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+ | ===== Existing Linux Wireless drivers ===== | ||
- | ===== Out of the tree drivers(Unsupported) ===== | + | 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. |
+ | See also: | ||
+ | * [[wp>Comparison_of_open_source_wireless_drivers|Linux wireless drivers in Wikipedia]] | ||
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+ | **NOTE:** All drivers can of course run in [[en/users/Documentation/modes|station mode]], but only a few drivers support the other available **[[en/users/Documentation/modes|wireless modes]]**! Support of [[en/developers/Documentation/Glossary|cfg80211]] also offers benefits. | ||
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+ | | **Driver** | **Manufacturer** | **cfg80211**\\ | **AP**\\ | **IBSS**\\ | **mesh**\\ | **monitor**\\ | **PHY modes** | **Buses** | | ||
+ | | [[en/users/Drivers/adm8211|adm8211]] | ADMtek/Infineon | yes | no | no | no | ? | B | PCI | | ||
+ | | [[en/users/Drivers/airo|airo]] | Aironet/Cisco | no | ? | ? | ? | ? | B | PCI / PCMCIA | | ||
+ | | [[en/users/Drivers/ar5523|ar5523]] | Atheros | yes | no | no | no | yes | A(2)/B/G | USB | | ||
+ | | [[en/users/Drivers/at76c50x-usb|at76c50x-usb]] | Atmel | yes | no | no | no | no | B | USB | | ||
+ | | [[en/users/Drivers/ath5k|ath5k]] | Atheros | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | A/B/G | PCI / PCI-E / PCMCIA | | ||
+ | | [[en/users/Drivers/ath6kl|ath6kl]] | Atheros | yes | no | yes | no | no | A/B/G/N | SDIO / USB | | ||
+ | | [[en/users/Drivers/ath9k|ath9k]] | Atheros | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | A/B/G/N | PCI / PCI-E / AHB / PCMCIA | | ||
+ | | [[en/users/Drivers/ath9k_htc|ath9k_htc]] | Atheros | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | B/G/N | USB | | ||
+ | | [[en/users/Drivers/ath10k|ath10k]] | Atheros | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | A/B/G/N/AC | PCI-E | | ||
+ | | [[en/users/Drivers/atmel|atmel]] | Atmel | no | ? | ? | ? | ? | B | PCI / PCMCIA | | ||
+ | | [[en/users/Drivers/b43|b43]] | Broadcom | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | A(2)/B/G | SSB / PCI / PCI-E / PCMCIA | | ||
+ | | [[en/users/Drivers/b43|b43legacy]] | Broadcom | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | A(2)/B/G | PCI / SSB | | ||
+ | | [[en/users/Drivers/brcm80211|brcmfmac]] | Broadcom | yes | yes | yes | no | no | A(1)/B/G/N/AC | USB / SDIO / PCI-E | | ||
+ | | [[en/users/Drivers/brcm80211|brcmsmac]] | Broadcom | yes | yes | no | no | yes | A(1)/B/G/N | PCI-E / AXI | | ||
+ | | [[en/users/Drivers/carl9170|carl9170]] | ZyDAS/Atheros | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | A(1)/B/G/N | USB | | ||
+ | | [[en/users/Drivers/cw1200|cw1200]] | ST-Ericsson | yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | A/B/G/N | SPI / SDIO | | ||
+ | | [[http://w1.fi/|hostap]] | Intersil/Conexant | no | ? | ? | ? | ? | B | PCI / PCMCIA | | ||
+ | | [[en/users/Drivers/ipw2100|ipw2100]] | Intel | no | no | yes | no | no | B | PCI | | ||
+ | | [[en/users/Drivers/ipw2200|ipw2200]] | Intel | no | no (3) | yes | no | no | A/B/G | PCI | | ||
+ | | [[en/users/Drivers/iwlegacy|iwlegacy]] | Intel | yes | no | yes | no | no | A/B/G | PCI-E | | ||
+ | | [[en/users/Drivers/iwlwifi|iwlwifi]] | Intel | yes | yes (6) | yes | no | yes | A/B/G/N/AC | PCI-E | | ||
