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Make

Model

Chipset/ Driver

Supports network install?

Supported in installed system?

Works "out of the box"

Comments

Last Updated

Type

3com

3CRWE154A72

ndiswrapper

No

No

No

Use instructions from Ubuntu Wiki. Active scanning network manager causes connection drop.

15/11/2005

PCMCIA

3com

3CRWE154G72

prism54

Yes?(since Hoary)

Yes

Yes

Painless ! The only bad point is that the driver doesn't support signal strenght detection. Not a big deal anyway

21/08/2005

PCMCIA

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!

Accton

EN-1216

Broadcom

No

No

No

needs ndiswrapper

2005-12-20

Acer

Aspire 5021WLMi / 5020

Broadcom

No

No

Looks like yes

Instructions for Ubuntu 64 bits at: ["WifiDocs/Acer5021WLMi_Amd64"]

2005-11-06

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: ["WifiDocs/WlanngHoary"]

2005-04-26

Airlink

AWLH4030

Atheros

No

Yes

Yes

Works out of the box in Breezy via the madwifi linux-restricted-kernel that is included by default. No tweaking required.

2005-9-29

AtlantisLand

A02-WP-54G

Atheros

Yes

Yes

Yes

Works out of the box in Breezy via the madwifi. No tweaking required.

2005-12-6

Asus

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. This card is recommended because of GPL drivers which are quickly advancing and will soon be in the official kernel.

2006-05-21

PCMCIA

Belkin

F5D6001

Prism2/2.5/3

?

Yes

Yes

Works out of the box in Ubuntu 6.06 (Dapper Drake)

2006-06-20

PCI

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://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/pcmcia-cs/+bug/12005 12005]). DOES NOT WORK ON DAPPER, or anything with a kernel later than 2.6.12.

2006-08-07

PCMCIA

Belkin

F5D6020 Ver .3002uk

Ndiswrapper + edited version of Bel6020.inf with rtl8180.sys

no

no

no

Works well, eventually! Edited file Bel6020.inf to change every reference of Bel6020.sys to rtl8180.sys.

2006-03-08

PCMCIA

Belkin

F5D7000

ndsiwrapper + bcmw15a.inf

no

no

no

See Belkin F5D7011ef. Have to manually set frequency to that of your router using sudo iwconfig <wlan0> channel <channel>. To find your router's frequency use iwlist <wlan0> scan. bcmw15a.inf can be found as part of R74092us.exe

2005-12-16

PCI

Belkin

[http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Product_Id=136479 F5D7000 v3]

rt2500

?

Yes

Yes

Work out of the box with WEP and Breezy. WPA support is easy using ["WifiDocs/Driver/RalinkRT2500"]. NB Does not support SMP kernels http://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=21485

2006-01-26

PCI

Belkin

F5D7010

rt2500

?

Yes

Yes

This card will actually work out of the box with Breezy. For Hoary/Warty use the instructions at ["WifiDocs/Driver/RalinkRT2500"] to install a driver.

2005-06-22

PCMCIA

Belkin

F5D7010

Broadcom 4318

Yes

Yes

No

Recognized by Dapper, but must use bcm43xx-fwcutter to get the firmware. http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ . Also ["WifiDocs/Driver/bcm43xx"]

2006-08-30

PCMCIA

Belkin

F5D7010 rev03 ver4000

Broadcom 4306 / ndiswrapper + bcmwl5.inf

No

No

No

Need to install ndiswrapper-utils and your windows driver. In Hoary you also need to change value of radiostate from 1 to 0. New - As an alternative, see Linksys WPC54GS with SpeedBoost below.

2006-3-16

PCMCIA

Belkin

F5D7010 ver5100

Atheros AR5211 / ndiswrapper + BLKWGN.inf

No

No

No

Need ndiswapper-utils and the Windows driver (BLKWGN.inf). Works with WPA and WPA2. Tested in Dapper.

2006-10-02

PCMCIA

Belkin

F5D7011

ndiswrapper + BCMWL5.INF (from CD-ROM)

?

No

No

Followed [http://czarism.com/easy-peasy-wireless-w-ubuntu-debian-linux these instructions] and it worked. Only tried with no encryption so far

2006-05-05

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

Belkin

F5U222et

?

