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{{Update|date=November 2022}}
[[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 software|open-source]] drivers for [[802.11]] wireless network cards.
== Linux ==
[[File:Marvell Libertas (88W8xxx).svg|thumb|Marvell's "Libertas" runs an [[Real-time operating system|RTOS]] on an [[ARM9]] and interfaces over a [[Shim (computing)|shim]] with the actual operating system.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/libertas |title=Marvel Libertas}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/46 |title=Ticket #46 |access-date=2007-01-07 |archive-date=2021-02-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224132543/http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/46 |url-status=dead }}</ref>]]

===Status===
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center; width: 99%;"
|-
! Driver{{nbs}}family
! [https://wireless.docs.kernel.org/en/latest/en/users/drivers.html Driver]
! Chipsets
! Chipset <br>[[PHY]] Modes
! Integration <br>in [[Mainline (software engineering)|mainline]]
! Non-free <br>firmware <br>required <ref group=note name='non-free firmware'>'On Device' means firmware is stored in device at all times</ref>
! License
! Development
|-
! [https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/tree/drivers/net/wireless/admtek/adm8211.c adm8211]
| [https://wireless.docs.kernel.org/en/latest/en/users/drivers/adm8211.html adm8211]
| style="text-align: left" | ADMtek ADM8211 (802.11b MAC/BBP)
| b
| {{Yes}}
| {{No|Yes}}
| GPLv2
| With support from Infineon / ADMtek
|-
! [https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/tree/drivers/net/wireless/atmel/at76c50x-usb.c at76c50x‑usb]
| [https://wireless.docs.kernel.org/en/latest/en/users/drivers/at76c50x-usb.html at76c50x-usb]
| style="text-align: left" | Atmel AT76C503 / AT76C505 based USB WLAN adapters
| b
| {{Yes}}
| style="background: yellow;" | Depends on the model
| GPLv2
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [http://acx100.sourceforge.net/ acx100]
| [https://wireless.docs.kernel.org/en/latest/en/users/drivers/acx1xx.html acx1xx]
| style="text-align: left" | [[Texas Instruments]] ACX100, ACX111, TNETW1450
| b/g
| {{No}}
| {{No|Yes}}
| Dual [[BSD]]/[[Mozilla Public License|MPL]]
| style="background: black; color: white; " | Reverse-engineered
|-
! [https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/tree/drivers/net/wireless/cisco/airo.c airo]
| [http://airo-linux.sourceforge.net/ airo]<br>[https://wireless.docs.kernel.org/en/latest/en/users/drivers/airo.html airo]
| style="text-align: left" | [[Cisco Systems]] Aironet 4500/4800 and 340/350
| b
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes|No}}
| Dual GPLv2 and BSD
| {{dunno}}
|-
! rowspan=10 | [https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/tree/drivers/net/wireless/ath ath]<br>[https://wireless.docs.kernel.org/en/latest/en/users/drivers/atheros.html atheros]
| [https://wireless.docs.kernel.org/en/latest/en/users/drivers/ar5523.html ar5523]
| style="text-align: left" | [[Atheros]] AR5523 based USB dongles
| a/b/g
| {{Yes}}
| {{No|Yes}}
| ISC
| style="background: black; color: white; " | Reverse-engineered
|-
| [https://wireless.docs.kernel.org/en/latest/en/users/drivers/ath5k.html ath5k]
| style="text-align: left" | [[Atheros]] AR2413, AR2414, AR2417, AR2425, AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, AR5213, AR5413, AR5414, AR5423, AR5424
| a/b/g
| {{Yes}} (since 2.6.25)
| {{n/a}}<ref name="atheros">The card doesn't have a host CPU and so it doesn't require a firmware [http://kerneltrap.org/node/4118 source] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060620051155/http://kerneltrap.org/node/4118 |date=June 20, 2006 }}</ref>
| Dual [[GPL]]/[[BSD]]
| style="background: black; color: white; " | Reverse-engineered
|-
| [https://wireless.docs.kernel.org/en/latest/en/users/drivers/ath6kl.html ath6kl]
| style="text-align: left" | [[Atheros]] AR6003, AR6004 (SDIO), AR6004 (USB)
| a/b/g
| {{Yes}}
| {{No|Yes}}
| ISC
| Written by Atheros
|-
| [https://wireless.docs.kernel.org/en/latest/en/users/drivers/ath9k.html ath9k]
| style="text-align: left" | Atheros chips with [[IEEE 802.11n|802.11n]] support
| a/b/g/n
| {{Yes}} (since 2.6.27)
| {{n/a}}<ref name="atheros"/> proprietary blob only required for Bluetooth ([https://forums.puri.sm/t/free-firmware-for-intel-wifi-cards/18770/6 Purism] / [https://blog.josefsson.org/2022/12/10/trisquel-11-on-nv41pz-first-impressions/#comment-2285668 NovaCustom])
| [[ISC license|ISC]]
| Written by Atheros
|-
| [https://wireless.docs.kernel.org/en/latest/en/users/drivers/ath9k_htc.html ath9k_htc]
| style="text-align: left" | [[Atheros]] AR9271, AR7010 (USB-PCIe bridge with AR928x chips)
| b/g/n
| {{Yes}} (since 2.6.35)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wiki.debian.org/ath9k_htc|title=ath9k_htc|work=debian.org|access-date=1 May 2015}}</ref><ref>https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08 commit of ath10k to kernel 2.6.35</ref>
| {{Yes|No}}<ref name="ath9k_htc">{{cite web|url=https://github.com/qca/open-ath9k-htc-firmware|title=qca/open-ath9k-htc-firmware|work=GitHub|access-date=1 May 2015}}</ref>
| [[ISC license|ISC]]
| Written by Qualcomm Atheros
|-
| [https://wireless.docs.kernel.org/en/latest/en/users/drivers/ath10k.html ath10k]
| style="text-align: left" | [[Qualcomm Atheros]] chips with [[IEEE 802.11ac|802.11ac]] support
| a/b/g/n<br>/ac
| {{Yes}} (since 3.11)<ref>https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5e3dd157d7e70f0e3cea3f2573ed69fb156a19d5 commit of ath10k to Kernel 3.11</ref>
| {{No|Yes}}<ref name="ath10k">[https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/ath10k/firmware The chipsets do require a non-free firmware, as of 12/8/2013, volunteer developers should contact Luis R. Rodriguez, mcgrof at frijolero.org to help with changing this, code clean ups, and release)]<!--{{Citation needed|date=March 2014}}--></ref>
| [[ISC license|ISC]]
| Written by Qualcomm Atheros
|-
| [https://wireless.docs.kernel.org/en/latest/en/users/drivers/ath11k.html ath11k]
| style="text-align: left" | [[Qualcomm Atheros]] chips with [[IEEE 802.11ax|802.11ax]] support
| a/b/g/n<br>/ac/ax
| {{Yes}} (since 5.6)<ref>https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=d5c65159f2895379e11ca13f62feabe93278985d ath11k: driver for Qualcomm 802.11ax devices</ref>
| {{No|Yes}}<ref name="ath11k">[https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ath11k The chipsets do require a non-free firmware]</ref>
| [[ISC license|ISC]]
| Written by Qualcomm Atheros
|-
| [https://wireless.docs.kernel.org/en/latest/en/users/drivers/ath12k.html ath12k]
| style="text-align: left" | [[Qualcomm Atheros]] chips with [[IEEE 802.11be|802.11be]] support
| a/b/g/n<br>/ac/ax/be
| {{Yes}} (since 6.0)
| {{No|Yes}}
| [[ISC license|ISC]]
| Written by Qualcomm Atheros
|-
| [https://wireless.docs.kernel.org/en/latest/en/users/drivers/carl9170.html carl9170]
| style="text-align: left" | [[Atheros]] AR9170 (802.11n USB)
| a/b/g/n
| {{Yes}} (since 3.0)
| {{Yes|No}}<ref name="carl9170">{{cite web |url=https://wireless.docs.kernel.org/en/latest/en/users/drivers/carl9170.fw.html |title=en:users:drivers:carl9170 [Linux Wireless] |work=kernel.org |access-date=1 May 2024}}</ref>
| [[GPL]]
| Qualcomm Atheros-supported
|-
| [https://wireless.docs.kernel.org/en/latest/en/users/drivers/wil6210.html wil6210]
| style="text-align: left" | [[Wilocity]] wil6210, [[IEEE 802.11ad|802.11ad 60GHz]]
| ad
| {{Yes}}
| {{No|Yes}}
| [[ISC license|ISC]]
| Written by Qualcomm Atheros
|-
! [https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-testing.git/tree/drivers/net/wireless/atmel/atmel.c atmel]
| [https://wireless.docs.kernel.org/en/latest/en/users/drivers/atmel.html atmel]
| style="text-align: left" | [[Atmel]] at76c502 at76c504 and at76c506 wireless cards
| b
| {{Yes}}
| {{No|Yes}}
| GPLv2+
| style="background: black; color: white; " | Reverse-engineered
|-
! [https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/tree/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43 b43]
| [https://wireless.docs.kernel.org/en/latest/en/users/drivers/b43.html b43]<br>[http://linuxwireless.sipsolutions.net/en/users/Drivers/b43/ b43]
| style="text-align: left" | [[Broadcom]] BCM43xx [https://wireless.docs.kernel.org/en/latest/en/users/drivers/b43/soc.html SoC]
| a/b/g/n
| {{Yes}} (since 2.6.24)
| style="background: yellow;" | Experimental <br>OSS firmware <ref name="openfw">See [http://www.ing.unibs.it/openfwwf/ openfwwf project] for open-source firmware. This firmware lacks support for QoS and hardware cryptography.</ref>
| [[GPL]]
| style="background: black; color: white; " | Reverse-engineered
|-
! [https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/tree/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43legacy b43legacy]
| [http://linuxwireless.sipsolutions.net/en/users/Drivers/b43/ b43legacy]<br>[https://wireless.docs.kernel.org/en/latest/en/users/drivers/bcm43xx.html bcm43xx]
| style="text-align: left" | [[Broadcom]] BCM4301, BCM4303, and BCM4306 rev 1 and 2
| a/b/g
| {{Yes}} (since 2.6.24)
| style="background: yellow;" | Experimental <br>OSS firmware<ref name="openfw"/>
| [[GPL]]
| style="background: black; color: white; " | Reverse-engineered
|-
! rowspan=2 | [https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/tree/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211 brcm80211]
| [https://wireless.docs.kernel.org/en/latest/en/users/drivers/brcm80211.html brcmfmac]<br><br>[http://linuxwireless.sipsolutions.net/en/users/Drivers/brcm80211/ brcm80211]
| style="text-align: left" | PCIe devices: [[Broadcom]] 4356, 43567, 43570, 4358, 4359, 43602, 4365, 4366 <br> SDIO devices: [[Broadcom]] 4329, 4330, 4334, 43340, 43341, 43241, 4335, 4339, 43362, 43430, 43455, 4354, 43143 <br> USB devices: [[Broadcom]] 43235, 43236, 43238, 43143, 43242, 43566, 43569
| a/b/g/n
| {{Yes}} (since 3.2)
| {{no|Yes}}
| ISC
| Written by Broadcom
|-
| [https://wireless.docs.kernel.org/en/latest/en/users/drivers/brcm80211.html brcmsmac]
| style="text-align: left" | [[Broadcom]] BCM4313, BCM43224, BCM43225
| a/b/g/n
| {{Yes}} (since 3.2)
| {{no|Yes}}
| ISC
| Written by Broadcom
|-
! [https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-testing.git/tree/drivers/net/wireless/st/cw1200 cw1200]
| [https://wireless.docs.kernel.org/en/latest/en/users/drivers/cw1200.html cw1200]
| style="text-align: left" | [[ST-Ericsson]] CW1100 & CW1200 WLAN chipsets
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}} (since 3.11)<ref>http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_3.11-DriversArch#head-55b108ef9d4cab96ff8a30e9906a6079628c49d3 Kernel Newbies 3.11 network driver documentation.</ref>
| {{no|Yes}}<ref>https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/tree/LICENCE.cw1200 CW1200 Licence file at linux-firmware.</ref>
| GPLv2
| ?
|-
! [https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/tree/drivers/net/wireless/intersil/hostap hostap]
| [http://w1.fi/hostap-driver.html hostap]<br>[[HostAP]]
| style="text-align: left" | [[Intersil]] [[PRISM (chipset)|PRISM]]-II, PRISM-2.5, PRISM 3
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}}
| style="background: yellow;" | Depends on the model<ref name="hostap firmware">{{cite web |url=http://w1.fi/cgit/hostap-06/plain/FAQ |title=Why does my D-Link DWL-650 rev. P1 or D-Link DWL-520 rev. E1 (or any other card with small flash) card fail?" – Host AP driver – Frequently Asked Questions}}</ref>
| GPLv2
|
|-
! [https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/tree/drivers/net/wireless/intel/ipw2x00 ipw2x00]
| [https://wireless.docs.kernel.org/en/latest/en/users/drivers/ipw2100.html ipw2100]<br>[https://wireless.docs.kernel.org/en/latest/en/users/drivers/ipw2200.html ipw2200]
| style="text-align: left" | [[Intel]] PRO/Wireless 2100 and 2200 Network Connection (802.11b)
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No|Yes}}<ref name="ipw2100 binary blob">{{cite web |url=http://ipw2100.sourceforge.net/firmware.php?fid=2 |title=Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 Driver Firmware |work=sourceforge.net |access-date=1 May 2015}}</ref>
| GPL
| Written by Intel
|-
! [https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/tree/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy iwlegacy]
| [https://wireless.docs.kernel.org/en/latest/en/users/drivers/iwlegacy.html iwlegacy]<br>[https://wireless.docs.kernel.org/en/latest/en/users/drivers/iwl3945.html iwl3945]<br>[https://wireless.docs.kernel.org/en/latest/en/users/drivers/iwl4965.html iwl4965]
| style="text-align: left" | [[Intel]] Wireless Wi-Fi 3945ABG, 4965AGN
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No|Yes}}
| GPL
|
|-
! [https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/tree/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi iwlwifi]
| [https://wireless.docs.kernel.org/en/latest/en/users/drivers/iwlwifi.html iwlwifi]
| style="text-align: left" | [[Intel]] Wireless WiFi Next Gen AGN - <br>Wireless-N/Advanced-N/Ultimate-N: <br>6250AGN, 6200AGN, 6300AGN, 1000BGN, 5150AGN, 5100AGN, 5300AGN, 5350AGN, 6005, 6030, 6150BGN, 100BGN, 130BGN, AX200, AX210 and BE200
| a/b/g/n<br>/ac/ax/be
| {{Yes}}
| {{No|Yes}}
| Dual [[GPL]]/[[BSD]]
| Written by Intel
|-
! [https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/tree/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas libertas]
| [https://wireless.docs.kernel.org/en/latest/en/users/drivers/libertas.html libertas]
| style="text-align: left" | [[Marvell Technology Group|Marvell]] 88W8686 SDIO Libertas 8388 (USB) 802.11b/g, 8385 (CompactFlash) 802.11b/g, 8385/8686/8688 (SDIO) 802.11b/g, 8686 (SPI) 802.11b/g, [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/88W8388 88W8388]
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No|Yes}}<ref name="libertas firmware">{{cite web |url=http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/46 |title=#46 (Eliminate dependency on licensed code in Marvell firmware) – One Laptop Per Child |publisher=Dev.laptop.org |date=2006-12-14 |access-date=2013-07-12 |archive-date=2021-02-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224132543/http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/46 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| GPL
| Marvell-supported
|-
! [https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/tree/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas_tf libertas_tf]
| [https://wireless.docs.kernel.org/en/latest/en/users/drivers/libertastf.html libertas_tf]
| style="text-align: left" | Marvell 8388 (USB) WLAN Thinfirm Driver (OLPC)
