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/b | 2335W | Cardbus | Atheros | ath5k | yellow | in kernel | |
802.11a/g | 2336W-AG | Cardbus | Atheros | ath5k | green | in kernel | |
802.11a/g | 2362W-AG | USB | grey | ||||
802.11b | 2402W | PCI | TI | grey | development: http://acx100.sourceforge.net/ | ||
802.11b | 2435W | Cardbus | TI | grey | development: http://acx100.sourceforge.net/ | ||
802.11b | 2532W-B | PCMCIA | Prism2/2.5/3 | hostap | green | driver: http://hostap.epitest.fi/ | |
802.11a/g | 2536W-AG | man:0271 dev:0012 | Atheros | ath5k | green | in kernel | |
802.11b | 2602W | PCI | Prism2/2.5/3 | hostap | green | driver: http://hostap.epitest.fi/ | |
802.11b | 2602W v.2 | PCI | ADMTek | adm8211 | grey | driver available at: http://aluminum.sourmilk.net/adm8211/ | |
802.11b | 2602W v.3 | PCI | AMD | grey | same as Zayetech WI288P | ||
802.11b | 2632W | PCMCIA | Prism2/2.5/3 | hostap | green | driver: http://hostap.epitest.fi/ | |
802.11b | 2632W v.2 | PCMCIA | Atmel | atmelwlandriver | green | http://atmelwlandriver.sourceforge.net/news.html | |
802.11b | 2632W v.3 | PCMCIA | Atmel | atmelwlandriver | green | http://atmelwlandriver.sourceforge.net/news.html | |
802.11b | 2635W | man: 10b8 dev: 2635 | Cardbus | ADMTek | adm8211 | green | driver available at: http://aluminum.sourmilk.net/adm8211/ |
802.11b | 2642W | CF | Prism2/2.5/3 | hostap | green | driver: http://hostap.epitest.fi/ | |
802.11b | 2662W | USB | Atmel | atmelwlandriver | green | Prism radio; http://atmelwlandriver.sourceforge.net/news.html | |
802.11b | 2662W v.2 | USB | Atmel | atmelwlandriver | green | RFMD radio; http://atmelwlandriver.sourceforge.net/news.html | |
802.11b | 2662W v.3 | USB | Atmel | atmelwlandriver | green | http://atmelwlandriver.sourceforge.net/news.html | |
802.11b | 2662W v.4 | man:03eb dev:7614 | USB | Atmel | at76c505a_rfmd2958 | green | http://at76c503a.berlios.de/ |
802.11b | 2664W | USB | Atmel | atmelwlandriver | green | http://atmelwlandriver.sourceforge.net/news.html | |
802.11a | 2735W | Cardbus | Atheros | ath5k | yellow | in kernel | |
802.11g | 2802W | man:1260 dev:3890 | PCI | Prism GT | Prism54 | green | Driver available at: http://prism54.org/ |
802.11g | 2802W v.2 | man: 1260 dev: 3890 | PCI | Prism GT | Prism54 | green | driver available at http://prism54.org ; also see: http://prism54.org/punbb/viewtopic.php?id=1836 |
802.11g | EZ Connect 2835W | Cardbus | Prism GT | Prism54 | green | Driver available at: http://prism54.org/ | |
802.11g | EZ Connect 2835W v.3(?) | Cardbus | Prism Javelin | red | versions 2, 3 and higher seem not to be supported; same as 3Com 3CRWE154G72(?) | ||
802.11g | EZ Connect 2862W-G v.3 | man: 1266 dev: ee22 | USB | Prism GT | Prism54 | red | Driver available at: http://prism54.org/ |
802.11g | SMC2862W-G v.1 | man: 0707 dev: ee06 | USB | Prism GT | Prism54 | green | driver in kernel; Firmware is required , see http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/p54 |
802.11g | SMC2862W-G v.2 | man: 0707 dev: ee13 | USB | Prism GT | Prism54 | green | driver in kernel; Firmware is required , see http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/p54 |
802.11g | SMC2862W-G v.3 | man: 1266 dev: ee22 | USB | Prism GT | Prism54 | green | driver in kernel; Firmware is required , see http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/p54 |
802.11g | SMCWBCT | Cardbus | Atheros | ath5k | grey | in kernel | |
802.11g | SMCWPCI-G | man: 168c dev: 001a | PCI | Atheros | ath5k | green | in kernel |
802.11g | SMCWPCI-G EU | PCI | Realtek | rtl818x | yellow | driver: http://rtl8180-sa2400.sourceforge.net/ or http://rtl-wifi.sourceforge.net/wiki/Main_Page | |
802.11g/n | SMCWPCI-N2 | PCI | Ralink | rt2860 | green | Driver available from manufacturer: http://www.ralinktech.com/support.php?s=2 , or http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com | |
802.11g | SMCWPCIT-G EU | PCI | Atheros | ath5k | green | in kernel | |
802.11g | SMCWUSB-G | man: 15d9 dev: 0a37 | USB | Zydas | ZD1211 | green | http://linuxwireless.sipsolutions.net/en/users/Drivers/zd1211rw/ |
802.11g/n | SMCWUSB-N | USB | Ralink | rt2720 | red | Driver available from manufacturer: http://www.ralinktech.com/support.php?s=2 , or http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com |
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