+ | | [[en/users/Drivers/libertas|libertas]] | Marvell | no | no | yes | yes (4) | no | B/G | USB / PCMCIA / SDIO / GSPI | | ||
+ | | [[en/users/Drivers/libertastf|libertas_tf]] | Marvell | yes | yes | no | yes | ? | B/G | USB | | ||
+ | | [[en/users/Drivers/mac80211_hwsim|mac80211_hwsim]] | Jouni | yes | yes | yes | no | yes | A/B/G/N | NONE! | | ||
+ | | [[en/users/Drivers/mediatek|mt76]] | Mediatek | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | A/B/G/N/AC/AX | PCIe / SoC / USB / SDIO | | ||
+ | | [[en/users/Drivers/mediatek|mt7601u]] | Mediatek | yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | B/G/N/ | USB | | ||
+ | | [[en/users/Drivers/mwifiex|mwifiex]] | Marvell | yes | yes | yes | ? | ? | A/B/G/N | SDIO / PCI-E / USB | | ||
+ | | [[en/users/Drivers/mwl8k|mwl8k]] | Marvell | yes | yes | ? | ? | yes | A/B/G/N | PCI | | ||
+ | | [[en/users/Drivers/orinoco|orinoco]] | Agere/Intersil/Symbol | yes | no | yes | no | yes | B | PCI / PCMCIA / USB | | ||
+ | | [[en/users/Drivers/p54|p54pci]] | Intersil/Conexant | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | A(1)/B/G | PCI / PCMCIA | | ||
+ | | [[en/users/Drivers/p54|p54spi]] | Conexant/ST-NXP | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | A(1)/B/G | SPI | | ||
+ | | [[en/users/Drivers/p54|p54usb]] | Intersil/Conexant | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | A(1)/B/G | USB | | ||
+ | | [[http://www.linux-wlan.org/|** prism2_usb]] | Intersil/Conexant | yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | B | USB | | ||
+ | | [[en/users/Drivers/qtnfmac|qtnfmac]] | Quantenna | yes | yes | no | no | no | A/B/G/N/AC | PCI-E | | ||
+ | | [[en/users/Drivers/rtl819x|** r8192e_pci]] | Realtek | no | ? | ? | ? | ? | B/G/N | PCI-E | | ||
+ | | [[en/users/Drivers/rtl819x|** r8192u_usb]] | Realtek | no | ? | ? | ? | ? | B/G/N | USB | | ||
+ | | [[en/users/Drivers/rtl819x|** r8712u]] | Realtek | no | ? | ? | ? | ? | B/G/N | USB | | ||
+ | | [[en/users/Drivers/ray_cs|ray_cs]] | Raytheon | no | ? | ? | ? | ? | pre802.11 | PCMCIA | | ||
+ | | [[en/users/Drivers/rndis_wlan|rndis_wlan]] | Broadcom | yes | no | yes | no | no | B/G | USB | | ||
+ | | [[en/users/Drivers/rt61pci|rt61pci]] | Ralink | yes | yes | yes | no | yes | A(1)/B/G | PCI | | ||
+ | | [[en/users/Drivers/rt73usb|rt73usb]] | Ralink | yes | yes | yes | no | yes | A(1)/B/G | USB | | ||
+ | | [[en/users/Drivers/rt2400pci|rt2400pci]] | Ralink | yes | yes | yes | no | yes | B | PCI | | ||
+ | | [[en/users/Drivers/rt2500pci|rt2500pci]] | Ralink | yes | yes | yes | no | yes | A(1)/B/G | PCI | | ||
+ | | [[en/users/Drivers/rt2500usb|rt2500usb]] | Ralink | yes | yes | yes | no | yes | A(1)/B/G | USB | | ||
+ | | [[en/users/Drivers/rt2800pci|rt2800pci]] | Ralink | yes | yes | ? | ? | yes | A(1)/B/G/N | PCI | | ||
+ | | [[en/users/Drivers/rt2800usb|rt2800usb]] | Ralink | yes | yes | yes | yes(5) | yes | A(1)/B/G/N | USB | | ||
+ | | [[en/users/Drivers/rtl819x|rtl8xxxu]] | Realtek | yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | A(1)/B/G/N | USB | | ||
+ | | [[en/users/Drivers/rtl8187|rtl8180]] | Realtek | yes | no | no | no | ? | B/G | PCI | | ||
+ | | [[en/users/Drivers/rtl8187|rtl8187]] | Realtek | yes | no | yes | no | yes | B/G | USB | | ||
