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Linux[edit]

Marvell's 'Libertas' runs an RTOS on an ARM9 and interfaces over a shim with the actual operating system.^[1]^[2]

Status[edit]

Driver family	Driver	Chipsets	Chipset PHY Modes	Integration in mainline	Non-free firmware required^{[note 1]}	License	Development
adm8211	adm8211	ADMtek ADM8211 (IEEE 802.11b MAC/BBP	?	Yes	Yes	GPLv2	With support from Infineon/ADMtek
at76c50x-USB	Atmel AT76C503/AT76C505 based USB WLAN adapters	?	Yes	Depends on the model	GPLv2	?
acx100	Texas Instruments ACX100, ACX111, TNETW1450	?	No	Yes	Dual BSD/MPL	Reverse-engineered
airo	airo	Cisco Systems Aironet 4500/4800 and 340/350	b	Yes	No	Dual GPLv2 and BSD	?
ath	ar5523	Qualcomm Atheros AR5523 based USB dongles	?	Yes	Yes	ISC	Reverse-engineered
	ath5k	Qualcomm Atheros AR2413, AR2414, AR2417, AR2425, AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, AR5213, AR5413, AR5414, AR5423, AR5424	?	Yes (since 2.6.25)	N/A^[3]	Dual GPL/BSD	Reverse-engineered
	ath6kl	Qualcomm Atheros AR6003, AR6004 (SDIO), AR6004 (USB)	?	Yes	Yes	ISC	Written by Qualcomm Atheros
	ath9k	Qualcomm Atheros chips with IEEE 802.11n support	a/b/g/n	Yes (since 2.6.27)	N/A^[3]	ISC	Written by Qualcomm Atheros
	ath9k_htc	Qualcomm Atheros AR9271, AR7010 (USB-PCIe bridge with AR928x chips)	b/g/n	Yes (since 2.6.35)^[4]^[5]	No^[6]	ISC	Written by Qualcomm Atheros
	ath10k	Qualcomm Atheros chips with IEEE 802.11ac support	ac	Yes (since 3.11)^[7]	Yes^[8]	ISC	Written by Qualcomm Atheros
	carl9170	Qualcomm Atheros AR9170 (802.11n USB)	a/b/g/n	Yes (since 3.0)	No^[9]	GPL	Qualcomm Atheros-supported
	wil6210	Wilocity wil6210, 802.11ad 60GHz	?	Yes	Yes	ISC	Written by Qualcomm Atheros
atmel	atmel	Atmel at76c502 at76c504 and at76c506 wireless cards	?	Yes	No	GPLv2+	Reverse-engineered
b43	b43	Some Broadcom 43xx	?	Yes (since 2.6.24)	Experimental OSS firmware^[10]	GPL	Reverse-engineered
b43legacy	b43legacy	Broadcom 4301, 4303, and 4306 revisions 1 and 2	?	Yes (since 2.6.24)	Experimental OSS firmware^[10]	GPL	Reverse-engineered
brcm80211	brcmfmac	PCIe devices: Broadcom 4356, 43567, 43570, 4358, 4359, 43602, 4365, 4366 SDIO devices: Broadcom 4329, 4330, 4334, 43340, 43341, 43241, 4335, 4339, 43362, 43430, 43455, 4354, 43143 USB devices: Broadcom 43235, 43236, 43238, 43143, 43242, 43566, 43569	a/b/g/n	Yes (since 3.2)	Yes	ISC	Written by Broadcom
brcm80211	brcmsmac	Broadcom 4313, 43224, 43225	a/b/g/n	Yes (since 3.2)	Yes	ISC	Written by Broadcom
cw1200	cw1200	ST-Ericsson CW1100 & CW1200 WLAN chipsets	?	Yes (since 3.11)^[11]	Yes^[12]	GPLv2	?
hostap	HostAP	IntersilPRISM-II, PRISM-2.5, PRISM 3	?	Yes	Depends on the model^[13]	GPLv2
ipw2x00	ipw2x00	Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 and 2200 Network Connection 802.11b	?	Yes	Yes^[14]	GPL	Written by Intel
iwlegacy	iwlegacy	Intel Wireless WiFi 3945ABG, 4965AGN	?	Yes	Yes	GPL
iwlwifi	iwlwifi	Intel Wireless WiFi Next Gen AGN - Wireless-N/Advanced-N/Ultimate-N: 6250AGN, 6200AGN, 6300AGN 1000BGN, 5150AGN, 5100AGN, 5300AGN, 5350AGN, 6005, 6030, 6150BGN, 100BGN and 130BGN, 2000	a/b/g/n/ac/ax	Yes	Yes	Dual GPL/BSD	Written by Intel