?

Yes

Yes

Tested on Ubuntu 5.04 "The Hoary Hedgehog"

2005-08-21

PCMCIA

Belkin

FSD6001_Ver3

Realtek 8180

No

No

No

Used on Breezy Badger, using Ndiswrapper, but took some tweaking, see [http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/mediawiki/index.php/List Ndiswrapper Wiki]

21/04/06

PCI

Blitzz

BWP712

Atheros

?

Yes

Yes

Tested on Ubuntu 5.04 "The Hoary Hedgehog"

2005-10-05

CardBus

Broadcom

BCM4306

ndiswrapper + bcmwl5a.inf

No

No

No

see Truemobile 1350 below

Broadcom

BCM4306 (rev 02)

bcm43xx + wl_apsta.o

No

No

No

barely works; [http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=1189151&postcount=332 instructions] for hp pavillion ze4400 laptop

6/28/06

internal

Buffalo

WLI-CB-G54L

acx111

No

Yes

No

Copy FwRad16.bin from driver CD in to /lib/hotplug/firmware and remove all other firmwares from that directory. Note that filename is case sensitive.

2005-08-22

PCMCIA

Make

Model

Chipset/ Driver

Supports network install?

Supported in installed system?

Works "out of the box"

Comments

Last Updated

Type

Cisco

Aironet CB21AG

ath* (madwifi)

?

Yes

Yes

Tested on Hoary. See also CB21AGHowto

2005-07-20

Cardbus

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

Conceptronic

C54RC

rt2500

?

Yes

No

Tested on Hoary, see ["WifiDocs/Driver/RalinkRT2500"]

2005-04-15

Conceptronic

C54RC

rt2500

?

Yes

Yes

Tested on Breezy, on a nearly fresh installed system. Worked like a charm, without any problem.

2005-10-23

Conceptronic

C54RC

rt61

No

No

No

This is sold as C54RC, but as a "version 2.0" sticker at the backside. Working with instructions from http://www.ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-132980.html

2006-03-28

Conceptronic

C54C

Atheros

?

Yes

No

Make

Model

Chipset/ Driver

Supports network install?

Supported in installed system?

Works "out of the box"

Comments

Last Updated

Type

Dell

DW1390 - Wireless 1390 - WLAN (802.11g) ExpressCard

Broadcom

No

Requires ndiswrapper. Use instructions in [http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/InstallationNdiswrapper ndiswrapper wiki]. Used the driver from the WindowsXP driver from the [http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd&releaseid=R115321&SystemID=INSPIRON%20B120&os=WW1&osl=en&deviceid=11410&devlib=0&typecnt=1&vercnt=3&formatcnt=1&fileid=152055 Dell driver download page]. Unzipped the .EXE file, and found the driver in DRIVER directory. I also compiled and installed the latest version of ndiswrapper, per [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=104539 instructions]. Not sure if this is necessary. Also, this driver did not work until I ran ndiswrapper by calling it with it's entire path from the terminal. I tried twice installing the driver by calling simply ndiswrapper but it did not work. I checked the path of the command ($ which ndiswrapper) and it said /usr/sbin/ndiswrapper. $ /usr/sbin/ndiswrapper Perhaps it was coincidence that it just happened to cooperate with me just as I decided to call it using its full path? Not sure.

2006-03-21

MiniPCI

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]

Dell

Wireless 1370 802.11bg

Broadcom 4318

?

No

No

Ships with Celeron model Inspiron 1300. Tried ndiswrapper and firmware methods linked http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1071920&mode=linear. lspci reports: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02). Card starts up but cannot find any way to connect to network with dapper

2006-03-21

MiniPCI

Dexlan

30221

orinoco_cs

?

Yes

Yes

?

D-Link

DWL-650

orinoco_cs

Yes

Yes

Yes

Automatically detected, setup even asks for the WEP key

D-Link

DWL-G630

?

??

Yes

Yes, though CD-installer doesn't recognize it

Works in Breezy (just configure it from the gnome network config tool), though it isn't recognized durring installation. Works only via ndiswrapper in Warty and Hoary.

D-Link

DWL-G630 H/W Ver.:C2 F/W Ver.:3.01

Atheros/madwifi

?

