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Wireless network cards for computers require control software to make them function (firmware, device drivers). This is a list of the status of some open-source drivers for 802.11 wireless network cards.
Linux
Status
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Driver family | Driver | Chipsets | Chipset PHY Modes | Integration in mainline | Non-free firmware required[note 1] | License | Development |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
adm8211 | adm8211 | ADMtek ADM8211 (IEEE 802.11b MAC/BBP | b | Yes | Yes | GPLv2 | With support from Infineon/ADMtek |
at76c50x‑usb at76c50x‑usb | at76c50x-USB | Atmel AT76C503/AT76C505 based USB WLAN adapters | b | Yes | Depends on the model | GPLv2 | ? |
acx100 | Texas Instruments ACX100, ACX111, TNETW1450 | b/g | No | Yes | Dual BSD/MPL | Reverse-engineered | |
airo | airo | Cisco Systems Aironet 4500/4800 and 340/350 | b | Yes | No | Dual GPLv2 and BSD | ? |
ath | ar5523 | Qualcomm Atheros AR5523 based USB dongles | a/b/g | Yes | Yes | ISC | Reverse-engineered |
ath5k | Qualcomm Atheros AR2413, AR2414, AR2417, AR2425, AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, AR5213, AR5413, AR5414, AR5423, AR5424 | a/b/g | Yes (since 2.6.25) | —[3] | Dual GPL/BSD | Reverse-engineered | |
ath6kl | Qualcomm Atheros AR6003, AR6004 (SDIO), AR6004 (USB) | a/b/g | Yes | Yes | ISC | Written by Qualcomm Atheros | |
ath9k | Qualcomm Atheros chips with IEEE 802.11n support | a/b/g/n | Yes (since 2.6.27) | —[3] | ISC | Written by Qualcomm Atheros | |
ath9k_htc | Qualcomm Atheros AR9271, AR7010 (USB-PCIe bridge with AR928x chips) | b/g/n | Yes (since 2.6.35)[4][5] | No[6] | ISC | Written by Qualcomm Atheros | |
ath10k | Qualcomm Atheros chips with IEEE 802.11ac support | ac | Yes (since 3.11)[7] | Yes[8] | ISC | Written by Qualcomm Atheros | |
ath11k | Qualcomm Atheros chips with IEEE 802.11ax support | ax | Yes (since 5.6)[9] | Yes[10] | ISC | Written by Qualcomm Atheros | |
carl9170 | Qualcomm Atheros AR9170 (802.11n USB) | a/b/g/n | Yes (since 3.0) | No[11] | GPL | Qualcomm Atheros-supported | |
wil6210 | Wilocity wil6210, 802.11ad 60GHz | ad | Yes | Yes | ISC | Written by Qualcomm Atheros | |
atmel | atmel | Atmel at76c502 at76c504 and at76c506 wireless cards | b | Yes | Yes | GPLv2+ | Reverse-engineered |
b43 | b43 | Some Broadcom 43xx | a/b/g/n | Yes (since 2.6.24) | Experimental OSS firmware[12] | GPL | Reverse-engineered |
b43legacy | b43legacy | Broadcom 4301, 4303, and 4306 revisions 1 and 2 | a/b/g | Yes (since 2.6.24) | Experimental OSS firmware[12] | GPL | Reverse-engineered |
brcm80211 | brcmfmac | PCIe devices: Broadcom 4356, 43567, 43570, 4358, 4359, 43602, 4365, 4366 SDIO devices: Broadcom 4329, 4330, 4334, 43340, 43341, 43241, 4335, 4339, 43362, 43430, 43455, 4354, 43143 USB devices: Broadcom 43235, 43236, 43238, 43143, 43242, 43566, 43569 |
a/b/g/n | Yes (since 3.2) | Yes | ISC | Written by Broadcom |
brcmsmac | Broadcom 4313, 43224, 43225 | a/b/g/n | Yes (since 3.2) | Yes | ISC | Written by Broadcom | |
cw1200 | cw1200 | ST-Ericsson CW1100 & CW1200 WLAN chipsets | ? | Yes (since 3.11)[13] | Yes[14] | GPLv2 | ? |
hostap | HostAP | Intersil PRISM-II, PRISM-2.5, PRISM 3 | ? | Yes | Depends on the model[15] | GPLv2 | |
ipw2x00 | ipw2x00 | Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 and 2200 Network Connection 802.11b | ? | Yes | Yes[16] | GPL | Written by Intel |
iwlegacy | iwlegacy | Intel Wireless WiFi 3945ABG, 4965AGN | ? | Yes | Yes | GPL | |
iwlwifi | iwlwifi | Intel Wireless WiFi Next Gen AGN - Wireless-N/Advanced-N/Ultimate-N: 6250AGN, 6200AGN, 6300AGN, 1000BGN, 5150AGN, 5100AGN, 5300AGN, 5350AGN, 6005, 6030, 6150BGN, 100BGN and 130BGN, 2000 | a/b/g/n/ac/ax | Yes | Yes | Dual GPL/BSD | Written by Intel |
libertas | libertas | Marvell 88W8686 SDIO Libertas 8388 (USB) 802.11b/g, 8385 (CompactFlash) 802.11b/g, 8385/8686/8688 (SDIO) 802.11b/g, 8686 (SPI) 802.11b/g 88W8388 | ? | Yes | Yes[17] | GPL | Marvell-supported |
libertas_tf | libertastf | Marvell 8388 (USB) WLAN Thinfirm Driver (OLPC) | b/g | Yes | Yes | GPL | cozybit, Marvell-supported |
mt76 | mt76 | MediaTek MT76x0U, MT76x2U | a/b/g/n/ac | Yes (since 4.19[18]) | Yes | ISC | With support from MediaTek |
mt7601u | mt7601u | MediaTek MT7601U | b/g/n | Yes (since 4.2) | Yes | GPLv2 | |
mwifiex | mwifiex | WiFi-Ex Driver for Marvell SD8786/SD8787/SD8797 (SDIO), 8766/8897 (PCIe) and 88W8797 (USB) | ? | Yes | Yes[19] | GPLv2 | Written by Marvell |
mwl8k | mwl8k | Marvell TOPDOG 802.11 Wireless cards: 88W8366, 88W8863, 88W8687, 88W8764 | ? | Yes | Yes | GPLv2 | Written by Marvell |
orinoco | orinoco | Lucent Hermes (WaveLAN/ ORiNOCO); Intersil PRISM-II, PRISM-2.5; Symbol Spectrum24 802.11B | ? | Yes | Required for WPA support[20] | ||
