Comparison of open-source wireless drivers

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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.

Driver family Driver Chipsets Chipset PHY Modes Integration in mainline Non free firmware required License Development adm8211 adm8211 ADMtek ADM8211 (IEEE 802.11b MAC/BBP b ✔ GPLv2 With support from Infineon/ADMtek at76c50x‑usb at76c50x‑usb at76c50x USB Atmel AT76C503/AT76C505 based USB WLAN adapters b ✔ Depends on the model GPLv2 acx100 Texas Instruments ACX100, ACX111, TNETW1450 b/g Dual BSD/MPL Reverse engineered airo airo Cisco Systems Aironet 4500/4800 and 340/350 b ✔ Dual GPLv2 and BSD ath ar5523 Qualcomm Atheros AR5523 based USB dongles a/b/g ✔ ISC Reverse engineered ath5k Qualcomm Atheros AR2413, AR2414, AR2417, AR2425, AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, AR5213, AR5413, AR5414, AR5423, AR5424 a/b/g ✔ (since 2.6.25) Dual GPL/BSD Reverse engineered ath6kl Qualcomm Atheros AR6003, AR6004 (SDIO), AR6004 (USB) a/b/g ✔ ISC Written by Qualcomm Atheros ath9k Qualcomm Atheros chips with IEEE 802.11n support a/b/g/n ✔ (since 2.6.27) ISC Written by Qualcomm Atheros ath10k Qualcomm Atheros chips with IEEE 802.11ac support ac ✔ (since 3.11) ISC Written by Qualcomm Atheros ath11k Qualcomm Atheros chips with IEEE 802.11ax support ax ✔ (since 5.6) ISC Written by Qualcomm Atheros carl9170 Qualcomm Atheros AR9170 (802.11n USB) a/b/g/n ✔ (since 3.0) GPL Qualcomm Atheros supported wil6210 Wilocity wil6210, 802.11ad 60GHz ad ✔ ISC Written by Qualcomm Atheros atmel atmel Atmel at76c502 at76c504 and at76c506 wireless cards b ✔ GPLv2+ Reverse engineered b43 b43 Some Broadcom 43xx a/b/g/n ✔ (since 2.6.24) Experimental OSS firmware GPL Reverse engineered b43legacy b43legacy Broadcom 4301, 4303, and 4306 revisions 1 and 2 a/b/g ✔ (since 2.6.24) Experimental OSS firmware GPLv2 ? hostap HostAP Intersil PRISM II, PRISM 2.5, PRISM 3 ✔ Depends on the model GPLv2 ipw2x00 ipw2x00 Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 and 2200 Network Connection 802.11b ✔ GPL Written by Intel iwlegacy iwlegacyIntel Wireless WiFi 3945ABG, 4965AGN ✔ 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 ✔ 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 ✔ GPL Marvell supported libertas tf libertastf Marvell 8388 (USB) WLAN Thinfirm Driver (OLPC) b/g ✔ GPL cozybit, Marvell supported mt76 mt76 MediaTek MT76x0U, MT76x2U a/b/g/n/ac/ax ✔ (since 4.19) ISC With support from MediaTek mt7601u mt7601u MediaTek MT7601U b/g/n ✔ (since 4.2) GPLv2 mwifiex mwifiex WiFi Ex Driver for Marvell SD8786/SD8787/SD8797 (SDIO), 8766/8897 (PCIe) and 88W8797 (USB) ✔ GPLv2 Written by Marvell mwl8k mwl8k Marvell TOPDOG 802.11 Wireless cards: 88W8366, 88W8863, 88W8687, 88W8764 ✔ GPLv2 Written by Marvell orinoco orinoco Lucent Hermes (WaveLAN/ ORiNOCO); Intersil PRISM II, PRISM 2.5; Symbol Spectrum24 802.11B ✔ Required for WPA supportprism54 p54 p54 Prism54: Intersil/Conexant ISL3877, ISL3880, ISL3886, ISL3887, ISL3890 ✔ (~Aug 2007) Experimental OSS firmware prism54 ✔ (before 2.6.12) Reverse engineered; obsoleted by p54. rt2x00 rt2400pci MediaTek (Ralink) RT2460 b ✔ (since 2.6.24) GPLv2+rt2x00. serialmonkey. com; From partial documentation and GPL drivers by Ralink rt2500pci RT2560 b/g ✔ GPLv2+rt2x00. serialmonkey. com rt61pci RT2561, RT2561S, RT2661 ✔ GPLv2+rt2x00. serialmonkey. com rt2800pci RT2760, RT2790, RT2860, RT2880, RT2890, RT3052, RT3090, RT3091, RT3092RT3390, RT3060, RT3062, RT3562, RT3592, RT5390, RT3290 ✔ GPLv2+rt2x00. serialmonkey. com rt2500usb RT2571 & RT2572 b/g ✔ GPLv2+rt2x00. serialmonkey. com rt73usb RT2571W, RT2573 & RT2671 ✔ GPLv2+rt2x00. serialmonkey. com rt2800usb RT2770, RT2870 & RT3070, RT3071 & RT3072RT3370, RT3572, RT5370, RT5572 ✔ GPLv2+rt2x00. serialmonkey. com rtl818x rtl8180 RTL8180, RTL8185, RTL8187SE b/g ✔ GPL rtl8187 RTL8187, RTL8187B a/b/g ✔ GPL rtl8xxxu rtl819x RTL8723AU, RTL8723BU, RTL8188CUS, RTL8192CU, RTL8191EU, RTL8192EU, RTL8188EU, RTL8188RU, RTL8188FU, RTL8192FU b/g/n ✔ GPLv2 fan made, based on open source drivers released by Realtek rtlwifi rtl‑wifi rtl8188ee Realtek ✔ (since 2.6.38) GPL Written by Realtek et al. Forked from rtl8180 sa2400 project. rtl8192c ✔ GPL Written by Realtek et al. rtl8192ce ✔ GPL Written by Realtek et al. rtl8192cu ✔ GPL Written by Realtek et al. rtl8192de ✔ GPL Written by Realtek et al. rtl8192se ✔ GPL Written by Realtek et al. rtl8723ae ✔ GPL Written by Realtek et al. rtl8188eu RTL8188EU e. g. in the TP Link TL WN725N ✔ (since 3.12) GPL Written by Realtek et al. rtl8821ae RTL8812AE, RTL8821AE ac ✔ (since 3.16) GPL rtw88 rtw88 8822ce RTL8822CE b/g/n/ac ✔ Dual GPLv2 and BSD Written by Realtek et al. rtw88 8822be RTL8822BE b/g/n/ac ✔ Dual GPLv2 and BSD Written by Realtek et al. rtw88 8821ce RTL8821CE b/g/n/ac ✔ Dual GPLv2 and BSD Written by Realtek et al. rtw88 8723de RTL8723DE b/g/n ✔ Dual GPLv2 and BSD Written by Realtek et al. rtw88 8822cu RTL8822CU b/g/n/ac ✔ Dual GPLv2 and BSD Written by Realtek et al. rtw88 8822bu RTL8822BU b/g/n/ac ✔ Dual GPLv2 and BSD Written by Realtek et al. rtw88 8821cu RTL8821CU b/g/n/ac ✔ Dual GPLv2 and BSD Written by Realtek et al. rtw88 8723du RTL8723DU b/g/n ✔ Dual GPLv2 and BSD Written by Realtek et al. rtw89 rtw89 8852ce RTL8852CE b/g/n/ac/ax ✔ Dual GPLv2 and BSD Written by Realtek et al. rtw89 8852ae RTL8852AE b/g/n/ac/ax ✔ Dual GPLv2 and BSD Written by Realtek et al. rtw89 8852be RTL8852BE b/g/n/ac/ax ✔ Dual GPLv2 and BSD Written by Realtek et al. rsi9113 RSI9113 Redpine Signals SDIO, USB adapters ✔ GPL Written by Redpine Signals Inc. ti wl1251 Texas Instruments TI wl1251 (SDIO/SPI) ✔ GPL Written by Nokia wl12xx Texas Instruments TI wl1271, wl1273, wl1281 and wl1283 ✔ (Only up to 3.2) GPL various