libertas	libertas	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 88W8388	?	Yes	Yes^[15]	GPL	Marvell-supported
libertas_tf	libertastf	Marvell 8388 (USB) WLAN Thinfirm Driver (OLPC)	?	Yes	GPL	cozybit, Marvell-supported
mt76	mt76	MediaTek MT76x0U, MT76x2U	a/b/g/n/ac	Yes (since 4.19^[16])	Yes	ISC	With support from MediaTek
mt7601u	mt7601u	MediaTek MT7601U	b/g/n	Yes (since 4.2)	Yes	GPLv2
mwifiex	mwifiex	WiFi-Ex Driver for Marvell SD8786/SD8787/SD8797 (SDIO), 8766/8897 (PCIe) and 88W8797 (USB)	?	Yes	Yes^[17]	GPLv2	Written by Marvell
mwl8k	mwl8k	Marvell TOPDOG 802.11 Wireless cards: 88W8366, 88W8863, 88W8687, 88W8764	?	Yes	Yes	GPLv2	Written by Marvell
orinoco	orinoco	Lucent Hermes (WaveLAN/ ORiNOCO); IntersilPRISM-II, PRISM-2.5; Symbol Spectrum24 802.11B	?	Yes	Required for WPA support^[18]
prism54-p54	p54	Prism54: Intersil/Conexant ISL3877, ISL3880, ISL3886, ISL3887, ISL3890	?	Yes (~Aug 2007)	Experimental OSS firmware^[19]
prism54-p54	prism54		?	Yes (before 2.6.12)	Experimental OSS firmware^[19]	Reverse-engineered; obsoleted by p54.
rt2x00	rt2400pci	MediaTek (Ralink) RT2460	b	Yes (since 2.6.24)	No^[20]	GPLv2+	rt2x00.serialmonkey.com; From partial documentation and GPL drivers by Ralink
	rt2500pci	RT2560	b/g	Yes	No	GPLv2+	rt2x00.serialmonkey.com
	rt61pci	RT2561, RT2561S, RT2661	?	Yes	Yes	GPLv2+	rt2x00.serialmonkey.com
	rt2800pci	RT2760, RT2790, RT2860, RT2880, RT2890, RT3052, RT3090, RT3091, RT3092 RT3390, RT3060, RT3062, RT3562, RT3592, RT5390, RT3290	?	Yes	Yes	GPLv2+	rt2x00.serialmonkey.com
	rt2500usb	RT2571 & RT2572	b/g	Yes	No	GPLv2+	rt2x00.serialmonkey.com
	rt73usb	RT2571W, RT2573 & RT2671	?	Yes	Yes	GPLv2+	rt2x00.serialmonkey.com
	rt2800usb	RT2770, RT2870 & RT3070, RT3071 & RT3072 RT3370, RT3572, RT5370, RT5572	?	Yes	Yes	GPLv2+	rt2x00.serialmonkey.com
rtl818x	rtl8180	RTL8180, RTL8185, RTL8187SE	b/g	Yes	No	GPL
rtl818x	rtl8187	RTL8187, RTL8187B	a/b/g	Yes	No	GPL
rtl8188ee	Realtek	?	Yes (since 2.6.38)^[21]	Yes	GPL	Written by Realtek et al. Forked from rtl8180-sa2400 project.
rtl8192c	?	Yes	GPL	Written by Realtek et al.
rtl8192ce	?	Yes	Yes	GPL	Written by Realtek et al.
rtl8192cu	?	Yes	Yes	GPL	Written by Realtek et al.
rtl8192de	?	Yes	Yes	GPL	Written by Realtek et al.
rtl8192se	?	Yes	Yes	GPL	Written by Realtek et al.
rtl8723ae	?	Yes	Yes	GPL	Written by Realtek et al.
rtl8188eu	RTL8188EU e.g. in the TP-Link TL-WN725N	?	Yes (since 3.12^[22]^[23])	Yes	GPL	Written by Realtek et al.
rtl8821ae	RTL8812AE, RTL8821AE	ac	Yes (since 3.16)	Yes	GPL	?
rsi9113	RSI9113	Redpine Signals SDIO, USB adapters	Yes	GPL	Written by Redpine Signals Inc.
ti	wl1251	Texas Instruments TI wl1251 (SDIO/SPI)	?	Yes	Yes^[24]	GPL	Written by Nokia
	wl12xx	Texas Instruments TI wl1271, wl1273, wl1281 and wl1283	?	Yes (Only up to 3.2^[25])	Yes^[24]	GPL	Written by Nokia and Texas Instruments
	wl18xx	Texas Instruments TI WiLink 8	?	Yes	Yes^[24]	GPL	Written by Texas Instruments
zd1211rw	zd1211rw	ZyDAS ZD1211/ZD1211B (USB)	?	Yes	Yes^[26]	GPL	various

