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.
All drivers can run in station mode, but not all support the other modes, this is also shown in the table below.
Driver |
PHY modes |
|||
? |
? |
? |
B |
|
no |
no |
? |
B |
|
ath5k (Atheros devices) |
no |
no |
? |
A/B/G |
yes |
yes |
yes |
B/G2 |
|
no |
yes |
no |
B |
|
yes |
no |
A/B/G |
||
no |
yes |
no |
A/B/G |
|
no |
yes |
no |
A/B/G/N |
|
no |
yes |
no |
B/G |
|
yes |
yes |
yes |
A/B/G |
|
no |
no |
? |
B/G5 |
|
no |
no |
? |
A/B/G6 |
|
no |
no |
? |
B/G |
|
no |
no |
? |
B/G |
|
no |
no |
? |
B/G5 |