |
Integrated | BSD | Binary blob Binary blob In the free software community, binary blob is a pejorative term for an object file loaded into the kernel of a open source operating system without publicly available source code... s ported from FreeBSD |
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| atu | Atmel Atmel Atmel Corporation is a manufacturer of semiconductors, founded in 1984. Its focus is on system-level solutions built around flash microcontrollers... at76c503/ at76c503a/ at76c505/ at76c505a |
Integrated | BSD | Ported from OpenBSD | |||
| atw | ADMtek ADM8211 | Integrated | BSD | ||||
| awi | AMD PCnetMobile | Integrated | BSD | ||||
| bwi | Broadcom Broadcom Broadcom Corporation is a fabless semiconductor company in the wireless and broadband communication business. The company is headquartered in Irvine, California, USA. Broadcom was founded by a professor-student pair Henry Samueli and Henry T. Nicholas III from the University of California, Los... BCM430x/4318 |
Integrated | BSD | Ported from Dragonfly BSD | |||
| cnw | Netwave AirSurfer | Integrated | BSD | ||||
| ipw | Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 | Integrated | BSD | Damien Bergamini Damien Bergamini Damien Bergamini is a former OpenBSD developer who has written numerous device drivers for wireless chipsets, almost half of the wireless device drivers available on the open source BSD operating systems. Bergamini's drivers for the Intel PRO/Wireless chipset have been ported to all the *BSD... (OpenBSD) |
Ported from OpenBSD | ||
| iwi | Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG/2915ABG | Integrated | BSD | Damien Bergamini Damien Bergamini Damien Bergamini is a former OpenBSD developer who has written numerous device drivers for wireless chipsets, almost half of the wireless device drivers available on the open source BSD operating systems. Bergamini's drivers for the Intel PRO/Wireless chipset have been ported to all the *BSD... (OpenBSD) |
Ported from OpenBSD | ||
| iwn | Intel PRO/Wireless 4965AGN/5100AGN | Integrated | BSD | Damien Bergamini Damien Bergamini Damien Bergamini is a former OpenBSD developer who has written numerous device drivers for wireless chipsets, almost half of the wireless device drivers available on the open source BSD operating systems. Bergamini's drivers for the Intel PRO/Wireless chipset have been ported to all the *BSD... (OpenBSD) |
Ported from OpenBSD | ||
| ral | Ralink Ralink Ralink Technology, Corp. is a Wi-Fi chipset manufacturer which is mainly known for their WLAN chipsets. Now headquartered in Hsinchu, Taiwan, Ralink was founded in 2001 in Cupertino, California and it was bought in 2009 by the taiwanese company MediaTek.... RT2500/ RT2501/ RT2600/ RT2500USB |
Integrated | BSD | Damien Bergamini Damien Bergamini Damien Bergamini is a former OpenBSD developer who has written numerous device drivers for wireless chipsets, almost half of the wireless device drivers available on the open source BSD operating systems. Bergamini's drivers for the Intel PRO/Wireless chipset have been ported to all the *BSD... (OpenBSD) |
Ported from OpenBSD | ||
| ray | Raytheon Raytheon Raytheon Company is a major American defense contractor and industrial corporation with core manufacturing concentrations in weapons and military and commercial electronics. It was previously involved in corporate and special-mission aircraft until early 2007... Raylink / WebGear Aviator |
Integrated | BSD | ||||
| rtw | Realtek Realtek Realtek Semiconductor Corp. , a fabless IC design house situated in the Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu, Taiwan, was founded in October 1987, and subsequently approved as a listed company on the Taiwan Stock Exchange in 1998... RTL8180L |
Integrated | BSD | David Young | |||
| wi | Lucent Hermes (WaveLAN/ORiNOCO ORiNOCO ORiNOCO is the brand name that was used for a family of wireless networking solutions by Proxim Wireless . These chipsets provide wireless connectivity for 802.11-compliant Wireless LANs.- Variants :... ), Intersil Intersil Intersil Corporation is an American company that specializes in the design, development and manufacturing of high-performance analog semiconductors for four high-growth markets — Communications, Computing, High End Consumer and Industrial.-Company history:... PRISM PRISM (chipset) PRISM wireless networking solutions are a family of Conexant chipsets used for Wireless LANs, and were formerly produced by Intersil Corporation.- Legacy 802.11b products :... II |
Integrated | BSD | Ported from FreeBSD | |||
| wpi | Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG | Integrated | BSD | Damien Bergamini Damien Bergamini Damien Bergamini is a former OpenBSD developer who has written numerous device drivers for wireless chipsets, almost half of the wireless device drivers available on the open source BSD operating systems. Bergamini's drivers for the Intel PRO/Wireless chipset have been ported to all the *BSD... (OpenBSD) |
Ported from OpenBSD | ||
| zyd | ZyDAS ZD1211/ ZD1211B | Integrated | BSD | Damien Bergamini Damien Bergamini Damien Bergamini is a former OpenBSD developer who has written numerous device drivers for wireless chipsets, almost half of the wireless device drivers available on the open source BSD operating systems. Bergamini's drivers for the Intel PRO/Wireless chipset have been ported to all the *BSD... (OpenBSD) |
Ported from OpenBSD |
OpenBSD
(A full list of supported wireless devices may be obtained by searching OpenBSD's online manual pages, i.e. by typing apropos wireless in the console. For information on development methodologies, see Theo de RaadtTheo de Raadt
Theo de Raadt , born May 19, 1968 in Pretoria, South Africa, is a software engineer who lives in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He is the founder and leader of the OpenBSD and OpenSSH projects, and was a founding member of the NetBSD project.- Childhood :...