| b/g
| {{Yes}}
| {{No|Yes}}
| GPL
| cozybit, Marvell-supported
|-
|-
! [https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/tree/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76 mt76]
| [https://wireless.docs.kernel.org/en/latest/en/users/drivers/mediatek.html mt76]
| style="text-align: left" | [[MediaTek]] MT76xxx, MT79xxxx
| a/b/g/n<br>/ac/ax/be
| {{Yes}} (since 4.19<ref name=phoronix419>Phoronix, [https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Intel-802.11ax-WiFi-Linux-4.19 Intel IWLWIFI Adding 802.11ax Support In Linux 4.19], 5 August 2018</ref>)
| {{No|Yes}}
| ISC
| With support from MediaTek
|-
! [https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/tree/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt7601u mt7601u]
| [https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/mediatek mt7601u]
| style="text-align: left" | [[MediaTek]] MT7601U
| b/g/n
| {{Yes}} (since 4.2)
| {{No|Yes}}
| GPLv2
| 
|-
! [https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/tree/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex mwifiex]
| [https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/mwifiex mwifiex]
| style="text-align: left" | WiFi-Ex Driver for Marvell SD8786/SD8787/SD8797 (SDIO), 8766/8897 (PCIe) and 88W8797 (USB)
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No|Yes}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/tree/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/README |title=README\mwifiex\marvell\wireless\net\drivers - kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git - Linux kernel stable tree |work=kernel.org |access-date=15 September 2018}}</ref>
| GPLv2
| Written by Marvell
|-
! [https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/tree/drivers/net/wireless/marvell mwl8k]
| [https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/mwl8k mwl8k]
| style="text-align: left" | Marvell TopDog 802.11 Wireless cards: <br>88W8366, 88W8863, 88W8687, 88W8764
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No|Yes}}
| GPLv2
| Written by Marvell
|-
! [https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/tree/drivers/net/wireless/intersil/orinoco orinoco]
| [https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/orinoco orinoco]
| style="text-align: left" | [[Lucent]] Hermes (WaveLAN/ [[ORiNOCO]]); [[Intersil]] [[PRISM (chipset)|PRISM]]-II, PRISM-2.5; [[Symbol Technologies|Symbol]] Spectrum24 802.11b
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}}
| style="background: yellow;" | Required for WPA support<ref name="orinoco_firmware">{{cite web |url=https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/orinoco#devicefirmware |title=orinoco - Linux Wireless |publisher=Wireless.kernel.org |access-date=2012-12-09}}</ref>
|
|
|-
! rowspan=2| [https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/tree/drivers/net/wireless/intersil/p54 p54]<br>[https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/tree/drivers/net/wireless/intersil/prism54 prism54]<!--{{Dead link |date=August 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}-->
| [https://wireless.docs.kernel.org/en/latest/en/users/drivers/p54.html p54]
| style="text-align: left" rowspan=2 | [[Prism (chipset)|Prism54]]: Intersil/Conexant ISL3877, ISL3880, ISL3886, ISL3887, ISL3890
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}} <br>(~Aug{{nbs}}2007)
| rowspan=2 style="background: yellow;" | Experimental <br>OSS firmware<ref name="freemac">There is a Free software firmware called [https://web.archive.org/web/20080906100947/http://prism54.org/freemac.html FreeMAC]</ref>
|
|
|-
| [https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/tree/drivers/net/wireless/intersil/prism54 prism54]<!--{{Dead link |date=August 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}-->
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}} (before 2.6.12)
|
| style="background: black; color: white;"| Reverse-engineered; obsoleted by p54.
|-
! rowspan=7| [https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/tree/drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00 rt2x00]
| [https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/rt2400pci rt2400pci]
| style="text-align: left" | [[MediaTek]] ([[Ralink]]) RT2460
| b
| {{Yes}} (since 2.6.24)
| {{Yes|No}}<ref name="RT61">see [http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/wiki-static/f/i/r/Firmware_license.html the license of the firmware] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170105235958/http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/wiki-static/f/i/r/Firmware_license.html |date=2017-01-05 }} to see which chipsets need a firmware</ref>
|GPLv2+
|rt2x00.serialmonkey.com; <br>From partial documentation and GPL drivers by Ralink
|-
| [https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/rt2500pci rt2500pci]
| style="text-align: left" | [[Ralink]] RT2560
| b/g
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes|No}}
|GPLv2+
|rt2x00.serialmonkey.com
|-
| [https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/rt61pci rt61pci]
| style="text-align: left" | [[Ralink]] RT2561, RT2561S, RT2661
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No|Yes}}
|GPLv2+
|rt2x00.serialmonkey.com
|-
| [https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/rt2800pci rt2800pci]
| style="text-align: left" | [[Ralink]] RT2760, RT2790, RT2860, RT2880, RT2890, RT3052, RT3090, RT3091, RT3092<br />RT3390, RT3060, RT3062, RT3290, RT3562, RT3592, RT5390, RT5392
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No|Yes}}
|GPLv2+
|rt2x00.serialmonkey.com
|-
| [https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/rt2500usb rt2500usb]
| style="text-align: left" | [[Ralink]] RT2571 & RT2572
| b/g
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes|No}}
|GPLv2+
|rt2x00.serialmonkey.com
|-
| [https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/rt73usb rt73usb]
| style="text-align: left" | [[Ralink]] RT2571W, RT2573 & RT2671
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No|Yes}}
|GPLv2+
|rt2x00.serialmonkey.com
|-
| [https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/rt2800usb rt2800usb]
| style="text-align: left" | [[Ralink]] RT2770, RT2870, RT3070, RT3071, RT3072<br>RT3370, RT3572, RT5370, RT5572
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No|Yes}}
| GPLv2+
| rt2x00.serialmonkey.com
|-
! rowspan=2 | [https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/tree/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl818x rtl818x]
| [https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/rtl8187 rtl8180]
| style="text-align: left" | [[Realtek]] RTL8180, RTL8185, RTL8187SE
| b/g
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes|No}}
|GPL
|
|-
| [https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/rtl8187 rtl8187]
| style="text-align: left" | [[Realtek]] RTL8187, RTL8187B
| a/b/g
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes|No}}
| GPL
|
|-
! [https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/tree/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu rtl8xxxu]
| [https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/rtl819x rtl819x]
| style="text-align: left" | [[Realtek]] RTL8723AU, RTL8723BU, RTL8188CUS, RTL8192CU, RTL8191EU, RTL8192EU, RTL8188EU, RTL8188RU, RTL8188FU, RTL8192FU
| b/g/n
| {{Yes}}
| {{No|Yes}}
| GPLv2
| fan-made, based on open source drivers released by Realtek
|-
! rowspan=9 | [https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/tree/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi rtlwifi] [http://sourceforge.net/projects/rtl-wifi/ rtl‑wifi]
| [https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/rtl819x rtl8188ee]
| style="text-align: left" | [[Realtek]] RTL8188EE
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}} (since 2.6.38)<ref>https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi?id=0c8173385e549f95cd80c3fff5aab87b4f881d8d 2010-12-15: add rtl-wifi and support for RTL8192CE</ref>
| {{No|Yes}}
| GPL
| Written by Realtek et al. Forked from rtl8180-sa2400 project.
|-
| [https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/rtl8192c rtl8192c]
| style="text-align: left" | [[Realtek]] RTL8192C
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}}
|
| GPL
| Written by Realtek et al.
|-
| [https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/rtl819x rtl8192ce]
| style="text-align: left" | [[Realtek]] RTL8192CE
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No|Yes}}
| GPL
| Written by Realtek et al.
|-
| [https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/rtl819x rtl8192cu]
| style="text-align: left" | [[Realtek]] RTL8192CU
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No|Yes}}
| GPL
| Written by Realtek et al.
|-
| [https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/rtl819x rtl8192de]
| style="text-align: left" | [[Realtek]] RTL8192DE
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No|Yes}}
| GPL
| Written by Realtek et al.
|-
| [https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/rtl819x rtl8192se]
| style="text-align: left" | [[Realtek]] RTL8192SE
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No|Yes}}
| GPL
| Written by Realtek et al.
|-
| [https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/rtl819x rtl8723ae]
| style="text-align: left" | [[Realtek]] RTL8723AE
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No|Yes}}
| GPL
| Written by Realtek et al.
|-
| [https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/rtl819x rtl8188eu]
| style="text-align: left" | [[Realtek]] RTL8188EU (TP-Link TL-WN725N)
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}} (since 3.12<ref>{{cite web |url=https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b63c05394f3fe9ae547e1fa9df30f1ba0bcdabb4|title=rtl8188eu}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6ddfa35a4a98d28f9506c1bb25c82927dff9eff2|title=rtl8188eu header files}}</ref>)
| {{No|Yes}}
| GPL
| Written by Realtek et al.
|-
| [https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/rtl819x rtl8821ae]
| style="text-align: left" | [[Realtek]] RTL8812AE, RTL8821AE
| a/b/g/n<br>/ac
| {{Yes}} (since 3.16)
| {{No|Yes}}
| GPL
| {{dunno}}
|-
! rowspan=8 | [https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/tree/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88 rtw88]<br>[https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/rtl819x rtw89]
| rtw88_8822ce
| style="text-align: left" | [[Realtek]] RTL8822CE
| a/b/g/n<br>/ac
| {{Yes}}
| {{No|Yes}}
| Dual GPLv2 and BSD
| Written by Realtek et al.
|-
| rtw88_8822be
| style="text-align: left" | [[Realtek]] RTL8822BE
| a/b/g/n<br>/ac
| {{Yes}}
| {{No|Yes}}
| Dual GPLv2 and BSD
| Written by Realtek et al.
|-
| rtw88_8821ce
| style="text-align: left" | [[Realtek]] RTL8821CE
| a/b/g/n<br>/ac
| {{Yes}}
| {{No|Yes}}
| Dual GPLv2 and BSD
| Written by Realtek et al.
|-
| rtw88_8723de
| style="text-align: left" | [[Realtek]] RTL8723DE
| b/g/n
| {{Yes}}
| {{No|Yes}}
| Dual GPLv2 and BSD
| Written by Realtek et al.
|-
| rtw88_8822cu
| style="text-align: left" | [[Realtek]] RTL8822CU
| a/b/g/n<br>/ac
| {{Yes}}
| {{No|Yes}}
| Dual GPLv2 and BSD
| Written by Realtek et al.
|-
| rtw88_8822bu
| style="text-align: left" | [[Realtek]] RTL8822BU
| a/b/g/n<br>/ac
| {{Yes}}
| {{No|Yes}}
| Dual GPLv2 and BSD
| Written by Realtek et al.
|-
| rtw88_8821cu
| style="text-align: left" | [[Realtek]] RTL8821CU
| a/b/g/n<br>/ac
| {{Yes}}
| {{No|Yes}}
| Dual GPLv2 and BSD
| Written by Realtek et al.
|-
| rtw88_8723du
| style="text-align: left" | [[Realtek]] RTL8723DU
| b/g/n
| {{Yes}}
| {{No|Yes}}
| Dual GPLv2 and BSD
| Written by Realtek et al.
|-
! rowspan=3 | [https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/tree/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89 rtw89]<br>[https://wireless.docs.kernel.org/en/latest/en/users/drivers/rtl819x.html rtw89]
| rtw89_8852ae
| style="text-align: left" | [[Realtek]] RTL8852AE
| a/b/g/n<br>/ac/ax
| {{Yes}}
| {{No|Yes}}
| Dual GPLv2 and BSD
| Written by Realtek et al.
|-
| rtw89_8852be
| style="text-align: left" | [[Realtek]] RTL8852BE
| a/b/g/n<br>/ac/ax
| {{Yes}}
| {{No|Yes}}
| Dual GPLv2 and BSD
| Written by Realtek et al.
|-
| rtw89_8852ce
| style="text-align: left" | [[Realtek]] RTL8852CE
| a/b/g/n<br>/ac/ax
| {{Yes}}
| {{No|Yes}}
| Dual GPLv2 and BSD
| Written by Realtek et al.
|-
! [https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/tree/drivers/net/wireless/rsi rsi9113]
| rsi9113
| style="text-align: left" | [[Redpine Signals]] SDIO and USB adapters
| 
| {{Yes}}
|
| GPL
| Written by [[Redpine Signals|Redpine Signals Inc.]]
|-
! rowspan=3 | [https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/tree/drivers/net/wireless/ti ti]
| [https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/wl1251 wl1251]
| style="text-align: left" | [[Texas Instruments]] TI wl1251 (SDIO/SPI)
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No|Yes}}<ref name="ti-connectivity">{{cite web |url=https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/tree/ti-connectivity |title=ti-connectivity - kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git - Repository of firmware blobs for use with the Linux kernel |website=git.kernel.org |access-date=23 March 2018}}</ref>
| GPL
| Written by Nokia
|-
| [http://linuxwireless.sipsolutions.net/en/users/drivers/wl12xx/ wl12xx]
| style="text-align: left" | [[Texas Instruments]] TI wl1271, wl1273, wl1281 and wl1283
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}} (Only up to 3.2<ref>{{cite web |url=http://e2e.ti.com/support/low_power_rf/f/307/p/324365/1130399.aspx#1130399 |title=Configuring WL1271 for a 3.13 kernel (devicetree) - WiLink WiFi + Bluetooth Forum - Wireless Connectivity - TI E2E Community |work=ti.com |access-date=1 May 2015}}</ref>)
| {{No|Yes}}<ref name="ti-connectivity"/>
| GPL
| Written by Nokia and Texas Instruments
|-
| [https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/wl18xx wl18xx]
| style="text-align: left" | [[Texas Instruments]] TI WiLink 8
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No|Yes}}<ref name="ti-connectivity"/>
| GPL
| Written by Texas Instruments
|-
! [https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/tree/drivers/net/wireless/zydas/zd1211rw zd1211rw]
| [https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/zd1211rw zd1211rw]
| style="text-align: left" | ZyDAS ZD1211/ZD1211B (USB)
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No|Yes}}<ref>http://sourceforge.net/projects/zd1211/files/zd1211-firmware/ ZD1211 USB WLAN Linux Driver Firmware</ref>
| GPL
| various
|-
|}

