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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wlan type | product ID | vendor & product code | host I/F | chipset | driver | works with Linux | comments |
802.11a/g | 3CRDAG675 | man: 10b7 dev: 0013 | PCI | Atheros | ath5k | green | in kernel |
802.11a/g | 3CRDAG675B | man: 168c dev: 001b | PCI | Atheros | ath5k | green | in kernel |
802.11b | 3CRDW696 | PCI | Prism2/2.5/3 | hostap | green | driver: http://hostap.epitest.fi/ | |
802.11a/g | 3CRPAG175 | man:a727 dev:0013 | Cardbus | Atheros | ath5k | yellow | in kernel |
802.11b | 3CRSHEW696 | USB | Atmel | atmelwlandriver | green | http://atmelwlandriver.sourceforge.net/news.html | |
802.11b | 3CRSHPW196 | PCMCIA | Atmel | atmelwlandriver | green | http://atmelwlandriver.sourceforge.net/news.html | |
802.11b | 3CRSHPW696 | PCMCIA | Atmel | atmelwlandriver | green | http://atmelwlandriver.sourceforge.net/news.html | |
802.11b | 3CRSHPW796 | Cardbus | ADMTek | adm8211 | grey | driver available at: http://aluminum.sourmilk.net/adm8211/ | |
802.11g | 3CRUSB10075 | man:6891 dev:A727 | USB | Zydas | ZD1211 | green | http://linuxwireless.sipsolutions.net/en/users/Drivers/zd1211rw/ |
802.11g | 3CRUSB10075 | man: 0ace dev: 1215 | USB | Zydas | ZD1211 | yellow | http://linuxwireless.sipsolutions.net/en/users/Drivers/zd1211rw/ |
802.11a/g | 3CRWE154A72 | man:168c dev:0013 | Cardbus | Atheros | ath5k | green | in kernel |
802.11g | 3CRWE154G72 version 1.0 | Cardbus | Prism GT | Prism54 | green | Driver available at: http://prism54.org/; newer versions seem not to be supported. | |
802.11g | 3CRWE154G72 version 2.0 | Cardbus | Prism GT | Prism54 | green | ||
802.11b | 3CRWE62092A | PCMCIA | NWN | green | NoWiresNeeded uses poldhu_cs driver | ||
802.11b | 3CRWE62092B | PCMCIA | Atmel | atmelwlandriver | green | works with pcmf502r3 Atmel driver; http://atmelwlandriver.sourceforge.net/news.html | |
802.11b | 3CRWE73796B | PCMCIA | Symbol | Wavelan | green | works with Orinoco driver | |
802.11b | 3CRWE737A | PCMCIA | Symbol | Wavelan | green | works with Orinoco driver | |
802.11b | 3CRWE777A | PLX/PCI | Prism2/2.5/3 | hostap | green | driver: http://hostap.epitest.fi/ | |
802.11g | 3CRXJK10075 | Cardbus | Atheros | ath5k | green | in kernel |
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