Wireless network cards for computers require control software to make them function (firmware, device drivers). This is a list of the status of some open-source drivers for 802.11 wireless network cards.

Linux

Status

Driver capabilities

DragonFly BSD

FreeBSD

Status

Driver capabilities

NetBSD

OpenBSD

The following is an incomplete list of supported wireless devices:

Status

Driver capabilities

Solaris and OpenSolaris

Darwin, OpenDarwin and macOS

Notes

References

• http://support.intel.com/support/notebook/sb/CS-006408.htm

• The SourceForge IPW websites (ipw 2100, ipw2200 and ipw3945)

• The FSF website for the Ralink and Realtek cards

• Kerneltrap for the list of OpenBSD drivers

• The OpenSolaris website for the list of OpenSolaris and Solaris drivers

• https://web.archive.org/web/20070927014705/http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2084

• https://web.archive.org/web/20060908050351/http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/wiki/index.php/Rt2x00_beta

• http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Wireless.html

• rt2x00 README from cvs

• https://lkml.org/lkml/2007/2/9/323

External links

• Seattle Wireless Linux drivers

• Seattle Wireless Mac OS drivers

• wireless.kernel.org Wiki

• Current Stable Linux kernel: Wireless

• Open Documentation for Hardware, a 2006 presentation by Theo de Raadt