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Comparison of open-source wireless drivers

May 07, 2024

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.

Location of the network device drivers in a simplified structure of the Linux kernel.

Linux edit

 
Marvell's "Libertas" runs an RTOS on an ARM9 and interfaces over a shim with the actual operating system.[1][2]

Status edit

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] proprietary blob only required for Bluetooth (Purism / NovaCustom) 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/ax 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, RTL8192CU, RTL8191EU, RTL8192EU, RTL8188EU, RTL8188RU, RTL8188FU, RTL8192FU b/g/n Yes Yes GPLv2 fan-made, based on open source drivers released by Realtek
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 ?
rtw88 rtw88_8822ce RTL8822CE b/g/n/ac Yes Yes Dual GPLv2 and BSD Written by Realtek et al.
rtw88_8822be RTL8822BE b/g/n/ac Yes Yes Dual GPLv2 and BSD Written by Realtek et al.
rtw88_8821ce RTL8821CE b/g/n/ac Yes Yes Dual GPLv2 and BSD Written by Realtek et al.
rtw88_8723de RTL8723DE b/g/n Yes Yes Dual GPLv2 and BSD Written by Realtek et al.
rtw88_8822cu RTL8822CU b/g/n/ac Yes Yes Dual GPLv2 and BSD Written by Realtek et al.
rtw88_8822bu RTL8822BU b/g/n/ac Yes Yes Dual GPLv2 and BSD Written by Realtek et al.
rtw88_8821cu RTL8821CU b/g/n/ac Yes Yes Dual GPLv2 and BSD Written by Realtek et al.
rtw88_8723du RTL8723DU b/g/n Yes Yes Dual GPLv2 and BSD Written by Realtek et al.
rtw89 rtw89_8852ce RTL8852CE b/g/n/ac/ax Yes Yes Dual GPLv2 and BSD Written by Realtek et al.
rtw89_8852ae RTL8852AE b/g/n/ac/ax Yes Yes Dual GPLv2 and BSD Written by Realtek et al.
rtw89_8852be RTL8852BE b/g/n/ac/ax Yes Yes Dual GPLv2 and BSD Written by Realtek et al.
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 edit

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 ?
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
No Yes Yes No No ? ? PCI, Mini PCI,
SDIO ? 		Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
No Yes Yes No No ? ? PCI, Mini PCI,
Cardbus, PC card 		Yes Yes Yes Yes No ?
Yes Yes Yes Yes No ? ? USB, SDIO,
PCI Express 		Yes Yes Yes Exp. [29] Yes [30] No
Yes Yes Yes Yes No ? ? PCI, Mini PCI,
Mini PCIe 		Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes [31] Yes [32]
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
at the Wayback Machine (archived 2015-09-29) ? ? ? ? ? ? ? PCI, USB No No No ? No ?
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? Mini PCI,
Mini PCIe,
M.2 		Yes Yes Yes Yes 2.4 GHz only
Exp.[34][35] 		Yes
No Yes Yes No No ? ? USB, CF, SDIO ? ? ? ? No ?
madwifi 2019-10-20 at the Wayback Machine 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
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 ?
No Yes Yes No No ? ? USB Yes Yes Yes No No Yes
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 ? ?
rtl8xxxu No Yes Yes Yes No No No USB Yes Yes Yes ? Yes [40] No
rtw88 No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No M.2, USB Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
rtw89 No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes M.2 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
zd1201 No Yes No No No ? ? USB Yes No [41] No [41] Yes Yes ?
zd1211 Yes Yes Yes No No ? ? USB Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
No Yes Yes No No ? ? USB Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes [42] Yes

DragonFly BSD edit

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 edit

Status edit

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

Intel Centrino 6000/ 6150/ 6200/ 6205/ 6230/ 6250/ 6300

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[43] 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[44] BSD Niall O'Higgins and Damien Bergamini Based on partial documentation
run Ralink RT2700U/ RT2800U/ RT3000U Integrated since 8.1 No[44] BSD Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD), Imported from OpenBSD by Akinori Furukoshi Based on partial documentation
uath Atheros AR5005UG/ AR5005UX Integrated since 8.0 Yes[45] 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 —[46] 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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

The following is an incomplete list of supported wireless devices:

Status edit

Driver Chipset Integration Free firmware[note 2] License Original/Primary developer Development Free software[note 3]
acx Texas Instruments ACX100/ACX111 Integrated No[47] 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[48] BSD Damien Bergamini Partly based on the ath9k driver for Linux Yes
atu Atmel AT76C503/ AT76C503A/ AT76C505/ AT76C505A Integrated Yes[49] BSD Reverse engineering Yes
atw ADMtek ADM8211 Integrated — BSD Documentation based Yes
awi BayStack 650 2.7 to 4.3 — BSD Yes
bwfm Broadcom and Cypress IEEE 802.11a/ac/ax/b/g/n wireless network device 6.3+ BSD Patrick Wildt 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
Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 Integrated No[50] BSD Damien Bergamini Reverse engineering Yes
iwi Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG/ 2225BG/ 2915ABG Integrated No[51] BSD Damien Bergamini Reverse engineering Yes
iwn Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965/ 5000/ 1000/ 6000 Integrated No[52] BSD Damien Bergamini Reverse engineering Yes
iwm Intel Wireless WiFi Link 3160ac/ 7260ac/ 7265ac Integrated (since 5.8) No[53] BSD Antti Kantee,[54] Stefan Sperling Based on iwn, and iwlwifi driver released by Intel for Linux under dual GPLv2/BSD license[55] Yes
malo Marvell 88W8335/ 88W8310 Integrated No[56] BSD Marcus Glocker and Claudio Jeker Reverse engineering[57] Yes
otus Atheros AR9170 Integrated (since 4.6) No[58] 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[59] BSD Ported from FreeBSD Reverse engineering[60] Yes
ral/ural Ralink RT2500, RT2501, RT2600, RT2700, RT2800, RT3090, RT3292, RT3592 and RT5390 (ral), RT2500USB (ural) Integrated Yes[61] 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[62] BSD Stefan Sperling Based on urtwn driver. Yes
rum Ralink RT2501USB/ RT2601USB Integrated Yes[44] BSD Niall O'Higgins and Damien Bergamini Documentation based Yes
run Ralink RT2700U/ RT2800U/ RT3000U Integrated Yes[44] BSD Damien Bergamini Documentation based Yes
uath Atheros AR5005UG/ AR5005UX Integrated No[63] BSD Damien Bergamini Reverse Engineering[60] Yes
upgt GW3887 (Conexant/Intersil PrismGT series) Integrated No[64] 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[65] and N/A for others BSD Bill Paul Documentation based Yes
wpi[66] Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Integrated No[67] BSD Damien Bergamini Reverse engineering Yes
zyd ZyDAS ZD1211/ZD1211B Integrated Yes[68] BSD Florian Stoehr, Damien Bergamini, and Jonathan Gray Documentation based Yes

Driver capabilities edit

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
bwfm 802.11a/ac/ax/b/g/n PCI, USB Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
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 edit

Driver Chipset Integration Free firmware[note 2] License Development Free software[note 3]
ath[69][70] 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
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
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
Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Community project No BSD Ported from OpenBSD Yes
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
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
Ralink RT2500USB Community project No BSD Yes
ZyDAS ZD1211 chipsets Community project Yes BSD Ported from OpenBSD Yes

Darwin, OpenDarwin and macOS edit

Driver Chipset Free firmware[note 2] License Development
IWIDarwin Intel PRO/Wireless 2100/2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG/3945ABG/4965AGN No GPL Port from Linux
WirelessDriver[71] Lucent/Agere Systems Hermes (WaveLAN/ORiNOCO), Intersil PRISM-2 802.11b — BSD
. Archived from the original on 2021-06-14. PRISM-GT 802.11b/g — GPL

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b 'On Device' means firmware is stored in device at all times
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ 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 edit

