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

Existing Linux Wireless drivers

We currently have a fair amount of working drivers that cover most of the available wireless networking cards. However, they don't implement all features and may have some issues, due to various reasons like companies not providing specs. Below is an alphabetically sorted list of drivers and what they currently can and can't do.

["en/users/Drivers/adm8211" ADMtek (adm8211)]
["en/users/Drivers/bcm43xx" Broadcom (bcm43xx)]
["en/users/Drivers/p54" Intersil (p54)]
["en/users/Drivers/zd1211rw" Zydas (zd1211rw)]

TODO: The list is incomplete

Supported modes

Driver

Station mode

AccessPoint mode

Ad-hoc mode

adm8211

yes

?

?

bcm43xx

yes

yes (wireless-dev only)

no

p54

yes

yes

yes

zd1211rw

yes

no

no

FIXME: How to get borderlines in the table above?

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