's 2006 presentation on Open Documentation for Hardware.)
| Driver | Chipset | Integration | Non-free firmware required | License | Original/Primary developer | Development | Free software Free software Free software, software libre or libre software is software that can be used, studied, and modified without restriction, and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified form either without restriction, or with restrictions that only ensure that further recipients can also do... |
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| acx | Texas Instruments Texas Instruments Texas Instruments Inc. , widely known as TI, is an American company based in Dallas, Texas, United States, which develops and commercializes semiconductor and computer technology... ACX100/ACX111 |
Integrated | BSD | Ported from DragonFlyBSD | Reverse engineering | ||
| an | Aironet Cisco Systems Cisco Systems, Inc. is an American multinational corporation headquartered in San Jose, California, United States, that designs and sells consumer electronics, networking, voice, and communications technology and services. Cisco has more than 70,000 employees and annual revenue of US$... 4500/4800, Cisco Cisco Systems Cisco Systems, Inc. is an American multinational corporation headquartered in San Jose, California, United States, that designs and sells consumer electronics, networking, voice, and communications technology and services. Cisco has more than 70,000 employees and annual revenue of US$... Aironet 340/350 |
Integrated | BSD | ||||
| ath | Atheros Atheros Qualcomm Atheros is a developer of semiconductors for network communications, particularly wireless chipsets. Founded under the name Atheros in 1998 by experts in signal processing from Stanford University, the University of California, Berkeley and the private industry, it became a public company... AR5210/ AR5211/ AR5212 |
Integrated | BSD | Reverse engineering | |||
| athn | Atheros Atheros Qualcomm Atheros is a developer of semiconductors for network communications, particularly wireless chipsets. Founded under the name Atheros in 1998 by experts in signal processing from Stanford University, the University of California, Berkeley and the private industry, it became a public company... AR5416/AR9160/AR928X |
Integrated (since 4.7) | BSD | Damien Bergamini Damien Bergamini Damien Bergamini is a former OpenBSD developer who has written numerous device drivers for wireless chipsets, almost half of the wireless device drivers available on the open source BSD operating systems. Bergamini's drivers for the Intel PRO/Wireless chipset have been ported to all the *BSD... |
Partly based on the ath9k driver for Linux Linux Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds... |
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| atu | Atmel Atmel Atmel Corporation is a manufacturer of semiconductors, founded in 1984. Its focus is on system-level solutions built around flash microcontrollers... AT76C503/ AT76C503A/ AT76C505/ AT76C505A |
Integrated | BSD | Reverse engineering | |||
| atw | ADMtek ADM8211 | Integrated | BSD | Documentation based | |||
| awi | BayStack 650 | Integrated | BSD | ||||
| bwi | Broadcom Broadcom Broadcom Corporation is a fabless semiconductor company in the wireless and broadband communication business. The company is headquartered in Irvine, California, USA. Broadcom was founded by a professor-student pair Henry Samueli and Henry T. Nicholas III from the University of California, Los... BCM430x/4318 |
Integrated | BSD | Sepherosa Ziehau | Ported from DragonFly BSD | ||
| cnw | NetWave AirSurfer | Integrated | BSD | ||||
| ipw | Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 | Integrated | BSD | Damien Bergamini Damien Bergamini Damien Bergamini is a former OpenBSD developer who has written numerous device drivers for wireless chipsets, almost half of the wireless device drivers available on the open source BSD operating systems. Bergamini's drivers for the Intel PRO/Wireless chipset have been ported to all the *BSD... |
Reverse engineering | ||
| iwi | Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG/ 2225BG/ 2915ABG | Integrated | BSD | Damien Bergamini Damien Bergamini Damien Bergamini is a former OpenBSD developer who has written numerous device drivers for wireless chipsets, almost half of the wireless device drivers available on the open source BSD operating systems. Bergamini's drivers for the Intel PRO/Wireless chipset have been ported to all the *BSD... |
Reverse engineering | ||
| iwn | Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965/ 5000/ 1000/ 6000 | Integrated | BSD | Damien Bergamini Damien Bergamini Damien Bergamini is a former OpenBSD developer who has written numerous device drivers for wireless chipsets, almost half of the wireless device drivers available on the open source BSD operating systems. Bergamini's drivers for the Intel PRO/Wireless chipset have been ported to all the *BSD... |
Reverse engineering | ||
| malo | Marvell Marvell Technology Group Marvell is an American producer of storage, communications and consumer semiconductor products.Founded in 1995, Marvell Technology Group Ltd. has operations worldwide and approximately 5,700 employees. Marvell’s U.S. operating subsidiary is based in Santa Clara, California and Marvell has... 88W8335/ 88W8310 |
Integrated | BSD | Marcus Glocker and Claudio Jeker | Reverse engineering | ||
