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Wireless Network Interfaces
Please put in exact model numbers where possible.
To determine what wireless card/chipset you have, open up a terminal and type the following.
lspci -v | less
Then, scroll to find your wireless device and note down its details. For USB devices, type lsusb instead.
Wireless support varies with architecture. For example, ndiswrapper will work on the x86 architechture. A list of card that work with ndiswrapper is available at http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/mediawiki/index.php/List .
If you are going wireless card shopping, please look at this searchable list of cards which are supported under Linux at http://linux-wless.passys.nl/ . Make sure you buy wireless cards supported fully under Linux. It is worth noting that the [https://www.fsf.org/resources/hw/net/wireless/cards.html Free Software Foundation (FSF) recommends the Ralink 2500/RT2400 and Realtek RTL8180 chipsets]. A recent (December 20, 2006) [http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/293/ article] also mentions Ralink and Realtek as open-source friendly Wifi vendors, as well as Atmel.
If you find that your device is supported by a driver included with Ubuntu, but the driver is not loaded automatically, please see ReportingBugs to file a bug with Ubuntu! These are easy to fix.
Other Ubuntu wiki pages on Wireless Networking:
[wiki:WifiDocs Central page for Wifi info]
WifiDocs/WirelessTroubleShootingGuide (work in progress)
Under Construction!!!
PCI, miniPCI, cardbus or inbuilt
Make |
Link |
3Com |
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Accton |
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Acer |
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Adaptec |
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Airlink101 |
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AtlantisLand |
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Asus |
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Belkin |
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Blitzz |
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Broadcom |
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Buffalo |
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Cable & Wireless |
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Cisco |
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Cnet |
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Conceptronic |
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Dell |
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Dexlan |
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D-Link |
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Edimax |
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Gigabyte Technology |
HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsGigabyteTechnology |
HP |
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Hawking |
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Intel |
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KCorp |
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Level One |
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Linksys |
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Longshine |
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Motorola |
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MSI |
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Netcomm |
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Netgear |
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Proxim |
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Sitecom |
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SMC |
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) |
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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 |
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U.S.Robotics |
WIreless Turbo Pc Card 5410 |
acx111 |
Yes (colony 3) |
Yes |
Yes |
Works great |
2005-09-01 |
PCMCIA |
U.S.Robotics |
WIreless Turbo Pc Card 5410 |
acx111 |
? |
? |
No |
Couldn't get it working on Ubuntu 6.06 Dapper Drake, unfortunately. lspci sees the card fine, but I can't get the software to use it. Couldn't work out where the problem was ([https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MarkNorman email me?] if I can give more details: Mark Norman) |
2006-10-25 |
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 |
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Zyxel |
ZyAIR G-102 |
Atheros |
?? |
Yes |
Yes |
works great on dapper live cd (just put it into the cardbus), will try with edgy. |
2006-12-25 |
PCMCIA |
Various |
Various |
Atheros/madwifi |
No |
Yes |
No |
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Various |
Various PCI devices |
Atmel AT76c50x |
No |
Yes |
No |
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Wireless USB Adapters
Make |
Model |
Chipset/ Driver |
Supports network install? |
Supported in installed system? |
Works "out of the box" |
Comments |
Last Updated |
Type |
Airlink |
awll3026 |
zd1211b |
? |
Yes |
Yes |
Works out of the box on Edgy using network-manager |
2006-11-04 |
USB |
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 |
2005-00-00 |
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 |
2005-10-15 |
USB |
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]. |
2005-11-25 |
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 |
2006-1-19 |
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] |
2006-03-04 |
USB |
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 |
2006-09-01 |
USB |
Linksys |
WUSB54G (Ver.4) |
rt2500 / rt2570 |
? |
Yes |
Yes |
Works fine with WEP on 6.06/Breezy when installed, but hung at activating using LiveCD |
2006-12-27 |
USB |
Linksys |
WUSB54GC |
RAlink RT2571W/RT2671 |
No |
Yes |
No |
Needs some hacking. See ["WifiDocs/Device/LinksysWUSB54GC"] |
2006-11-19 |
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. |
2009-07-15 |
USB |
Netgear |
WG121 |
Prism GT / ndiswrapper + netwg121.inf |
? |
Yes |
No |
Follow the guide located [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Device/WG121/ here] to get this card to work with Edgy. |
2006-11-14 |
USB |
Netgear |
MA111v1 |
prism2_usb |
? |
Yes |
Yes |
Works with ndiswrapper and netma111.inf driver. See ["WifiDocs/Device/NetgearMA111"] |
2005-10-09 |
USB |
Netgear |
WG111v1 |
ndiswrapper + netwg111.inf |
No |
No |
No |
Works with ndiswrapper and the CDROM provided by netgear. See ["WifiDocs/Device/NetgearWG111"] |
2005-09-09 |
USB |
902w |
RAlink rt2570 |
No |
No |
No |
VendorID not included [https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+bug/61797 BUG] |
2006-10-29 |
USB |
|
Compaq |
W200 |
orinoco_usb |
No |
No |
No |
Following WifiDocs/Device/CompaqW200 WEP works, not tried WPA |
2005-01-25 |
USB |
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. |
2005-00-00 |
USB |
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 |
Note: Have a look at this page, my new version of this on with a cleaner layout: ["WifiDocs/WirelessCardsByVersion"]
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