prism54[permanent dead link]-p54 | p54 | Prism54: Intersil/Conexant ISL3877, ISL3880, ISL3886, ISL3887, ISL3890 | ? | Yes (~Aug 2007) | Experimental OSS firmware[21] | ||
prism54[permanent dead link] | ? | Yes (before 2.6.12) | Reverse-engineered; obsoleted by p54. | ||||
rt2x00 | rt2400pci | MediaTek (Ralink) RT2460 | b | Yes (since 2.6.24) | No[22] | GPLv2+ | rt2x00.serialmonkey.com; From partial documentation and GPL drivers by Ralink |
rt2500pci | RT2560 | b/g | Yes | No | GPLv2+ | rt2x00.serialmonkey.com | |
rt61pci | RT2561, RT2561S, RT2661 | ? | Yes | Yes | GPLv2+ | rt2x00.serialmonkey.com | |
rt2800pci | RT2760, RT2790, RT2860, RT2880, RT2890, RT3052, RT3090, RT3091, RT3092 RT3390, RT3060, RT3062, RT3562, RT3592, RT5390, RT3290 |
? | Yes | Yes | GPLv2+ | rt2x00.serialmonkey.com | |
rt2500usb | RT2571 & RT2572 | b/g | Yes | No | GPLv2+ | rt2x00.serialmonkey.com | |
rt73usb | RT2571W, RT2573 & RT2671 | ? | Yes | Yes | GPLv2+ | rt2x00.serialmonkey.com | |
rt2800usb | RT2770, RT2870 & RT3070, RT3071 & RT3072 RT3370, RT3572, RT5370, RT5572 |
? | Yes | Yes | GPLv2+ | rt2x00.serialmonkey.com | |
rtl818x | rtl8180 | RTL8180, RTL8185, RTL8187SE | b/g | Yes | No | GPL | |
rtl8187 | RTL8187, RTL8187B | a/b/g | Yes | No | GPL | ||
rtl8xxxu | rtl819x | RTL8723AU, RTL8723BU, RTL8188CUS, RTL8191EU, RTL8192EU, RTL8188EU, RTL8188RU, RTL8192FU | ? | Yes | various | GPLv2 | various |
rtlwifi rtl‑wifi | rtl8188ee | Realtek | ? | Yes (since 2.6.38)[23] | Yes | GPL | Written by Realtek et al. Forked from rtl8180-sa2400 project. |
rtl8192c | ? | Yes | GPL | Written by Realtek et al. | |||
rtl8192ce | ? | Yes | Yes | GPL | Written by Realtek et al. | ||
rtl8192cu | ? | Yes | Yes | GPL | Written by Realtek et al. | ||
rtl8192de | ? | Yes | Yes | GPL | Written by Realtek et al. | ||
rtl8192se | ? | Yes | Yes | GPL | Written by Realtek et al. | ||
rtl8723ae | ? | Yes | Yes | GPL | Written by Realtek et al. | ||
rtl8188eu | RTL8188EU e.g. in the TP-Link TL-WN725N | ? | Yes (since 3.12[24][25]) | Yes | GPL | Written by Realtek et al. | |
rtl8821ae | RTL8812AE, RTL8821AE | ac | Yes (since 3.16) | Yes | GPL | ? | |
rsi9113 | RSI9113 | Redpine Signals SDIO, USB adapters | Yes | GPL | Written by Redpine Signals Inc. | ||
ti | wl1251 | Texas Instruments TI wl1251 (SDIO/SPI) | ? | Yes | Yes[26] | GPL | Written by Nokia |
wl12xx | Texas Instruments TI wl1271, wl1273, wl1281 and wl1283 | ? | Yes (Only up to 3.2[27]) | Yes[26] | GPL | Written by Nokia and Texas Instruments | |
wl18xx | Texas Instruments TI WiLink 8 | ? | Yes | Yes[26] | GPL | Written by Texas Instruments | |
zd1211rw | zd1211rw | ZyDAS ZD1211/ZD1211B (USB) | ? | Yes | Yes[28] | GPL | various |
Driver capabilities
Driver | 802.11 | Bus interface |
Wireless Security |
Monitor mode |
Master (AP) mode |
Ad-Hoc mode |
IEEE
802.11s | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
a |
b |
g |
n |
ac |
ad |
ax |
WEP | WPA | WPA2 | ||||||
acx1xx | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? | ? | PCI, Mini PCI, PC card, USB |
Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | ? | |
adm8211 | No | Yes | No | No | No | ? | ? | PCI | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | No | Yes | |
carl9170 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | ? | USB | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
ath5k | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? | ? | PCI, Mini PCI, PC card, AHB |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (2.6.31) |
Yes | |
ath9k | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | ? | PCI, Mini PCI, Mini PCIe, AHB |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
ath9k_htc | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | ? | USB | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
ath10k | No | No | No | No | Yes | ? | ? | PCI, Mini PCI, AHB, Mini PCIe |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
b43 | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? | ? | PCI, Mini PCI, SDIO ? |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
bcm43xx | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? | ? | PCI, Mini PCI, Cardbus, PC card |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | |
brcmfmac | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | ? | USB, SDIO, PCI Express |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Exp. [29] | Yes [30] | No | |
brcmsmac | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | ? | PCI, Mini PCI, Mini PCIe |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes [31] | Yes [32] | |
hostap | No | Yes | No | No | No | ? | ? | PCI, Mini PCI, PC card |
Yes | Yes [33] | Yes [33] | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