+ | | [[en/users/Drivers/rtl819x|rtl8188ee]] | Realtek | yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | B/G/N | PCI-E | | ||
+ | | [[en/users/Drivers/rtl819x|rtl8192ce]] | Realtek | yes | ? | ? | ? | yes | B/G/N | PCI-E | | ||
+ | | [[en/users/Drivers/rtl819x|rtl8192cu]] | Realtek | yes | yes | ? | ? | yes | B/G/N | USB | | ||
+ | | [[en/users/Drivers/rtl819x|rtl8192de]] | Realtek | yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | B/G/N | PCI-E | | ||
+ | | [[en/users/Drivers/rtl819x|rtl8192se]] | Realtek | yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | B/G/N | PCI-E | | ||
+ | | [[en/users/Drivers/rtl819x|rtl8723ae]] | Realtek | yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | B/G/N | PCI-E | | ||
+ | | [[en/users/Drivers/rtl819x| ** r8723au]] | Realtek | yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | B/G/N | USB | | ||
+ | | [[en/users/Drivers/vt665x| ** vt6655]] | VIA | yes | yes | yes | no | no | A/B/G | PCI | | ||
+ | | [[en/users/Drivers/vt665x| ** vt6656]] | VIA | yes | yes | yes | no | no | A/B/G | USB | | ||
+ | | [[en/users/Drivers/wcn36xx|wcn36xx]] | Qualcomm Atheros | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | A/B/G/N | | | ||
+ | | [[en/users/Drivers/wil6210|wil6210]] | Atheros | yes | yes | no | no | yes | AD | PCI-E | | ||
+ | | [[http://code.google.com/p/winbondport/|** winbond]] | Winbond | yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | B | USB | | ||
+ | | [[en/users/Drivers/wilc|** wilc]] | Microchip | yes | yes | no | no | no | A/B/G/N | SPI / SDIO | | ||
+ | | [[en/users/Drivers/wl1251|wl1251]] | Texas Instruments | yes | no | yes | ? | yes | B/G | SPI / SDIO | | ||
+ | | [[en/users/Drivers/wl12xx|wl12xx]] | Texas Instruments | yes | yes | yes | no | no | A(1)/B/G/N | SPI / SDIO | | ||
+ | | [[en/users/Drivers/wl18xx|wl18xx]] | Texas Instruments | yes | yes | yes | ? | ? | A/B/G/N | SDIO | | ||
+ | | [[en/users/Drivers/wl3501_cs|wl3501_cs]] | Z-Com | no | ? | ? | ? | ? | pre802.11 | PCMCIA | | ||
+ | | [[en/users/Drivers/wlags49_h2|** wlags49_h2]] | Lucent/Agere | no | ? | ? | ? | ? | B/G | PCI / PCMCIA | | ||
+ | | [[en/users/Drivers/zd1201|zd1201]] | ZyDAS/Atheros | no | ? | ? | ? | ? | B | USB | | ||
+ | | [[en/users/Drivers/zd1211rw|zd1211rw]] | ZyDAS/Atheros | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | A(2)/B/G | USB | | ||
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- | | Texas Instruments | ? | ? | | ? | | | | ||
- | | Airgo/Qualcom | ? | ? | ? | ? | | | | ||
- | | Atheros | ? | ? | ? | ? | | ? | | ||
- | | NWN | ? | ? ? || ? | | | | ||
+ | | **Driver** | **Manufacturer** | **cfg80211**\\ | **AP**\\ | **IBSS**\\ | **mesh**\\ | **monitor**\\ | **PHY modes** | **Buses** | | ||
+ | | [[en/users/Drivers/acx1xx|acx1xx]] | Texas Instruments | yes | ? | ? | no | ? | B | PCI / PCMCIA / USB | | ||
+ | | [[en/users/Drivers/agnx|agnx]] | Airgo/Qualcom | yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | A/B/G | PCI | | ||
+ | | [[en/users/Drivers/ar6k|ar6k]] | Atheros | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | B/G | ? | | ||
+ | | [[http://poldhu.sf.net/|poldhu]] | NWN | no | ? | ? | ? | ? | B | PCMCIA | | ||
+ | | [[en/users/Drivers/rt2880_inic|RT2880 iNIC]] | Ralink | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | PCI | | ||