Driver capabilities[edit]

Driver	802.11					Bus interface	Wireless Security			Monitor mode	Master (AP) mode	Ad-Hoc mode
Driver	a	b	g	n	ac	Bus interface	WEP	WPA	WPA2	Monitor mode	Master (AP) mode	Ad-Hoc mode
acx1xx	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	PCI, Mini PCI, PC card, USB	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	?
adm8211	?	?	?	?	?	PCI	?	?	?	?	No	?
carl9170	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	USB	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
ath5k	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	PCI, Mini PCI, PC card, AHB	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes (2.6.31)	Yes
ath9k	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	PCI, Mini PCI, Mini PCIe, AHB	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
ath9k_htc	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	USB	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
ath10k	No	No	No	No	Yes	PCI, Mini PCI, AHB, Mini PCIe	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
b43	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	PCI, Mini PCI, SDIO ?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
bcm43xx	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	PCI, Mini PCI, Cardbus, PC card	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	?
brcmfmac	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	USB, SDIO, PCI Express	Yes	Yes	Yes	Exp. ^[27]	Yes ^[28]	No
brcmsmac	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	PCI, Mini PCI, Mini PCIe	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes ^[29]	Yes ^[30]
hostap	No	Yes	No	No	No	PCI, Mini PCI, PC card	Yes	Yes ^[31]	Yes ^[31]	Yes	Yes	Yes
ipw2100	No	Yes	No	No	No	Mini PCI	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?
ipw2200	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Mini PCI	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
ipw2200-ap	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Mini PCI	?	?	?	Yes	Yes	?
ipw3945	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Mini PCI, Mini PCIe	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
islsm	?	?	?	?	?	PCI, USB	No	No	No	?	No	?
iwlwifi	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Mini PCI, Mini PCIe	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Exp. ^[32]^[33]	Yes
libertas	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	USB, CF, SDIO	?	?	?	?	No	?
madwifi	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	PCI, PC card, Mini PCI	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
mt76	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	PCIe, USB	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
mt7601u	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	USB	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?
orinoco	No	Yes	No	No	No	Mini PCI, PC card	Yes	Yes ^[34]	No	Yes	No	Yes
p54	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Mini PCI, USB, Cardbus	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
prism54	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	PCI	Yes	No	?	Yes	Yes	?
rndis_wlan	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	USB	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
rt2x00	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	PCI, USB, Mini PCI	Yes	Yes ^[35]	Yes ^[36]	Yes	Yes ^[37]	Yes
rtl8180	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	PCI, PC card, Mini PCI	?	?	?	?	Yes	?
rtl8187	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	USB	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?
zd1201	No	Yes	No	No	No	USB	Yes	No ^[38]	No ^[38]	Yes	Yes	?
zd1211	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	USB	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
zd1211rw	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	USB	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes ^[39]	Yes

DragonFly BSD[edit]

Driver name	Chipset	Integration	Non-free firmware required	License	Original/Primary developer	Development
acx	Texas Instruments ACX100/ACX111	Integrated since 1.5	Yes	BSD	Reverse engineering
an	Aironet 4500/4800	Integrated	On Device	BSD	Bill Paul (FreeBSD)
ath	Atheros AR5210/ AR5211/AR5212/AR5416	Integrated	On Device	BSD
bwi	Broadcom BCM430x/4318	Integrated	Yes	BSD	Sepherosa Ziehau	Reverse engineering
iwi	Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG/2915ABG	Integrated	Yes	BSD	Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD)	Reverse engineering
iwl	Intel PRO/Wireless 2100	Integrated	Yes	BSD	Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD)	Reverse engineering
iwn	Intel 4965/1000/5000/ 5150/5300/6000/6050	Integrated	Yes	BSD	Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD)	Reverse engineering
ral	Ralink RT2500/ RT2501/RT2600	Integrated	On Device	BSD	Damien Bergamini	Ported from FreeBSD
rtw	Realtek RTL8180L	Integrated	On Device	BSD	Ported from NetBSD
rum	Ralink RT2501USB/RT2601USB	Integrated	On Device	BSD	Damien Bergamini	Ported from FreeBSD
wi	Lucent Hermes (WaveLAN / ORiNOCO); IntersilPRISM-II, -2.5; Symbol Spectrum24 802.11b	Integrated	On Device	BSD	Bill Paul (FreeBSD)	Documentation based
wpi	Intel 3945ABG	Integrated	On Device	BSD	Damien Bergamini	Ported from OpenBSD

