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.
Driver |
Station |
AP |
Ad-hoc |
Adv. monitor FootNote(monitor all frames during regular operation) |
A/B/G |
["en/users/Drivers/adm8211" adm8211 (ADMtek devices)] |
yes |
no |
no |
? |
B |
["en/users/Drivers/bcm43xx" bcm43xx (Broadcom chips)] |
yes |
yes* |
no |
yes |
|
[http://intellinuxwireless.org/ Intel ipw2100] |
yes |
no |
yes |
no |
B |
[http://intellinuxwireless.org/ Intel ipw2200] |
yes |
yes |
no |
B/G |
|
[http://intellinuxwireless.org/ Intel ipw3945] |
yes |
? |
? |
? |
A/B/G |
["en/users/Drivers/p54" p54 (Intersil chips)] |
yes |
no |
no |
? |
B/G |
["en/users/Drivers/rt2x00" rt2x00 (Ralink 2400/2500 PCI, 2500 USB, 61 PCI, 73 USB)] FootNote(please split this if it is different for the various rt2x00 drivers) |
yes |
? |
? |
? |
? |
[http://zd1211.ath.cx/wiki/DriverRewrite zd1211rw (ZyDAS ZD1211/ZD1211B chips)] |
yes |
no |
no |
? |
B/G |
* => wireless-dev development kernel only