This list is arranged in several columns: Manufacturer, wireless lan type, product ID,
Vendor and product code, host I/F, chipset, driver, works native with Linux
and additional comments (depending on the search you did, one of the columns is the header).
Drivers are defined as Linux native drivers, so no Linuxant driverloader or
Ndiswrapper.
For more info on specific chipset development, and which drivers are available
for which cards (yes, there are more drivers available for some cards), checkout
Jean Tourrilhes page.
His page contains some outlines about the driver development, history, versions and maintainers.
Whether it's known to work with Linux, is defined with a colour code:
This list is a work in progress, it should give you an indication of what is supported,
it is by no means guaranteed that it should work for you!
Please e-mail me your experience (remove the NOSPAM from the e-mail address).
How to report your wireless device.
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| manufacturer | wlan type | product ID | vendor & product code | host I/F | driver | works with Linux | comments |
| Acer | 802.11g | built in | man: 14e4 dev: 4318 | Mini-PCI | Bcm43xx | green | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ |
| Alloy | 802.11g | WLF245401 | Cardbus | bcm43xx | yellow | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ | |
| Alloy | 802.11g | WLF2454USB | USB | bcm43xx | red | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ | |
| Alloy | 802.11g | WLF2454VP | PCI | bcm43xx | yellow | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ | |
| Ambit | 802.11g | T60H906 | man: 1468 dev: 0311 | Bcm43xx | yellow | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ | |
| Apple | 802.11g | Airport extreme | Mini-PCI | bcm43xx | yellow | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ | |
| Apple | 802.11g | Airport extreme | man: 106b dev: 004e | Mini-PCI | Bcm43xx | yellow | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ |
| Apple | 802.11g | Airport extreme 2 | man: 106b dev: 4318 | Bcm43xx | yellow | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ | |
| Apple | 802.11g | M8881LL/D | bcm43xx | yellow | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ | ||
| Asante | 802.11g | AL 5402-XG | Cardbus | bcm43xx | yellow | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ | |
| Askey | 802.11g | WLC3010 | Cardbus | bcm43xx | yellow | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ | |
| Askey | 802.11g | WLH3010 | PCI | bcm43xx | yellow | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ | |
| Askey | 802.11g | WLL3010 | mini-PCI | bcm43xx | yellow | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ | |
| Asus | 802.11ac | PCE-AC66 | man: 14e4 dev: 43b1 | PCI-E | red | ||
| Asus | 802.11g | WL-100G | Cardbus | bcm43xx | yellow | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ | |
| Asus | 802.11g | WL-100G | man: 1043 dev: 100f | Cardbus | Bcm43xx | yellow | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ |
| Asus | 802.11b | WL-103b | man: 1043 dev: 0120 | Cardbus | bcm43xx | yellow | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ |
| Asus | 802.11g | WL-138G v.2 | man: 14e4 dev: 4318 | PCI | Bcm43xx | green | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ |
| Belkin | 802.11g | F5D7000 | man: 1799 dev: 7000 | PCI | bcm43xx | yellow | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ |
| Belkin | 802.11g | F5D7001 | man: 1799 dev: 7001 | PCI | Bcm43xx | yellow | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ |
| Belkin | 802.11g | F5D7010 | man: 1799 dev: 7010 | Cardbus | bcm43xx | yellow | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ |
| Belkin | 802.11g | F5D7011 | man: 1799 dev: 7011 | Cardbus | Bcm43xx | yellow | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ |
| Belkin | 802.11g | F5D7051 | man: 050d dev: 7051 | USB | Bcm43xx | red | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ |
| Bromax | 802.11g | WE602B | Cardbus | bcm43xx | yellow | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ | |
| Buffalo | 802.11g | WLI-CB-G54 | Cardbus | bcm43xx | yellow | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ | |
| Buffalo | 802.11g | WLI-PCI-G54 | man: 1154 dev: 0325 | PCI | bcm43xx | yellow | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ |
| Buffalo | 802.11g | WLI-USB-G54 | USB | bcm43xx | red | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ | |
| CC&C | 802.11g | WL-2100 | Cardbus | bcm43xx | yellow | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ | |
| CC&C | 802.11g | WL-2400 | mini-PCI | bcm43xx | yellow | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ | |
| Dell | 802.11n | Broadcom | man: 14e4 dev: 4353 | Mini-PCIe | red | No native driver currently exists for this device. | |
| Dell | 802.11b | TrueMobile 1180 | man: 1028 dev: 0407 | mini-PCI | Bcm 43xx | yellow | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ |
| Dell | 802.11g | TrueMobile 1300 | man: 1028 dev: 0002 | Cardbus | Bcm43xx | yellow | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ |
| Dell | 802.11b | TrueMobile 1300 | man: 1028 dev: 0001 | mini-PCI | bcm43xx | yellow | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ |
| Dell | 802.11g | TrueMobile 1350 | man: 1028 dev: 0003 | mini-PCI | Bcm43xx | yellow | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ |
| Dell | 802.11g | TrueMobile 1370 | man: 1028 dev: 0005 | mini-PCI | Bcm43xx | yellow | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ |
| Dell | 802.11a/g | TrueMobile 1400 | man: 1028 dev: 0001 | mini-PCI | bcm43xx | yellow | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ |
| Dell | 802.11g | TrueMobile 1450 | man: 1028 dev: 0003 | mini-PCI | Bcm43xx | yellow | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ |
| Dell | 802.11g | Wireless 1390 | man: 14e4 dev: 4311 | Mini-PCI | Bcm43xx | yellow | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ |
| Dell | 802.11g | Wireless 1395 | man: 14e4 dev: 4315 | Mini-PCI | Bcm43xx | red | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ |
| Gemtek | 802.11b | WL-352BW | mini-PCI | bcm43xx | yellow | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ | |
| Gemtek | 802.11g | WL-360G | PCI | bcm43xx | yellow | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ | |
| Gemtek | 802.11g | WPI-100G | PCI | bcm43xx | yellow | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ | |
| HP | 802.11g | man: 14e4 dev: 4315 | USB | Bcm43xx | red | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ ; This device has an LP PHY. We think that means low power. In any case, previous code does not work. The reverse engineers have translated a great deal of the code and are currently generating specs for the code writers. | |
| HP | 802.11g | Wireless | man: 14e4 dev: 4311 | Mini-PCI | Bcm43xx | green | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ |
| Linksys | 802.11a/g/n | WEC600N | man: 14e4 dev: 4328 | PCI-E | Bcm43xx | yellow | works with closed source driver supplied by manufacturer at http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php , not yet supported by b43 |
| Linksys | 802.11b | WMP11 v. 2.7 | man: 1737 dev: 4301 | PCI | bcm43xx | green | Driver included in mainline Linux kernel since 2.6.24. Firmware is required, see http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#device_firmware |
| Linksys | 802.11g/n | WMP300N | man: 14e4 dev: 4329 | PCI | Bcm43xx | red | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ ; does not work with current drivers |
| Linksys | 802.11g/n | WMP300N v. 1 | PCI | Bcm43xx | green | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ | |
| Linksys | 802.11g | WMP54G | man: 14e4 dev: 0013 | PCI | bcm43xx | green | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ |
| Linksys | 802.11g | WMP54G v. 3 | man: 14e4 dev: 4320 | PCI | Bcm43xx | green | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ |
| Linksys | 802.11g | WMP54G v.2 | man: 14e4 dev: 4320 | PCI | Bcm43xx | green | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ |
| Linksys | 802.11g/n | WPC300N v. 1 | man: 14e4 dev: 4329 | Cardbus | Bcm43xx | green | Use of vendor driver currently required to support BCM4321 chipset: http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php |
| Linksys | 802.11g | WPC54G v. 1 | man: 14e4 dev: 4320 | Cardbus | bcm43xx | yellow | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ |
| Linksys | 802.11g | WPC54G v. 3 | man: 14e4 dev: 4318 | Cardbus | Bcm43xx | green | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ |
| Linksys | 802.11g | WPC54GS | man: 14e4 dev: 4318 | Cardbus | Bcm43xx | green | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ ; Firmware is needed for this chip |