=== Driver capabilities ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center; width: 99%;"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Driver
!colspan="7"|[[802.11]]
!rowspan="2"|Bus<br>interface
!colspan="3"|Wireless Security
!rowspan="2"|[[Monitor mode|Monitor<br>mode]]
!rowspan="2"|Master<br>([[Wireless access point|AP]]) mode
!rowspan="2"|[[Wireless ad hoc network|Ad-Hoc<br>mode]]
!rowspan="2"| 
|-
! [[802.11a|a]]<br>
! [[802.11b|b]]<br>
! [[802.11g|g]]<br>
! [[802.11n|n]]<br>
! [[802.11ac|ac]]<br>
! [[802.11ad|ad]]<br>
! [[802.11ax|ax]]<br>
! [[Wired Equivalent Privacy|WEP]]
! [[Wi-Fi Protected Access|WPA]]
! [[Wi-Fi Protected Access|WPA2]]
|-
| [http://acx100.sourceforge.net/ acx1xx]
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| [[Peripheral Component Interconnect|PCI]], [[Mini PCI]], <br>[[PC card]], [[USB]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{dunno}}
|
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20080213051945/http://aluminum.sourmilk.net/adm8211/ adm8211]
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| [[Peripheral Component Interconnect|PCI]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
|
|-
| [https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/carl9170 carl9170]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| [[Universal Serial Bus|USB]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|-
| [https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ath5k ath5k]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| [[Peripheral Component Interconnect|PCI]], [[Mini PCI]], <br>[[PC card]], [[AMBA High-performance Bus|AHB]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}} <br>(2.6.31)
| {{yes}}
|
|-
| [https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ath9k ath9k]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| [[Peripheral Component Interconnect|PCI]], [[Mini PCI]], <br>[[PCI Express Mini Card|Mini PCIe]], [[AMBA High-performance Bus|AHB]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|-TESTING
| [https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ath9k_htc ath9k_htc]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| [[USB]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|-
| [https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ath10k ath10k]
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| [[Peripheral Component Interconnect|PCI]], [[Mini PCI]], <br>[[AMBA High-performance Bus|AHB]], [[PCI Express Mini Card|Mini PCIe]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20080409212922/http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43 b43]
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| [[Peripheral Component Interconnect|PCI]], [[Mini PCI]], <br>[[Secure Digital card#SDIO|SDIO]] ?
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20060522192624/http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ bcm43xx]
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| [[Peripheral Component Interconnect|PCI]], [[Mini PCI]],<br>[[Cardbus]], [[PC card]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{dunno}}
|
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20121029101459/http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/brcm80211 brcmfmac]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| [[USB]], [[Secure Digital card#SDIO|SDIO]],<br>[[PCI Express]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| Exp. <!--Experimental (unofficial firmware patching)--><ref>{{cite web|url=https://github.com/seemoo-lab/nexmon|title=seemoo-lab/nexmon|website=GitHub|access-date=23 March 2018}}</ref>
| {{Yes}} <ref>{{cite web|url=https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/brcm80211#fullmac_driver_specifics|title=Supports SoftAP|work=kernel.org|access-date=19 Sep 2017}}</ref>
| {{No}}
|
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20121029101459/http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/brcm80211 brcmsmac]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| [[Peripheral Component Interconnect|PCI]], [[Mini PCI]],<br>[[PCI Express Mini Card|Mini PCIe]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}} <ref>https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=492b71e8d468102372969705b65845f5e57038c5 2013-03-27 brcmsmac: activate AP support</ref>
| {{Yes}} <ref>{{cite web|url=https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/?id=c55b3766054d3db7a9732c6c8a1c81afac2cfaa6|title=kernel/git/next/linux-next.git - The linux-next integration testing tree|work=kernel.org|access-date=1 May 2015}}</ref>
|
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20080221092622/http://hostap.epitest.fi/ hostap]
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| [[Peripheral Component Interconnect|PCI]], [[Mini PCI]],<br>[[PC card]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}} <ref name="hostap wpa">Requires station firmware 1.7.4 or later.</ref>
| {{Yes}} <ref name="hostap wpa" />
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|
|-
| [http://ipw2100.sourceforge.net/ ipw2100]
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| [[Mini PCI]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|
|-
| [http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/ ipw2200]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| [[Mini PCI]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
|
|-
| [http://ipw2200-ap.sourceforge.net/ ipw2200-ap]
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| [[Mini PCI]]
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{dunno}}
|
|-
| [http://ipw3945.sourceforge.net/ ipw3945]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| [[Mini PCI]],<br>[[PCI Express Mini Card|Mini PCIe]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
|
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20150929204839/http://lekernel.net/prism54/ islsm (p54u)]<br>(archive)
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| [[Peripheral Component Interconnect|PCI]], [[USB]]
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{No}}
| {{dunno}}
|
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20120206221202/http://intellinuxwireless.org/?p=iwlwifi iwlwifi] <br>(archive)
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| [[Mini PCI]], <br>[[PCI Express Mini Card|Mini PCIe]], <br>[[M.2]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| 2.4&nbsp;GHz only<br>Exp.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/iwlwifi/?p=iwlwifi#Features |title=en:users:drivers:iwlwifi [Linux Wireless] |work=kernel.org|access-date=1 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/iwlwifi?do=diff&rev2%5B0%5D=1457423283&rev2%5B1%5D=1459173464&difftype=sidebyside |title=en:users:drivers:iwlwifi [Linux Wireless] |website=wireless.wiki.kernel.org |access-date=23 March 2018}}</ref>
| {{Yes}}
|
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20080411175117/http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/libertas libertas] <br>(archive)
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| [[USB]], [[CompactFlash|CF]], [[Secure Digital card#SDIO|SDIO]]
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{No}}
| {{dunno}}
|
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20191020214612/http://madwifi-project.org/ madwifi] <br>(archive)
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| [[Peripheral Component Interconnect|PCI]], [[PC card]],<br>[[Mini PCI]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}} <!--some issues in HAL, outdoor sensitivity? {{Citation needed|date=September 2009}}-->
|
|-
| [https://github.com/openwrt/mt76/issues mt76]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| [[PCI Express|PCIe]], [[USB]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|
|-
| [https://github.com/kuba-moo/mt7601u mt7601u]
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| [[USB]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|
|-
| [http://www.nongnu.org/orinoco/ orinoco]
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| [[Mini PCI]],<br>[[PC card]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}} <ref>WPA+TKIP with Hermes (Lucent/Agere Systems) chipsets only. Requires 2.6.28-rc1 or later kernel and v9.42 or later firmware from userspace.</ref>
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{Yes}}
|
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20090129114522/http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/p54 p54]
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| [[Mini PCI]], [[USB]],<br>[[Cardbus]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|
|-
| [https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/tree/drivers/net/wireless/intersil/prism54 prism54]
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| [[Peripheral Component Interconnect|PCI]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{dunno}}
|
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20110325121008/http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/rndis_wlan rndis_wlan]
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| [[USB]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
|
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20141120043216/http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/ rt2x00]
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| [[Peripheral Component Interconnect|PCI]], [[USB]],<br>[[Mini PCI]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}} <ref>except for the rt2400 chipset; only the rt2500 chipset and the rt2570 chipset are supported</ref>
| {{Yes}} <ref>{{cite web|url=http://my.opera.com/CrazyTerabyte/blog/2009/10/23/wi-fi-with-master-mode-finally |title=one user reported that WPA2 works with rt61pci |publisher=My.opera.com |access-date=2012-12-09}}</ref>
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}} <ref>http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071026062447/http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers |date=2007-10-26 }} and also at least two users reported success with master mode [http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?p=33498#p33498] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205012719/http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?p=33498#p33498 |date=2014-12-05 }} [http://my.opera.com/CrazyTerabyte/blog/2009/10/23/wi-fi-with-master-mode-finally]</ref>
| {{Yes}}
|
|-
| [http://rtl8180-sa2400.sourceforge.net/ rtl8180]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| [[Peripheral Component Interconnect|PCI]], [[PC card]],<br>[[Mini PCI]]
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{dunno}}
|
|-
| [https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/rtl8187/ rtl8187]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| [[USB]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|
|-
| [https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/tree/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu rtl8xxxu]
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| [[USB]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}} <ref>{{cite web |url=https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230428150833.218605-18-martin.kaistra@linutronix.de/ |title=[PATCH v4 17/18] wifi: rtl8xxxu: Declare AP mode support for 8188f |publisher=lore.kernel.org |access-date=2024-01-08}}</ref>
| {{No}}
|
|-
| [https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/tree/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88 rtw88]
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| [[M.2]], [[USB]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|
|-
| [https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/tree/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89 rtw89]
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| [[M.2]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| [http://linux-lc100020.sourceforge.net/ zd1201]
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| [[USB]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}} <ref name="zd1201 wpa">{{cite web|url=http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5631 |title=Bug 5631 – zd1201 and wpa support |publisher=Bugzilla.kernel.org |access-date=2012-12-09}}</ref>
| {{No}} <ref name="zd1201 wpa" />
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{dunno}}
|
|-
| [https://archive.today/20121225160546/http://zd1211.wiki.sourceforge.net/VendorBasedDriver zd1211]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| [[USB]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{dunno}}
|
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20070406154055/http://zd1211.ath.cx/wiki/DriverRewrite zd1211rw]
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| [[USB]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}} <ref>{{cite web |url=https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ab419e9bda10efced0db980478c3e40a1ad18ba3 |title=Master mode supported in zd1211rw since 2.6.39 |publisher=Git.kernel.org |access-date=2018-09-15}}</ref>
| {{Yes}}
|
|}

