Summary
- Model - This is the full device model as noted on the box.
Chipset - Chipset vendor name, chipset name, vendor code, and device code. For example, if one was looking for a PCI device:
lspci -vvnn | grep Network 04:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter [10ec:8176] (rev 01)
It's the 'Realtek', 'RTL8188CE', and '[10ec:8176] (rev 01)'.
Driver - For a PCI device:
lspci -vvnn | grep -A 9 Network | grep Kernel Kernel driver in use: rtl8192ce
It's the 'rtl8192ce'.
- Works "out of the box"
- Yes - It works perfectly with no manual modifications, or degraded performance.
- No - It doesn't work at all, has degraded performance, or requires manual configuration to make it work. Please add a comment to what you had to do to get it to work if this was possible, as well as a URL to an outstanding Launchpad bug report to address the issues encountered.
PCMCIA
Model |
Chipset |
Driver |
Works "out of the box" |
Comments |
Last Updated |
Aria extreme Cardbus |
Broadcom |
bcm43xx |
No |
Xubuntu 6.10 .. Powerbook G4 (Model: A1001) .. Works well after installing fwcutter, installing & modifying the wpasupplicant, running the following script in terminal: sudo /usr/share/bcm43xx-fwcutter/install_bcm43xx_firmware.sh, and after installing network-manager-gnome -- as instructed on these 2 pages: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/bcm43xx/Edgy and https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/WPAHowTo. |
2/14/2007 |