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Summary
PCMCIA
Model |
Chipset |
Driver |
Supports network install? |
Supported in installed system? |
Works "out of the box" |
Comments |
Last Updated |
WL-107G |
rt2500 |
|
? |
No |
Yes |
Card works fine in Breezy with no special setup. Is not detected at install, but if you go to network settings and put ra0 where it says lo it will be detected. Probably have to manually put in the ssid. Broken in Feisty. Works in Gusty. |
2007-12-27 |
F3JM-AK029P |
Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG |
|
? |
Yes |
Yes |
Card works fine in Feisty with no special setup. Detected automatically on install. |
2007-04-24 |
PCI
Model |
Chipset |
Driver |
Supports network install? |
Supported in installed system? |
Works "out of the box" |
Comments |
Last Updated |
WL-138G V2 |
Broadcom BCM4318 |
bcm43xx |
Probably Not |
Yes |
Yes including WPA |
Driver installed in Hardy, lacks firmware. bcm43xx-fwcutter in repos will fetch the firmware. Automatically detected by karmic; firmware may be easily fetched by restricted-manager. Driver seems to have some problems waking up after sleeping mode and on dual-boot systems WinXP/Karmic |
2010-03-02 |
PCI-G31 |
RaLink RT2561/RT61 |
rt61pci |
? |
Yes |
Yes including WPA |
Automatically recognized by NetworkManager in 9.10, plug and play. For other distros, if there are problems, Linux driver is included on the driver CD or can be downloaded from Asus: http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=i7CffhTc7IDHv5rA |
2010-01-15 |
USB
Model |
Chipset |
Driver |
Supports network install? |
Supported in installed system? |
Works "out of the box" |
Comments |
Last Updated |
WL-167G V2 |
RT2500 |
??? |
??? |
Yes |
Yes |
Tested in 7.10. Gives errors in dmesg but once I clicked on the nm-applet and selected Manual Configuration, I was able to put in my SSID, etc. I also had to enter DNS info manually. Then I just had to run ifdown wlan0 && ifup wlan0 and I was online. Worked for me with a Linksys router running DD-WRT and WPA-TKIP. |
2008-01-16 |
WL-167G (USB IDs 0b05:1706, 0b05:1707) |
rt25 |
? |
Yes - 6.10 |
No - 9.10 |
Detected and loaded OK. Detects networks, however cannot establish encrypted connection under 9.10 with WEP/WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK. Well documented issues out of the box. |
2009-10-07 |
|
WL-167G (USB IDs 0b05:1723, 0b05:1724) |
rt73 |
? |
Yes |
Yes |
Using 8.04 works fine out of the box! If you have any issue (e.g. slow connection) try to install linux-backports-modules-hardy (For older version of Ubuntu you must instal GPL RT73 driver. Follow the instructions at the bottom of this guide WifiDocs/Driver/RalinkRT73). |
2008-05-26 |
|
WL-167G V2 (USB ID 0b05:1723) |
rt73usb |
? |
Yes |
Yes |
Worked out-of-the-box on 7.10/amd64/Desktop using nm-applet and WPA-PSK. |
2008-05-02 |