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.
- ["en/users/Drivers/adm8211" ADMtek (adm8211)]
- ["en/users/Drivers/bcm43xx" Broadcom (bcm43xx)]
[http://intellinuxwireless.org/ Intel (ipwXXXX)]
- ["en/users/Drivers/p54" Intersil (p54)]
- ["en/users/Drivers/rt2x00" Ralink 2400/2500 PCI, 2500 USB, 61 PCI, 73 USB]
[http://zd1211.ath.cx/wiki/DriverRewrite ZyDAS ZD1211/ZD1211B (zd1211rw)]
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 |
|
ipw2100 |
yes |
no |
yes |
no |
B |
ipw2200 |
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?