| Linksys | 802.11n | WPC600N v. 1 | man: 14e4 dev: 4328 | Cardbus | wl | green | Use of vendor driver currently required to support BCM4321 chipset: http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php |
| Linksys | 802.11g | WPM54G v.2 | PCI | Bcm43xx | yellow | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ | |
| Linksys | 802.11b/g | WUSB54GS v. 1 | man: 13b1 dev: 000e | USB | rndis_wlan | green | Driver is included in the mainline Linux kernel since version 2.6.25 |
| Linksys | 802.11b/g | WUSB54GS v. 2 | man: 13b1 dev: 0014 | USB | rndis_wlan | green | Driver is included in the mainline Linux kernel since version 2.6.25 |
| Linksys | 802.11b/g | WUSB54GSC v. 1 | man: 13b1 dev: 0026 | USB | rndis_wlan | green | Driver is included in the mainline Linux kernel since version 2.6.25 |
| Linksys | 802.11b/g | WUSB54GSC v. 2 | Man: 1737 dev: 0075 | USB | red | ||
| MSI | 802.11b | UB11B | USB | bcm43xx | red | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ | |
| Macsense | 802.11g | WPE-800 | Cardbus | bcm43xx | yellow | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ | |
| Microsoft | 802.11g | MN-720 | man: 1414 dev: 0003 | Cardbus | bcm43xx | yellow | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ |
| Microsoft | 802.11g | MN-730 | man: 1414 dev: 0004 | PCI | bcm43xx | yellow | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ |
| Minitar | 802.11g | MN54GCB | Cardbus | bcm43xx | yellow | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ | |
| Minitar | 802.11g | MN54GPC | PCI | bcm43xx | yellow | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ | |
| Motorola | 802.11g | WN825G | man: 1057 dev: 7025 | Cardbus | bcm43xx | yellow | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ |
| Motorola | 802.11b/g | WN825Gv2 | man: 14e4 dev: 4320 | Cardbus | b43 | green | in kernel tree |
| Motorola | 802.11g | WPCI810G | PCI | bcm43xx | yellow | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ | |
| Netgear | 802.11g/n | WN511B | man: 14e4 dev: 4329 | Cardbus | Bcm43xx | green | Not supported by the b43 driver at this time. Use of vendor driver (wl) is required: http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php |
| Netgear | 802.11g/n | WNDA3100 v. 2 | man: 0846 dev: 9020 | USB | grey | ||
| Netgear | 802.11n | WNDA3100 v. 2 | man: 0846 dev: 9011 | USB | red | No native driver currently exists for this device. | |
| Phoebe | 802.11g | PHWL54 | Cardbus | bcm43xx | yellow | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ | |
| Phoebe | 802.11g | PHWL54-PCI | PCI | bcm43xx | yellow | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ | |
| Siemens Speedstream | 802.11b | 1024 ver.2 | PCI | bcm43xx | yellow | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ | |
| Sitecom | 802.11g | WL-100b | Cardbus | bcm43xx | yellow | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ | |
| Sitecom | 802.11g | WL-110b | PCI | bcm43xx | yellow | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ | |
| Sparklan | 802.11g | WL-352 | mini-PCI | bcm43xx | yellow | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ | |
| Sparklan | 802.11g | WL-660GT | man: 14e4 dev: 4320 | PCI | Bcm43xx | green | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ |
| TRENDware | 802.11g | TEW-401PC | man: 14e4 dev: 0417 | Cardbus | bcm43xx | yellow | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ |
| TRENDware | 802.11g | TEW-403PCI | PCI | bcm43xx | yellow | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ | |
| Tecom | 802.11g | WL5021 | Cardbus | bcm43xx | yellow | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ | |
| US Robotics | 802.11g | USR5417A | man: 0baf dev: 011a | PCI | Bcm43xx | yellow | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ |
| US Robotics | 802.11g | USR5421 | man:0baf dev:011b | USB | bcm43xx | green | Driver included in the mainline kernel since 2.6.25. |
| USI | 802.11g | MP-G-BR-01(3A) | mini-PCI | bcm43xx | yellow | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ | |
| W-Link | 802.11b | WEN-2091 | PCI | bcm43xx | yellow | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ | |
| W-Link | 802.11b | WEN-2200 | mini-PCI | bcm43xx | yellow | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ | |
| Wistron | 802.11g | CB-300G | Cardbus | bcm43xx | yellow | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ | |
| Wistron | 802.11g | EM-300G | mini-PCI | bcm43xx | yellow | http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ | |