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External links edit

  • Linux drivers
  • 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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This article needs to be updated Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information November 2022 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 Location of the network device drivers in a simplified structure of the Linux kernel Contents 1 Linux 1 1 Status 1 2 Driver capabilities 2 DragonFly BSD 3 FreeBSD 3 1 Status 3 2 Driver capabilities 4 NetBSD 5 OpenBSD 5 1 Status 5 2 Driver capabilities 6 Solaris and OpenSolaris 7 Darwin OpenDarwin and macOS 8 Notes 9 References 10 External linksLinux edit nbsp Marvell s Libertas runs an RTOS on an ARM9 and interfaces over a shim with the actual operating system 1 2 Status edit This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia s quality standards The specific problem is This seems to confuse mainline and staging trees of the kernel Also many of the kernel wiki links are broken Please help improve this article if you can November 2016 Learn how and when to remove this message 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 proprietary blob only required for Bluetooth Purism NovaCustom 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 amp 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 ax 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 RT3092RT3390 RT3060 RT3062 RT3562 RT3592 RT5390 RT3290 Yes Yes GPLv2 rt2x00 serialmonkey com rt2500usb RT2571 amp RT2572 b g Yes No GPLv2 rt2x00 serialmonkey com rt73usb RT2571W RT2573 amp RT2671 Yes Yes GPLv2 rt2x00 serialmonkey com rt2800usb RT2770 RT2870 amp RT3070 RT3071 amp RT3072RT3370 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 RTL8192CU RTL8191EU RTL8192EU RTL8188EU RTL8188RU RTL8188FU RTL8192FU b g n Yes Yes GPLv2 fan made based on open source drivers released by Realtek 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 rtw88 rtw88 8822ce RTL8822CE b g n ac Yes Yes Dual GPLv2 and BSD Written by Realtek et al rtw88 8822be RTL8822BE b g n ac Yes Yes Dual GPLv2 and BSD Written by Realtek et al rtw88 8821ce RTL8821CE b g n ac Yes Yes Dual GPLv2 and BSD Written by Realtek et al rtw88 8723de RTL8723DE b g n Yes Yes Dual GPLv2 and BSD Written by Realtek et al rtw88 8822cu RTL8822CU b g n ac Yes Yes Dual GPLv2 and BSD Written by Realtek et al rtw88 8822bu RTL8822BU b g n ac Yes Yes Dual GPLv2 and BSD Written by Realtek et al rtw88 8821cu RTL8821CU b g n ac Yes Yes Dual GPLv2 and BSD Written by Realtek et al rtw88 8723du RTL8723DU b g n Yes Yes Dual GPLv2 and BSD Written by Realtek et al rtw89 rtw89 8852ce RTL8852CE b g n ac ax Yes Yes Dual GPLv2 and BSD Written by Realtek et al rtw89 8852ae RTL8852AE b g n ac ax Yes Yes Dual GPLv2 and BSD Written by Realtek et al rtw89 8852be RTL8852BE b g n ac ax Yes Yes Dual GPLv2 and BSD Written by Realtek et al 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 edit Driver 802 11 Businterface WirelessSecurity Monitormode Master AP mode Ad Hocmode 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 at the Wayback Machine archived 2015 09 29 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 onlyExp 34 35 Yes libertas No Yes Yes No No USB CF SDIO No madwifi Archived 2019 10 20 at the Wayback Machine 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 rtl8xxxu No Yes Yes Yes No No No USB Yes Yes Yes Yes 40 No rtw88 No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No M 2 USB Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes rtw89 No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes M 2 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No zd1201 No Yes No No No USB Yes No 41 No 41 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 42 YesDragonFly BSD editDriver name Chipset Integration Non free firmware required License Original Primary developer Development acx Texas InstrumentsACX100 ACX111 Integrated since 1 5 Yes BSD Reverse engineering an Aironet4500 4800 Integrated On Device BSD Bill Paul FreeBSD ath Atheros AR5210 AR5211 AR5212 AR5416 Integrated On Device BSD bwi BroadcomBCM430x 4318 Integrated Yes BSD SepherosaZiehau Reverse engineering iwi Intel PRO Wireless2200BG 2915ABG Integrated Yes BSD Damien Bergamini OpenBSD Reverse engineering iwl Intel PRO Wireless2100 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 fromFreeBSD rtw RealtekRTL8180L Integrated On Device BSD Ported from NetBSD rum RalinkRT2501USB RT2601USB Integrated On Device BSD Damien Bergamini