FreeBSD[edit]

Status[edit]

Driver	Chipset	Integration	Non-free firmware required^{[note 1]}	License	Original/Primary developer	Development
acx	Texas Instruments ACX100/ACX111	Separate project	Yes	BSD	Reverse engineering
an	Aironet 4500/4800, Cisco Aironet 340/350, Xircom Wireless Ethernet	Integrated	On Device	BSD	Bill Paul (FreeBSD)
arl	Aironet Arlan 655	Integrated / Removed in 8.0	On Device	BSD
ath	Atheros AR5210/ AR5211/ AR5212/ AR5416 /AR9130 /AR9160 /AR9280 /AR9285 /AR9287 (and derivatives)	Integrated	No	BSD	Originally by Atheros via Sam Leffler (FreeBSD); supported by the community	Documentation based
awi	AMD PCnetMobile	Integrated / Removed in 8.0	On Device	BSD	Bill Sommerfeld (NetBSD) and Atsushi Onoe (NetBSD)
bwi	Broadcom BCM43xx/4318	Integrated since 8.0	Yes	BSD	Sepherosa Ziehau (DragonFly BSD), Andrew Thompson (FreeBSD), Sam Leffler (FreeBSD)	Ported from DragonFly BSD
bwn	Broadcom BCM43xx/4318 v4 firmware	Integrated since 8.1	Yes	BSD	Weongyo Jeong	?
cnw	Netwave AirSurfer	Integrated / Removed in 8.0	On Device	BSD	Imported from NetBSD
ipw	Intel PRO/Wireless 2100	Integrated	Yes	BSD	Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD/ FreeBSD)	Reverse engineering
iwi	Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG/ 2225BG/ 2915ABG	Integrated	Yes	BSD	Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD/ FreeBSD)	Reverse engineering
iwm	Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 3160 / 3165 / 7260 / 7265 / 8260	?	?	?	?
iwn	Intel PRO/Wireless 4965 ABGN/ 5100/ 5300/ 5350/ 1000 IntelCentrino 6000/ 6150/ 6200/ 6205/ 6230/ 6250/ 6300	Integrated since 8.0 / Available for 7.1 and above as separate patch	Yes	BSD	Damien Bergamini, Benjamin Close, Sam Leffler (OpenBSD/ FreeBSD)	Reverse engineering
malo	Marvell 88W8335	Integrated	Yes	BSD	Weongyo Jeong (FreeBSD), Sam Leffler (FreeBSD)
mwl	Marvell 88W8363	Integrated since 8.0	Yes^[40]	BSD	Sam Leffler (FreeBSD)	?
ral	Ralink Technology RT2500/ RT2501/ RT2600/RT3090/RT3592	Integrated	On Device	BSD	Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD/ FreeBSD)	Based on partial documentation
ray	Raytheon Raylink/Webgear Aviator	Integrated / Removed in 8.0	On Device	BSD	Imported from NetBSD
rsu	Realtek RTL8188SU/RTL8192SU	Integrated since 10.0	Yes	BSD	Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD), Imported from OpenBSD by Rui Paulo	?
rum	Ralink RT2501USB/ RT2601USB	Integrated	No^[41]	BSD	Niall O'Higgins and Damien Bergamini	Based on partial documentation
run	Ralink RT2700U/ RT2800U/ RT3000U	Integrated since 8.1	No^[41]	BSD	Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD), Imported from OpenBSD by Akinori Furukoshi	Based on partial documentation
uath	Atheros AR5005UG/ AR5005UX	Integrated since 8.0	Yes^[42]	BSD	Weongyo Jeong (FreeBSD), Sam Leffler (FreeBSD)	?
upgt	GW3887 (Conexant/Intersil PrismGT series)	Integrated since 8.0	Yes	BSD	Imported from OpenBSD	Reverse engineering
ural	Ralink Technology RT2500USB	Integrated	On Device	BSD	Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD/ FreeBSD)	Based on partial documentation
urtw	Realtek RTL8187L/ RTL8187B	Integrated since 8.0	N/A^[43]	BSD	Weongyo Jeong (FreeBSD)	?
urtwn	Realtek RTL8188CU/RTL8188EU/RTL8192CU	Integrated since 10.0	Yes	BSD	Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD/FreeBSD)	Reverse engineering
wi	Lucent Hermes (WaveLAN/ ORiNOCO); IntersilPRISM-2, PRISM-2.5, PRISM-3; Symbol Spectrum24 802.11B (Symbol support removed in 8.0)	Integrated	On Device	BSD	Bill Paul (FreeBSD)	Documentation based
wpi	Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG	Integrated	Yes	BSD	Damien Bergamini, Benjamin Close	Reverse engineering
zyd	ZyDAS ZD1211/ZD1211B	Integrated	No	BSD	Florian Stoehr, Damien Bergamini and Jonathan Gray (OpenBSD)	Documentation based