| otus | Atheros Atheros Qualcomm Atheros is a developer of semiconductors for network communications, particularly wireless chipsets. Founded under the name Atheros in 1998 by experts in signal processing from Stanford University, the University of California, Berkeley and the private industry, it became a public company... AR9170 |
Integrated (since 4.6) | BSD | Damien Bergamini Damien Bergamini Damien Bergamini is a former OpenBSD developer who has written numerous device drivers for wireless chipsets, almost half of the wireless device drivers available on the open source BSD operating systems. Bergamini's drivers for the Intel PRO/Wireless chipset have been ported to all the *BSD... |
Based on source code released by Atheros Atheros Qualcomm Atheros is a developer of semiconductors for network communications, particularly wireless chipsets. Founded under the name Atheros in 1998 by experts in signal processing from Stanford University, the University of California, Berkeley and the private industry, it became a public company... for Linux Linux Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds... under the ISC |
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| pgt | Conexant Conexant Conexant Systems, Inc. is an American semiconductor company, formerly the semiconductor division of Rockwell International. Currently it's privately owned by Golden Gate Capital, an equity firm headquartered in San Francisco.-History:... /Intersil Prism GT Full-MAC ISL3877, ISL3880, and ISL3890 chips |
Integrated | BSD | Ported from FreeBSD | Reverse engineering | ||
| ral/ural | Ralink Ralink Ralink Technology, Corp. is a Wi-Fi chipset manufacturer which is mainly known for their WLAN chipsets. Now headquartered in Hsinchu, Taiwan, Ralink was founded in 2001 in Cupertino, California and it was bought in 2009 by the taiwanese company MediaTek.... RT2500, RT2501, RT2600, RT2700, and RT2800 (ral), RT2500USB (ural) |
Integrated | BSD | Damien Bergamini Damien Bergamini Damien Bergamini is a former OpenBSD developer who has written numerous device drivers for wireless chipsets, almost half of the wireless device drivers available on the open source BSD operating systems. Bergamini's drivers for the Intel PRO/Wireless chipset have been ported to all the *BSD... |
Based on partial documentation | ||
| ray | Raytheon Raylink/WebGear Aviator IEEE 802.11FH | Integrated | BSD | ||||
| rsu | Realtek Realtek Realtek Semiconductor Corp. , a fabless IC design house situated in the Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu, Taiwan, was founded in October 1987, and subsequently approved as a listed company on the Taiwan Stock Exchange in 1998... RTL8188SU/RTL8191SU/RTL8192SU |
Integrated (since 4.9) | BSD | Damien Bergamini Damien Bergamini Damien Bergamini is a former OpenBSD developer who has written numerous device drivers for wireless chipsets, almost half of the wireless device drivers available on the open source BSD operating systems. Bergamini's drivers for the Intel PRO/Wireless chipset have been ported to all the *BSD... |
Reverse engineering | ||
| rtw | Realtek Realtek Realtek Semiconductor Corp. , a fabless IC design house situated in the Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu, Taiwan, was founded in October 1987, and subsequently approved as a listed company on the Taiwan Stock Exchange in 1998... RTL8180L |
Integrated | BSD | Ported from NetBSD | Documentation based | ||
| rum | Ralink Ralink Ralink Technology, Corp. is a Wi-Fi chipset manufacturer which is mainly known for their WLAN chipsets. Now headquartered in Hsinchu, Taiwan, Ralink was founded in 2001 in Cupertino, California and it was bought in 2009 by the taiwanese company MediaTek.... RT2501USB/ RT2601USB |
Integrated | BSD | Niall O'Higgins and Damien Bergamini Damien Bergamini Damien Bergamini is a former OpenBSD developer who has written numerous device drivers for wireless chipsets, almost half of the wireless device drivers available on the open source BSD operating systems. Bergamini's drivers for the Intel PRO/Wireless chipset have been ported to all the *BSD... |
Based on partial documentation | ||
| run | Ralink Ralink Ralink Technology, Corp. is a Wi-Fi chipset manufacturer which is mainly known for their WLAN chipsets. Now headquartered in Hsinchu, Taiwan, Ralink was founded in 2001 in Cupertino, California and it was bought in 2009 by the taiwanese company MediaTek.... RT2700U/ RT2800U/ RT3000U |
Integrated | BSD | Damien Bergamini Damien Bergamini Damien Bergamini is a former OpenBSD developer who has written numerous device drivers for wireless chipsets, almost half of the wireless device drivers available on the open source BSD operating systems. Bergamini's drivers for the Intel PRO/Wireless chipset have been ported to all the *BSD... |
Based on partial documentation | ||
| uath | Atheros Atheros Qualcomm Atheros is a developer of semiconductors for network communications, particularly wireless chipsets. Founded under the name Atheros in 1998 by experts in signal processing from Stanford University, the University of California, Berkeley and the private industry, it became a public company... AR5005UG/ AR5005UX |
Integrated | BSD | Damien Bergamini Damien Bergamini Damien Bergamini is a former OpenBSD developer who has written numerous device drivers for wireless chipsets, almost half of the wireless device drivers available on the open source BSD operating systems. Bergamini's drivers for the Intel PRO/Wireless chipset have been ported to all the *BSD... |