==DragonFly BSD==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center; width: 99%;"
|-
! Driver name
! Chipset
! Integration
! Non-free <br>firmware <br>required <!--<ref group=note name='non-free firmware' />-->
! License
! Original/Primary <br>developer
! Development
|-
! [http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/cgi/web-man?command=acx acx]
| [[Texas Instruments]]<br>ACX100/ACX111
| Integrated <br>since 1.5
| {{No|Yes}}
| [[BSD]]
|
| style="background: black; color: white; " | Reverse <br>engineering
|-
! [http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/cgi/web-man?command=an an]
| [[Cisco Systems|Aironet]]<br>4500/4800
| Integrated
| {{included|On Device}}
| [[BSD]]
| Bill Paul<br>(FreeBSD)
|
|-
! [http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/cgi/web-man?command=ath ath]
| [[Atheros]] AR5210/<br>AR5211/AR5212/AR5416
| Integrated
| {{included|On Device}}
| [[BSD]]
|
|
|-
! [http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/cgi/web-man?command=bwi bwi]
| [[Broadcom]]<br>BCM430x/4318
| Integrated
| {{No|Yes}}
| [[BSD]]
| Sepherosa<br>Ziehau
| style="background: black; color: white; " | Reverse <br>engineering
|-
! [http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/cgi/web-man?command=iwi iwi]
| [[Intel]] PRO/Wireless<br>2200BG/2915ABG
| Integrated
| {{No|Yes}}
| [[BSD]]
| Damien Bergamini<br>(OpenBSD)
| style="background: black; color: white; " | Reverse <br>engineering
|-
! [http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/cgi/web-man?command=iwl&section=4 iwl]
| [[Intel]] PRO/Wireless<br>2100
| Integrated
| {{No|Yes}}
| [[BSD]]
| Damien Bergamini<br>(OpenBSD)
| style="background: black; color: white; " | Reverse <br>engineering
|-
![https://man.dragonflybsd.org/?command=iwm iwm]
|Intel Dual Band Wireless AC
3160/7260/8260/9260/9270/9560
|Integrated| Integrated
| {{No|Yes}}
|[[BSD]]
|OpenBSD
|-
! [http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/cgi/web-man?command=iwn&section=4 iwn]
| [[Intel]] 4965/1000/5000/<br>5150/5300/6000/6050
| Integrated
| {{No|Yes}}
| [[BSD]]
| Damien Bergamini<br>(OpenBSD)
| style="background: black; color: white; " | Reverse <br>engineering

|-
! [http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/cgi/web-man?command=ral&section=ANY ral]
| [[Ralink]] RT2500/<br>RT2501/RT2600
| Integrated
| {{included|On Device}}
| [[BSD]]
| Damien <br>Bergamini
| Ported from<br>FreeBSD
|-
! [http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/cgi/web-man?command=rtw&section=ANY rtw]
| [[Realtek]]<br>RTL8180L
| Integrated
| {{included|On Device}}
| [[BSD]]
|
| Ported from <br>NetBSD
|-
! [http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/cgi/web-man?command=rum&section=ANY rum]
| [[Ralink]]<br>RT2501USB/RT2601USB
| Integrated
| {{included|On Device}}
| [[BSD]]
| Damien <br>Bergamini
| Ported from<br>FreeBSD
|-
! [http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/cgi/web-man?command=wi wi]
| [[Lucent]] Hermes<br>(WaveLAN / [[ORiNOCO]]);<br>[[Intersil]] [[PRISM (chipset)|PRISM]]-II, -2.5; <br>[[Symbol Technologies|Symbol]] Spectrum24 802.11b
| Integrated
| {{included|On Device}}
| [[BSD]]
| Bill Paul <br>(FreeBSD)
| style="background: green; color: yellow;" | Documentation <br>based
|-
! [http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/cgi/web-man?command=wpi&section=ANY wpi]
| [[Intel]]<br>3945ABG
| Integrated
| {{included|On Device}}
| [[BSD]]
| Damien <br>Bergamini
| Ported from <br>OpenBSD
|}