Driver capabilities[edit]

Driver	802.11	Bus interface	WEP	WPA	WPA2	Monitor mode	Master mode	Ad-Hoc mode
acx	802.11a?, 802.11b, 802.11g	Cardbus, PCI	Yes	?	?	?	?	Yes
an	802.11b	Cardbus, PCI, ISA	Yes	?	?	?	?	Yes
arl	N/A	ISA	?	?	?	?	?	?
ath	802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n	Cardbus, PCI, Mini PCI	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
awi	N/A	PC Card	?	?	?	?	Yes	Yes
bwi	802.11b, 802.11g	Cardbus, PCI	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
cnw	N/A	Cardbus	?	?	?	?	?	?
ipw	802.11b	Mini PCI	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
iwi	802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g	Mini PCI	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
iwn	802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n	Mini PCI	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
malo	802.11b, 802.11g	PCI	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
mwl	802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n	PCI	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
ral	802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g	Cardbus, PCI, Mini PCI	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
ray	N/A	PC Card	?	?	?	No	No	Yes
rum	802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g	USB	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
run	802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g	USB	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
uath	802.11b, 802.11g	USB	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
upgt	802.11b, 802.11g	USB	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
ural	802.11b, 802.11g	USB	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
urtw	802.11b, 802.11g	USB	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
wi	802.11b	PC Card, Cardbus, PCI	Yes	Yes (since 8.0)	Yes (since 8.0)	Yes (since 8.0?)	Yes	Yes
wpi	802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g	Mini PCI	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
zyd	802.11b, 802.11g	USB	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No

NetBSD[edit]

Driver	Chipset	Integration	Free firmware^{[note 2]}	License	Original/Primary developer	Development methodologies	Free software^{[note 3]}
an	Aironet 4500/4800, Cisco Aironet 340/350	Integrated	N/A	BSD	Bill Paul (FreeBSD)	Ported from FreeBSD	Yes
ath	Atheros AR521*/ AR2413/ AR2417/ AR5413/ AR5416/ AR5424/ AR9160	Integrated	N/A	BSD	Sam Leffler (FreeBSD)	Binary blobs ported from FreeBSD	Yes
athn	Atheros AR5008 up to the AR9287	Integrated	N/A	BSD	Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD)	Ported from OpenBSD	Yes
atu	Atmel at76c503/ at76c503a/ at76c505/ at76c505a	Integrated	N/A	BSD	Dan Vreeken (FreeBSD)	Ported from OpenBSD	Yes
atw	ADMtek ADM8211	Integrated	N/A	BSD	David Young (NetBSD)	Yes
awi	AMD PCnetMobile	Integrated	N/A	BSD	Yes
bwi	Broadcom BCM430x/4318	Integrated	N/A	BSD	Sepherosa Ziehau (DragonflyBSD)	Ported from Dragonfly BSD	Yes
cnw	Netwave AirSurfer	Integrated	N/A	BSD	Yes
ipw	Intel PRO/Wireless 2100	Integrated	No	BSD	Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD)	Ported from OpenBSD	Yes
iwi	Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG/2915ABG	Integrated	No	BSD	Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD)	Ported from OpenBSD	Yes
iwm	Intel Wireless WiFi 7260, 7265, 3160	Integrated	No	BSD	Antti Kantee (NetBSD)	Yes
iwn	Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965/ 5000/ 1000/ 6000	Integrated	No	BSD	Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD)	Ported from OpenBSD	Yes
malo	Marvell 88W8335/88W8310	Integrated	No	BSD	Claudio Jeker (OpenBSD)	Ported from OpenBSD	Yes
otus	Atheros AR9001U	Integrated	No	BSD	Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD)	Ported from OpenBSD	Yes
ral	Ralink RT2500/ RT2501/ RT2600/ RT2500USB/RT3592	Integrated	N/A	BSD	Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD)	Ported from OpenBSD	Yes
ray	Raytheon Raylink / WebGear Aviator	Integrated	N/A	BSD	Christian E. Hopps (NetBSD)	Yes
rtw	Realtek RTL8180L	Integrated	N/A	BSD	David Young (NetBSD)	Yes
rtwn	Realtek RTL8188CE and RTL8192CE	Integrated	N/A	BSD	Stefan Sperling (OpenBSD)	Ported from OpenBSD	Yes
run	Ralink RT2700U, RT2800U and RT3000U	Integrated	N/A	BSD	Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD)	Ported from OpenBSD	Yes
upgt	Conexant/Intersil PrismGT SoftMAC USB IEEE 802.11b/g	Integrated	N/A	BSD	Marcus Glocker (OpenBSD)	Ported from OpenBSD	Yes
urtw	Realtek RTL8187B/L	Integrated	No	BSD	Weongyo Jeong (FreeBSD)	Ported from FreeBSD	Yes
urtwn	Realtek RTL8188CUS, RTL8188CE-VAU, RTL8188EUS, RTL8188RU, and RTL8192CU	Integrated	No	BSD	Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD)	Ported from OpenBSD	Yes
wi	Lucent Technologies WaveLAN/IEEE and PRISM-II 802.11	Integrated	No	BSD	Bill Paul	Yes
wpi	Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG	Integrated	No	BSD	Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD)	Ported from OpenBSD	Yes
zyd	ZyDAS ZD1211/ ZD1211B	Integrated	No	BSD	Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD)	Ported from OpenBSD	Yes

OpenBSD[edit]

The following is an incomplete list of supported wireless devices:

Status[edit]

Driver	Chipset	Integration	Free firmware^{[note 2]}	License	Original/Primary developer	Development	Free software^{[note 3]}
acx	Texas Instruments ACX100/ACX111	Integrated	No^[44]	BSD	Ported from DragonFlyBSD	Reverse engineering	Yes
an	Aironet 4500/4800, Cisco Aironet 340/350	Integrated	N/A	BSD	Yes
ath	Atheros AR5210/ AR5211/ AR5212	Integrated	N/A^[3]	BSD	Reverse engineering	Yes
athn	Atheros AR5416/AR9160/AR928X	Integrated (since 4.7)	Yes^[45]	BSD	Damien Bergamini	Partly based on the ath9k driver for Linux	Yes
atu	Atmel AT76C503/ AT76C503A/ AT76C505/ AT76C505A	Integrated	Yes^[46]	BSD	Reverse engineering	Yes
atw	ADMtek ADM8211	Integrated	N/A	BSD	Documentation based	Yes
awi	BayStack 650	2.7 to 4.3	N/A	BSD	Yes
bwi	Broadcom BCM430x/4318	Integrated	No	BSD	Sepherosa Ziehau	Ported from DragonFly BSD	Yes
cnw	NetWave AirSurfer	2.6 to 6.0	N/A	BSD	Yes
ipw	Intel PRO/Wireless 2100	Integrated	No^[47]	BSD	Damien Bergamini	Reverse engineering	Yes
iwi	Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG/ 2225BG/ 2915ABG	Integrated	No^[48]	BSD	Damien Bergamini	Reverse engineering	Yes
iwn	Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965/ 5000/ 1000/ 6000	Integrated	No^[49]	BSD	Damien Bergamini	Reverse engineering	Yes
iwm	Intel Wireless WiFi Link 3160ac/ 7260ac/ 7265ac	Integrated (since 5.8)	No^[50]	BSD	Antti Kantee,^[51] Stefan Sperling	Based on iwn, and iwlwifi driver released by Intel for Linux under dual GPLv2/BSD license^[52]	Yes
malo	Marvell 88W8335/ 88W8310	Integrated	No^[53]	BSD	Marcus Glocker and Claudio Jeker	Reverse engineering^[54]	Yes
otus	Atheros AR9170	Integrated (since 4.6)	No^[55]	BSD	Damien Bergamini	Based on source code released by Atheros for Linux under the ISC	Yes
pgt	Conexant/Intersil Prism GT Full-MAC ISL3877, ISL3880, and ISL3890 chips	Integrated	No^[56]	BSD	Ported from FreeBSD	Reverse engineering^[57]	Yes
ral/ural	Ralink RT2500, RT2501, RT2600, RT2700, RT2800, RT3090, RT3292, RT3592 and RT5390 (ral), RT2500USB (ural)	Integrated	Yes^[58]	BSD	Damien Bergamini	Documentation based	Yes
ray	Raytheon Raylink/WebGear Aviator IEEE 802.11FH	2.7 to 5.4	N/A	BSD	Yes
rsu	Realtek RTL8188SU/RTL8191SU/RTL8192SU	Integrated (since 4.9)	No	BSD	Damien Bergamini	Reverse engineering	Yes
rtw	Realtek RTL8180L	Integrated	N/A	BSD	Ported from NetBSD	Documentation based	Yes
rtwn	Realtek RTL8188CE/RTL8192CE	Integrated	No^[59]	BSD	Stefan Sperling	Based on urtwn driver.	Yes
rum	Ralink RT2501USB/ RT2601USB	Integrated	Yes^[41]	BSD	Niall O'Higgins and Damien Bergamini	Documentation based	Yes
run	Ralink RT2700U/ RT2800U/ RT3000U	Integrated	Yes^[41]	BSD	Damien Bergamini	Documentation based	Yes
uath	Atheros AR5005UG/ AR5005UX	Integrated	No^[60]	BSD	Damien Bergamini	Reverse Engineering^[57]	Yes
upgt	GW3887 (Conexant/Intersil PrismGT series)	Integrated	No^[61]	BSD	Marcus Glocker	Reverse engineering	Yes
urtw	Realtek RTL8187L	Integrated	N/A	BSD	Weongyo Jeong (FreeBSD)	?	Yes
urtwn	Realtek RTL8188CU/RTL8192CU	Integrated (since 4.9)	No	BSD	Damien Bergamini	Reverse engineering	Yes
wi	Lucent Hermes (WaveLAN/ ORiNOCO); IntersilPRISM-2, PRISM-2.5, PRISM-3; Symbol Spectrum24	Integrated	Yes for Spectrum24^[62] and N/A for others	BSD	Bill Paul	Documentation based	Yes
wpi^[63]	Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG	Integrated	No^[64]	BSD	Damien Bergamini	Reverse engineering	Yes
zyd	ZyDAS ZD1211/ZD1211B	Integrated	Yes^[65]	BSD	Florian Stoehr, Damien Bergamini, and Jonathan Gray	Documentation based	Yes