Reverse Engineering | ||
| upgt | GW3887 (Conexant Conexant Conexant Systems, Inc. is an American semiconductor company, formerly the semiconductor division of Rockwell International. Currently it's privately owned by Golden Gate Capital, an equity firm headquartered in San Francisco.-History:... /Intersil PrismGT series) |
Integrated | BSD | Marcus Glocker | Reverse engineering | ||
| urtw | Realtek Realtek Realtek Semiconductor Corp. , a fabless IC design house situated in the Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu, Taiwan, was founded in October 1987, and subsequently approved as a listed company on the Taiwan Stock Exchange in 1998... RTL8187L |
Integrated | BSD | Weongyo Jeong (FreeBSD) | ? | ||
| urtwn | Realtek Realtek Realtek Semiconductor Corp. , a fabless IC design house situated in the Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu, Taiwan, was founded in October 1987, and subsequently approved as a listed company on the Taiwan Stock Exchange in 1998... RTL8188CU/RTL8192CU |
Integrated (since 4.9) | BSD | Damien Bergamini Damien Bergamini Damien Bergamini is a former OpenBSD developer who has written numerous device drivers for wireless chipsets, almost half of the wireless device drivers available on the open source BSD operating systems. Bergamini's drivers for the Intel PRO/Wireless chipset have been ported to all the *BSD... |
Reverse engineering | ||
| wi | Lucent Hermes (WaveLAN/ ORiNOCO ORiNOCO ORiNOCO is the brand name that was used for a family of wireless networking solutions by Proxim Wireless . These chipsets provide wireless connectivity for 802.11-compliant Wireless LANs.- Variants :... ); Intersil Intersil Intersil Corporation is an American company that specializes in the design, development and manufacturing of high-performance analog semiconductors for four high-growth markets — Communications, Computing, High End Consumer and Industrial.-Company history:... PRISM PRISM (chipset) PRISM wireless networking solutions are a family of Conexant chipsets used for Wireless LANs, and were formerly produced by Intersil Corporation.- Legacy 802.11b products :... -2, PRISM-2.5, PRISM-3; Symbol Symbol Technologies Symbol Technologies is a manufacturer and worldwide supplier of mobile data capture and delivery equipment. The company specializes in barcode scanners, mobile computers, RFID systems and Wireless LAN infrastructure. Symbol Technologies is a wholly owned subsidiary of Motorola, and headquartered in... Spectrum24 |
Integrated | Yes for Spectrum24 and N/A for others | BSD | Bill Paul | Documentation based | |
| wpi | Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG | Integrated | BSD | Damien Bergamini Damien Bergamini Damien Bergamini is a former OpenBSD developer who has written numerous device drivers for wireless chipsets, almost half of the wireless device drivers available on the open source BSD operating systems. Bergamini's drivers for the Intel PRO/Wireless chipset have been ported to all the *BSD... |
Reverse engineering | ||
| zyd | ZyDAS ZD1211/ZD1211B | Integrated | BSD | Florian Stoehr, Damien Bergamini Damien Bergamini Damien Bergamini is a former OpenBSD developer who has written numerous device drivers for wireless chipsets, almost half of the wireless device drivers available on the open source BSD operating systems. Bergamini's drivers for the Intel PRO/Wireless chipset have been ported to all the *BSD... and Jonathan Gray |
Documentation based |
Solaris and OpenSolaris
| Driver | Chipset | Integration | Free firmware | License | Development | Free software Free software Free software, software libre or libre software is software that can be used, studied, and modified without restriction, and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified form either without restriction, or with restrictions that only ensure that further recipients can also do... |
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| ath | Atheros Atheros Qualcomm Atheros is a developer of semiconductors for network communications, particularly wireless chipsets. Founded under the name Atheros in 1998 by experts in signal processing from Stanford University, the University of California, Berkeley and the private industry, it became a public company... AR5211/ AR5212/ AR5213/ AR5214 |
Integrated with Solaris Nevada build 29 | No firmware required | Dual GPL/BSD with proprietary HAL | Port of Madwifi | |
| ipw | Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 | Community project | BSD | Ported from OpenBSD OpenBSD OpenBSD is a Unix-like computer operating system descended from Berkeley Software Distribution , a Unix derivative developed at the University of California, Berkeley. It was forked from NetBSD by project leader Theo de Raadt in late 1995... |
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| iwi | Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG | Community project | BSD | Ported from OpenBSD OpenBSD OpenBSD is a Unix-like computer operating system descended from Berkeley Software Distribution , a Unix derivative developed at the University of California, Berkeley. It was forked from NetBSD by project leader Theo de Raadt in late 1995... |
