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Linux Wireless Driver Support and Capabilities
Check below for info regarding Linux support for your wireless chipset
| Driver | Chipsets | Integration in mainline | Non-free firmware required | License | Development |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| acx100 | Texas InstrumentsACX100, ACX111, TNETW1450 | No | Yes | Dual | Reverse engineered |
| airo | Cisco Systems Aironet 4500/4800 and 340/350 | Yes | Unknown | GPL | unknown |
| ar9170 | Atheros AR9170 (802.11n USB) | Yes (since 2.6.30) | No | GPL | Atheros supported |
| ath5k | Atheros AR2413, AR2414, AR2417, AR2425, AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, AR5213, AR5413, AR5414, AR5423, AR5424 | Yes (since 2.6.25) | No | Dual GPL/BSD | Reverse engineered |
| ath9k | Atheros chips with 802.11n support | Yes (since 2.6.27) | No | ISC | Written by Atheros |
| MadWifi | Atheros AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413 | No | No | Dual GPL/BSD with proprietary HAL | Atheros supported |
| atmel | Atmel at76c50x | Yes | Depends on the model | GPL | unknown |
| b43 | Some Broadcom 43xx | Yes (since 2.6.24) | Experimental OSS firmware | GPL | Reverse engineered |
| bcm43xx | Some Broadcom 43xx | No (removed in 2.6.26) | Yes | GPL | Reverse engineered |
| HostAP | Intersil PRISM-II, PRISM-2.5, PRISM 3 | Yes | Depends on the model | GPL | |
| orinoco | Lucent Hermes (WaveLAN/ ORiNOCO); Intersil PRISM-II, PRISM-2.5; Symbol Spectrum24 802.11B | Yes | Required for WPA support | GPL | |
| ipw2100 | Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 | Yes | Yes | GPL | Intel supported |
| ipw2200 | Intel PRO/Wireless | Yes | Yes | GPL | Intel supported |
| ipw3945 | Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG | No | Yes | GPL with proprietary binary regulatory daemon | Intel supported. Obsoleted by iwlwifi. |
| iwlwifi | Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG, 4965AGN | Yes (since 2.6.24) | Yes | GPL | Intel supported. |
| iwlagn | Intel PRO/Wireless 4965AGN, 5100BG, 5350AGN, 6000AGN | Yes (since 2.6.27) | Yes | GPL | Intel supported. |
| libertas | Marvell 88W8388, 88W8686 SDIO | Yes | Yes | GPL | |
| prism54 | Intersil ISL38xx FullMAC | Yes | Yes | GPL | Reverse engineered. Obsoleted by p54. |
| islsm | Intersil ISL38xx SoftMAC | No | Yes | GPL | Reverse engineered. Obsoleted by p54. |
| p54 | Intersil ISL38xx SoftMAC | Yes (since 2.6.24) | Yes | GPL | Reverse engineered |
| rt2x00 | Most Ralink chipsets, experimental support for RT2870 (USB), 2860 and 3090 (both PCI) | Yes (since 2.6.24) | Depends on the model | GPL | From partial documentation and GPL drivers by Ralink |
| rt2400 | Ralink RT2400 | No | No | GPL | Ralink supported |
| rt2500 | Ralink RT2500 (PCI) | No | No | GPL | Ralink supported |
| rt2570 | Ralink RT2500USB (RT2570) | No | No | GPL | Ralink supported |
| rt61 | Ralink RT2600 (RT2661), RT2501 (non-USB, RT2561) | No | Yes | GPL | Ralink supported |
| rt73 | Ralink RT2501USB (RT2571W) | No | Yes | GPL | Ralink supported |
| rtl8180-sa2400 | Some Realtek RTL818x | No | No | GPL | Realtek supported. Obsoleted by rtl-wifi project. |
| rtl-wifi | Realtek RTL8180, RTL8185, RTL8187, RTL8187B | Yes | No | GPL | Forked from rtl8180-sa2400 project. |
| zd1201 | ZyDAS ZD1201 | Yes | Yes | GPL | |
| zd1211 | ZyDAS ZD1211/ZD1211B | No | Yes | GPL | written by ZyDAS |
| zd1211rw | ZyDAS ZD1211/ZD1211B, Atheros AR5007UG | Yes (since 2.6.18) | Yes | GPL | ZyDAS supported |
Linux Wireless Driver Capabilities
| Driver | 802.11 | Bus interface | WEP | WPA | WPA2 | Monitor mode | Master mode | Ad-Hoc mode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| acx1xx | 802.11b, 802.11g | PCI, Mini PCI, PC card, USB | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | unknown |
| adm8211 | unknown | PCI | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | No | unknown |
| ath5k | 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g | PCI, Mini PCI, PC card | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (since 2.6.31) | Yes |
| ath9k | 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n | PCI, Mini PCI | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| b43 | 802.11b, 802.11g | PCI, Mini PCI | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| bcm43xx | 802.11b, 802.11g | PCI, Mini PCI, PC card, Cardbus | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | unknown |
| hostap | 802.11b | PCI, Mini PCI, PC card | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| ipw2100 | 802.11b | Mini PCI | Yes | Yes | unknown | Yes | unknown | unknown |
| ipw2200 | 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g | Mini PCI | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | unknown |
| ipw2200-ap | 802.11b, 802.11g | Mini PCI | unknown | unknown | unknown | Yes | Yes | unknown |
| ipw3945 | 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g | Mini PCI, PCI Express Mini Card | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| islsm | 802.11b, 802.11g | PCI, USB | No | No | No | unknown | No | unknown |
| iwlwifi | 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g | Mini PCI, PCI Express Mini Card | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| iwlagn | 802.11a, 802.11g, 802.11n | Mini PCI, PCI Express Mini Card | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| libertas | 802.11b, 802.11g | USB, CF, SDIO | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | No | unknown |
| MadWifi | 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g | PCI, Mini PCI, PC card | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes, low RF sensitivity? |
| orinoco | 802.11b | Mini PCI, PC card | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes |
| p54 | 802.11b, 802.11g | Mini PCI, Cardbus, USB | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| prism54 | 802.11b, 802.11g | PCI | Yes | No | unknown | Yes | Yes | unknown |
| rt2x00 | 802.11b, 802.11g | PCI, Mini PCI, USB | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| rtl8180 | 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g | PCI, Mini PCI, PC card | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Yes | unknown |
| rtl-wifi | 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g | PCI, Mini PCI, PC card | Yes | Yes | unknown | unknown | Yes | unknown |
| zd1201 | 802.11b | USB | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | unknown |
| zd1211 | 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g | USB | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | unknown |
| zd1211rw | 802.11b, 802.11g | USB | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | unknown |
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