Driver capabilities[edit]

Driver	802.11	Bus interface	WEP	WPA	WPA2	Monitor mode	Master mode	Ad-Hoc mode
acx	802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g	Cardbus, PCI	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
an	802.11b	PC Card, PCI, ISA	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes
ath	802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g	Cardbus, PCI	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
athn	802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n	Cardbus, PCI-E, Mini PCIE	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
atu	802.11b	USB	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes
atw	802.11b	Cardbus, PCI	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
bwi	802.11b, 802.11g	Cardbus, PCI	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
cnw	N/A	PC Card	No	No	No	No	No	No
ipw	802.11b	PCI	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
iwi	802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g	PCI	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
iwn	802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n	PCI-E, Mini PCIE	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
iwm	802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n	PCI-E, Mini PCIE	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
malo	802.11b, 802.11g	Cardbus, PC Card, PCI	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
otus	802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g	USB	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
pgt	802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g	Cardbus, PCI	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
ral	802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g	Cardbus, PCI, Mini PCI	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
ray	N/A	PC Card	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
rtw	802.11b	Cardbus, PCI	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
rtwn	802.11b, 802.11g	Mini PCIE	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
rum	802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g	USB	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
run	802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g	USB	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
uath	802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g	USB	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No
upgt	802.11b, 802.11g	USB	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
ural	802.11b, 802.11g	USB	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
urtw	802.11b, 802.11g	USB	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
urtwn	802.11b, 802.11g	USB	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
wi	802.11b	PC Card, PCI, USB	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
wpi	802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g	PCI	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
zyd	802.11b, 802.11g	USB	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No

Solaris and OpenSolaris[edit]

Driver	Chipset	Integration	Free firmware^{[note 2]}	License	Development	Free software^{[note 3]}
ath^[66]^[67]	Atheros AR5211/ AR5212/ AR5213/ AR5214	Integrated with Solaris Nevada build 29	No firmware required^[3]	Dual GPL/BSD with proprietary HAL	Port of Madwifi	No
ipw	Intel PRO/Wireless 2100	Community project	No	BSD	Ported from OpenBSD	Yes
iwi	Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG	Community project	No	BSD	Ported from OpenBSD	Yes
pcan	Cisco Aironet 340/350	Community project	N/A	BSD	Ported from FreeBSD	Yes
pcwl	Lucent/Agere Systems Hermes (WaveLAN/ORiNOCO), IntersilPRISM-2 802.11b	Community project	N/A	BSD	Ported from FreeBSD	Yes
ral	Ralink RT2500	Community project	N/A	BSD	Ported from OpenBSD	Yes
rtw	Realtek RTL8180L	Community project	N/A	BSD	Ported from NetBSD	Yes
malo	Marvell 88W8335/ 88W8310	Community project	N/A	BSD	Ported from OpenBSD	Yes
wpi	Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG	Community project	No	BSD	Ported from OpenBSD	Yes
iwk	Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN	Community project	No	BSD	Ported from OpenBSD	Yes
arn	Atheros 9000	Community project	No	BSD	based on ath9k	Yes
rwd	Ralink RT2561/RT2561S/RT2661	Community project	No	BSD	Yes
rwn	Ralink RT2700/2800	Community project	No	BSD	Yes
urtw	Realtek RTL8187L/B USB	Community project	No	BSD	Yes
atu	Atmel AT76C50x	Community project	No	BSD	Yes
mwl	Marvell 88W8363	Community project	No	BSD	Yes
ural	Ralink RT2500USB	Community project	No	BSD	Yes
zyd	ZyDAS ZD1211 chipsets	Community project	Yes	BSD	Ported from OpenBSD	Yes