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| pcan | Cisco Cisco Cisco may refer to:Companies:*Cisco Systems, a computer networking company* Certis CISCO, corporatised entity of the former Commercial and Industrial Security Corporation in Singapore... Aironet 340/350 |
Community project | BSD | Ported from FreeBSD FreeBSD FreeBSD is a free Unix-like operating system descended from AT&T UNIX via BSD UNIX. Although for legal reasons FreeBSD cannot be called “UNIX”, as the direct descendant of BSD UNIX , FreeBSD’s internals and system APIs are UNIX-compliant... |
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| pcwl | Lucent/Agere Hermes (WaveLAN/ORiNOCO ORiNOCO ORiNOCO is the brand name that was used for a family of wireless networking solutions by Proxim Wireless . These chipsets provide wireless connectivity for 802.11-compliant Wireless LANs.- Variants :... ), Intersil Intersil Intersil Corporation is an American company that specializes in the design, development and manufacturing of high-performance analog semiconductors for four high-growth markets — Communications, Computing, High End Consumer and Industrial.-Company history:... PRISM PRISM (chipset) PRISM wireless networking solutions are a family of Conexant chipsets used for Wireless LANs, and were formerly produced by Intersil Corporation.- Legacy 802.11b products :... -2 802.11b |
Community project | BSD | Ported from FreeBSD FreeBSD FreeBSD is a free Unix-like operating system descended from AT&T UNIX via BSD UNIX. Although for legal reasons FreeBSD cannot be called “UNIX”, as the direct descendant of BSD UNIX , FreeBSD’s internals and system APIs are UNIX-compliant... |
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| ral | Ralink Ralink Ralink Technology, Corp. is a Wi-Fi chipset manufacturer which is mainly known for their WLAN chipsets. Now headquartered in Hsinchu, Taiwan, Ralink was founded in 2001 in Cupertino, California and it was bought in 2009 by the taiwanese company MediaTek.... RT2500 |
Community project | BSD | Ported from OpenBSD OpenBSD OpenBSD is a Unix-like computer operating system descended from Berkeley Software Distribution , a Unix derivative developed at the University of California, Berkeley. It was forked from NetBSD by project leader Theo de Raadt in late 1995... |
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| rtw | Realtek Realtek Realtek Semiconductor Corp. , a fabless IC design house situated in the Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu, Taiwan, was founded in October 1987, and subsequently approved as a listed company on the Taiwan Stock Exchange in 1998... RTL8180L |
Community project | BSD | Ported from NetBSD NetBSD NetBSD is a freely available open source version of the Berkeley Software Distribution Unix operating system. It was the second open source BSD descendant to be formally released, after 386BSD, and continues to be actively developed. The NetBSD project is primarily focused on high quality design,... |
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| malo | Marvell Marvell Technology Group Marvell is an American producer of storage, communications and consumer semiconductor products.Founded in 1995, Marvell Technology Group Ltd. has operations worldwide and approximately 5,700 employees. Marvell’s U.S. operating subsidiary is based in Santa Clara, California and Marvell has... 88W8335/ 88W8310 |
Community project | BSD | Ported from OpenBSD OpenBSD OpenBSD is a Unix-like computer operating system descended from Berkeley Software Distribution , a Unix derivative developed at the University of California, Berkeley. It was forked from NetBSD by project leader Theo de Raadt in late 1995... |
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| wpi | Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG | Community project | BSD | Ported from OpenBSD OpenBSD OpenBSD is a Unix-like computer operating system descended from Berkeley Software Distribution , a Unix derivative developed at the University of California, Berkeley. It was forked from NetBSD by project leader Theo de Raadt in late 1995... |
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| iwk | Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN | Community project | BSD | Ported from OpenBSD OpenBSD OpenBSD is a Unix-like computer operating system descended from Berkeley Software Distribution , a Unix derivative developed at the University of California, Berkeley. It was forked from NetBSD by project leader Theo de Raadt in late 1995... |
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| arn | Atheros Atheros Qualcomm Atheros is a developer of semiconductors for network communications, particularly wireless chipsets. Founded under the name Atheros in 1998 by experts in signal processing from Stanford University, the University of California, Berkeley and the private industry, it became a public company... Atheros 9000 |
Community project | BSD | based on ath9k | ||
| rwd | Ralink Ralink Ralink Technology, Corp. is a Wi-Fi chipset manufacturer which is mainly known for their WLAN chipsets. Now headquartered in Hsinchu, Taiwan, Ralink was founded in 2001 in Cupertino, California and it was bought in 2009 by the taiwanese company MediaTek.... Ralink RT2561/RT2561S/RT2661 |
Community project | BSD | |||