ipw2100 | No | Yes | No | No | No | ? | ? | Mini PCI | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | |
ipw2200 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? | ? | Mini PCI | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | |
ipw2200-ap | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? | ? | Mini PCI | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | |
ipw3945 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? | ? | Mini PCI, Mini PCIe |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | |
islsm | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | PCI, USB | No | No | No | ? | No | ? | |
iwlwifi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Mini PCI, Mini PCIe, M.2 |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2.4 GHz only Exp.[34][35] |
Yes | |
libertas | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? | ? | USB, CF, SDIO | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | ? | |
madwifi | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? | ? | PCI, PC card, Mini PCI |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
mt76 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | PCIe, USB | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
mt7601u | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | ? | USB | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | |
orinoco | No | Yes | No | No | No | ? | ? | Mini PCI, PC card |
Yes | Yes [36] | No | Yes | No | Yes | |
p54 | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? | ? | Mini PCI, USB, Cardbus |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
prism54 | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? | ? | PCI | Yes | No | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | |
rndis_wlan | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? | ? | USB | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | |
rt2x00 | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? | ? | PCI, USB, Mini PCI |
Yes | Yes [37] | Yes [38] | Yes | Yes [39] | Yes | |
rtl8180 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? | ? | PCI, PC card, Mini PCI |
? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | |
rtl8187 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? | ? | USB | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | |
zd1201 | No | Yes | No | No | No | ? | ? | USB | Yes | No [40] | No [40] | Yes | Yes | ? | |
zd1211 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? | ? | USB | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | |
zd1211rw | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? | ? | USB | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes [41] | Yes |
DragonFly BSD
Driver name | Chipset | Integration | Non-free firmware required |
License | Original/Primary developer |
Development |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
acx | Texas Instruments ACX100/ACX111 |
Integrated since 1.5 |
Yes | BSD | Reverse engineering | |
an | Aironet 4500/4800 |
Integrated | On Device | BSD | Bill Paul (FreeBSD) |
|
ath | Atheros AR5210/ AR5211/AR5212/AR5416 |
Integrated | On Device | BSD | ||
bwi | Broadcom BCM430x/4318 |
Integrated | Yes | BSD | Sepherosa Ziehau |
Reverse engineering |
iwi | Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG/2915ABG |
Integrated | Yes | BSD | Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD) |
Reverse engineering |
iwl | Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 |
Integrated | Yes | BSD | Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD) |
Reverse engineering |
iwm | Intel Dual Band Wireless AC
3160/7260/8260/9260/9270/9560 |
Integrated | Yes | BSD | OpenBSD | |
iwn | Intel 4965/1000/5000/ 5150/5300/6000/6050 |
Integrated | Yes | BSD | Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD) |
Reverse engineering |
ral | Ralink RT2500/ RT2501/RT2600 |
Integrated | On Device | BSD | Damien Bergamini |
Ported from FreeBSD |
rtw | Realtek RTL8180L |
Integrated | On Device | BSD | Ported from NetBSD | |
rum | Ralink RT2501USB/RT2601USB |
Integrated | On Device | BSD | Damien Bergamini |
Ported from FreeBSD |
wi | Lucent Hermes (WaveLAN / ORiNOCO); Intersil PRISM-II, -2.5; Symbol Spectrum24 802.11b |
Integrated | On Device | BSD | Bill Paul (FreeBSD) |
Documentation based |
wpi | Intel 3945ABG |
Integrated | On Device | BSD | Damien Bergamini |
Ported from OpenBSD |
FreeBSD
Status
Driver | Chipset | Integration | Non-free firmware required[note 1] | License | Original/Primary developer | Development |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
acx | Texas Instruments ACX100/ACX111 | Separate project | Yes | BSD | Reverse engineering | |
