Linux wireless LAN support; host I/F



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.

PCI-E
manufacturer wlan type product ID vendor & product code chipset driver works with Linux comments
Abit 802.11g AirPace WLP-01 man: 168c dev: 001c Atheros ath5k green in kernel
Asus 802.11ac PCE-AC66 man: 14e4 dev: 43b1 Broadcom red
HP 802.11a/b/g AR242x Atheros ath5k yellow driver in kernel for ath5k/ath9k; see http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ar9170
Linksys 802.11a/g/n WEC600N man: 14e4 dev: 4328 Broadcom Bcm43xx yellow in kernel tree
Passys 802.11a/b/g ipw3945 man: 8086 dev: 4222 ipw3945 iwl3945 green http://www.passys.nl/wirelessnetwork ; http://intellinuxwireless.org/
Passys 802.11a/g/n ipw4965 man: 8086 dev: 4229 ipw4965 iwlwifi green http://www.passys.nl/wirelessnetwork ; http://intellinuxwireless.org/
Passys 802.11a/g/n ipw5100 man: 8086 dev: 4237 ipw5100 iwlwifi green http://www.passys.nl/wirelessnetwork ; http://intellinuxwireless.org/
Passys 802.11a/g/n ipw5150 ipw5100 iwlwifi green http://www.passys.nl/wirelessnetwork ; http://intellinuxwireless.org/ ; wimax
Passys 802.11a/g/n ipw5300 man: 8086 dev: 4235 ipw5300 iwlwifi green http://www.passys.nl/wirelessnetwork ; http://intellinuxwireless.org/ ; wimax; supports networks speeds up to 450mb/s
Passys 802.11a/g/n ipw5350 ipw5300 iwlwifi green http://www.passys.nl/wirelessnetwork ; http://intellinuxwireless.org/ ; wimax; supports networks speeds up to 450mb/s
TP-Link 802.11g/n WN751ND man: 168c dev: 002d Atheros ath9k green in kernel tree
TP-Link 802.11b/g/n WN781ND man: 168c dev: 002b Atheros ath9k green in kernel tree

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