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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 |
LW051 |
Atheros |
Madwifi |
Ues |
Automatically recognized in Ubuntu Gutsy. |
2007-12-01 |
LW056 |
Marvel 88W8335 + 88W8010 |
? |
No |
Not recognized in Gutsy |
2007-12-01 |
PCI
Model |
Chipset |
Driver |
Works "out of the box" |
Comments |
Last Updated |
? |
Atheros |
Madwifi |
No |
Automatically detected and set up as ath0. Was unable to detect the ESSID of a BT Home Hub but was able to connect and gain an IP via DHCP when details entered manually using System > Networking menu in Edgy. Booting with the card installed starts automatically. Card was added to an already installed system. |
2007-03-08 |
LW057 v2 |
RTL8185 |
RTL8180 |
No |
Works with the RTL8180 driver, but the range is pretty poor though. |
2010-05-05 |
USB
Model |
Chipset |
Driver |
Works "out of the box" |
Comments |
Last Updated |
LW143 |
? |
ndiswrapper |
No |
Works after using ndiswrapper + wlanuig.inf, at system boot very long delay on Initialising Network interfaces, system hangs after undetermined period of use. |
2005-00-00 |
LW053 |
|
rt2750wf |
No |
Almost works out of the box on Gusty (7.10) with WPA and WEP - but keeps dropping connection. Only DHCP working so far. Works with WEP with rt73 driver from serialmonkey following this guide. |
2008-03-20 |
LW053 |
Raylink RT2501usb- ID 148f:rt2573 |
rt73usb |
Yes |
Ok 8.10 |
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