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 |
| 802.11b | AWCF001 | CF | Prism2/2.5/3 | hostap | green | driver: http://hostap.epitest.fi/ | |
| 802.11b | AWCF001A | CF | Prism2/2.5/3 | hostap | green | driver: http://hostap.epitest.fi/ | |
| 802.11g | AWPC036 | Cardbus | Ralink | rt2x00 | grey | Driver available from manufacturer: http://www.ralinktech.com/support.php?s=2 , or http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com | |
| 802.11b | AWUS001B | USB | Prism2/2.5/3 | linux-wlan-ng | green | http://www.linux-wlan.org | |
| 802.11g | AWUS001B | man: 0bda dev: 8187 | USB | RealTek | rtl818x | green | http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PFid=1&Level=6&Conn=5&ProdID=36&DoW nTypeID=3&GetDown=false&Downloads=true ; 500mw signal output |
| 802.11g | AWUS036H | man: 0bda dev: 8187 | USB | Realtek | rtl818x | yellow | driver: http://rtl8180-sa2400.sourceforge.net/ or http://rtl-wifi.sourceforge.net/wiki/Main_Page |
| 802.11n | AWUS036NH | man: 148f dev: 3070 | USB | Ralink | rt2870sta | green | Supported by rt2870sta staging driver as of Linux 2.6.32 |
| 802.11a/n | AWUS050NH | man: 148f dev: 2770 | USB | Ralink | rt2870sta | green | Driver included in the mainline kernel since 2.6.29. |
| 802.11a/b/g/n | AWUS051NH | man: 148f dev: 2770 | USB | Ralink | rt2870sta | green | Supported by rt2870sta staging driver as of Linux 2.6.32 ; a-band only supported with rt2800usb driver |
| 802.11a/g/n | AWUS052NH | man: 148f dev: 3572 | USB | Ralink | RT3572 | green | |
| 802.11a/g/n/ac | AWUS1900 | man: 0bda dev: 8813 | USB | Realtek | RTL8814AU | yellow | |
| 802.11b | GWPC001D | Cardbus | Realtek | rtl818x | yellow | driver: http://rtl8180-sa2400.sourceforge.net/ or http://rtl-wifi.sourceforge.net/wiki/Main_Page | |
| 802.11b | GWPC001E | PCMCIA | Prism2/2.5/3 | hostap | green | driver: http://hostap.epitest.fi/ | |
| 802.11b | GWPC002 | Cardbus | TI | grey | Tx power 16.5 dBm; 256-bit WEP; development: http://acx100.sourceforge.net/ | ||
| 802.11a | GWPC005 | Cardbus | Atheros | ath5k | yellow | in kernel | |
| 802.11g | GWPC006 | Cardbus | Prism GT | Prism54 | green | Driver available at: http://prism54.org/ | |
| 802.11g | GWPC006G | Cardbus | Atheros | ath5k | yellow | in kernel | |
| 802.11a/b | GWPC007 | Cardbus | Atheros | ath5k | yellow | in kernel | |
| 802.11b | GWPCI01 | PCI | Prism2/2.5/3 | hostap | green | driver: http://hostap.epitest.fi/ | |
| 802.11b | GWPCI04 | PCI | grey | ||||
| 802.11g | GWPCI06 | mini-PCI | Prism GT | Prism54 | green | Driver available at: http://prism54.org/ | |
| 802.11g | GWPCI16 | PCI | Prism GT | Prism54 | green | with detachable ant.; 128-bit WEP; Driver available at: http://prism54.org/ | |
| 802.11b | GWPCI20 | PCI | TI | grey | development: http://acx100.sourceforge.net/ | ||
| 802.11b | GWUS001D | USB | Prism2/2.5/3 | linux-wlan-ng | green | mini-USB; http://www.linux-wlan.org | |
| 802.11b | GWUS001E | USB | grey | mini-USB; 128-bit WEP | |||
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