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

rtl818x

The rtl818x drivers provide support for some wireless chipsets from Realtek

Contents

  1. rtl818x
  2. Supported Chips
  3. Unsupported Chips
  4. available devices
  5. Features
  6. Project Home Page
  7. External Links

Supported Chips

  • rtl8180 PCI driver:
    • RTL8180
    • RTL8185
  • rtl8187 USB driver:
    • RTL8187
    • RTL8187B

Unsupported Chips

  • RTL8187SE PCI (0x10ec:0x8199): This device will work with the r8187se driver (currently at linux-2.6/drivers/staging), which is the vendor driver converted to compile with a 2.6.29, or later, kernel.

A mac80211 version of this will be integrated on 3.0.

available devices

Vendor
 Product Chip USB Vendor
 USB Product
 MaxPower
Alfa AWUS036H RTL8187L 0x0bda 0x8187
AirLive WL-1600USB RTL8187L 0x1b75 0x8187
LevelOne WNC-0301USB v5 RTL8187B 0x0bda 0x8187 500mA
LevelOne WNC-0305USB RTL8187L 0x0bda 0x8187
NetGear WG111v2 RTL8187L 0x0846 0x6a00 500mA
NetGear WG111v3 RTL8187B 0x0846 0x4260

Features

TODO

working

  • Station/Managed mode
  • Monitor mode
  • Injection

not working yet

  • AP/Master mode

not supported

  • TODO

Project Home Page

External Links

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