Ported fromFreeBSD wi Lucent Hermes WaveLAN ORiNOCO Intersil PRISM II 2 5 Symbol Spectrum24 802 11b Integrated On Device BSD Bill Paul FreeBSD Documentation based wpi Intel3945ABG Integrated On Device BSD Damien Bergamini Ported from OpenBSDFreeBSD editStatus edit 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 Intel Centrino 6000 6150 6200 6205 6230 6250 6300 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 43 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 44 BSD Niall O Higgins and Damien Bergamini Based on partial documentation run Ralink RT2700U RT2800U RT3000U Integrated since 8 1 No 44 BSD Damien Bergamini OpenBSD Imported from OpenBSD by Akinori Furukoshi Based on partial documentation uath Atheros AR5005UG AR5005UX Integrated since 8 0 Yes 45 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 46 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 edit 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 NoNetBSD editDriver 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 YesOpenBSD editThe following is an incomplete list of supported wireless devices Status edit Driver Chipset Integration Free firmware note 2 License Original Primary developer Development Free software note 3 acx Texas Instruments ACX100 ACX111 Integrated No 47 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 48 BSD Damien Bergamini Partly based on the ath9k driver for Linux Yes atu Atmel AT76C503 AT76C503A AT76C505 AT76C505A Integrated Yes 49 BSD Reverse engineering Yes atw ADMtek ADM8211 Integrated BSD Documentation based Yes awi BayStack 650 2 7 to 4 3 BSD Yes bwfm Broadcom and Cypress IEEE 802 11a ac ax b g n wireless network device 6 3 BSD Patrick Wildt 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 50 BSD Damien Bergamini Reverse engineering Yes iwi Intel PRO Wireless 2200BG 2225BG 2915ABG Integrated No 51 BSD Damien Bergamini Reverse engineering Yes iwn Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965 5000 1000 6000 Integrated No 52 BSD Damien Bergamini Reverse engineering Yes iwm Intel Wireless WiFi Link 3160ac 7260ac 7265ac Integrated since 5 8 No 53 BSD Antti Kantee 54 Stefan Sperling Based on iwn and iwlwifi driver released by Intel for Linux under dual GPLv2 BSD license 55 Yes malo Marvell 88W8335 88W8310 Integrated No 56 BSD Marcus Glocker and Claudio Jeker Reverse engineering 57 Yes otus Atheros AR9170 Integrated since 4 6 No 58 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 59 BSD Ported from FreeBSD Reverse engineering 60 Yes ral ural Ralink RT2500 RT2501 RT2600 RT2700 RT2800 RT3090 RT3292 RT3592 and RT5390 ral RT2500USB ural Integrated Yes 61 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 62 BSD Stefan Sperling Based on urtwn driver Yes rum Ralink RT2501USB RT2601USB Integrated Yes 44 BSD Niall O Higgins and Damien Bergamini Documentation based Yes run Ralink RT2700U RT2800U RT3000U Integrated Yes 44 BSD Damien Bergamini Documentation based Yes uath Atheros AR5005UG AR5005UX Integrated No 63 BSD Damien Bergamini Reverse Engineering 60 Yes upgt GW3887 Conexant Intersil PrismGT series Integrated No 64 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 65 and N A for others BSD Bill Paul Documentation based Yes wpi 66 Intel PRO Wireless 3945ABG Integrated No 67 BSD Damien Bergamini Reverse engineering Yes zyd ZyDAS ZD1211 ZD1211B Integrated Yes 68 BSD Florian Stoehr Damien Bergamini and Jonathan Gray Documentation based Yes Driver capabilities edit 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 bwfm 802 11a ac ax b g n PCI USB Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No 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 NoSolaris and OpenSolaris editDriver Chipset Integration Free firmware note 2 License Development Free software note 3 ath 69 70 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 YesDarwin OpenDarwin and macOS editDriver Chipset Free firmware note 2 License Development IWIDarwin Intel PRO Wireless 2100 2200BG 2225BG 2915ABG 3945ABG 4965AGN No GPL Port from Linux WirelessDriver 71 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 GPLNotes edit 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 CPUReferences editThis article includes a list of general references but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations March 2016 Learn how and when to remove this message http support intel com support notebook sb CS 006408 htm Archived 2009 03 05 at the Wayback Machine 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 https web archive org web 20060908050351 http