Native Wi-Fi Card support for Linux

Jza · Post by **Jza** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 9:49 pm

List of wi-fi cards that natively support linux.

3com 3CRSHPW196
3com 3CRWE154G72
AtlantisLand A02-WP-54G
Cisco Aironet 4800,35x
Dell Truemobile 1150
D-Link DWL-650
D-Link DWL-G520
D-Link DWL-520+
D-Link DWL-650+
HP WL220 PCI
Linksys WPC 11 (Ver.3)
NetGear WG511T
US Robotics WIreless Turbo Pc Card 5410
A-Link WLAN54MB

Wally Balljacker · Post by **Wally Balljacker** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 7:22 pm

Thanks for the info, good to know.

Tsuroerusu · Post by **Tsuroerusu** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 7:40 pm

Cards with the Atheros chipsets in general will work, there are a few that won't though.

Vogateer · Post by **Vogateer** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 9:34 pm

Thanks, man, I was looking for just such a list. If ever I buy a laptop, I'll look here for a reminder of cards to look for.

Also, I think Dann or someone else solved this problem, but my sister's laptop has a broadcom wireless networking card, so I've had to use ndiswrapper to get it working, but it tends to mess up at random and break the connection. I've had success with using a static IP with a wireless card that is supported natively by Ubuntu, and that seems to help keep the connection stable, but something about the startup scripts of Ubuntu doesn't allow this static IP with ndiswrapper. I was short on time to work on my sis's laptop, and failed miserably when I attempted to write a startup script, which many here could probably do in their sleep.

Back to subject. Thanks again for the list.

Jza · Post by **Jza** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 11:04 pm

Thats why we need a certification model for hardware where there is like levels of certification the highest being the completely reliable. Even if we end up with just 2 or 3 out there.

Also we need URLs of companies that sell those, not just brand but also model. That is why I include the model and providing the <company> <model> <chipset> <manufacturer url> <vendor url>

Also ways to import this hardware/software and maybe an automated messaging service to get the vendors to know that you need linux support.

Tsuroerusu · Post by **Tsuroerusu** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 2:02 am

Also, the current Intel Centrino wireless cards works great as well, not good for wardriving or cracking your neighbor's wireless network as it can't do packet injection, but great for everything else.

harriseldon · Post by **harriseldon** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 11:46 am

I found this recently. It is a good sign for all of the Broadcom wireless owners (including Mac airports)

Actual Driver
http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/

Project to reverse engineer
http://linux-bcom4301.sourceforge.net/

thelinuxlink.net

Native Wi-Fi Card support for Linux

Native Wi-Fi Card support for Linux

Brilliant.

Work on Broadcom wireless, too!