an | Aironet 4500/4800, Cisco Aironet 340/350, Xircom Wireless Ethernet | Integrated | On Device | BSD | Bill Paul (FreeBSD) | |
arl | Aironet Arlan 655 | Integrated / Removed in 8.0 | On Device | BSD | ||
ath | Atheros AR5210/ AR5211/ AR5212/ AR5416 /AR9130 /AR9160 /AR9280 /AR9285 /AR9287 /AR9565 (and derivatives) | Integrated | No | BSD | Originally by Atheros via Sam Leffler (FreeBSD); supported by the community | Documentation based |
awi | AMD PCnetMobile | Integrated / Removed in 8.0 | On Device | BSD | Bill Sommerfeld (NetBSD) and Atsushi Onoe (NetBSD) | |
bwi | Broadcom BCM43xx/4318 | Integrated since 8.0 | Yes | BSD | Sepherosa Ziehau (DragonFly BSD), Andrew Thompson (FreeBSD), Sam Leffler (FreeBSD) | Ported from DragonFly BSD |
bwn | Broadcom BCM43xx/4318 v4 firmware | Integrated since 8.1 | Yes | BSD | Weongyo Jeong | ? |
cnw | Netwave AirSurfer | Integrated / Removed in 8.0 | On Device | BSD | Imported from NetBSD | |
ipw | Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 | Integrated | Yes | BSD | Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD/ FreeBSD) | Reverse engineering |
iwi | Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG/ 2225BG/ 2915ABG | Integrated | Yes | BSD | Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD/ FreeBSD) | Reverse engineering |
iwm | Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 3160 / 3165 / 7260 / 7265 / 8260 | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
iwn | Intel PRO/Wireless 4965 ABGN/ 5100/ 5300/ 5350/ 1000 | Integrated since 8.0 / Available for 7.1 and above as separate patch | Yes | BSD | Damien Bergamini, Benjamin Close, Sam Leffler (OpenBSD/ FreeBSD) | Reverse engineering |
malo | Marvell 88W8335 | Integrated | Yes | BSD | Weongyo Jeong (FreeBSD), Sam Leffler (FreeBSD) | |
mwl | Marvell 88W8363 | Integrated since 8.0 | Yes[42] | BSD | Sam Leffler (FreeBSD) | ? |
ral | Ralink Technology RT2500/ RT2501/ RT2600/RT3090/RT3592 | Integrated | On Device | BSD | Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD/ FreeBSD) | Based on partial documentation |
ray | Raytheon Raylink/Webgear Aviator | Integrated / Removed in 8.0 | On Device | BSD | Imported from NetBSD | |
rsu | Realtek RTL8188SU/RTL8192SU | Integrated since 10.0 | Yes | BSD | Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD), Imported from OpenBSD by Rui Paulo | ? |
rum | Ralink RT2501USB/ RT2601USB | Integrated | No[43] | BSD | Niall O'Higgins and Damien Bergamini | Based on partial documentation |
run | Ralink RT2700U/ RT2800U/ RT3000U | Integrated since 8.1 | No[43] | BSD | Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD), Imported from OpenBSD by Akinori Furukoshi | Based on partial documentation |
uath | Atheros AR5005UG/ AR5005UX | Integrated since 8.0 | Yes[44] | BSD | Weongyo Jeong (FreeBSD), Sam Leffler (FreeBSD) | ? |
upgt | GW3887 (Conexant/Intersil PrismGT series) | Integrated since 8.0 | Yes | BSD | Imported from OpenBSD | Reverse engineering |
ural | Ralink Technology RT2500USB | Integrated | On Device | BSD | Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD/ FreeBSD) | Based on partial documentation |
urtw | Realtek RTL8187L/ RTL8187B | Integrated since 8.0 | —[45] | BSD | Weongyo Jeong (FreeBSD) | ? |
urtwn | Realtek RTL8188CU/RTL8188EU/RTL8192CU | Integrated since 10.0 | Yes | BSD | Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD/FreeBSD) | Reverse engineering |
wi | Lucent Hermes (WaveLAN/ ORiNOCO); Intersil PRISM-2, PRISM-2.5, PRISM-3; Symbol Spectrum24 802.11B (Symbol support removed in 8.0) | Integrated | On Device | BSD | Bill Paul (FreeBSD) | Documentation based |
wpi | Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG | Integrated | Yes | BSD | Damien Bergamini, Benjamin Close | Reverse engineering |
zyd | ZyDAS ZD1211/ZD1211B | Integrated | No | BSD | Florian Stoehr, Damien Bergamini and Jonathan Gray (OpenBSD) | Documentation based |
Driver capabilities
Driver | 802.11 | Bus interface | WEP | WPA | WPA2 | Monitor mode | Master mode | Ad-Hoc mode |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
acx | 802.11a?, 802.11b, 802.11g | Cardbus, PCI | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes |
an | 802.11b | Cardbus, PCI, ISA | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes |
arl | N/A | ISA | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
ath | 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n | Cardbus, PCI, Mini PCI | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
awi | N/A | PC Card | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes |
bwi | 802.11b, 802.11g | Cardbus, PCI | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
cnw | N/A | Cardbus | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
ipw | 802.11b | Mini PCI | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