rt2x00 serialmonkey com wiki index php Rt2x00 beta 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 Marvel Libertas Ticket 46 Archived from the original on 2021 02 24 Retrieved 2007 01 07 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 ath9k htc debian org Retrieved 1 May 2015 https git kernel org cgit linux kernel git torvalds linux git commit id fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08 commit of ath10k to kernel 2 6 35 qca open ath9k htc firmware GitHub Retrieved 1 May 2015 https git kernel org cgit linux kernel git torvalds linux git commit id 5e3dd157d7e70f0e3cea3f2573ed69fb156a19d5 commit of ath10k to Kernel 3 11 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 Intel PRO Wireless 2100 Driver Firmware sourceforge net Retrieved 1 May 2015 46 Eliminate dependency on licensed code in Marvell firmware One Laptop Per Child Trac Dev laptop org 2006 12 14 Archived from the original on 2021 02 24 Retrieved 2013 07 12 Phoronix Intel IWLWIFI Adding 802 11ax Support In Linux 4 19 5 August 2018 README mwifiex marvell wireless net drivers kernel git stable linux stable git Linux kernel stable tree kernel org Retrieved 15 September 2018 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 rtl8188eu header files a b c ti connectivity kernel git firmware linux firmware git Repository of firmware blobs for use with the Linux kernel git kernel org Retrieved 23 March 2018 Configuring WL1271 for a 3 13 kernel devicetree WiLink WiFi Bluetooth Forum Wireless Connectivity TI E2E Community ti com Retrieved 1 May 2015 http sourceforge net projects zd1211 files zd1211 firmware ZD1211 USB WLAN 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reported success with master mode 1 Archived 2014 12 05 at the Wayback Machine 2 PATCH v4 17 18 wifi rtl8xxxu Declare AP mode support for 8188f lore kernel org Retrieved 2024 01 08 a b Bug 5631 zd1201 and wpa support Bugzilla kernel org Retrieved 2012 12 09 Master mode supported in zd1211rw since 2 6 39 Git kernel org Retrieved 2018 09 15 base Contents of head sys contrib dev mwl LICENSE Svn freebsd org Retrieved 2012 12 09 a b c d rum license covers rum rt2573 for rum 4 as well as run rt2870 and run rt3071 for run 4 BSD Cross Reference OpenBSD base Contents of head sys contrib dev uath ar5523 bin uu Svn freebsd org Retrieved 2012 12 09 base Contents of head sys dev usb wlan if urtw c Svn freebsd org Retrieved 2012 12 09 Manual Pages acx Openbsd org 2012 09 17 Retrieved 2012 12 09 Move athn 4 USB devices to the open source atk9k HTC firmware Openbsd org 2018 02 05 Retrieved 2018 02 05 atu license BSD Cross Reference OpenBSD Manual Pages ipw Openbsd org 2012 09 17 Retrieved 2012 12 09 Manual Pages iwi Openbsd org 2012 09 17 Retrieved 2012 12 09 Manual Pages iwn Openbsd org 2012 09 17 Retrieved 2012 12 09 Manual Pages iwm Openbsd org I was contracted to write a driver for the Intel 3160 726x wireless chips a driver which became iwm 4 beastie pl 2015 10 14 Archived from the original on 2016 02 22 Retrieved 2016 02 21 Add iwm 4 a new driver for Intel 7260 wifi cards Openbsd org 2015 02 06 Retrieved 2016 02 21 Manual Pages malo Openbsd org 2012 09 17 Retrieved 2012 12 09 Developer Blog mglocker New WLAN drivers on the upswing Undeadly org Retrieved 2012 12 09 Manual Pages otus 4 Openbsd org 2012 09 17 Retrieved 2012 12 09 Manual Pages pgt 4 Openbsd org 2012 09 17 Retrieved 2012 12 09 a b OpenBSD reverse engineers more wireless drivers Undeadly org 2004 04 02 Retrieved 2012 12 09 ral license BSD Cross Reference OpenBSD Manual Pages rtwn Openbsd org Manual Pages uath Openbsd org 2012 09 17 Retrieved 2012 12 09 Manual Pages upgt 4 Openbsd org 2012 09 17 Retrieved 2012 12 09 symbol license BSD Cross Reference OpenBSD There is more details about the port at kerneltrap Archived 2012 07 13 at archive today Manual Pages wpi Openbsd org 2012 09 17 Retrieved 2012 12 09 zd1211 licence BSD Cross Reference OpenBSD it s not the same driver that the OpenBSD ath driver it s a port from Madwifi to OpenSolaris source Archived 2006 05 16 at archive today I don t know if the HAL can be replaced with OpenHAL Seattle Wireless WirelessDriver Support Wiki Seattlewireless net 2010 08 15 Archived from the original on 2012 02 05 Retrieved 2012 12 09 External links editSeattle 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 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Comparison of open source wireless drivers amp oldid 1209118391, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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