==FreeBSD==

===Status===

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center; width: 99%;"
|-
! Driver
! Chipset
! Integration
! Non-free firmware <br>required <ref group=note name='non-free firmware' />
! License
! Original/ Primary <br>developer
! Development
|-
| [http://dev.kewl.org/acx100+111/ acx]
| [[Texas Instruments]] <br>ACX100/ACX111
| Separate project
| {{No|Yes}}
| [[BSD]]
|
| style="background: black; color: white; " | Reverse <br>engineering
|-
| [http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=an an]
| [[Cisco Systems|Aironet]] 4500/4800, <br>[[Cisco Systems|Cisco]] Aironet 340/350, <br>Xircom Wireless Ethernet
| Integrated
| {{included|On Device}}
| [[BSD]]
| Bill Paul (FreeBSD)
|
|-
| [http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=arl&manpath=FreeBSD+7.2-RELEASE arl]
| Aironet Arlan 655
| Integrated / <br>Removed in 8.0
| {{included|On Device}}
| [[BSD]]
|
|
|-
| [http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ath ath]
| [[Atheros]] AR5210/ AR5211/ AR5212/ <br>AR5416 /AR9130 /AR9160 /AR9280 <br>/AR9285 /AR9287 /AR9565 (and derivatives)
| Integrated
| {{Yes|No}}
| [[BSD]]
| Originally by Atheros via <br>Sam Leffler (FreeBSD); <br>supported by <br>the community
| style="background: green; color: yellow;" | Documentation <br>based
|-
| [http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=awi&manpath=FreeBSD+7.2-RELEASE awi]
| [[AMD]] PCnetMobile
| Integrated / <br>Removed in 8.0
| {{included|On Device}}
| [[BSD]]
| Bill Sommerfeld (NetBSD), <br>Atsushi Onoe (NetBSD)
|
|-
| [http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=bwi bwi]
| [[Broadcom]] BCM43xx/4318
| Integrated since 8.0
| {{No|Yes}}
| [[BSD]]
| Sepherosa Ziehau <br>(DragonFly BSD), <br>Andrew Thompson (FreeBSD), <br>Sam Leffler (FreeBSD)
| Ported from <br>DragonFly BSD
|-
| [http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=bwn bwn]
| [[Broadcom]] <br>BCM43xx/4318 v4 firmware
| Integrated since 8.1
| {{No|Yes}}
| [[BSD]]
| Weongyo Jeong
| ?
|-
| [http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=cnw&manpath=FreeBSD+7.2-RELEASE cnw]
| Netwave AirSurfer
| Integrated / <br>Removed in 8.0
| {{included|On Device}}
| [[BSD]]
| Imported from NetBSD
|
|-
| [http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ipw ipw]
| [[Intel]] PRO/Wireless 2100
| Integrated
| {{No|Yes}}
| [[BSD]]
| Damien Bergamini <br>(OpenBSD/ FreeBSD)
| style="background: black; color: white; " | Reverse <br>engineering
|-
| [http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=iwi iwi]
| [[Intel]] PRO/Wireless <br>2200BG/ 2225BG/ 2915ABG
| Integrated
| {{No|Yes}}
| [[BSD]]
| Damien Bergamini <br>(OpenBSD/ FreeBSD)
| style="background: black; color: white; " | Reverse <br>engineering
|-
|  [http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=iwm iwm]
|Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC <br>3160 / 3165 / 7260 / 7265 / 8260
|?
|?
|
|?
|?
|-
| [http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=iwn iwn]
| [[Intel]] PRO/Wireless 4965 ABGN/ <br>5100/ 5300/ 5350/ 1000 
[[Intel]] [[Centrino]] 6000/ 6150/ <br>6200/ 6205/ 6230/ 6250/ 6300
| Integrated since 8.0 / <br>Available for 7.1 and <br>above as separate patch
| {{No|Yes}}
| [[BSD]]
| Damien Bergamini, <br>Benjamin Close, <br>Sam Leffler <br>(OpenBSD/ FreeBSD)
| style="background: black; color: white; " | Reverse engineering
|-
| [http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=malo malo]
| [[Marvell Technology Group|Marvell]] 88W8335
| Integrated
| {{No|Yes}}
| [[BSD]]
| Weongyo Jeong (FreeBSD), <br>Sam Leffler (FreeBSD)
|
|-
| [http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=mwl mwl]
| [[Marvell Technology Group|Marvell]] 88W8363
| Integrated since 8.0
| {{No|Yes}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base/head/sys/contrib/dev/mwl/LICENSE?view=markup&pathrev=193240 |title=[base&#93; Contents of /head/sys/contrib/dev/mwl/LICENSE |publisher=Svn.freebsd.org |access-date=2012-12-09}}</ref>
| [[BSD]]
| Sam Leffler (FreeBSD)
| ?
|-
| [http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ral ral]
| [[Ralink]] RT2500/ RT2501/ <br>RT2600/ RT3090/ RT3592
| Integrated
| {{included|On Device}}
| [[BSD]]
| Damien Bergamini <br>(OpenBSD/ FreeBSD)
| style="background: yellow;" | Based on partial <br>documentation
|-
| [http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ray&manpath=FreeBSD+7.2-RELEASE ray]
| Raytheon Raylink/ <br>Webgear Aviator
| Integrated / <br>Removed in 8.0
| {{included|On Device}}
| [[BSD]]
| Imported from NetBSD
|
|-
| [http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rsu rsu]
| [[Realtek]] <br>RTL8188SU/ RTL8192SU
| Integrated since 10.0
| {{No|Yes}}
| [[BSD]]
| Damien Bergamini <br>(OpenBSD), <br>Imported from OpenBSD <br>by Rui Paulo
| ?
|-
| [http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rum rum]
| [[Ralink]] <br>RT2501USB/ RT2601USB
| Integrated
| {{Yes|No}}<ref name="rum-firmware"/>
| [[BSD]]
| Niall&nbsp;O'Higgins, <br>Damien&nbsp;Bergamini
| style="background: yellow;" | Based on partial <br>documentation
|-
| [http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base/stable/8/sys/dev/usb/wlan/if_run.c?view=log run]
| [[Ralink]] RT2700U/ <br>RT2800U/ RT3000U
| Integrated since 8.1
| {{Yes|No}}<ref name="rum-firmware"/>
| [[BSD]]
| Damien Bergamini <br>(OpenBSD), <br>Imported from <br>OpenBSD by <br>Akinori Furukoshi
| style="background: yellow;" | Based on partial <br>documentation
|-
| [http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=uath uath]
| [[Atheros]] <br>AR5005UG/ AR5005UX
| Integrated since 8.0
| {{No|Yes}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base/head/sys/contrib/dev/uath/ar5523.bin.uu?view=markup&pathrev=190688 |title=[base&#93; Contents of /head/sys/contrib/dev/uath/ar5523.bin.uu |publisher=Svn.freebsd.org |access-date=2012-12-09}}</ref>
| [[BSD]]
| Weongyo Jeong (FreeBSD), <br>Sam Leffler (FreeBSD)
| ?
|-
| [http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=upgt upgt]
| GW3887 ([[Conexant]]/ <br>Intersil PrismGT series)
| Integrated since 8.0
| {{No|Yes}}
| [[BSD]]
| Imported from OpenBSD
| style="background: black; color: white; " | Reverse <br>engineering
|-
| [http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ural ural]
| [[Ralink]] RT2500USB
| Integrated
| {{included|On Device}}
| [[BSD]]
| Damien Bergamini <br>(OpenBSD/ FreeBSD)
| style="background: yellow;" | Based on partial <br>documentation
|-
| [http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=urtw urtw]
| [[Realtek]] <br>RTL8187L/ RTL8187B
| Integrated since 8.0
| {{n/a}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base/head/sys/dev/usb/wlan/if_urtw.c?view=markup&pathrev=192873 |title=[base&#93; Contents of /head/sys/dev/usb/wlan/if_urtw.c |publisher=Svn.freebsd.org |access-date=2012-12-09}}</ref>
| [[BSD]]
| Weongyo Jeong <br>(FreeBSD)
| ?
|-
| [http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=urtwn urtwn]
| [[Realtek]] RTL8188CU/ <br>RTL8188EU/ RTL8192CU
| Integrated since 10.0
| {{No|Yes}}
| [[BSD]]
| Damien Bergamini <br>(OpenBSD / FreeBSD)
| style="background: black; color: white; " | Reverse <br>engineering
|-
| [http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=wi wi]
| [[Lucent]] Hermes (WaveLAN/ [[ORiNOCO]]); <br>[[Intersil]] [[PRISM (chipset)|PRISM]]-2, PRISM-2.5, PRISM-3; <br>[[Symbol Technologies|Symbol]] Spectrum24 802.11b <br>(Symbol support removed in 8.0)
| Integrated
| {{included|On Device}}
| [[BSD]]
| Bill Paul (FreeBSD)
| style="background: green; color: yellow;" | Documentation <br>based
|-
| [http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=wpi wpi]
| [[Intel]] PRO/ Wireless 3945ABG
| Integrated
| {{No|Yes}}
| [[BSD]]
| Damien Bergamini, <br>Benjamin Close
| style="background: black; color: white; " | Reverse <br>engineering
|-
| [http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=zyd zyd]
| ZyDAS ZD1211/ ZD1211B
| Integrated
| {{Yes|No}}
| [[BSD]]
| Florian Stoehr, <br>Damien Bergamini, <br>Jonathan Gray <br>(OpenBSD)
| style="background: green; color: yellow;" | Documentation <br>based
|-
|}

=== Driver capabilities ===

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center; width: 99%;"
|-
! Driver
! [[802.11]]
! Bus interface
! [[Wired Equivalent Privacy|WEP]]
! [[Wi-Fi Protected Access|WPA]]
! [[Wi-Fi Protected Access|WPA2]]
! [[Monitor mode]]
! Master mode
! Ad-Hoc mode
|-
| [http://dev.kewl.org/acx100+111/ acx]
| [[802.11a]]?, [[802.11b]], [[802.11g]]
| [[Cardbus]], [[Peripheral Component Interconnect|PCI]]
| {{Yes}}
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
| {{Yes}}
|-
| [http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=an an]
| [[802.11b]]
| [[Cardbus]], [[Peripheral Component Interconnect|PCI]], [[Industry Standard Architecture|ISA]]
| {{Yes}}
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
| {{Yes}}
|-
| [http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=arl&manpath=FreeBSD+7.2-RELEASE arl]
| N/A
| [[Industry Standard Architecture|ISA]]
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
|-
| [http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ath ath]
| [[802.11a]], [[802.11b]], [[802.11g]], [[802.11n]]
| [[Cardbus]], [[Peripheral Component Interconnect|PCI]], [[Mini PCI]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
| [http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=awi&manpath=FreeBSD+7.2-RELEASE awi]
| N/A
| [[PC Card]]
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
| [http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=bwi bwi]
| [[802.11b]], [[802.11g]]
| [[Cardbus]], [[Peripheral Component Interconnect|PCI]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|-
| [http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=cnw&manpath=FreeBSD+7.2-RELEASE cnw]
| N/A
| [[Cardbus]]
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
|-
| [http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ipw ipw]
| [[802.11b]]
| [[Mini PCI]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
| [http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=iwi iwi]
| [[802.11a]], [[802.11b]], [[802.11g]]
| [[Mini PCI]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
| [http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=iwn iwn]
| [[802.11a]], [[802.11b]], [[802.11g]], [[802.11n]]
| [[Mini PCI]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|-
| [http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=malo malo]
| [[802.11b]], [[802.11g]]
| [[Peripheral Component Interconnect|PCI]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|-
| [http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=mwl mwl]
| [[802.11a]], [[802.11b]], [[802.11g]], [[802.11n]]
| [[Peripheral Component Interconnect|PCI]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
|-
| [http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ral ral]
| [[802.11a]], [[802.11b]], [[802.11g]]
| [[Cardbus]], [[Peripheral Component Interconnect|PCI]], [[Mini PCI]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
| [http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ray&manpath=FreeBSD+7.2-RELEASE ray]
| N/A
| [[PC Card]]
| ?
| ?
| ?
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
| [http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rum rum]
| [[802.11a]], [[802.11b]], [[802.11g]]
| [[USB]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
| [http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base/stable/8/sys/dev/usb/wlan/if_run.c?view=log run]
| [[802.11a]], [[802.11b]], [[802.11g]]
| [[USB]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
| [http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=uath uath]
| [[802.11b]], [[802.11g]]
| [[USB]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|-
| [http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=upgt upgt]
| [[802.11b]], [[802.11g]]
| [[USB]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|-
| [http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ural ural]
| [[802.11b]], [[802.11g]]
| [[USB]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
| [http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=urtw urtw]
| [[802.11b]], [[802.11g]]
| [[USB]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|-
| [http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=wi wi]
| [[802.11b]]
| [[PC Card]], [[Cardbus]], [[Peripheral Component Interconnect|PCI]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}} (since 8.0)
| {{Yes}} (since 8.0)
| {{Yes}} (since 8.0?)
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
| [http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=wpi wpi]
| [[802.11a]], [[802.11b]], [[802.11g]]
| [[Mini PCI]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
| [http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=zyd zyd]
| [[802.11b]], [[802.11g]]
| [[USB]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|}

