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

zd1211rw

The zd1211rw (and zd1211rw-d80211) driver is a community effort to rewrite the wireless driver for Linux that ZyDAS released. This driver is the so-called "rewritten driver", hence the "rw" in the name.

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caveats

There are some possible instability issues, particularly on ZD1211B chips.

supported chips

The zd1211rw driver supports the AL2230, RF2959 and AL7230B RF chips with ZD1211 chips and the AL2230 RF chip with ZD1211B chips.

available devices

The current hardware list is maintained at http://zd1211.ath.cx/wiki/WikiStart#Hardwaresupported

Note that the list also contains devices that are "Untested with rewrite", i.e. not tested with this driver!

features

working

  • Station mode
  • B/G support

not working yet

  • A/B/G support (but only few devices support A)
  • hardware crypto assist
  • ad-Hoc mode
  • AP mode

not supported

device firmware

The firmware needs to be downloaded from http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=129083 and extracted/installed so that hotplug can find it (the exact directory depends on your distribution..

external links


This is a static dump of the old wiki, taken after locking it in January 2015. The new wiki is at https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/.
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