| rwn | Ralink Ralink Ralink Technology, Corp. is a Wi-Fi chipset manufacturer which is mainly known for their WLAN chipsets. Now headquartered in Hsinchu, Taiwan, Ralink was founded in 2001 in Cupertino, California and it was bought in 2009 by the taiwanese company MediaTek.... Ralink RT2700/2800 |
Community project | BSD | |||
| urtw | RealTek Realtek Realtek Semiconductor Corp. , a fabless IC design house situated in the Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu, Taiwan, was founded in October 1987, and subsequently approved as a listed company on the Taiwan Stock Exchange in 1998... RealTek RTL8187L/B USB |
Community project | BSD | |||
| atu | Atmel Atmel Atmel Corporation is a manufacturer of semiconductors, founded in 1984. Its focus is on system-level solutions built around flash microcontrollers... Atmel AT76C50x |
Community project | BSD | |||
| mwl | Marvell Marvell Technology Group Marvell is an American producer of storage, communications and consumer semiconductor products.Founded in 1995, Marvell Technology Group Ltd. has operations worldwide and approximately 5,700 employees. Marvell’s U.S. operating subsidiary is based in Santa Clara, California and Marvell has... Marvell 88W8363 |
Community project | BSD | |||
| ural | Ralink Ralink Ralink Technology, Corp. is a Wi-Fi chipset manufacturer which is mainly known for their WLAN chipsets. Now headquartered in Hsinchu, Taiwan, Ralink was founded in 2001 in Cupertino, California and it was bought in 2009 by the taiwanese company MediaTek.... Ralink RT2500USB |
Community project | BSD | |||
| zyd | ZyDAS ZD1211 chipsets | Community project | BSD | Ported from OpenBSD OpenBSD OpenBSD is a Unix-like computer operating system descended from Berkeley Software Distribution , a Unix derivative developed at the University of California, Berkeley. It was forked from NetBSD by project leader Theo de Raadt in late 1995... |
Darwin, OpenDarwin and Mac OS X
| Driver | Chipset | Free firmware | License | Development |
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| IWIDarwin | Intel PRO/Wireless 2100/2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG/3945ABG/4965AGN | GPL | Port from Linux | |
| WirelessDriver | Lucent/Agere Hermes (WaveLAN/ORiNOCO ORiNOCO ORiNOCO is the brand name that was used for a family of wireless networking solutions by Proxim Wireless . These chipsets provide wireless connectivity for 802.11-compliant Wireless LANs.- Variants :... ), Intersil Intersil Intersil Corporation is an American company that specializes in the design, development and manufacturing of high-performance analog semiconductors for four high-growth markets — Communications, Computing, High End Consumer and Industrial.-Company history:... PRISM PRISM (chipset) PRISM wireless networking solutions are a family of Conexant chipsets used for Wireless LANs, and were formerly produced by Intersil Corporation.- Legacy 802.11b products :... -2 802.11b |
BSD | ||
| GTdriver | PRISM PRISM (chipset) PRISM wireless networking solutions are a family of Conexant chipsets used for Wireless LANs, and were formerly produced by Intersil Corporation.- Legacy 802.11b products :... -GT 802.11b/g |
GPL |
FreeBSD
| Driver | 802.11 | Bus interface | WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy Wired Equivalent Privacy is a weak security algorithm for IEEE 802.11 wireless networks. Introduced as part of the original 802.11 standard ratified in September 1999, its intention was to provide data confidentiality comparable to that of a traditional wired network... |
WPA Wi-Fi Protected Access Wi-Fi Protected Access and Wi-Fi Protected Access II are two security protocols and security certification programs developed by the Wi-Fi Alliance to secure wireless computer networks... |
WPA2 Wi-Fi Protected Access Wi-Fi Protected Access and Wi-Fi Protected Access II are two security protocols and security certification programs developed by the Wi-Fi Alliance to secure wireless computer networks... |
Monitor mode Monitor mode Monitor mode, or RFMON mode, allows a computer with a wireless network interface controller to monitor all traffic received from the wireless network. Unlike promiscuous mode, which is also used for packet sniffing, monitor mode allows packets to be captured without having to associate with an... |
Master mode | Ad-Hoc mode |
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| acx | 802.11a?, 802.11b, 802.11g | Cardbus, PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Conventional PCI is a computer bus for attaching hardware devices in a computer... |
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| an | 802.11b | Cardbus, PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Conventional PCI is a computer bus for attaching hardware devices in a computer... , ISA Industry Standard Architecture Industry Standard Architecture is a computer bus standard for IBM PC compatible computers introduced with the IBM Personal Computer to support its Intel 8088 microprocessor's 8-bit external data bus and extended to 16 bits for the IBM Personal Computer/AT's Intel 80286 processor... |
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| arl | N/A | ISA Industry Standard Architecture Industry Standard Architecture is a computer bus standard for IBM PC compatible computers introduced with the IBM Personal Computer to support its Intel 8088 microprocessor's 8-bit external data bus and extended to 16 bits for the IBM Personal Computer/AT's Intel 80286 processor... |
