Comparison of open source wireless drivers
- Comparison of open source wireless drivers
Wireless network cards for computers require control software to make them function (Device drivers). This is a list of the status of various Open Source drivers for 802.11 wireless network cards.
This is not a complete list of drivers. Please add sourced information if available
Linux
NetBSD
Unless otherwise noted, these drivers are included in NetBSD 3.0.
Darwin, OpenDarwin and Mac OS X
Notes
References
*http://support.intel.com/support/notebook/sb/CS-006408.htm
*The Sourceforge IPW websites ( [http://ipw2100.sourceforge.net/ ipw 2100] , [http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/ ipw2200] and [http://ipw3945.sourceforge.net/ ipw3945] )
*The [http://www.fsf.org/resources/hw/net/wireless/cards.html FSF website] for the Ralink and Realtek cards
* [http://kerneltrap.org/node/4818 Kerneltrap] for the list of OpenBSD drivers
*The [http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/laptop/wireless/ OpenSolaris website] for the list of OpenSolaris and Solaris drivers
*http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2084
*http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/wiki/index.php/Rt2x00_beta
*http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Wireless.html
*rt2x00 README from cvs
*http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/2/9/323
External links
* [http://www.seattlewireless.net/index.cgi/LinuxDrivers Seattle Wireless] Linux drivers
* [http://www.seattlewireless.net/MacOS Seattle Wireless] Mac OS drivers
* http://www.linux-wlan.org/docs/wlan_adapters.html.gz
* [http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/WiFi_support_in_OpenMoko drivers for wifi chip designed for embedded devices]
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