This page maintains a list of wireless cards that work with free drivers:
Good Support
Wireless cards known to work with fully free operating systems |
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Manufacturer |
Model |
Driver |
Interface |
Verification |
Notes |
External Link |
ASUS |
WL-107G |
PCMCIA |
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Belkin |
N1 Wireless Notebook Card |
32-bit CardBus slot |
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D-Link |
DWA-642 RangeBooster N Notebook Adapter |
32-bit CardBus slot |
This product is End of Life as of September 01, 2009 in the US. It may be available in other countries. |
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D-Link |
DWA-645 RangeBooster N650 Notebook Adapter |
32-bit CardBus slot |
This product has been discontinued as of May 01, 2008 in the US. It may be available in other countries. |
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D-Link |
DWA-542 RangeBooster N Desktop Adapter |
32-bit PCI |
This product is End of Life as of March 01, 2010 in the US. It may be available in other countries. |
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D-Link |
DWA-547 RangeBooster N650 Desktop Adapter |
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D-Link |
DWA-652 XtremeN Notebook Adapter |
32-bit Cardbus |
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D-Link |
DWA-552 XtremeN Desktop Adapter |
32-bit PCI |
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D-Link |
DWA-643 Xtreme N ExpressCard Notebook Adapter |
!ExpressCard/34 |
This product has been discontinued as of March 01, 2010 in the US. It may be available in other countries. |
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D-Link |
DWA-556 Xtreme N PCIe Desktop Adapter |
x1 PCI Express (PCIe) |
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IBM |
11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Adapter |
Mini PCI |
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IBM |
IBM Dual-Band 11a/b WiFi Wireless Mini PCI Adapter |
Mini PCI |
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IBM |
IBM 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Adapter II |
Mini PCI |
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Linksys |
WPC300Nv2 |
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Linksys |
WMP300Nv2 |
PCI |
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Linksys |
WPC100N |
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Linksys |
WMP110N |
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Linksys |
WUSB54G V.4 |
USB 2.0 |
Make sure your card is version 4. How to make Linksys WUSB54G V.4 work in gNewSense 2.3 |
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NEC |
WL300NC |
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Netgear |
WN711, Wireless-N eXpresscard adapter |
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Netgear |
Netgear GA511 |
32-bit Cardbus Interface |
Also known as RTL-8169. Does not appear to be a wireless card |
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Netgear |
WG111v2 |
USB |
Tested using gNewSense 2.3 Deltah and linux kernel 2.6.30.7-libre-fshoppe1. Had to use wicd to get a stable connection. Only tested with WPA |
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Netgear |
WG111v3 |
USB |
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Penguin |
802.11N USB Wifi |
USB |
This works with Trisquel 4.5.1+ and should work with others |
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Wireless access points known to work with fully free operating systems |
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Manufacturer |
Model |
Driver |
Verification |
Notes |
External Link |
Netgear |
WNHDE111 Video Bridge |
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Possible Support
This list contains wireless devices that are reported to or are believed to work with fully free operating systems. There has been no official confirmation by the Free Software Foundation or gNewSense users.
Wireless cards that are reported to work with fully free operating systems |
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Manufacturer |
Model |
Driver |
Interface |
Verification |
Notes |
External Link |
Alfa |
AWUS036H |
USB 2.0 |
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A-Link |
WL54H |
PCI |
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This product is in EOL (end of life) |
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A-Link |
WL54PC |
PCMCIA |
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This product is in EOL (end of life) |
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D-Link |
DWL-G520 |
PCI 2.2 |
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This product has been discontinued as of February 01, 2008 in the US. It may be available in other countries. |
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