||<>|| If you are buying a new computer, it is best to select one with a wireless component that is designed for free software like Linux. A card designed for free software gives you improved support. Free software compatible devices also work out of the box. * [[http://thinkpenguin.com/| ThinkPenguin.com]] currently offers a 802.11N USB card with the AR9170 chipset that guarantees free software compatibility. Also available are MiniPCI wifi cards for laptop computers and USB Bluetooth adapters to connect Bluetooth wireless devices. * [[http://www.passys.nl/wirelessnetwork|Passys]] sells a PCI card that is Linux compatible (although not free software compatible) for desktop computers. * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_open_source_wireless_drivers|Wikipedia]] has additional information on which chipsets and drivers are free software compatible. * Some other cards are Linux compatible, but not free software compatible. These usually work, but in some cases may not. Even if your wireless card does not have a driver designed for Ubuntu, you may be able to get it to work using [[http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/|NDISWrapper]] and a Microsoft Windows driver. This comes at the expense of functionality and reliability. If you get this method working your Internet connection will most likely be very unstable. Other Ubuntu wiki pages on Wireless Networking: * [[WifiDocs|Central page for Wifi info]] * WifiDocs/WirelessTroubleShootingGuide * WirelessTroubleshootingProcedure = Wireless Cards = To determine what wireless card/chipset you have, first determine whether it is a separate device plugged into the computer or not. If it is a separate USB device, open up a terminal and type the following: {{{ lsusb }}} and look for words like "wireless" to find your card type. For chips that are not USB but included in the computer, type: {{{ lspci -v }}} and read the last section. == By Manufacturer == The Community has created articles for the following Manufacturers: {{{#!wiki comment/dotted In an effort to help with the cleanup of this page, I modified these links to show up within the article as just the manufacturers' names instead of the full URL path. On each manufacturer's page, while working on the clean up, I'm separating them by card type and then linking to them here. This is in an effort to streamline the code and make the documents more organized.}}} || '''Manufacturer''' ||<-5>'''Card Type''' || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCards3com | 3Com]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCards3com#PCMCIA | PCMCIA]] || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCards3com#PCI | PCI]] || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCards3com#PCILowProfile | PCI Low Profile]] || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCards3com#USB | USB]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsA-Link | A-Link]] || || || || ||[[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsA-Link#USB | USB]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsAccton | Accton]] || || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsAccton#PCI | PCI]] || || || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsAdaptec | Adaptec]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsAdaptec#PCMCIA | PCMCIA]] || || || || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsAdvent | Advent]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsAdvent#PCMCIA | PCMCIA]] || || || || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsADDON | ADDON ]] || || || || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsADDON #USB | USB ]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsAirlink101 | Airlink101]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsAirlink101#PCMCIA | PCMCIA]] || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsAirlink101#PCI | PCI]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsAirlink101#USB | USB]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsAptiva | Aptiva ]] || || || || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsAptiva#USB | USB]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsAsus | Asus]] || ||[[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsAsus#PCMCIA | PCMCIA]] || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsAsus#PCI | PCI]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsAsus#USB | USB]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsAtlantisLand | Atlantis Land]] || || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsAtlantisLand#PCI | PCI]] || || || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsAvm | AVM]] || || || || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsAvm#USB | USB]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsBelkin | Belkin]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsBelkin#PCMCIA | PCMCIA]] || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsBelkin#PCI | PCI]] ||[[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsBelkin#EXPRESSCARD34 | ExpressCard/34]] ||[[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsBelkin#USB | USB]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsBlitzz | Blitzz]] || || || ||[[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsBlitzz#Cardbus | Cardbus]] || || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsBroadcom | Broadcom]] ||[[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsBroadcom | miniPCI]] || || || || || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsBuffalo | Buffalo]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsBuffalo#PCMCIA | PCMCIA]] || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsBuffalo#PCI | PCI]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsBuffalo#USB | USB]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsCableWireless | Cable & Wireless]] || || || ||[[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsCableWireless#Cardbus | Cardbus]] || || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsCisco | Cisco]] || ||[[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsCisco#PCMCIA | PCMCIA]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsCisco#Cardbus | Cardbus]] || || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsCnet | Cnet]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsCnet#PCMCIA | PCMCIA]] || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsCnet#PCI | PCI]] || || || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsCompaq | Compaq]] || || || || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsCompaq#USB | USB]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsCompUsa | CompUSA/Realtek]] || || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsCompUsa#PCI | PCI]] || || || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsConceptronic | Conceptronic]] || || || || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsConceptronic#USB | USB]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsDell | Dell]] || || || || ||[[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsDell#USB | USB]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsDexlan | Dexlan]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsDexlan#PCMCIA | PCMCIA]] || || || || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsDigicom | Digicom]] || || || || ||[[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsDigicom#USB | USB]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsDlink | Digitus]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsDlink#PCMCIA | PCMCIA]] || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsDlink#PCI | PCI]] || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsDlink#Unknown | Unknown]] || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsDlink#USB| USB]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsDlink | D-Link]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsDlink#PCMCIA | PCMCIA]] || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsDlink#PCI | PCI]] || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsDlink#Unknown | Unknown]] || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsDlink#USB| USB]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsEdimax | Edimax]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsEdimax#PCMCIA | PCMCIA]] || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsEdimax#PCI | PCI]] || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsEdimax#Unknown | Unknown]] || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsEdimax#USB | USB]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsEHome | eHome]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsEHome#PCMCIA | PCMCIA]] || || || || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsEncore | Encore]] || || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsEncore | PCI | PCI]] || ||[[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsEncore#USB | USB]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsGigabyteTechnology | Gigabyte Technology]] || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsGigabyteTechnology#miniPCI | miniPCI]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsGigabyteTechnology#PCI | PCI]] || || || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsHawking | Hawking]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsHawking#PCMCIA | PCMCIA]] || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsHawking#PCI | PCI ]] || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsHawking#Cardbus | Cardbus]] || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsHawking#USB | USB]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsHp | HP]] || || ||[[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsHp#PCI | PCI]] || || || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsIntel | Intel]] || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsIntel#miniPCI | miniPCI]] || || || || || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsKcorp | KCorp]] || || || ||[[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsKcorp#Cardbus | Cardbus]] || || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsLevelOne | Level One]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsLevelOne#PCMCIA | PCMCIA]] || || || || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsLinksys | Linksys]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsLinksys#PCMCIA | PCMCIA]] || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsLinksys#PCI | PCI]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsLinksys#USB | USB]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsLongshine | Longshine]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsLongshine#PCMCIA | PCMCIA]] || || || || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsMotorola | Motorola]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsMotorola#PCMCIA | PCMCIA]] || || || || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsMsi | MSI]] || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsMsi#miniPCI | miniPCI]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsMsi#PCI | PCI]] || || || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsMyEssentianls | MyEssentials]] || || || || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsMyEssentianls#USB | USB]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsNetcomm | Netcomm]] || || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsNetcomm#PCI | PCI]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsNetcomm#USB | USB]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsNetcore | Netcore]] || || || || ||[[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsNetcore#USB | USB]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsNetgear | Netgear]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsNetgear#PCMCIA | PCMCIA]] || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsNetgear#PCI | PCI]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsNetgear#USB | USB]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsNovatech | Novatech]] || || || || ||[[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsNovatech#USB | USB]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsOrient | Orient]] || || || || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsOrient#USB | USB]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsPheenet | Pheenet]] || || || || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsPheenet#USB | USB]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsProxim | Proxim/Orinoco]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsProxim#PCMCIA | PCMCIA]] || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsProxim#PCI | PCI]] || || || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsQualcomm | Qualcomm Atheros]] || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsQualcomm#miniPCI | miniPCI]] || || || || || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsRealTek | RealTek]] || || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsRealTek#PCI | PCI]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsRealTek#USB | USB]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsRetailPlus | RetailPlus]] || || || || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsRetailPlus#USB | USB]]|| || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsRosewill | Rosewill]] || || || || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsRosewill#USB | USB]]|| || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsSierra | Sierra]] || || || || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsSierra#USB | USB]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsSitecom | Sitecom]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsSitecom#PCMCIA | PCMCIA]] || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsSitecom#PCI | PCI]] || || || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsSmc | SMC]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsSmc#PCMCIA | PCMCIA]] || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsSmc#PCI | PCI]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsSmc#USB | USB]]|| || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsSonnet | Sonnet]] || ||[[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsSonnet#PCMCIA | PCMCIA]] || || || || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsSweex | Sweex]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsSweex#PCMCIA | PCMCIA]] || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsSweex#PCI | PCI]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsSweex#USB | USB]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsTopcom | Topcom]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsTopcom|PCMCIA | PCMCIA]] || || || || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsTP-Link | TP-Link]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsTP-Link#PCMCIA | PCMCIA]] ||[[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsTP-Link#PCI | PCI]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsTP-Link#USB | USB]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsTrendnet | Trendnet]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsTrendnet#PCMCIA | PCMCIA]] || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsTrendnet#PCI | PCI]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsTrendnet#USB | USB]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsTrust | Trust]] || || || ||[[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsTrust#Unknown | Unknown]] || || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsUsRobotics | US Robotics]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsUsRobotics#PCMCIA | PCMCIA]] || || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsUsRobotics#USB | USB]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsVeho | Veho]] || || || || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsVeho#USB | USB]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsWestell | Westell]] || || || || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsWestell#USB | USB]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsZonet | Zonet]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsZonet#PCMCIA | PCMCIA]] || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsZonet#PCI | PCI]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsZonet#USB | USB]]|| || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsZyxel | Zyxel]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsZyxel#PCMCIA | PCMCIA]] || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsZyxel#PCI | PCI]] || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsZyxel#USB | USB]]|| || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsVarious | Various]] || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsVarious#miniPCI | miniPCI]] || || || || [[HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsVarious#USB | USB]] || == By Version == See this page: [[WifiDocs/WirelessCardsByVersion]] == By Card == Please take a moment and add your card to the wiki if there isn't a page on that device yet. It's very simple, try to follow the format of template but don't worry too much about following guidelines. It's much more important to document your experience for others. To create a page, simply enter the model # and version in the box (example: dwl-g650vB5) and then click on the Create Device Page button. If there is a page on your device already, open it and add your comments/experience to the existing page. <> <> ---- ##wiki comment: CategoryHardware appeared 4 times. Removed 3 of them. CategoryNetworking appeared twice. Removed one of them. CategoryHardware CategoryNetworking CategoryWireless