Yes

?

driver in linux-restricted-modules

20-Dec-2005

PCMCIA

D-Link

DWL-G630 H/W Ver.:E1 F/W Ver.:5.0

RT61 / Ralink provided

No

No

No

Revision E1 has changed chipset from rev. D. Chipset manufacturer has driver source at http://www.ralinktech.com/supp-1.htm (Look for "RT61", D-Link product name is not mentioned). Driver sources are GPL, but attached firmware files apparently carry no explicit license.

04-Jan-2006

PCMCIA

D-Link

DWL-G510

Atheros

?

Yes

Yes

revision B1 4.10 -- revision C2 should work if you download and compile the RT61 drivers for Linux from http://www.ralinktech.com/supp-1.htm but they are hard to compile.

PCI

Make

Model

Chipset/ Driver

Supports network install?

Supported in installed system?

Works "out of the box"

Comments

Last Updated

Type

D-Link

DWL-520 E1

prism2

No

No

No

See ["WifiDocs/Device/DWL-520vE1"]

2005-04-25

D-Link

DWL-G520

Atheros AR5212

Yes

Yes

Yes

DAPPER: Nearly works out-of-the-box, but had to add "wireless-rate 11M" to /etc/network/interfaces + reboot or two. BREEZY: Works out of the box with breezy. Works well, even with WEP. (Note: Some G520 may use acx100 instead.) HOARY: Rev. B of this card will not work out-of-the-box with Hoary--the madwifi drivers that shipped with Hoary are too old. An updated linux-restricted-modules* package is available [http://ubuntupc.com/ubuntu/public-sources/linux-restricted-modules-2.6.10-5-386_2.6.10.5-1gb_i386.deb here] Note that this package is not officially supported. Some users have reported problems with WPA in the forums.

2005-12-16

PCI

D-Link

DWL-G520+

acx111

Yes

Yes

Yes

Works fine together with AirPort Express, using 128 bit WEP.

2006-03-11

PCI

D-Link

DWL-G520+A

ralink

?

No

No

lspci shows "RaLink: Unknown device 0302". Dapper already has the required driver rt61, but needs some manual configuration. Refer to [http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=132980 this forum post]

2006-10-08

PCI

D-Link

DWL-520+

acx100

Yes

Yes

Yes

Just Works, only distro that autodetects this one

D-Link

DWL-650+

acx100

Yes

Yes

Yes

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

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 as ndiswrapper can be (manually install of win drivers). However, it shows 100% range all the time

D-Link

DWL-G650+

acx100

No

No

No

Work quite well with latest driver from Davis Vlasenko. (0.3.10 work well, but some earlier version may work also).

2005-09-22

PCMCIA

D-Link

WNA-2330

Atheros AR5212 v: A1

?

Yes

Yes

Worked immediately. No config necessary. MadWifi driver automatically recognized it and NetworkManager worked with no troubles. Believe this is a replacement for the dwl-g650

2006-07-23

PCMCIA/Cardbus

Edimax

EW-7106PC

niswrapper -i NET8180.INF

No

No

No

Work with WEP

Edimax

EW-7128g

rt2500

No

No

No

Works with WEP and WPA. See ["WifiDocs/Driver/RalinkRT2500"]

Edimax

EW-7128g

RT61

No

No

No

This seems to be another version of this card! Tested on Breezy and Dapper Flight 6. Breezy: must compile source code from Ralink website, and perform a few other steps. I will write a howto of my method. Dapper: as yet (Flight 6 version), the card is recognised and driver loaded, but doesn't seem to work as cannot connect to router.

2006-04-06

PCI

Gigabyte Technology

GN-WPKG

rt2500

?

?

Yes

FSF recommended, GPL drivers, works automatically in breezy. Highly recommended.

PCI

Make

Model

Chipset/ Driver

Supports network install?

Supported in installed system?

Works "out of the box"

Comments

Last Updated

Type

HP

Pavilion zv5000

Broadcom Corporation BCM4303 802.11b Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)

No

No

No

Card works well with windows driver (from CD) and ndiswrapper. See http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=25683

2006-07-17

internal

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.

Hawking

HWC54D

rt2500

No

No

No

Needs driver added in Warty, see http://www.ralinktech.com/supp-1.htm

2005-10-04

PCMCIA

Hawking

HWC54D

rt2500

???

YES

YES

Only Tested on Breezy Preview.

2005-10-04

PCMCIA

Hawking

HWC54D

rt2500

???

YES

YES

Works out of the box in Dapper - easy!

2006-05-29

PCMCIA

Hawking

HWC54G Rev T

acx111? ndiswrapper TNET1130.INF works

No

Yes

No

Copy FwRad16.bin from driver CD in to /lib/hotplug/firmware and remove all other firmwares from that directory. Note that filename is case sensitive.

9/06/2005

cardbus

Make

Model

Chipset/ Driver

Supports network install?

Supported in installed system?

Works "out of the box"

Comments

Last Updated

Type

Intel

Pro/Wireless 3945 ABG (Centrino)

ipw3945

Untested

Yes

Yes

Works perfectly on a fresh Ubuntu 6.06 (Dapper) installation. On older versions, works if you manually install the ipw3945 module (from ipw3945.sf.net), the ipw3945 daemon and the ipw3945 firmware ucode (requires ieee80211 kernel support).

2006-Oct-07

Intel

PRO/Wireless 2100 (Centrino)

ipw2100

Yes?

Yes

Yes

Automatically detected since the first installation steps

2005-12-09

MPCI

Intel

PRO/Wireless 2200 (Centrino)

ipw2200

Yes*

Yes*

Yes*

Automatically detected since the first installation steps. [http://nickselby.com/articles/technology/index.htm?a=1807 Driver Upgrade How-To] [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=26623 WPA How-To]

2005-12-09

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

WMP54G (Ver.4)

Ralink

?

Yes

Yes

Detected in Network Settings as ra0 and started working after WAP details were input

2005-10-17

PCI

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

Yes

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

2005-08-15

PCMCIA

Linksys

WPC 11 (Ver.4)

Realtek

?

Yes

No

Works great. Use XP driver here here: http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloads1-3.aspx?Keyword=8180

2005-11-04

PCMCIA

Linksys

WPC54AG

AR5212 802.11abg NIC (rev 01)

?

Yes

No

Ran apt-get update and card was found. Using WPA-PSK with distro's madwifi drivers connecting to Dlink di-624 version 3

2006-09-19

PCMCIA

Linksys

WPC54G (ver 1.2)

Broadcom (BCM4306 rev3)

?

Yes (after fix)

No

Get recognized in the setup process, but unable to use it. After setup completes, the card is shown in the network interfaces (as eth0, all hardware details are shown too), but the system is unable to activate it. Updating the firmwares (read how at http://bcm43xx.spugna.org/index.php?topic=29.0) fixes the problem

2006-03-14

PCMCIA

Linksys

WPC54G (Ver.2)

Texas Instruments ACX111

?

Yes (with windows drivers and ndiswrapper)

No

Follow this howto to get the card to work: http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=201633

2006-6-22

PCMCIA

Linksys

WPC54G (Ver.4)

? with ndiswrapper

?

Yes (with windows drivers and ndiswrapper)

Yes (with windows drivers and ndiswrapper)

This card type is very tricky to get working, must have drivers for the SPECIFIC version of the card.

2005-12-27

PCMCIA

Linksys

WPC54GS with Speedboost

Broadcom (BCM4306 rev3)

?

No

No

Card works well with windows driver (from CD) and ndiswrapper - the instructions on [http://www.kosmaczewski.net/blogs/tech/archives/2006/02/how_to_install_1.php] were simple and effective. The instructions also worked for my Belkin F5D7010 card (rev3, listed above) without alteration.

2006-03-16

PCMCIA

Linksys

WPC54G v3

Broadcom(?) with ndiswrapper

?

Yes (with windows driver from cd)

Yes (with windows driver from cd)

Couldn't get any of the windows drivers from linksys.com to work (they don't have a version 3 one listed right now) but I tried the driver off the installation cd with ndiswrapper and it worked like a charm! Just follow normal ndiswraper driver installation with the NT driver from the linksys install cd that comes with the card (built in driver works flawlessly with the 2.6.15 kernel, ndiswrapper not needed. Do not know if it will work for install.)

07-05-2006

PCMCIA

Linksys

WPC54G v7.1

Atheros

?

?

Yes

It just works (Dapper Drake 6.06)

28-09-2006

PCMCIA

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

rt2500

?

yes

yes

Works out of the box with Breezy. See also ["WifiDocs/Driver/RalinkRT2500"]

MSI

MP54G4

rt2500

?

yes

yes

Works out of the box with Dapper. Untested on Breezy.

2006-04-11

MPCI

MSI

PC54G3

rt61

No

yes

No

Working with instructions from BRhttp://www.ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-132980.html. WEP, WPA, WPA2 without any problems with Dapper. No ndiswrapper and/or wpa_supplicant necessary.

2006-08-18

PCI

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.

Make

Model

Chipset/ Driver

Supports network install?

Supported in installed system?

Works "out of the box"

Comments

Last Updated

Type

Netgear

WG311v2

Texas Instruments ACX 111

?

Yes

Yes

Worked out of the box with Breezy. WEP now works 100%!

Netgear

WG311T

Atheros AR5212

No

Yes

Yes

Detected in Network Settings as ath0 and started working once the WAP details were input. Version WG311TGE (sold as WG311T) works out of the box on Dapper 6.06.

Netgear

WG511

Prism

Yes

Yes

Yes

v1 Taiwan works out of the box with Hoary

2005-04-23

PCMCIA

Netgear

WG511 v2

Prism

?

Yes

No

[http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=76804 howto] "Made in China" version. Must use ndiswrapper and a few tweaks - Substitute the v3 drivers in the howto for the Win2000 drivers off the netgear cd.

2006-02-13

PCMCIA

Netgear

WG511 v3

Prism

?

Yes

No

[http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=76804 howto] "Made in China" version. Must use ndiswrapper and a few tweaks.

2005-10-15

PCMCIA

Netgear

WG511T

Atheros Super-G

Yes

Yes

Yes

Has been reported to work out of the box, but a large number of users have had problems. See this [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=38972&page=1&pp=10 HowTo] for further details

2005-11-16

PCMCIA

Netgear

MA401

prism1?

?

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

MA401RA

orinoco or hostap

?

Yes

No - Need some tweaks

Be careful, this card is not the same as the Netgear MA401 (without RA) which uses the prism driver. The MA401RA use the orinoco or the hostap drivers. To avoid a complete freeze of the system when the card is inserted, you may have to include a line "exclude=irq3" in /etc/pcmcia/config.opts. Once done, everything works well. In Dapper, if you want to use (k)networkmanager, you may want to use the hostap driver instead of the orinoco one. See this thread: http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=169222&highlight=knetworkmanager

03-May-2006

PCMCIA

Netgear

MA311 (PCI)

Prism 2.5

Yes

Yes

Yes

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

Netgear

MA521

Realtek 8180

?

No

No

Success with ndiswrapper and win2000 driver under breezy

2005-11-30

PCI

Netgear

MA521

Realtek / netma521.inf / out-of-the-box (Dapper)

?

Yes (Dapper)

For WEP, probably yes (Dapper)

Works with ndiswrapper in hoary. Briefly worked in breezy, lots of problems. Used successfully in Dapper with native driver (configured in the standard Dapper kernel) and WPA 1, but could not get it to work with NetworkManager.

2005-10-17

PCMCIA

Netgear

WPN311

Atheros 5212

?

Yes

Yes

Detected as ath0, network manager configures it fine

2006-01-04

PCI

Proxim/ Orinoco

pci a/b/g gold

Atheros/madwifi

no

yes

Yes

"just works(tm)"

Proxim/ Orinoco

pci a/b/g gold

Atheros/madwifi

no

yes

Yes

"just works(tm)"

Sitecom

WL-112

-

No

Yes

Yes

Works fine in Dapper, had to use ndisrapper before that

2006-07-02

PCMCI

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)

SMC

SMCWCB-G

ath_pci/ath_hal

?

Yes

No

Run 'update-pciids' otherwise the card will not be recognized

2006-1-1

PCMCIA

SMC

SMCWPCI-G

ath_pci/ath_hal

?

Yes

Yes

Make

Model

Chipset/ Driver

Supports network install?

Supported in installed system?

Works "out of the box"

Comments

Last Updated

Type

Topcom

Skyracer Pro PC Card 3054

Atheros/Madwifi

?

Yes

Yes

automaticly detected and set up as ath0, if the card is inserted after a boot you have to run 'sudo ifconfig ath0 up' or activate it through network settings to start the card. booting with the card inserted its started automaticly

2005-11-02

PCMCIA

Topcom

Skyr@cer wifi card 4054G

Maverick

?

Yes

Yes

No Linux driver, but not difficult to install (only tested on Ubuntu 5.10): Use ndiswrapper with the mrv8335.inf file from the Drivers/win98 folder on the setup CD. Does in some cases not support 128-bit encryption, but did work with 64-bit. More info: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/6917

2006-01-11

PCMCIA

Toshiba

L20-268

Atheros

?

?

Yes

Auto detected and perfectly configured by Ubuntu 6.06

2006-06-22

on-board

TRENDnet

TEW-221PC

adm8211

?

?

No

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

TRENDnet

TEW-423PI

ndiswrapper

?

Yes

No

Build ndiswrapper as described on this page, ["WifiDocs/Driver/Ndiswrapper"], and it'll work as long as you follow the directions exactly.

2005/10/23

PCI

TRENDnet

TEW-443PI

Atheros AR5212/ath*

?

Yes

yes

Easiest wireless setup I have ever done, Use Ubuntu's network GUI and just add WEP key, enable and activate. Works with both 802.11b&g.

2005/11/19

PCI

Trust

Speedshare Turbo Pro

Atheros AR5212

?

Yes

Yes

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

U.S.Robotics

WIreless Turbo Pc Card 5410

acx111

Yes (colony 3)

Yes

Yes

Works great

2005-09-01

PCMCIA

Make

Model

Chipset/ Driver

Supports network install?

Supported in installed system?

Works "out of the box"

Comments

Last Updated

Type

Zonet

ZEW1501

rt2500

?

Yes

Yes

This card does not want to hotplug, so you have to plug it in and restart the computer, and then activate in network settings

2006-01-01

PCMCIA

Zonet

ZEW1601

rt2500

No

Yes

No

See ["WifiDocs/Driver/RalinkRT2500"]. Find reference to Zonet on that page for additional information.

2005-10-21

PCI

Zyxel

ZyAir B-220

Zydas

No

No

No

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

2005-03-26

Various

Various

Atheros/madwifi

No

Yes

No

Various

Various PCI devices

Atmel AT76c50x

No

Yes

No

Make

Model

Chipset/ Driver

Supports network install?

Supported in installed system?

Works "out of the box"

Comments

Last Updated

Type

A-Link

WLAN54MB

zd1211

Yes?

Yes

Yes

Seems to work fine on Breezy

2005-11-14

USB

ADDON

ADD-GWU180

zd1211

?

Yes

Yes

Works fine on Dapper RC1

2006-05-28

USB

AVM GmbH

Fritz!WLAN USB Stick

TNETW1450 / fwlanusb

No

No

No

See ["WifiDocs/Device/Fritz!WLAN_USB_Stick"] for details, works with Breezy & Dapper

2006-03-25

USB

Buffalo

WLI-USB-L11G

orinoco_usb

No

No

No

Follow instructions on ["WifiDocs/Device/BuffaloWLIL11GUSB"]

2005-09-06

USB

Dell

Truemobile 1180 Wireless USB Adapter

prism2_usb?

?

?

?

2006/06/06

USB

Dell

Wireless 1450 Wireless USB Adapter

-

No

No

No

Tested on Hoary

USB

D-Link

DWL-122

prism2_usb

No

No

No

Needs linux-wlan-ng and manual configuration. See ["WifiDocs/Device/DWL-122"]

2005-11-14

USB

D-Link

DWL-G122

A2/prism

No

Yes

No

USB stick - works well in Breezy with ndiswrapper (the one provided in synaptic), with the drivers provided on the CD

15/Oct/2005

D-Link

DWL-G122

B1/ralink

No

No

No

There are quite a different number of versions floating around, and this one is D-link DWL-G122 REV H/W ver B1 F/W 2.02. The usb id is 2001:3c00. The drivers are from the [http://www.ralinktech.com/drivers/Linux/RT25USB-SRC-V2.0.4.0.tar.gz Ralink].

11/25/2005

usb

D-Link

DWL-G122

B1/ralink

No

No

No

Used the drivers specified above. Can connect to unencrypted wireless networks but with minimal stability, and cannot use WEP/WPA. Not recommended

1/19/2006

usb

D-Link

DWL-G122/B1

rt2500 / rt2570

Yes/No

Yes/No

No

Works well with WEP and WPA on Breezy & Dapper see ["WifiDocs/Device/DWL-G122 (Rev B)"]

2006-03-25

USB

D-Link

DWL-G122/C1

rt73 / Ralink rt73

No

No

No

With the CVS GPL drivers open, WEP and WPA seems to be working. See ["WifiDocs/Driver/RalinkRT73"]

2006-10-09

USB

D-Link

DWL-650 P1

prism2_usb

No

No

No

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

Hawking

HWL-2

Zydas 1211

No

No

No

use driver at http://www.zydas.com.tw/downloads/download-1211.asp

2005-10-04

USB

Make

Model

Chipset/ Driver

Supports network install?

Supported in installed system?

Works "out of the box"

Comments

Last Updated

Type

Linksys

WUSB54G (Ver.1)

ndiswrapper

No

Yes

No

First remove islsm_usb then remove and add back ndiswrapper

2006/9/1

USB

Linksys

WUSB54G (Ver.4)

rt2500

?

Yes

Yes

Works fine with WEP on 6.06/Breezy when installed, but hung at activating using LiveCD

2006-06-28

USB

Linksys

WUSB11B Ver.2

?

Unknown/Likely

Yes

Yes

No command-line needed, works perfect the first try. Tested on Dapper Beta 2

2006/05/09

USB

Linksys

WUSB11 Ver.2.8

?

?

Yes

Yes

Just choose wireless network in networking, and works. Xubuntu 6.06.

2006/07/15

USB

Netgear

MA111v1

prism2_usb

?

Yes

Yes

Works with ndiswrapper and netma111.inf driver. See ["WifiDocs/Device/NetgearMA111"]

2005-10-09

Netgear

WG111v1

ndiswrapper + netwg111.inf

No

No

No

Works with ndiswrapper and the CDROM provided by netgear. See ["WifiDocs/Device/NetgearWG111"]

2005/09/09

Compaq

W200

orinoco_usb

No

No

No

Following WifiDocs/Device/CompaqW200 WEP works, not tried WPA

2005-01-25

Sweex

LW143

ndiswrapper + wlanuig.inf

No

No

No

Works after using ndiswrapper, at systemboot very long delay on Initialising Network interfaces, system hangs after undetermined period of use.

TRENDnet

TEW-504UB

ndiswrapper + net5523.inf

No

No

No

works well in Breezy with ndiswrapper (the one provided in synaptic), with the drivers provided on the CD

2006-10-14

USB

U.S.Robotics

802.11g Wireless USB Adapter 5420

use lsusb in the terminal and check for ID = 0baf:0111

?

?

No

The latest ndiswrapper release source must be downloaded from [http://sourceforge.net/projects/ndiswrapper/] and the directions for building ["WifiDocs/Driver/Ndiswrapper"] followed while replacing ndiswrapper-1.1 with the version downloaded (i.e. latest at time of writing = ndiswrapper-1.5); everything works except the signal strength monitor, probably because it gets compiled against version 17 of the wireless extensions instead of 18; lastly, you'll probably need to install gcc3.4 using Synaptic otherwise build will fail

2005-11-01

USB

Zonet

ZEW2501

Zydas

No

No

No

Instructions for building and installing module here http://zd1211.ath.cx/

2005-11-16

USB

Zyxel

AG-225H

Zydas

No

No

No

Getting info from http://zd1211.ath.cx/ and waiting for Zydas 2.3 driver included //UPDATE on 2006-02-10, successfully installed with r52 and r52plus-2.4.0.0-1.patch from zd1211.ath.cx site(need to add vendor and product id to zdusb.c)

2006-01-15

USB

Various (SMC, Belkin...)

Various USB devices

Atmel AT76C503A

?

Yes

Yes

Plug it and go the the network administration to enable it. Nothing more, it works fairly well

2005-09-27

USB