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 |
| 802.11ac | A6100 | man: 0846 dev: 9052 | USB | RealTek | RTL8812AU | green | in kernel |
| 802.11a | HA 311 | PCI | Atheros | ath5k | yellow | in kernel | |
| 802.11a | HA 501 | Cardbus | Atheros | ath5k | yellow | in kernel | |
| 802.11b | MA 101 | USB | Atmel | atmelwlandriver | green | older versions are Prism; http://atmelwlandriver.sourceforge.net/news.html | |
| 802.11b | MA 111 | USB | Prism2/2.5/3 | linux-wlan-ng | green | mini-USB; http://www.linux-wlan.org; version 2 Is NOT supported, it contains a SIS 162 chipset! | |
| 802.11b | MA 311 | PCI | Prism2/2.5/3 | hostap | green | driver: http://hostap.epitest.fi/ | |
| 802.11b | MA 401 | Man:0100 dev:013f | PCMCIA | Prism2/2.5/3 | hostap | green | driver: http://hostap.epitest.fi/ |
| 802.11b | MA 401RA | PCMCIA | Prism2/2.5/3 | hostap | green | driver: http://hostap.epitest.fi/ | |
| 802.11b | MA 521 | man: 10ec dev: 8180 | Cardbus | Realtek | rtl8180 | green | Driver included in the mainline kernel since 2.6.25. |
| 802.11b | MA 701 | CF | Prism2/2.5/3 | hostap | green | driver: http://hostap.epitest.fi/ | |
| 802.11a/b | WAB501 | Cardbus | Atheros | ath5k | yellow | in kernel | |
| 802.11a/g | WAG311 | PCI | Atheros | ath5k | yellow | in kernel | |
| 802.11a/g | WAG511 | Cardbus | Atheros | ath5k | green | in kernel | |
| 802.11a/g | WG 111U | man:0846 dev:4301 | USB | Atheros | red | ||
| 802.11g | WG 121 | USB | Prism GT | Prism54 | green | Driver available at: http://prism54.org/ | |
| 802.11g | WG 311 | man:168c dev:0013 | PCI | Atheros | ath5k | green | in kernel |
| 802.11g | WG 311 v3 | PCI | Marvell | Libertas | red | driver not available | |
| 802.11g | WG 311T | man:168c dev:0013 | PCI | Atheros | ath5k | green | in kernel |
| 802.11g | WG 311v2 T | man: 104c dev: 9066 | PCI | TI | ACX111 | green | Driver available from http://acx100.sf.net/ Firmware is required . Driver has no WPA support. |
| 802.11g | WG111 v. 1 | man: 0846 dev: 4220 | USB | Intersil/Frisbee | p54usb | green | Supported by in-kernel driver (Linux 2.6.24 or later required ). Firmware is required , see http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/p54#firmware |
| 802.11g | WG111 v. 1 rev. 2 | man: 0846 dev: 4240 | USB | Intersil/Frisbee | Prism54 | green | Supported by in-kernel driver (Linux 2.6.24 or later required ). Firmware is required , see http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/p54#firmware |
| 802.11g | WG111 v. 2 | man: 0846 dev: 6a00 | USB | Realtek | rtl8187 | green | driver: http://rtl8180-sa2400.sourceforge.net/ or http://rtl-wifi.sourceforge.net/wiki/Main_Page |
| 802.11g | WG111 v. 3 | man: 0846 dev: 4260 | USB | RealTek | rtl8187 | green | Supported by the in-kernel driver (Linux 2.6.27 or later required ). |
| 802.11g | WG111T | Man: 1385 dev: 4251 | USB | Atheros | ath5k | red | in kernel |
| 802.11g | WG511 v. 1 | man: 1260 dev: 3890 | Cardbus | Intersil/Frisbee | Prism54 | green | First device revision. Unknown PCI subvendor/subsystem ID. Driver included in mainline kernel since 2.6.24. Firmware is required , see http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/p54 |
| 802.11g | WG511 v. 2 | man: 1260 dev: 3890 | Cardbus | Intersil/Frisbee | Prism54 | green | Second device revision. PCI subvendor/subsystem ID: 1385:4800 Driver included in mainline kernel since 2.6.24. Firmware is required , see http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/p54 |
| 802.11b/g | WG511 v. 3 | man: 1260 dev: 3890 | Cardbus | Intersil/Frisbee | p54pci | green | Third device revision. PCI subvendor/subsystem ID: 1260:0000 This is a SoftMAC device, which is supported by the p54pci driver. It will not work with the (deprecated) prism54 driver. Driver included in mainline kernel since 2.6.24. Firmware is required , see http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/p54 |
| 802.11g | WG511 v2 | man:11ab dev:1faa | Cardbus | Marvell | Libertas | red | driver not available |
| 802.11g | WG511R rev. 1 | pci_id:1324:50:00 | Cardbus | Prism GT | Prism54 | green | Driver available at: http://prism54.org/ |
| 802.11g | WG511T | man:0271 dev:0012 | Cardbus | Atheros | ath5k | green | in kernel |
| 802.11g | WG511U | man:168c dev:0013 | Cardbus | Atheros | ath5k | green | in kernel |
| 802.11g/n | WN111 v. 1 | man: 0846 dev: 9000 | USB | Marvel | red | No native driver for this chipset is currently available. | |
| 802.11n | WN311T | man: 11ab dev: 2a02 | PCI | Marvel | red | No native driver currently exists for this device. | |
| 802.11g/n | WN511B | man: 14e4 dev: 4329 | Cardbus | Broadcom | Bcm43xx | green | in kernel tree |
| 802.11n | WNA-1000 | man: 0846 dev: 9040 | USB | Atheros | ar9170usb | green | Driver in mainline kernel since 2.6.30. The USB-ID of this device is not claimed by ar9170usb at this time. |
| 802.11b/g/n | WNA-1100 | man: 0846 dev: 9030 | USB | atheros | ath9k | green | in kernel tree |
| 802.11g/n | WNDA3100 v. 1 | man: 0846 dev: 9010 | USB | Atheros | ar9170usb | green | Driver in mainline kernel since 2.6.30. Firmware is required , see http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ar9170 |
| 802.11g/n | WNDA3100 v. 2 | man: 0846 dev: 9020 | USB | Broadcom | grey | ||
| 802.11n | WNDA3100 v. 2 | man:0846 dev:9011 | USB | Broadcom | red | works with nsdiswrapper | |
| 802.11a/g/n | WNN111 v. 2 | man: 996 dev: 01:00 | USB | Atheros | ar9170usb | green | Driver included in mainline kernel as of 2.6.30-rc1. Firmware is required , see http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ar9170 |
| 802.11g | WPN111 | USB | Atheros | ath5k | red | in kernel | |
| 802.11g | WPN311 | man:168c dev:0013 | PCI | Atheros | ath5k | green | in kernel |
| 802.11g | WPN511 (rev. 1) | man:168c dev:0013 | Cardbus | Atheros | ath5k | green | Driver included in the mainline kernel since 2.6.25. |
| 802.11g/n | WPNT511 | man: 17CB dev: 0002 | Cardbus | Airgo | agnx | red | Experimental driver available at http://git.sipsolutions.net/agnx.git |
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