iwi | 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g | Mini PCI | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
iwn | 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n | Mini PCI | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
malo | 802.11b, 802.11g | PCI | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
mwl | 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n | PCI | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
ral | 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g | Cardbus, PCI, Mini PCI | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
ray | N/A | PC Card | ? | ? | ? | No | No | Yes |
rum | 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g | USB | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
run | 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g | USB | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
uath | 802.11b, 802.11g | USB | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
upgt | 802.11b, 802.11g | USB | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
ural | 802.11b, 802.11g | USB | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
urtw | 802.11b, 802.11g | USB | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
wi | 802.11b | PC Card, Cardbus, PCI | Yes | Yes (since 8.0) | Yes (since 8.0) | Yes (since 8.0?) | Yes | Yes |
wpi | 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g | Mini PCI | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
zyd | 802.11b, 802.11g | USB | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
NetBSD
Driver | Chipset | Integration | Free firmware[note 2] | License | Original/Primary developer | Development methodologies | Free software[note 3] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
an | Aironet 4500/4800, Cisco Aironet 340/350 | Integrated | — | BSD | Bill Paul (FreeBSD) | Ported from FreeBSD | Yes |
ath | Atheros AR521*/ AR2413/ AR2417/ AR5413/ AR5416/ AR5424/ AR9160 | Integrated | — | BSD | Sam Leffler (FreeBSD) | Binary blobs ported from FreeBSD | Yes |
athn | Atheros AR5008 up to the AR9287 | Integrated | — | BSD | Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD) | Ported from OpenBSD | Yes |
atu | Atmel at76c503/ at76c503a/ at76c505/ at76c505a | Integrated | — | BSD | Dan Vreeken (FreeBSD) | Ported from OpenBSD | Yes |
atw | ADMtek ADM8211 | Integrated | — | BSD | David Young (NetBSD) | Yes | |
awi | AMD PCnetMobile | Integrated | — | BSD | Yes | ||
bwi | Broadcom BCM430x/4318 | Integrated | — | BSD | Sepherosa Ziehau (DragonflyBSD) | Ported from Dragonfly BSD | Yes |
cnw | Netwave AirSurfer | Integrated | — | BSD | Yes | ||
ipw | Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 | Integrated | No | BSD | Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD) | Ported from OpenBSD | Yes |
iwi | Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG/2915ABG | Integrated | No | BSD | Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD) | Ported from OpenBSD | Yes |
iwm | Intel Wireless WiFi 7260, 7265, 3160 | Integrated | No | BSD | Antti Kantee (NetBSD) | Yes | |
iwn | Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965/ 5000/ 1000/ 6000 | Integrated | No | BSD | Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD) | Ported from OpenBSD | Yes |
malo | Marvell 88W8335/88W8310 | Integrated | No | BSD | Claudio Jeker (OpenBSD) | Ported from OpenBSD | Yes |
otus | Atheros AR9001U | Integrated | No | BSD | Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD) | Ported from OpenBSD | Yes |
ral | Ralink RT2500/ RT2501/ RT2600/ RT2500USB/RT3592 | Integrated | — | BSD | Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD) | Ported from OpenBSD | Yes |
ray | Raytheon Raylink / WebGear Aviator | Integrated | — | BSD | Christian E. Hopps (NetBSD) | Yes | |
rtw | Realtek RTL8180L | Integrated | — | BSD | David Young (NetBSD) | Yes | |
rtwn | Realtek RTL8188CE and RTL8192CE | Integrated | — | BSD | Stefan Sperling (OpenBSD) | Ported from OpenBSD | Yes |
run | Ralink RT2700U, RT2800U and RT3000U | Integrated | — | BSD | Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD) | Ported from OpenBSD | Yes |
upgt | Conexant/Intersil PrismGT SoftMAC USB IEEE 802.11b/g | Integrated | — | BSD | Marcus Glocker (OpenBSD) | Ported from OpenBSD | Yes |
urtw | Realtek RTL8187B/L | Integrated | No | BSD | Weongyo Jeong (FreeBSD) | Ported from FreeBSD | Yes |
urtwn | Realtek RTL8188CUS, RTL8188CE-VAU, RTL8188EUS, RTL8188RU, and RTL8192CU | Integrated | No | BSD | Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD) | Ported from OpenBSD | Yes |
wi | Lucent Technologies WaveLAN/IEEE and PRISM-II 802.11 | Integrated | No | BSD | Bill Paul | Yes | |
