NOTE: this page is for archival only, see the note at the end of the page.

Existing Linux Wireless drivers

We currently have a fair amount of working drivers that cover most of the available wireless networking cards. However, they don't implement all features and may have some issues, due to various reasons like companies not providing specs. Below is an alphabetically sorted list of drivers and what they currently can and can't do.

TODO: The list is incomplete

Supported modes

Driver

Station

Access point

Ad-hoc

Adv. monitor FootNote(monitor all frames during regular operation)

A/B/G

adm8211

yes

no

no

?

B

bcm43xx

yes

yes*

no

yes

B/GFootNote(A devices exist but can currently not be used with this driver, A/B/G devices may work in B/G mode)

ipw2100

yes

no

yes

no

B

ipw2200

yes

[http://sourceforge.net/projects/ipw2200-ap yes]

yes

no

B/G

ipw3945

yes

?

?

?

A/B/G

p54

yes

no

no

?

B/G

rt2x00FootNote(please split this if it is different for the various rt2x00 drivers)

yes

?

?

?

?

zd1211rw

yes

no

no

?

B/G

* => wireless-dev development kernel only

FIXME: How to get borderlines in the table above?


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