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| ath | 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g | Cardbus, PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Conventional PCI is a computer bus for attaching hardware devices in a computer... , Mini PCI |
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| awi | N/A | PC Card PC Card In computing, PC Card is the form factor of a peripheral interface designed for laptop computers. The PC Card standard was defined and developed by the Personal Computer Memory Card International Association which itself was created by a number of computer industry companies in the United States... |
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| bwi | 802.11b, 802.11g | Cardbus, PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Conventional PCI is a computer bus for attaching hardware devices in a computer... |
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| cnw | N/A | Cardbus | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| ipw | 802.11b | Mini PCI | ||||||
| iwi | 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g | Mini PCI | ||||||
| iwn | 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n | Mini PCI | ||||||
| malo | 802.11b, 802.11g | PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Conventional PCI is a computer bus for attaching hardware devices in a computer... |
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| mwl | 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n | PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Conventional PCI is a computer bus for attaching hardware devices in a computer... |
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| ral | 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g | Cardbus, PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Conventional PCI is a computer bus for attaching hardware devices in a computer... , Mini PCI |
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| ray | N/A | PC Card PC Card In computing, PC Card is the form factor of a peripheral interface designed for laptop computers. The PC Card standard was defined and developed by the Personal Computer Memory Card International Association which itself was created by a number of computer industry companies in the United States... |
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| rum | 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g | USB | ||||||
| run | 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g | USB | ||||||
| uath | 802.11b, 802.11g | USB | ||||||
| upgt | 802.11b, 802.11g | USB | ||||||
| ural | 802.11b, 802.11g | USB | ||||||
| urtw | 802.11b, 802.11g | USB | ||||||
| wi | 802.11b | PC Card PC Card In computing, PC Card is the form factor of a peripheral interface designed for laptop computers. The PC Card standard was defined and developed by the Personal Computer Memory Card International Association which itself was created by a number of computer industry companies in the United States... , Cardbus, PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Conventional PCI is a computer bus for attaching hardware devices in a computer... |
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| wpi | 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g | Mini PCI | ||||||
| zyd | 802.11b, 802.11g | USB |
OpenBSD
| Driver | 802.11 | Bus interface | WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy Wired Equivalent Privacy is a weak security algorithm for IEEE 802.11 wireless networks. Introduced as part of the original 802.11 standard ratified in September 1999, its intention was to provide data confidentiality comparable to that of a traditional wired network... |
WPA Wi-Fi Protected Access Wi-Fi Protected Access and Wi-Fi Protected Access II are two security protocols and security certification programs developed by the Wi-Fi Alliance to secure wireless computer networks... |
WPA2 Wi-Fi Protected Access Wi-Fi Protected Access and Wi-Fi Protected Access II are two security protocols and security certification programs developed by the Wi-Fi Alliance to secure wireless computer networks... |
Monitor mode Monitor mode Monitor mode, or RFMON mode, allows a computer with a wireless network interface controller to monitor all traffic received from the wireless network. Unlike promiscuous mode, which is also used for packet sniffing, monitor mode allows packets to be captured without having to associate with an... |
Master mode | Ad-Hoc mode |
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| acx | 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g | Cardbus, PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Conventional PCI is a computer bus for attaching hardware devices in a computer... |
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| an | 802.11b | PC Card PC Card In computing, PC Card is the form factor of a peripheral interface designed for laptop computers. The PC Card standard was defined and developed by the Personal Computer Memory Card International Association which itself was created by a number of computer industry companies in the United States... , PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Conventional PCI is a computer bus for attaching hardware devices in a computer... , ISA Industry Standard Architecture Industry Standard Architecture is a computer bus standard for IBM PC compatible computers introduced with the IBM Personal Computer to support its Intel 8088 microprocessor's 8-bit external data bus and extended to 16 bits for the IBM Personal Computer/AT's Intel 80286 processor... |