wpi | Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG | Integrated | No | BSD | Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD) | Ported from OpenBSD | Yes |
zyd | ZyDAS ZD1211/ ZD1211B | Integrated | No | BSD | Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD) | Ported from OpenBSD | Yes |
OpenBSD
The following is an incomplete list of supported wireless devices:
Status
Driver | Chipset | Integration | Free firmware[note 2] | License | Original/Primary developer | Development | Free software[note 3] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
acx | Texas Instruments ACX100/ACX111 | Integrated | No[46] | BSD | Ported from DragonFlyBSD | Reverse engineering | Yes |
an | Aironet 4500/4800, Cisco Aironet 340/350 | Integrated | — | BSD | Yes | ||
ath | Atheros AR5210/ AR5211/ AR5212 | Integrated | —[3] | BSD | Reverse engineering | Yes | |
athn | Atheros AR5416/AR9160/AR928X | Integrated (since 4.7) | Yes[47] | BSD | Damien Bergamini | Partly based on the ath9k driver for Linux | Yes |
atu | Atmel AT76C503/ AT76C503A/ AT76C505/ AT76C505A | Integrated | Yes[48] | BSD | Reverse engineering | Yes | |
atw | ADMtek ADM8211 | Integrated | — | BSD | Documentation based | Yes | |
awi | BayStack 650 | 2.7 to 4.3 | — | BSD | Yes | ||
bwi | Broadcom BCM430x/4318 | Integrated | No | BSD | Sepherosa Ziehau | Ported from DragonFly BSD | Yes |
cnw | NetWave AirSurfer | 2.6 to 6.0 | — | BSD | Yes | ||
ipw | Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 | Integrated | No[49] | BSD | Damien Bergamini | Reverse engineering | Yes |
iwi | Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG/ 2225BG/ 2915ABG | Integrated | No[50] | BSD | Damien Bergamini | Reverse engineering | Yes |
iwn | Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965/ 5000/ 1000/ 6000 | Integrated | No[51] | BSD | Damien Bergamini | Reverse engineering | Yes |
iwm | Intel Wireless WiFi Link 3160ac/ 7260ac/ 7265ac | Integrated (since 5.8) | No[52] | BSD | Antti Kantee,[53] Stefan Sperling | Based on iwn, and iwlwifi driver released by Intel for Linux under dual GPLv2/BSD license[54] | Yes |
malo | Marvell 88W8335/ 88W8310 | Integrated | No[55] | BSD | Marcus Glocker and Claudio Jeker | Reverse engineering[56] | Yes |
otus | Atheros AR9170 | Integrated (since 4.6) | No[57] | BSD | Damien Bergamini | Based on source code released by Atheros for Linux under the ISC | Yes |
pgt | Conexant/Intersil Prism GT Full-MAC ISL3877, ISL3880, and ISL3890 chips | Integrated | No[58] | BSD | Ported from FreeBSD | Reverse engineering[59] | Yes |
ral/ural | Ralink RT2500, RT2501, RT2600, RT2700, RT2800, RT3090, RT3292, RT3592 and RT5390 (ral), RT2500USB (ural) | Integrated | Yes[60] | BSD | Damien Bergamini | Documentation based | Yes |
ray | Raytheon Raylink/WebGear Aviator IEEE 802.11FH | 2.7 to 5.4 | — | BSD | Yes | ||
rsu | Realtek RTL8188SU/RTL8191SU/RTL8192SU | Integrated (since 4.9) | No | BSD | Damien Bergamini | Reverse engineering | Yes |
rtw | Realtek RTL8180L | Integrated | — | BSD | Ported from NetBSD | Documentation based | Yes |
rtwn | Realtek RTL8188CE/RTL8192CE | Integrated | No[61] | BSD | Stefan Sperling | Based on urtwn driver. | Yes |
rum | Ralink RT2501USB/ RT2601USB | Integrated | Yes[43] | BSD | Niall O'Higgins and Damien Bergamini | Documentation based | Yes |
run | Ralink RT2700U/ RT2800U/ RT3000U | Integrated | Yes[43] | BSD | Damien Bergamini | Documentation based | Yes |
uath | Atheros AR5005UG/ AR5005UX | Integrated | No[62] | BSD | Damien Bergamini | Reverse Engineering[59] | Yes |
upgt | GW3887 (Conexant/Intersil PrismGT series) | Integrated | No[63] | BSD | Marcus Glocker | Reverse engineering | Yes |
urtw | Realtek RTL8187L | Integrated | — | BSD | Weongyo Jeong (FreeBSD) | ? | Yes |
urtwn | Realtek RTL8188CU/RTL8192CU | Integrated (since 4.9) | No | BSD | Damien Bergamini | Reverse engineering | Yes |
wi | Lucent Hermes (WaveLAN/ ORiNOCO); Intersil PRISM-2, PRISM-2.5, PRISM-3; Symbol Spectrum24 | Integrated | Yes for Spectrum24[64] and N/A for others | BSD | Bill Paul | Documentation based | Yes |
wpi[65] | Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG | Integrated | No[66] | BSD | Damien Bergamini | Reverse engineering | Yes |
zyd | ZyDAS ZD1211/ZD1211B | Integrated | Yes[67] | BSD | Florian Stoehr, Damien Bergamini, and Jonathan Gray | Documentation based | Yes |
Driver capabilities
Driver | 802.11 | Bus interface | WEP | WPA | WPA2 | Monitor mode | Master mode | Ad-Hoc mode |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
acx | 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g | Cardbus, PCI | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
an | 802.11b | PC Card, PCI, ISA | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes |
ath | 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g | Cardbus, PCI | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
athn | 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n | Cardbus, PCI-E, Mini PCIE | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
atu | 802.11b | USB | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes |
atw | 802.11b | Cardbus, PCI | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
bwi | 802.11b, 802.11g | Cardbus, PCI | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
cnw | N/A | PC Card | No | No | No | No | No | No |
ipw | 802.11b | PCI | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
iwi | 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g | PCI | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
iwn | 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n | PCI-E, Mini PCIE | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
iwm | 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n | PCI-E, Mini PCIE | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
malo | 802.11b, 802.11g | Cardbus, PC Card, PCI | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
otus | 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g | USB | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
pgt | 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g | Cardbus, PCI | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
ral | 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g | Cardbus, PCI, Mini PCI | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
ray | N/A | PC Card | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
rtw | 802.11b | Cardbus, PCI | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
rtwn | 802.11b, 802.11g | Mini PCIE | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
rum | 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g | USB | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
run | 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g | USB | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
uath | 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g | USB | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No |
upgt | 802.11b, 802.11g | USB | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
ural | 802.11b, 802.11g | USB | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
urtw | 802.11b, 802.11g | USB | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
urtwn | 802.11b, 802.11g | USB | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
wi | 802.11b | PC Card, PCI, USB | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
wpi | 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g | PCI | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
zyd | 802.11b, 802.11g | USB | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Solaris and OpenSolaris
Driver | Chipset | Integration | Free firmware[note 2] | License | Development | Free software[note 3] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ath[68][69] | Atheros AR5211/ AR5212/ AR5213/ AR5214 | Integrated with Solaris Nevada build 29 | No firmware required[3] | Dual GPL/BSD with proprietary HAL | Port of Madwifi | No |
ipw | Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 | Community project | No | BSD | Ported from OpenBSD | Yes |
iwi | Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG | Community project | No | BSD | Ported from OpenBSD | Yes |
pcan | Cisco Aironet 340/350 | Community project | — | BSD | Ported from FreeBSD | Yes |
pcwl | Lucent/Agere Systems Hermes (WaveLAN/ORiNOCO), Intersil PRISM-2 802.11b | Community project | — | BSD | Ported from FreeBSD | Yes |
ral | Ralink RT2500 | Community project | — | BSD | Ported from OpenBSD | Yes |
rtw | Realtek RTL8180L | Community project | — | BSD | Ported from NetBSD | Yes |
malo | Marvell 88W8335/ 88W8310 | Community project | — | BSD | Ported from OpenBSD | Yes |
wpi | Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG | Community project | No | BSD | Ported from OpenBSD | Yes |
iwk | Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN | Community project | No | BSD | Ported from OpenBSD | Yes |
arn | Atheros 9000 | Community project | No | BSD | based on ath9k | Yes |
rwd | Ralink RT2561/RT2561S/RT2661 | Community project | No | BSD | Yes | |
rwn | Ralink RT2700/2800 | Community project | No | BSD | Yes | |
urtw | Realtek RTL8187L/B USB | Community project | No | BSD | Yes | |
atu | Atmel AT76C50x | Community project | No | BSD | Yes | |
mwl | Marvell 88W8363 | Community project | No | BSD | Yes | |
ural | Ralink RT2500USB | Community project | No | BSD | Yes | |
zyd | ZyDAS ZD1211 chipsets | Community project | Yes | BSD | Ported from OpenBSD | Yes |
Darwin, OpenDarwin and macOS
Driver | Chipset | Free firmware[note 2] | License | Development |
---|---|---|---|---|
IWIDarwin | Intel PRO/Wireless 2100/2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG/3945ABG/4965AGN | No | GPL | Port from Linux |
WirelessDriver[70] | Lucent/Agere Systems Hermes (WaveLAN/ORiNOCO), Intersil PRISM-2 802.11b | — | BSD | |
"GTdriver". Archived from the original on 2021-06-14. | PRISM-GT 802.11b/g | — | GPL |
Notes
- ^ a b 'On Device' means firmware is stored in device at all times
- ^ a b c d 'N/A' means firmware is stored in device at all times, 'yes' means firmware is available for totally free redistribution, 'no' means you have to get into non-free-software contract with the manufacturer to get access to the firmware
- ^ a b c in terms of no binary-only requirements that are posed by the driver, i.e. you can modify all code that is run on your CPU
References
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- http://support.intel.com/support/notebook/sb/CS-006408.htm
- The SourceForge IPW websites (ipw 2100,ipw2200 and ipw3945)
- The FSF website for the Ralink and Realtek cards
- Kerneltrap for the list of OpenBSD drivers
- The OpenSolaris website for the list of OpenSolaris and Solaris drivers
- https://web.archive.org/web/20070927014705/http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2084
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- http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Wireless.html Archived 2022-04-12 at the Wayback Machine
- rt2x00 README from cvs
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2007/2/9/323
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- ^ a b c d The card doesn't have a host CPU and so it doesn't require a firmware source Archived June 20, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
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- ^ The chipsets do require a non-free firmware, as of 12/8/2013, volunteer developers should contact Luis R. Rodriguez, mcgrof at frijolero.org to help with changing this, code clean ups, and release )[citation needed]
- ^ https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=d5c65159f2895379e11ca13f62feabe93278985d ath11k: driver for Qualcomm IEEE 802.11ax devices
- ^ The chipsets do require a non-free firmware
- ^ "en:users:drivers:carl9170 [Linux Wireless]". kernel.org. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
- ^ a b See openfwwf project for open-source firmware. This firmware lacks support for QoS and hardware cryptography.
- ^ http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_3.11-DriversArch#head-55b108ef9d4cab96ff8a30e9906a6079628c49d3 Kernel Newbies 3.11 network driver documentation.
- ^ https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/tree/LICENCE.cw1200 CW1200 Licence file at linux-firmware.
- ^ "Why does my D-Link DWL-650 rev. P1 or D-Link DWL-520 rev. E1 (or any other card with small flash) card fail?" – Host AP driver – Frequently Asked Questions".
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- ^ Phoronix, Intel IWLWIFI Adding 802.11ax Support In Linux 4.19, 5 August 2018
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- ^ "orinoco - Linux Wireless". Wireless.kernel.org. Retrieved 2012-12-09.
- ^ There is a Free software firmware called FreeMAC
- ^ see the license of the firmware Archived 2017-01-05 at the Wayback Machine to see which chipsets need a firmware
- ^ https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi?id=0c8173385e549f95cd80c3fff5aab87b4f881d8d 2010-12-15: add rtl-wifi and support for RTL8192CE
- ^ "rtl8188eu".
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- ^ http://sourceforge.net/projects/zd1211/files/zd1211-firmware/ ZD1211 USB WLAN Linux Driver Firmware
- ^ "seemoo-lab/nexmon". GitHub. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- ^ "Supports SoftAP". kernel.org. Retrieved 19 Sep 2017.
- ^ https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=492b71e8d468102372969705b65845f5e57038c5 2013-03-27 brcmsmac: activate AP support
- ^ "kernel/git/next/linux-next.git - The linux-next integration testing tree". kernel.org. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
- ^ a b Requires station firmware 1.7.4 or later.
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- ^ WPA+TKIP with Hermes (Lucent/Agere Systems) chipsets only. Requires 2.6.28-rc1 or later kernel and v9.42 or later firmware from userspace.
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External links
- Seattle Wireless Linux drivers
- Seattle Wireless Mac OS drivers
- wireless.kernel.org Wiki
- Current Stable Linux kernel: Wireless
- Open Documentation for Hardware, a 2006 presentation by Theo de Raadt
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