Driver802.11BusinterfaceWirelessSecurityMonitormodeMaster(AP)modeAd HocmodeIEEE
802.11s a b g n ac ad ax WEP WPA WPA2 acx1xx ✔ ✔ PCI, Mini PCI, PC card, USB ✔ ✔ ✔ adm8211 ✔ PCI ✔ ✔ ✔ carl9170 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ USB ath5k ✔ ✔ ✔ PCI, Mini PCI, PC card, AHB (2.6.31) ath9k ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ PCI, Mini PCI, Mini PCIe, AHB ath9k htc ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ USB ath10k ✔ PCI, Mini PCI, AHB, Mini PCIe b43 ✔ ✔ PCI, Mini PCI, SDIO ? ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ bcm43xx ✔ ✔ PCI, Mini PCI,Cardbus, PC card ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ brcmfmac ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ USB, SDIO,PCI Express ✔ ✔ ✔ Exp. ✔ brcmsmac ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ PCI, Mini PCI,Mini PCIe ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ hostap ✔ PCI, Mini PCI,PC card ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ libertas ✔ ✔ USB, CF, SDIO madwifi ✔ ✔ ✔ PCI, PC card,Mini PCI ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ mt76 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ PCIe, USB ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ mt7601u ✔ ✔ ✔ USB ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ orinoco ✔ Mini PCI,PC card ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ p54 ✔ ✔ Mini PCI, USB,Cardbus ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ prism54 ✔ ✔ PCI ✔ ✔ ✔ rndis wlan ✔ ✔ USB ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ rt2x00 ✔ ✔ PCI, USB,Mini PCI ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ rtl8180 ✔ ✔ ✔ PCI, PC card,Mini PCI ✔ rtl8187 ✔ ✔ ✔ USB ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ rtl8xxxu ✔ ✔ ✔ USB ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ rtw88 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ M.2, USB ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ rtw89 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ M.2 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ zd1201 ✔ USB ✔ ✔