==NetBSD==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center; width: 99%;"
|-Stefan Sperling
! Driver
! Chipset
! Integration
! Free firmware<ref group="note" name="free firmware">'N/A' means firmware is stored in device at all times, 'yes' means firmware is available for totally free redistribution, 'no' means you have to get into non-free-software contract with the manufacturer to get access to the firmware</ref>
! License
! Original/Primary developer
! Development methodologies
! [[Free software]]<ref group=note name="'free software'">in terms of no binary-only requirements that are posed by the driver, i.e. you can modify all code that is run on your CPU</ref>
|-
| [https://man.netbsd.org/an.4 an]
| [[Cisco Systems|Aironet]] 4500/4800, [[Cisco Systems|Cisco]] Aironet 340/350
| Integrated
| {{n/a}}
| [[BSD]]
| Bill Paul (FreeBSD)
| Ported from FreeBSD
| {{yes}}
|-
| [https://man.netbsd.org/ath.4 ath]
| [[Atheros]] AR521*/ AR2413/ AR2417/ AR5413/ AR5416/ AR5424/ AR9160
| Integrated
| {{n/a}}
| [[BSD]]
| Sam Leffler (FreeBSD)
| [[Binary blob]]s ported from FreeBSD
| {{yes}}
|-
| [https://man.netbsd.org/athn.4 athn]
| [[Atheros]] AR5008 up to the AR9287
| Integrated
| {{n/a}}
| [[BSD]]
| Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD)
| Ported from OpenBSD
| {{yes}}
|-
| [https://man.netbsd.org/atu.4 atu]
| [[Atmel]] at76c503/ at76c503a/ at76c505/ at76c505a
| Integrated
| {{n/a}}
| [[BSD]]
| Dan Vreeken (FreeBSD)
| Ported from OpenBSD
| {{yes}}
|-
| [https://man.netbsd.org/atw.4 atw]
| [[ADMtek]] ADM8211
| Integrated
| {{n/a}}
| [[BSD]]
| David Young (NetBSD)
|
| {{yes}}
|-
| [https://man.netbsd.org/awi.4 awi]
| [[AMD]] PCnetMobile
| Integrated
| {{n/a}}
| [[BSD]]
|
|
| {{yes}}
|-
| [https://man.netbsd.org/bwi.4 bwi]
| [[Broadcom]] BCM430x/4318
| Integrated
| {{n/a}}
| [[BSD]]
| Sepherosa Ziehau (DragonflyBSD)
| Ported from Dragonfly BSD
| {{yes}}
|-
| [https://man.netbsd.org/cnw.4 cnw]
| [[Netwave]] AirSurfer
| Integrated
| {{n/a}}
| [[BSD]]
|
|
| {{yes}}
|-
| [https://man.netbsd.org/ipw.4 ipw]
| [[Intel]] PRO/Wireless 2100
| Integrated
| {{No}}
| [[BSD]]
| Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD)
| Ported from OpenBSD
| {{yes}}
|-
| [https://man.netbsd.org/iwi.4 iwi]
| [[Intel]] PRO/Wireless 2200BG/2915ABG
| Integrated
| {{No}}
| [[BSD]]
| Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD)
| Ported from OpenBSD
| {{yes}}
|-
| [https://man.netbsd.org/iwm.4 iwm]
| [[Intel]] Wireless WiFi 7260, 7265, 3160
| Integrated
| {{No}}
| [[BSD]]
| Antti Kantee (NetBSD)
| 
| {{yes}}
|-
| [https://man.netbsd.org/iwn.4 iwn]
| [[Intel]] Wireless WiFi Link 4965/ 5000/ 1000/ 6000
| Integrated
| {{No}}
| [[BSD]]
| Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD)
| Ported from OpenBSD
| {{yes}}
|-
| [https://man.netbsd.org/malo.4 malo]
| [[Marvell Technology Group|Marvell]] 88W8335/88W8310
| Integrated
| {{No}}
| [[BSD]]
| Claudio Jeker (OpenBSD)
| Ported from OpenBSD
| {{yes}}
|-
| [https://man.netbsd.org/otus.4 otus]
| [[Atheros]] AR9001U
| Integrated
| {{No}}
| [[BSD]]
| Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD)
| Ported from OpenBSD
| {{yes}}
|-
| [https://man.netbsd.org/ral.4 ral]
| [[Ralink]] RT2500/ RT2501/ RT2600/ RT2500USB/RT3592
| Integrated
| {{n/a}}
| [[BSD]]
| Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD)
| Ported from OpenBSD
| {{yes}}
|-
| [https://man.netbsd.org/ray.4 ray]
| [[Raytheon]] Raylink / WebGear Aviator
| Integrated
| {{n/a}}
| [[BSD]]
| Christian E. Hopps (NetBSD)
|
| {{yes}}
|-
| [https://man.netbsd.org/rtw.4 rtw]
| [[Realtek]] RTL8180L
| Integrated
| {{n/a}}
| [[BSD]]
| David Young (NetBSD)
|
| {{yes}}
|-
| [https://man.netbsd.org/rtwn.4 rtwn]
| [[Realtek]] RTL8188CE and RTL8192CE
| Integrated
| {{n/a}}
| [[BSD]]
| Stefan Sperling (OpenBSD)
| Ported from OpenBSD
| {{yes}}
|-
| [https://man.netbsd.org/run.4 run]
| [[Ralink]] RT2700U, RT2800U and RT3000U
| Integrated
| {{n/a}}
| [[BSD]]
| Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD)
| Ported from OpenBSD
| {{yes}}
|-
| [https://man.netbsd.org/upgt.4 upgt]
| [[Conexant/Intersil]] PrismGT SoftMAC USB IEEE 802.11b/g
| Integrated
| {{n/a}}
| [[BSD]]
| Marcus Glocker (OpenBSD)
| Ported from OpenBSD
| {{yes}}
|-
| [https://man.netbsd.org/urtw.4 urtw]
| [[Realtek]] RTL8187B/L
| Integrated
| {{no}}
| [[BSD]]
| Weongyo Jeong (FreeBSD)
| Ported from FreeBSD
| {{yes}}
|-
| [https://man.netbsd.org/urtwn.4 urtwn]
| [[Realtek]] RTL8188CUS, RTL8188CE-VAU, RTL8188EUS, RTL8188RU, and RTL8192CU
| Integrated
| {{no}}
| [[BSD]]
| Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD)
| Ported from OpenBSD
| {{yes}}
|-
| [https://man.netbsd.org/wi.4 wi]
| [[Lucent Technologies]] WaveLAN/IEEE and PRISM-II 802.11
| Integrated
| {{no}}
| [[BSD]]
| Bill Paul
| 
| {{yes}}
|-
| [https://man.netbsd.org/wpi.4 wpi]
| [[Intel]] PRO/Wireless 3945ABG
| Integrated
| {{no}}
| [[BSD]]
| Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD)
| Ported from OpenBSD
| {{yes}}
|-
| [https://man.netbsd.org/zyd.4 zyd]
| [[ZyDAS]] ZD1211/ ZD1211B
| Integrated
| {{no}}
| [[BSD]]
| Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD)
| Ported from OpenBSD
| {{yes}}
|}

==OpenBSD==
The following is an incomplete list of supported wireless devices:

===Status===

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center; width: 99%;"
|-
! Driver
! Chipset
! Integration
! Free firmware<ref group="note" name="free firmware"/><!-- absolutely no changing of this column unless you know OpenBSD; no Richard Stallman methodology here, he doesn't own wikipedia; DO NOT COMPACT THIS REF OUT NOR MERGE WITH OTHER TABLES -->
! License
! Original/Primary developer
! Development
! [[Free software]]<ref group=note name="'free software'" />
|-
| [https://man.openbsd.org/acx.4 acx]
| [[Texas Instruments]] ACX100/ACX111
| Integrated
| {{No}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://man.openbsd.org/acx.4#FILES |title=Manual Pages: acx |publisher=Openbsd.org |date=2012-09-17 |access-date=2012-12-09}}</ref>
| [[BSD]]
| Ported from DragonFlyBSD
| style="background: black; color: white; " | Reverse engineering
| {{yes}}
|-
| [https://man.openbsd.org/an.4 an]
| [[Cisco Systems|Aironet]] 4500/4800, [[Cisco Systems|Cisco]] Aironet 340/350
| Integrated
| {{n/a}}
| [[BSD]]
|
|
| {{yes}}
|-
| [https://man.openbsd.org/ath.4 ath]
| [[Atheros]] AR5210/ AR5211/ AR5212
| Integrated
| {{n/a}}<ref name="atheros"/>
| [[BSD]]
|
| style="background: black; color: white; " | Reverse engineering
| {{yes}}
|-
| [https://man.openbsd.org/athn.4 athn]
| [[Atheros]] AR5416/AR9160/AR928X
| Integrated (since 4.7)
| {{yes}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/dev/usb/if_athn_usb.c#rev1.49 |title="Move athn(4) USB devices to the open source atk9k HTC firmware." |publisher=Openbsd.org |date=2018-02-05 |access-date=2018-02-05}}</ref>
| [[BSD]]
| Damien Bergamini
| Partly based on the ath9k driver for [[Linux]]
| {{yes}}
|-
| [https://man.openbsd.org/atu.4 atu]
| [[Atmel]] AT76C503/ AT76C503A/ AT76C505/ AT76C505A
| Integrated
| {{Yes}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bxr.su/OpenBSD/sys/dev/microcode/atmel/atu-license |title=atu-license |website=BSD Cross Reference, OpenBSD}}</ref>
| [[BSD]]
|
| style="background: black; color: white; " | Reverse engineering
| {{yes}}
|-
| [https://man.openbsd.org/atw.4 atw]
| [[ADMtek]] ADM8211
| Integrated
| {{n/a}}
| [[BSD]]
|
| style="background: green; color: yellow;" | Documentation based
| {{yes}}
|-
| [https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-4.3/awi.4 awi]
| [[BayStack]] 650
| 2.7 to 4.3
| {{n/a}}
| [[BSD]]
|
|
| {{yes}}
|-
|'''[https://man.openbsd.org/man4/bwfm.4 bwfm]'''
|Broadcom and Cypress IEEE 802.11a/ac/ax/b/g/n wireless network device
|6.3+
|
|BSD
|Patrick Wildt
|
|Yes
|-
| [https://man.openbsd.org/bwi.4 bwi]
| [[Broadcom]] BCM430x/4318
| Integrated
| {{No}}
| [[BSD]]
| Sepherosa Ziehau
| Ported from DragonFly BSD
| {{yes}}
|-
| [https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-6.0/cnw.4 cnw]
| NetWave AirSurfer
| 2.6 to 6.0
| {{n/a}}
| [[BSD]]
|
|
| {{yes}}
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20170124003320/http://damien.bergamini.free.fr/ipw/ ipw]
| [[Intel]] PRO/Wireless 2100
| Integrated
| {{No}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://man.openbsd.org/ipw.4#FILES |title=Manual Pages: ipw |publisher=Openbsd.org |date=2012-09-17 |access-date=2012-12-09}}</ref>
| [[BSD]]
| Damien Bergamini
| style="background: black; color: white; " | Reverse engineering
| {{yes}}
|-
| [https://man.openbsd.org/iwi.4 iwi]
| [[Intel]] PRO/Wireless 2200BG/ 2225BG/ 2915ABG
| Integrated
| {{No}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://man.openbsd.org/iwi.4#FILES |title=Manual Pages: iwi |publisher=Openbsd.org |date=2012-09-17 |access-date=2012-12-09}}</ref>
| [[BSD]]
| Damien Bergamini
| style="background: black; color: white; " | Reverse engineering
| {{yes}}
|-
| [https://man.openbsd.org/iwn.4 iwn]
| [[Intel]] Wireless WiFi Link 4965/ 5000/ 1000/ 6000
| Integrated
| {{No}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://man.openbsd.org/iwn.4#FILES |title=Manual Pages: iwn |publisher=Openbsd.org |date=2012-09-17 |access-date=2012-12-09}}</ref>
| [[BSD]]
| Damien Bergamini
| style="background: black; color: white; " | Reverse engineering
| {{yes}}
|-
| [https://man.openbsd.org/iwm.4 iwm]
| [[Intel]] Wireless WiFi Link 3160ac/ 7260ac/ 7265ac
| Integrated (since 5.8)
| {{No}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://man.openbsd.org/iwm.4#FILES |title=Manual Pages: iwm |publisher=Openbsd.org }}</ref>
| [[BSD]]
| Antti Kantee,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://beastie.pl/deweloperzy-netbsd-7-0-antti-kantee/|title=I was contracted to write a driver for the Intel 3160/726x wireless chips, a driver which became iwm(4)|publisher=beastie.pl|date=2015-10-14|access-date=2016-02-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160222082127/http://beastie.pl/deweloperzy-netbsd-7-0-antti-kantee/|archive-date=2016-02-22|url-status=dead}}</ref> Stefan Sperling
|  Based on iwn, and iwlwifi driver released by [[Intel]] for [[Linux]] under dual GPLv2/BSD license<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/dev/pci/if_iwm.c?rev=1.1&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup|title=Add iwm(4), a new driver for Intel 7260 wifi cards.|publisher=Openbsd.org |date=2015-02-06 |access-date=2016-02-21}}</ref> 
| {{yes}}
|-
| [https://man.openbsd.org/malo.4 malo]
| [[Marvell Technology Group|Marvell]] 88W8335/ 88W8310
| Integrated
| {{No}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://man.openbsd.org/malo.4#FILES |title=Manual Pages: malo |publisher=Openbsd.org |date=2012-09-17 |access-date=2012-12-09}}</ref>
| [[BSD]]
| Marcus Glocker and Claudio Jeker
| style="background: black; color: white; " | Reverse engineering<ref>{{cite web|url=https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20061120180656 |title=Developer Blog – mglocker@: New WLAN drivers on the upswing |publisher=Undeadly.org |access-date=2012-12-09}}</ref>
| {{yes}}
|-
| [https://man.openbsd.org/otus.4 otus]
| [[Atheros]] AR9170
| Integrated (since 4.6)
| {{No}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://man.openbsd.org/otus.4#FILES |title=Manual Pages: otus(4) |publisher=Openbsd.org |date=2012-09-17 |access-date=2012-12-09}}</ref>
| [[BSD]]
| Damien Bergamini
| Based on source code released by [[Atheros]] for [[Linux]] under the ISC
| {{yes}}
|-
| [https://man.openbsd.org/pgt.4 pgt]
| [[Conexant]]/Intersil Prism GT Full-MAC ISL3877, ISL3880, and ISL3890 chips
| Integrated
| {{No}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://man.openbsd.org/pgt.4#FILES |title=Manual Pages: pgt(4) |publisher=Openbsd.org |date=2012-09-17 |access-date=2012-12-09}}</ref>
| [[BSD]]
| Ported from FreeBSD
| style="background: black; color: white; " | Reverse engineering<ref name="openbsd-reverse" />
| {{yes}}
|-
| [https://man.openbsd.org/ral.4 ral]/[https://man.openbsd.org/ural.4 ural]
| [[Ralink]] RT2500, RT2501, RT2600, RT2700, RT2800, RT3090, RT3292, RT3592 and RT5390 (ral), RT2500USB (ural)
| Integrated
| {{Yes}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bxr.su/OpenBSD/sys/dev/microcode/ral/ral-license |title=ral-license |website=BSD Cross Reference, OpenBSD}}</ref>
| [[BSD]]
| Damien Bergamini
| style="background: green; color: yellow;" | Documentation based
| {{yes}}
|-
| [https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-5.4/ray.4 ray]
| Raytheon Raylink/WebGear Aviator IEEE 802.11FH
| 2.7 to 5.4
| {{n/a}}
| [[BSD]]
|
|
| {{yes}}
|-
| [https://man.openbsd.org/rsu.4 rsu]
| [[Realtek]] RTL8188SU/RTL8191SU/RTL8192SU
| Integrated (since 4.9)
| {{No}}
| [[BSD]]
| Damien Bergamini
| style="background: black; color: white; " | Reverse engineering
| {{yes}}
|-
| [https://man.openbsd.org/rtw.4 rtw]
| [[Realtek]] RTL8180L
| Integrated
| {{n/a}}
| [[BSD]]
| Ported from NetBSD
| style="background: green; color: yellow;" | Documentation based
| {{yes}}
|-
| [https://man.openbsd.org/rtwn.4 rtwn]
| [[Realtek]] RTL8188CE/RTL8192CE
| Integrated
| {{No}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://man.openbsd.org/rtwn.4#FILES |title=Manual Pages: rtwn |publisher=Openbsd.org }}</ref>
| [[BSD]]
| Stefan Sperling
| Based on urtwn driver.
| {{yes}}
|-
| [https://man.openbsd.org/rum.4 rum]
| [[Ralink]] RT2501USB/ RT2601USB
| Integrated
| {{Yes}}<ref name="rum-firmware">{{cite web|url=http://bxr.su/OpenBSD/sys/dev/microcode/rum/rum-license |title=rum-license (covers rum-rt2573 for rum(4), as well as run-rt2870 and run-rt3071 for run(4)) |website=BSD Cross Reference, OpenBSD}}</ref>
| [[BSD]]
| Niall&nbsp;O'Higgins and Damien&nbsp;Bergamini
| style="background: green; color: yellow;" | Documentation based
| {{yes}}
|-
| [https://man.openbsd.org/run.4 run]
| [[Ralink]] RT2700U/ RT2800U/ RT3000U
| Integrated
| {{Yes}}<ref name="rum-firmware"/>
| [[BSD]]
| Damien&nbsp;Bergamini
| style="background: green; color: yellow;" | Documentation based
| {{yes}}
|-
| [https://man.openbsd.org/uath.4 uath]
| [[Atheros]] AR5005UG/ AR5005UX
| Integrated
| {{No}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://man.openbsd.org/uath.4#FILES |title=Manual Pages: uath |publisher=Openbsd.org |date=2012-09-17 |access-date=2012-12-09}}</ref>
| [[BSD]]
| Damien Bergamini
| style="background: black; color: white;" | Reverse Engineering<ref name="openbsd-reverse">{{cite web|url=https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20060917020241 |title=OpenBSD reverse engineers more wireless drivers |publisher=Undeadly.org |date=2004-04-02 |access-date=2012-12-09}}</ref>
| {{yes}}
|-
| [https://man.openbsd.org/upgt.4 upgt]
| GW3887 ([[Conexant]]/Intersil PrismGT series)
| Integrated
| {{No}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://man.openbsd.org/upgt.4#FILES |title=Manual Pages: upgt(4) |publisher=Openbsd.org |date=2012-09-17 |access-date=2012-12-09}}</ref>
| [[BSD]]
| Marcus Glocker
| style="background: black; color: white; " | Reverse engineering
| {{yes}}
|-
| [https://man.openbsd.org/urtw.4 urtw]
| [[Realtek]] RTL8187L
| Integrated
| {{n/a}}
| [[BSD]]
| Weongyo Jeong (FreeBSD)
| ?
| {{yes}}
|-
| [https://man.openbsd.org/urtwn.4 urtwn]
| [[Realtek]] RTL8188CU/RTL8192CU
| Integrated (since 4.9)
| {{No}}
| [[BSD]]
| Damien Bergamini
| style="background: black; color: white; " | Reverse engineering
| {{yes}}
|-
| [https://man.openbsd.org/wi.4 wi]
| [[Lucent]] Hermes (WaveLAN/ [[ORiNOCO]]); [[Intersil]] [[PRISM (chipset)|PRISM]]-2, PRISM-2.5, PRISM-3; [[Symbol Technologies|Symbol]] Spectrum24
| Integrated
| style="background: lightgreen;" | Yes for Spectrum24<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bxr.su/OpenBSD/sys/dev/microcode/symbol/symbol-license |title=symbol-license |website=BSD Cross Reference, OpenBSD}}</ref> and N/A for others
| [[BSD]]
| Bill Paul
| style="background: green; color: yellow;" | Documentation based
| {{yes}}
|-
| [https://man.openbsd.org/wpi.4 wpi]<ref>There is more details about the port at [http://kerneltrap.org/node/6650 kerneltrap] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120713035802/http://kerneltrap.org/node/6650 |date=2012-07-13 }}</ref>
| [[Intel]] PRO/Wireless 3945ABG
| Integrated
| {{No}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://man.openbsd.org/wpi.4#FILES |title=Manual Pages: wpi |publisher=Openbsd.org |date=2012-09-17 |access-date=2012-12-09}}</ref>
| [[BSD]]
| Damien Bergamini
| style="background: black; color: white; " | Reverse engineering
| {{yes}}
|-
| [https://man.openbsd.org/zyd.4 zyd]
| ZyDAS ZD1211/ZD1211B
| Integrated
| {{Yes}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bxr.su/OpenBSD/sys/dev/microcode/zydas/zd1211-license |title=zd1211-licence |website=BSD Cross Reference, OpenBSD}}</ref>
| [[BSD]]
| Florian&nbsp;Stoehr, Damien&nbsp;Bergamini, and Jonathan&nbsp;Gray
| style="background: green; color: yellow;" | Documentation based
| {{yes}}
|}

