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Model

Chipset/ Driver

Supports network install?

Supported in installed system?

Works "out of the box"

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Last Updated

Type

3com

3CRSHPW196

atmel

Yes?

Yes

Yes?

Get the atmel wireless drivers from synaptic (atmelwlandriver-source) if you are having problems. The card has been buggy in the past, but appears to work well now. The retractable Xjack antenna makes it worth having!

Acer

IPN2220

ndiswrapper + neti2220.inf

No

No

No

Works with ndiswrapper.

2005-04-15

Adaptec

AWN-8030

prism2_cs

No

No

No

method should work for other prism2 based pcmcia cards. [https://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/HowToInstallTheWlanNgDriverInHoary HoaryWlanNgDriverHowto]

2005-04-26

Asus

WL-107G

RT2500

No

No

No

Works after following the steps described in the Rt2500WirelessCardsHowTo. (The hardware itself isn't very reliable: you have to get really close to the AP to be able to connect to it.)

2005-06-05

PCMCIA

BroadCom

BCM4306

ndiswrapper + bcmwl5a.inf

No

No

No

see Truemobile 1350 below

Belkin

F5D6020

atmel_cs

No

No

No

Requires the atmel-firmware package

PCMCIA

Belkin

F5D6020 version 2

atmel_cs

?

Yes

Yes

Just works on Hoary, Warty requires simple workaround (bug [https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=5607 5607])

PCMCIA

Belkin

F5D7010

RT2500

?

No

No

Used the instructions at Rt2500WirelessCardsHowTo to install a driver

2005-06-22

PCMCIA

Belkin

F5D7010 rev03

Broadcom 4306 / ndiswrapper + bcmwl5.inf

?

Yes

No

Need to install ndiswrapper-utils and change value of radiostate from 1 to 0 in driver config file(Hoary).

2005-07-04

PCMCIA

Belkin

F5D7011ef

ndiswrapper + bcmwl5a.inf

?

No

No

It is recognized by Ubuntu as Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 80211b/g Wireless Lan Controler. See Truemobile 1350 below

PCMCIA

Cisco

Aironet 4800,35x

airo_cs

Yes

Yes

Yes

Make sure latest firmware is installed.

PCMCIA

Cisco

Aironet 350 Series

airo, airo_cs

?

Yes

Yes

PCMCIA and MPCI

Cisco

Aironet CB21AG

ath* (madwifi)

?

Yes

Yes

Tested on Hoary. See also [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CB21AGHowto CB21AGHowto]

2005-07-20

Cardbus

Conceptronic

C54RC

rt2500

?

Yes

No

Tested on Hoary, see [http://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/Rt2500WirelessCardsHowTo Rt2500WirelessCardsHowTo]

2005-04-15

Conceptronic

C54C

Atheros

?

Yes

No

Dell

Wireless 1450 Wireless USB Adapter

-

No

No

No

Tested on Hoary

USB

Dell

Truemobile 1150

orinoco_cs

Yes

Yes

Yes

Dell

Truemobile 1180

ndiswrapper

No

No

No

see Truemobile 1350 below

Dell

Truemobile 1300

ndiswrapper + bcmwl5a.inf

No

No

No

see Truemobile 1350 below

Dell

Truemobile 1350

ndiswrapper + bcmwl5a.inf

No

No

No

[http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/InstallationNdiswrapper instructions] [http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php?Distributions "Debian" instructions] [http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/List Driver list] [http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/howto/helpcenterhowto.2004-10-07.7773155363 Ubuntu Documentation]

Dexlan

30221

orinoco_cs

?

Yes

Yes

?

D-Link

DWL-G122

?

No

No

No

USB Stick - wasn't recognized from hoary array 6 live CD for me

2005-03-05

D-Link

DWL-520 E1

prism2

No

No

No

See [DLinkDWL520E1]

2005-04-25

D-Link

DWL-520+

acx100

Yes

Yes

Yes

Just Works, only distro that autodetects this one

D-Link

DWL-G520

Unknown

Yes

Yes

Yes

Works great.

D-Link

DWL-G520

Atheros AR5212

Yes

Yes

Yes

Works well, even with WEP. (Note: Some G520 may use acx100 instead.)

D-Link

DWL-G520+

acx111

Yes

Yes

?

WEP not supported yet. Could not get this to receive any packets, but recognised by software.

D-Link

DWL-650

orinoco_cs

Yes

Yes

Yes

Automatically detected, setup even asks for the WEP key

D-Link

DWL-650+

acx100

Yes

Yes

Yes

Automatically detected, works with and without WEP. Did not test 22Mb/sec mode

D-Link

DWL-650 P1

prism2_usb

No

No

No

[http://home.columbus.rr.com/andrewbarr/linux/dwl520e1.html Howto]

D-Link

DWL-G650

Atheros AR5212 / ath_hal

??

Yes

Yes

Only Open-Key WEP with Netgear DG834G

D-Link

DWL-G650

Atheros AR5212, Version C2, Firmware 3.1.6 / ath_pci, ath_hal

Should work (Card is recognized and kernel drivers loaded, so connecting to a unsecure Open System A.P. while installing should work)

Yes

Yes

Open System Access Point and WEP work out of the box. For WPA-PSK I needed to install wpasupplicant (not included in Ubuntu). I used the Debian Sid package without any problem. This card also works with ndiswrapper. I used a D-Link DI-624+ router to test it. (upgraded firmware of the router, not related to linux nor the wifi card, router rebooted itself even when connecting a windows machine with a ethernet cable, applied last firmware, now doing fine)

D-Link

DWL-G650+

acx100

No

No

No

Does not work for me unless I recompile the pci_acx module with latest patches. After that it works. WEP not yet supported for acx111 cards. Added_note: I confirm this card does not work with a default Hoary install: despite the fact that it worked fine with my Hoary install from Array 5. Go figure. The fault seems to be related to an error in loading the firmware which is present in the hotplug firmware folder.