Driver name Chipset Integration Non free firmware required <! BSD Sam Leffler (FreeBSD) ? ral Ralink Technology RT2500/ RT2501/ RT2600/RT3090/RT3592 Integrated BSD Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD/ FreeBSD) Based on partial documentation ray Raytheon Raylink/Webgear Aviator Integrated / Removed in 8.0 BSD Imported from NetBSD rsu Realtek RTL8188SU/RTL8192SU Integrated since 10.0 BSD Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD), Imported from OpenBSD by Rui Paulo ? rum Ralink RT2501USB/ RT2601USB Integrated BSD Weongyo Jeong (FreeBSD), Sam Leffler (FreeBSD) ? upgt GW3887 (Conexant/Intersil PrismGT series) Integrated since 8.0 BSD Imported from OpenBSD Reverse engineering ural Ralink Technology RT2500USB Integrated BSD Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD/ FreeBSD) Based on partial documentation urtw Realtek RTL8187L/ RTL8187B Integrated since 8.0 BSD Weongyo Jeong (FreeBSD) ? urtwn Realtek RTL8188CU/RTL8188EU/RTL8192CU Integrated since 10.0 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 BSD Bill Paul (FreeBSD) Documentation based wpi Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Integrated BSD Damien Bergamini, Benjamin Close Reverse engineering zyd ZyDAS ZD1211/ZD1211B Integrated BSD Florian Stoehr, Damien Bergamini and Jonathan Gray (OpenBSD) Documentation based

Driver 802.11 Bus interface WEP WPA WPA2 Monitor mode Master mode Ad Hoc mode acx 802.11a?, 802.11b, 802.11g Cardbus, PCI ✔ ? ? ? ? ✔ an 802.11b Cardbus, PCI, ISA ✔ ? ? ? ? ✔ arl N/A ISA ? ? ? ? ? ? ath 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n Cardbus, PCI, Mini PCI ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ awi N/A PC Card ? ? ? ? ✔ ✔ bwi 802.11b, 802.11g Cardbus, PCI ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ cnw N/A Cardbus ? ? ? ? ? ? ipw 802.11b Mini PCI ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ iwi 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g Mini PCI ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ iwn 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n Mini PCI ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ malo 802.11b, 802.11g PCI ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ mwl 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n PCI ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ral 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g Cardbus, PCI, Mini PCI ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ray N/A PC Card ? ? ? ✔ rum 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g USB ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ run 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g USB ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ uath 802.11b, 802.11g USB ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ upgt 802.11b, 802.11g USB ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ural 802.11b, 802.11g USB ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ urtw 802.11b, 802.11g USB ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ wi 802.11b PC Card, Cardbus, PCI ✔ ✔ (since 8.0) ✔ (since 8.0) ✔ (since 8.0?) ✔ ✔ wpi 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g Mini PCI ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ zyd 802.11b, 802.11g USB ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