=== Driver capabilities ===

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center; width: 99%;"
|-
! Driver
! [[802.11]]
! Bus interface
! [[Wired Equivalent Privacy|WEP]]
! [[Wi-Fi Protected Access|WPA]]
! [[Wi-Fi Protected Access|WPA2]]
! [[Monitor mode]]
! Master mode
! Ad-Hoc mode
|-
| [https://man.openbsd.org/acx.4 acx]
| [[802.11a]], [[802.11b]], [[802.11g]]
| [[Cardbus]], [[Peripheral Component Interconnect|PCI]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
| [https://man.openbsd.org/an.4 an]
| [[802.11b]]
| [[PC Card]], [[Peripheral Component Interconnect|PCI]], [[Industry Standard Architecture|ISA]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
| [https://man.openbsd.org/ath.4 ath]
| [[802.11a]], [[802.11b]], [[802.11g]]
| [[Cardbus]], [[Peripheral Component Interconnect|PCI]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
| [https://man.openbsd.org/athn.4 athn]
| [[802.11a]], [[802.11b]], [[802.11g]], [[802.11n]]
| [[Cardbus]], [[Peripheral Component Interconnect Express|PCI-E]], [[Mini PCIE]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
|-
| [https://man.openbsd.org/atu.4 atu]
| [[802.11b]]
| [[USB]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
| [https://man.openbsd.org/atw.4 atw]
| [[802.11b]]
| [[Cardbus]], [[Peripheral Component Interconnect|PCI]]
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
|'''[https://man.openbsd.org/man4/bwfm.4 bwfm]'''
|802.11a/ac/ax/b/g/n
|PCI, USB
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|No
|-
| [https://man.openbsd.org/bwi.4 bwi]
| [[802.11b]], [[802.11g]]
| [[Cardbus]], [[Peripheral Component Interconnect|PCI]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|-
| [https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-6.0/cnw.4 cnw]
| N/A
| [[PC Card]]
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|-
| [https://man.openbsd.org/ipw.4 ipw]
| [[802.11b]]
| [[Peripheral Component Interconnect|PCI]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
| [https://man.openbsd.org/iwi.4 iwi]
| [[802.11a]], [[802.11b]], [[802.11g]]
| [[Peripheral Component Interconnect|PCI]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
| [https://man.openbsd.org/iwn.4 iwn]
| [[802.11a]], [[802.11b]], [[802.11g]], [[802.11n]]
| [[Peripheral Component Interconnect Express|PCI-E]], [[Mini PCIE]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|-
| [https://man.openbsd.org/iwm.4 iwm]
| [[802.11a]], [[802.11b]], [[802.11g]], [[802.11n]]
| [[Peripheral Component Interconnect Express|PCI-E]], [[Mini PCIE]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|-
| [https://man.openbsd.org/malo.4 malo]
| [[802.11b]], [[802.11g]]
| [[Cardbus]], [[PC Card]], [[Peripheral Component Interconnect|PCI]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|-
| [https://man.openbsd.org/otus.4 otus]
| [[802.11a]], [[802.11b]], [[802.11g]]
| [[USB]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|-
| [https://man.openbsd.org/pgt.4 pgt]
| [[802.11a]], [[802.11b]], [[802.11g]]
| [[Cardbus]], [[Peripheral Component Interconnect|PCI]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
| [https://man.openbsd.org/ral.4 ral]
| [[802.11a]], [[802.11b]], [[802.11g]]
| [[Cardbus]], [[Peripheral Component Interconnect|PCI]], [[Mini PCI]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
| [https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-5.4/ray.4 ray]
| N/A
| [[PC Card]]
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
| [https://man.openbsd.org/rtw.4 rtw]
| [[802.11b]]
| [[Cardbus]], [[Peripheral Component Interconnect|PCI]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
| [https://man.openbsd.org/rtwn.4 rtwn]
| [[802.11b]], [[802.11g]]
| [[Mini PCIE]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|-
| [https://man.openbsd.org/rum.4 rum]
| [[802.11a]], [[802.11b]], [[802.11g]]
| [[USB]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
| [https://man.openbsd.org/run.4 run]
| [[802.11a]], [[802.11b]], [[802.11g]]
| [[USB]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|-
| [https://man.openbsd.org/uath.4 uath]
| [[802.11a]], [[802.11b]], [[802.11g]]
| [[USB]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|-
| [https://man.openbsd.org/upgt.4 upgt]
| [[802.11b]], [[802.11g]]
| [[USB]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|-
| [https://man.openbsd.org/ural.4 ural]
| [[802.11b]], [[802.11g]]
| [[USB]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
| [https://man.openbsd.org/urtw.4 urtw]
| [[802.11b]], [[802.11g]]
| [[USB]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|-
| [https://man.openbsd.org/urtwn.4 urtwn]
| [[802.11b]], [[802.11g]]
| [[USB]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|-
| [https://man.openbsd.org/wi.4 wi]
| [[802.11b]]
| [[PC Card]], [[Peripheral Component Interconnect|PCI]], [[USB]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
| [https://man.openbsd.org/wpi.4 wpi]
| [[802.11a]], [[802.11b]], [[802.11g]]
| [[Peripheral Component Interconnect|PCI]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|-
| [https://man.openbsd.org/zyd.4 zyd]
| [[802.11b]], [[802.11g]]
| [[USB]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|}

==Solaris and OpenSolaris==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center; width: 99%;"
|-
! Driver
! Chipset
! Integration
! Free firmware<ref group="note" name="free firmware" />
! License
! Development
! [[Free software]]<ref group="note" name="'free software'" />
|-
| [https://archive.today/20051124094349/http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/laptop/wireless/ath/ ath]<ref>it's not the same driver that the OpenBSD ath driver it's a port from Madwifi to OpenSolaris</ref><ref>[http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/laptop/wireless/ath/license.txt source] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20060516072424/http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/laptop/wireless/ath/license.txt |date=2006-05-16 }}, I don't know if the HAL can be replaced with OpenHAL</ref>
| [[Atheros]] AR5211/ AR5212/ AR5213/ AR5214
| Integrated with Solaris Nevada build 29
| No firmware required<ref name="atheros"/>
| Dual [[GPL]]/[[BSD]] with proprietary HAL
| Port of Madwifi
| {{no}}
|-
| [https://archive.today/20051214023112/http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/laptop/wireless/ipw/ ipw]
| [[Intel]] PRO/Wireless 2100
| Community project
| {{no}}
| [[BSD]]
| Ported from [[OpenBSD]]
| {{yes}}
|-
| [https://archive.today/20060213195115/http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/laptop/wireless/iwi/ iwi]
| [[Intel]] PRO/Wireless 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG
| Community project
| {{no}}
| [[BSD]]
| Ported from [[OpenBSD]]
| {{yes}}
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20060523022050/http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/laptop/wireless/pcan/ pcan]
| [[Cisco]] Aironet 340/350
| Community project
| {{n/a}}
| [[BSD]]
| Ported from [[FreeBSD]]
| {{yes}}
|-
| [https://archive.today/20060523022104/http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/laptop/wireless/pcwl/ pcwl]
| [[Lucent]]/[[Agere Systems]] Hermes (WaveLAN/[[ORiNOCO]]), [[Intersil]] [[PRISM (chipset)|PRISM]]-2 802.11b
| Community project
| {{n/a}}
| [[BSD]]
| Ported from [[FreeBSD]]
| {{yes}}
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20061013131629/http://opensolaris.org/os/community/laptop/wireless/ral/ ral]
| [[Ralink]] RT2500
| Community project
| {{n/a}}
| [[BSD]]
| Ported from [[OpenBSD]]
| {{yes}}
|-
| [https://archive.today/20070127022247/http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/laptop/wireless/rtw/ rtw]
| [[Realtek]] RTL8180L
| Community project
| {{n/a}}
| [[BSD]]
| Ported from [[NetBSD]]
| {{yes}}
|-
| [https://archive.today/20070422195703/http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/laptop/wireless/malo/ malo]
| [[Marvell Technology Group|Marvell]] 88W8335/ 88W8310
| Community project
| {{n/a}}
| [[BSD]]
| Ported from [[OpenBSD]]
| {{yes}}
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20070616170447/http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/laptop/wireless/wpi/ wpi]
| [[Intel]] PRO/Wireless 3945ABG
| Community project
| {{no}}
| [[BSD]]
| Ported from [[OpenBSD]]
| {{yes}}
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20080420130600/http://opensolaris.org/os/community/laptop/wireless/iwk/ iwk]
| [[Intel]] Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN
| Community project
| {{no}}
| [[BSD]]
| Ported from [[OpenBSD]]
| {{yes}}
|-
| [https://archive.today/20090403214123/http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/laptop/wireless/arn/ arn]
| [[Atheros]] 9000
| Community project
| {{no}}
| [[BSD]]
| based on ath9k
| {{yes}}
|-
| [https://archive.today/20090704031328/http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/laptop/wireless/rwd/ rwd]
| [[Ralink]] RT2561/RT2561S/RT2661
| Community project
| {{no}}
| [[BSD]]
|
| {{yes}}
|-
| [https://archive.today/20090226214405/http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/laptop/wireless/rwn/ rwn]
| [[Ralink]] RT2700/2800
| Community project
| {{no}}
| [[BSD]]
|
| {{yes}}
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20090118183541/http://opensolaris.org/os/community/laptop/wireless/urtw/ urtw]
| [[Realtek]] RTL8187L/B USB
| Community project
| {{no}}
| [[BSD]]
|
| {{yes}}
|-
| [https://archive.today/20090323055125/http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/laptop/wireless/atu/ atu]
| [[Atmel]] AT76C50x
| Community project
| {{no}}
| [[BSD]]
|
| {{yes}}
|-
| [https://archive.today/20091031021454/http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/laptop/wireless/mwl/ mwl]
| [[Marvell Technology Group|Marvell]] 88W8363
| Community project
| {{no}}
| [[BSD]]
|
| {{yes}}
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20080420070154/http://opensolaris.org/os/community/laptop/wireless/ural/ ural]
| [[Ralink]] RT2500USB
| Community project
| {{no}}
| [[BSD]]
|
| {{yes}}
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20080420070427/http://opensolaris.org/os/community/laptop/wireless/zyd/ zyd]
| ZyDAS ZD1211 chipsets
| Community project
| {{yes}}
| [[BSD]]
| Ported from [[OpenBSD]]
| {{yes}}
|}

==Darwin, OpenDarwin and macOS==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center; width: 99%;"
|-
! Driver
! Chipset
! Free firmware<ref group="note" name="free firmware" />
! License
! Development
|-
|| [https://code.google.com/p/iwidarwin IWIDarwin]
| [[Intel]] PRO/Wireless 2100/2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG/3945ABG/4965AGN
| {{no}}
| [[GPL]]
| Port from Linux
|-
| [http://wirelessdriver.sourceforge.net/ WirelessDriver]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.seattlewireless.net/WirelessDriver |title=Seattle Wireless WirelessDriver Support Wiki |publisher=Seattlewireless.net |date=2010-08-15 |access-date=2012-12-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205070925/http://www.seattlewireless.net/WirelessDriver |archive-date=2012-02-05 }}</ref>
| [[Lucent]]/[[Agere Systems]] Hermes (WaveLAN/[[ORiNOCO]]), [[Intersil]] [[PRISM (chipset)|PRISM]]-2 802.11b
| {{n/a}}
| [[BSD]]
|
|-
| {{cite web|url=http://gtdriver.binaervarianz.de/|title=GTdriver|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614170929/http://gtdriver.binaervarianz.de/|archive-date=2021-06-14|url-status=dead}}
| [[PRISM (chipset)|PRISM]]-GT 802.11b/g
| {{n/a}}
| [[GPL]]
|
|}

==Notes==
{{reflist|group=note}}

==References==
{{More footnotes needed|date=March 2016}}
*http://support.intel.com/support/notebook/sb/CS-006408.htm {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090305101339/http://support.intel.com/support/notebook/sb/CS-006408.htm |date=2009-03-05 }}
*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
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050309035103/http://kerneltrap.org/node/4818 Kerneltrap] for the list of OpenBSD drivers
*The [https://web.archive.org/web/20051023003138/http://opensolaris.org/os/community/laptop/wireless/ 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 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220412005933/https://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Wireless.html |date=2022-04-12 }}
*rt2x00 README from cvs
*https://lkml.org/lkml/2007/2/9/323

{{Reflist|30em}}

== External links ==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20020820110355/http://seattlewireless.net/index.cgi/LinuxDrivers Seattle Wireless] Linux drivers
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070202185008/http://www.seattlewireless.net/MacOS Seattle Wireless] Mac OS drivers
*[https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers wireless.kernel.org Wiki]
*[https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/tree/drivers/net/wireless Current Stable Linux kernel: Wireless]
*[http://www.openbsd.org/papers/opencon06-docs/mgp00014.html Open Documentation for Hardware], a 2006 presentation by [[Theo de Raadt]]

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