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| ath | 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g | Cardbus, PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Conventional PCI is a computer bus for attaching hardware devices in a computer... |
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| athn | 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g | Cardbus, PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Conventional PCI is a computer bus for attaching hardware devices in a computer... |
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| atu | 802.11b | USB | ||||||
| atw | 802.11b | Cardbus, PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Conventional PCI is a computer bus for attaching hardware devices in a computer... |
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| bwi | 802.11b, 802.11g | Cardbus, PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Conventional PCI is a computer bus for attaching hardware devices in a computer... |
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| cnw | N/A | PC Card PC Card In computing, PC Card is the form factor of a peripheral interface designed for laptop computers. The PC Card standard was defined and developed by the Personal Computer Memory Card International Association which itself was created by a number of computer industry companies in the United States... |
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| ipw | 802.11b | PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Conventional PCI is a computer bus for attaching hardware devices in a computer... |
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| iwi | 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g | PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Conventional PCI is a computer bus for attaching hardware devices in a computer... |
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| iwn | 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g | PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Conventional PCI is a computer bus for attaching hardware devices in a computer... |
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| malo | 802.11b, 802.11g | Cardbus, PC Card PC Card In computing, PC Card is the form factor of a peripheral interface designed for laptop computers. The PC Card standard was defined and developed by the Personal Computer Memory Card International Association which itself was created by a number of computer industry companies in the United States... , PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Conventional PCI is a computer bus for attaching hardware devices in a computer... |
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| otus | 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g | USB | ||||||
| pgt | 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g | Cardbus, PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Conventional PCI is a computer bus for attaching hardware devices in a computer... |
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| ral | 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g | Cardbus, PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Conventional PCI is a computer bus for attaching hardware devices in a computer... , Mini PCI |
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| ray | N/A | PC Card PC Card In computing, PC Card is the form factor of a peripheral interface designed for laptop computers. The PC Card standard was defined and developed by the Personal Computer Memory Card International Association which itself was created by a number of computer industry companies in the United States... |
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| rtw | 802.11b | Cardbus, PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Conventional PCI is a computer bus for attaching hardware devices in a computer... |
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| rum | 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g | USB | ||||||
| run | 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g | USB | ||||||
| uath | 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g | USB | ||||||
| upgt | 802.11b, 802.11g | USB | ||||||
| ural | 802.11b, 802.11g | USB | ||||||
| urtw | 802.11b, 802.11g | USB | ||||||
| urtwn | 802.11b, 802.11g | USB | ||||||
| wi | 802.11b | PC Card PC Card In computing, PC Card is the form factor of a peripheral interface designed for laptop computers. The PC Card standard was defined and developed by the Personal Computer Memory Card International Association which itself was created by a number of computer industry companies in the United States... , PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Conventional PCI is a computer bus for attaching hardware devices in a computer... , USB |
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| wpi | 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g | PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Conventional PCI is a computer bus for attaching hardware devices in a computer... |
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| zyd | 802.11b, 802.11g | USB |
External links
- Seattle Wireless Linux drivers
- Seattle Wireless Mac OS drivers