Driver Chipset Integration Free firmware License Original/Primary developer Development methodologies Free software an Aironet 4500/4800, Cisco Aironet 340/350 Integrated BSD Bill Paul (FreeBSD) Ported from FreeBSD ath Atheros AR521*/ AR2413/ AR2417/ AR5413/ AR5416/ AR5424/ AR9160 Integrated BSD Sam Leffler (FreeBSD) Binary blobs ported from FreeBSD athn Atheros AR5008 up to the AR9287 Integrated BSD Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD) Ported from OpenBSD atu Atmel at76c503/ at76c503a/ at76c505/ at76c505a Integrated BSD Dan Vreeken (FreeBSD) Ported from OpenBSD atw ADMtek ADM8211 Integrated BSD David Young (NetBSD) awi AMD PCnetMobile Integrated BSD bwi Broadcom BCM430x/4318 Integrated BSD Sepherosa Ziehau (DragonflyBSD) Ported from Dragonfly BSD cnw Netwave AirSurfer Integrated BSD ipw Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 Integrated BSD Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD) Ported from OpenBSD iwi Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG/2915ABG Integrated BSD Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD) Ported from OpenBSD iwm Intel Wireless WiFi 7260, 7265, 3160 Integrated BSD Antti Kantee (NetBSD) iwn Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965/ 5000/ 1000/ 6000 Integrated BSD Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD) Ported from OpenBSD malo Marvell 88W8335/88W8310 Integrated BSD Claudio Jeker (OpenBSD) Ported from OpenBSD otus Atheros AR9001U Integrated BSD Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD) Ported from OpenBSD ral Ralink RT2500/ RT2501/ RT2600/ RT2500USB/RT3592 Integrated BSD Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD) Ported from OpenBSD ray Raytheon Raylink / WebGear Aviator Integrated BSD Christian E. Hopps (NetBSD) rtw Realtek RTL8180L Integrated BSD David Young (NetBSD) rtwn Realtek RTL8188CE and RTL8192CE Integrated BSD Stefan Sperling (OpenBSD) Ported from OpenBSD run Ralink RT2700U, RT2800U and RT3000U Integrated BSD Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD) Ported from OpenBSD upgt Conexant/Intersil PrismGT SoftMAC USB IEEE 802.11b/g Integrated BSD Marcus Glocker (OpenBSD) Ported from OpenBSD urtw Realtek RTL8187B/L Integrated BSD Weongyo Jeong (FreeBSD) Ported from FreeBSD urtwn Realtek RTL8188CUS, RTL8188CE VAU, RTL8188EUS, RTL8188RU, and RTL8192CU Integrated BSD Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD) Ported from OpenBSD wi Lucent Technologies WaveLAN/IEEE and PRISM II 802.11 Integrated BSD Bill Paul wpi Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Integrated BSD Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD) Ported from OpenBSD zyd ZyDAS ZD1211/ ZD1211B Integrated BSD Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD) Ported from OpenBSD