D-Link

DWL-G650+

ndiswrapper +gplus.inf (xp)

No

Yes

No

Works with WEP. It is out-of-the box as much asndiswrapper can be (manually install of win drivers). However, it shows 100% range all the time

Edimax

EW-7106PC

niswrapper -i NET8180.INF

No

No

No

Work with WEP

HP

WL220 PCI

acx100

Yes

Yes

Yes

I don't bring it to work on an running Hoary System. After a new Install of Warty it works out of the box, Installation asks for ESSID and WEP-Key. Works great.

Intel

PRO/Wireless 2100 (Centrino)

ipw2100

Yes?

Yes

Yes

Automatically detected since the first installation steps

Intel

PRO/Wireless 2200 (Centrino)

ipw2200

Yes*

Yes*

Yes*

Automatically detected * however Ubuntu ships with dated driver, v0.19 (current stable: 1.0.0, latest release 1.0.3). To avoid intermittent connectivity and Inability to switch between networks or regain a lost network connection without rebooting you must update (manually) to at least version 1.0.0 [http://nickselby.com/articles/technology/index.htm?a=1807 How-To] [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=26623 WPA How-To]

MPCI

Intel

Wireless 802.11b MiniPCI Adapter

orinoco_pci

??

Yes

Yes

Automatically detected in ThinkPad X30

MPCI

KCorp

KLG-520

Atheros AR5212

?

Yes

Yes

Detected in Network Settings as ath0 and started working once the WAP details were input

Linksys

WPC 11 (Ver.2.5)

orinoco_cs

No

Yes

No

run "cardctl ident" and add info to /etc/pcmcia/config under wireless network adapters section. Be sure to include manfid and bind to orinoco_cs. Then just reboot and run "gksudo network-admin" in console and configure eth0...works like a champ!

Linksys

WPC 11 (Ver.3)

Prism/Intersil

?

Yes

Yes

Detected in Network Settings as eth0 and started working after WAP details were input

Linksys

WPC 11 (Ver.4)

Realtek

?

Yes

No

Works fine. See HowToSetUpLinksysCards and also SetupNdiswrapperHowto

Linksys

WPC54G (Ver.2)

Texas Instruments ACX111

?

No

No

Haven't managed to get it working yet!

PCMCIA

Linksys

WUSB54G (Ver.1 & 2)

ndiswrapper

No

No

No

Longshine

LCS-8531 G2

acx111?

No

No

No

worked the first time i booted with hoary array 6 live CD, but then datarate slowed down, and never came up anymore, even not after multiple reboots and anything

2005-03-05

MSI

MP54G2

Ralink

No

No

No

[http://sourceforge.net/projects/rt2400/ GPL'd driver].

NetComm

NP542

Texas Instruments ACX 111

?

?

Yes

Worked out of the box with Hoary provided WEP is not used. If you want WEP, it works fine with ndiswrapper.

Netgear

MA111v1

prism2_usb

?

Yes

Yes

Works in Hoary with WEP using the commands at the top of [http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:018Xti8J2QQJ:www.bbsprocess.com/forum.php%3Fop%3Dmess%26pid%3D1839+%22bsstype%3Dindependent%22&hl=en this page] as a guide.

2005-03-30

Netgear

WG511

Prism

Yes

Yes

Yes

v1 Taiwan works out of the box with Hoary, "Made in China" version needs ndiswrapper

2005-04-23

PCMCIA

Netgear

WG311v2

Texas Instruments ACX 111

?

Yes

Yes

Worked out of the box with Hoary provided WEP is not used. If you want WEP, it works fine with ndiswrapper.

Netgear

WG311T

Atheros AR5212

No

Yes

Yes

Detected in Network Settings as ath0 and started working once the WAP details were input

Netgear

WG511T

Atheros Super-G

Yes

Yes

Yes

Worked out of the box.

Netgear

MA401

?

?

Yes

Yes?

Didn't seem to work at first did: apt-get install pcmcia-cs wireless-tools dhcpcd but said no to removing ubuntu packages and then it worked?

Netgear

MA311 (PCI)

Prism 2.5

?

Yes

Yes

Detected as eth0 and started working after modules.conf was edited (wlan0 to eth0)

Proxim/ Orinoco

pci a/b/g gold

Atheros/madwifi

no

yes

Yes

"just works(tm)"

SMC

SMC2835W V2

prism54

No

Yes

Yes

The V2 part is important!

SMC

SMC2632W V2

atmel_cs

No

No

Yes*

The V2 part is important! (see bug [http://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2313 2312] for details on enabling it)

TRENDnet

TEW-221PC

adm8211

?

?

No

No WEP; Detected only after manual intervention (not on boot)

Trust

Speedshare Turbo Pro

Atheros AR5212

?

Yes

Yes

Detected in Network Settings as ath0 and started working once the WAP details were input

Various

Various

Atheros/madwifi

No

Yes

No

Various (SMC, Belkin...)

Various USB devices

Atmel AT76C503A

No

No

No

Needs [http://atmelwlandriver.sf.net this] or [http://at76c503a.berlios.de this].BRThere is no native kernel support for that USB wireless LAN devices. (See bug [https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2390 2390] or [https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1534 1534].)

Various

Various PCI devices

Atmel AT76c50x

No

Yes

No

Zyxel

ZyAir B-220

Zydas

No

No

No

Compiling driver problems - see [http://linux-lc100020.sourceforge.net/ here]

2005-03-26