Driver Chipset Integration Free firmware BSD Ported from DragonFlyBSD Reverse engineering an Aironet 4500/4800, Cisco Aironet 340/350 Integrated BSD ath Atheros AR5210/ AR5211/ AR5212 Integrated BSD Damien Bergamini Partly based on the ath9k driver for Linux atu Atmel AT76C503/ AT76C503A/ AT76C505/ AT76C505A Integrated ✔ BSD Reverse engineering atw ADMtek ADM8211 Integrated BSD Documentation based awi BayStack 650 2.7 to 4.3 BSD bwfmBroadcom and Cypress IEEE 802.11a/ac/ax/b/g/n wireless network device6.3+BSDPatrick WildtYes bwi Broadcom BCM430x/4318 Integrated BSD Sepherosa Ziehau Ported from DragonFly BSD cnw NetWave AirSurfer 2.6 to 6.0 BSD ipw Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 Integrated BSD Damien Bergamini Reverse engineering iwi Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG/ 2225BG/ 2915ABG Integrated BSD Damien Bergamini Reverse engineering iwn Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965/ 5000/ 1000/ 6000 Integrated BSD Damien Bergamini Reverse engineering iwm Intel Wireless WiFi Link 3160ac/ 7260ac/ 7265ac Integrated (since 5.8) BSD Antti Kantee, Stefan Sperling Based on iwn, and iwlwifi driver released by Intel for Linux under dual GPLv2/BSD license malo Marvell 88W8335/ 88W8310 Integrated BSD Marcus Glocker and Claudio Jeker Reverse engineering otus Atheros AR9170 Integrated (since 4.6) BSD Damien Bergamini Based on source code released by Atheros for Linux under the ISC pgt Conexant/Intersil Prism GT Full MAC ISL3877, ISL3880, and ISL3890 chips Integrated BSD Ported from FreeBSD Reverse engineering BSD Damien Bergamini Documentation based ray Raytheon Raylink/WebGear Aviator IEEE 802.11FH 2.7 to 5.4 BSD rsu Realtek RTL8188SU/RTL8191SU/RTL8192SU Integrated (since 4.9) BSD Damien Bergamini Reverse engineering rtw Realtek RTL8180L Integrated BSD Ported from NetBSD Documentation based rtwn Realtek RTL8188CE/RTL8192CE Integrated BSD Stefan Sperling Based on urtwn driver. rum Ralink RT2501USB/ RT2601USB Integrated ✔ BSD Niall O'Higgins and Damien Bergamini Documentation based run Ralink RT2700U/ RT2800U/ RT3000U Integrated ✔ BSD Damien Bergamini Reverse Engineering upgt GW3887 (Conexant/Intersil PrismGT series) Integrated BSD Marcus Glocker Reverse engineering urtw Realtek RTL8187L Integrated BSD Weongyo Jeong (FreeBSD) ? urtwn Realtek RTL8188CU/RTL8192CU Integrated (since 4.9) BSD Damien Bergamini Reverse engineering wi Lucent Hermes (WaveLAN/ ORiNOCO); Intersil PRISM 2, PRISM 2.5, PRISM 3; Symbol Spectrum24 Integrated Yes for Spectrum24 and N/A for others BSD Bill Paul Documentation based wpi Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Integrated BSD Damien Bergamini Reverse engineering zyd ZyDAS ZD1211/ZD1211B Integrated ✔ BSD Florian Stoehr, Damien Bergamini, and Jonathan Gray Documentation based

Driver 802.11 Bus interface WEP WPA WPA2 Monitor mode Master mode Ad Hoc mode acx 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g Cardbus, PCI ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ an 802.11b PC Card, PCI, ISA ✔ ✔ ✔ ath 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g Cardbus, PCI ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ athn 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n Cardbus, PCI E, Mini PCIE ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ atu 802.11b USB ✔ ✔ atw 802.11b Cardbus, PCI ✔bwfm802.11a/ac/ax/b/g/nPCI, USBYesYesYesYesYesNo bwi 802.11b, 802.11g Cardbus, PCI ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ cnw N/A PC Card ipw 802.11b PCI ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ iwi 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g PCI ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ iwn 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n PCI E, Mini PCIE ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ iwm 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n PCI E, Mini PCIE ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ malo 802.11b, 802.11g Cardbus, PC Card, PCI ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ otus 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g USB ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ pgt 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g Cardbus, PCI ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ral 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g Cardbus, PCI, Mini PCI ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ray N/A PC Card ✔ rtw 802.11b Cardbus, PCI ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ rtwn 802.11b, 802.11g Mini PCIE ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ rum 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g USB ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ run 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g USB ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ uath 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g USB ✔ ✔ upgt 802.11b, 802.11g USB ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ural 802.11b, 802.11g USB ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ urtw 802.11b, 802.11g USB ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ urtwn 802.11b, 802.11g USB ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ wi 802.11b PC Card, PCI, USB ✔ ✔ ✔ wpi 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g PCI ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ zyd 802.11b, 802.11g USB ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

Driver Chipset Integration Free firmware Atheros AR5211/ AR5212/ AR5213/ AR5214 Integrated with Solaris Nevada build 29 No firmware required Lucent/Agere Systems Hermes (WaveLAN/ORiNOCO), Intersil PRISM 2 802.11b BSD PRISM GT 802.11b/g GPL