Darwin, OpenDarwin and Mac OS X[edit]

Driver	Chipset	Free firmware^{[note 2]}	License	Development
IWIDarwin	Intel PRO/Wireless 2100/2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG/3945ABG/4965AGN	No	GPL	Port from Linux
WirelessDriver^[68]	Lucent/Agere Systems Hermes (WaveLAN/ORiNOCO), IntersilPRISM-2 802.11b	N/A	BSD
GTdriver	PRISM-GT 802.11b/g	N/A	GPL

Notes[edit]

^ ^a^b'On Device' means firmware is stored in device at all times
^ ^a^b^c^d'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
^ ^a^b^cin 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

References[edit]

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
rt2x00 README from cvs

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^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]}
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^ ^a^bSee openfwwf project for open-source firmware. This firmware lacks support for QoS and hardware cryptography.
^http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_3.11-DriversArch#head-55b108ef9d4cab96ff8a30e9906a6079628c49d3 Kernel Newbies 3.11 network driver documentation.
^https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/tree/LICENCE.cw1200 CW1200 Licence file at linux-firmware.
^'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'.Cite web requires website= (help)
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^Phoronix, Intel IWLWIFI Adding 802.11ax Support In Linux 4.19, 5 August 2018
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^There is a Free software firmware called FreeMACArchived 2006-06-15 at the Wayback Machine, but it's not yet ready for non developers use
^see the license of the firmware to see which chipsets need a firmware
^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
^'rtl8188eu'.Cite web requires website= (help)
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^ ^a^b^c'ti-connectivity - kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git - Repository of firmware blobs for use with the Linux kernel'. git.kernel.org. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
^'Configuring WL1271 for a 3.13 kernel (devicetree) - WiLink™ WiFi + Bluetooth Forum - Wireless Connectivity - TI E2E Community'. ti.com. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
^http://sourceforge.net/projects/zd1211/files/zd1211-firmware/ ZD1211 USB WLAN Linux Driver Firmware
^'seemoo-lab/nexmon'. GitHub. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
^'Supports SoftAP'. kernel.org. Retrieved 19 Sep 2017.
^https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=492b71e8d468102372969705b65845f5e57038c5 2013-03-27 brcmsmac: activate AP support
^'kernel/git/next/linux-next.git - The linux-next integration testing tree'. kernel.org. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
^ ^a^bRequires station firmware 1.7.4 or later.
^'en:users:drivers:iwlwifi [Linux Wireless]'. kernel.org. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
^'en:users:drivers:iwlwifi [Linux Wireless]'. wireless.wiki.kernel.org. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
^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.
^except for the rt2400 chipset; only the rt2500 chipset and the rt2570 chipset are supported
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^ ^a^b'Bug 5631 – zd1201 and wpa support'. Bugzilla.kernel.org. Retrieved 2012-12-09.Cite web requires website= (help)
^'Master mode supported in zd1211rw since 2.6.39'. Git.kernel.org. Retrieved 2018-09-15.Cite web requires website= (help)
^'[base] Contents of /head/sys/contrib/dev/mwl/LICENSE'. Svn.freebsd.org. Retrieved 2012-12-09.Cite web requires website= (help)
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Network Card Drivers For Windows 7

External links[edit]

Seattle Wireless Linux drivers
Seattle Wireless Mac OS drivers
Open Documentation for Hardware, a 2006 presentation by Theo de Raadt

Retrieved from 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Comparison_of_open-source_wireless_drivers&oldid=913937641'

Top downloads

Wired Ethernet drivers for Windows® 10
Wired Ethernet drivers for Windows 8.1*
Wired Ethernet drivers for Windows 7*
Wired Ethernet drivers for Windows Server 2016*
Wired Ethernet drivers for Windows Server 2019*

Notes

You don't need to download a separate file for each Intel® Ethernet Adapter. Each file contains drivers for multiple adapters, including 10/100, gigabit, and 10 gigabit adapters.
File names listed more than once in the tables are the same.
Download and run the software installation package. If it doesn't update the adapter driver, that likely means you're already running the most up-to-date version.
DOS or Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI)-based diagnostics are available in the PROADMIN and Windows packs.

Intel® Ethernet Adapter downloads by operating system

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Windows® 10 drivers

Operating system	Download type	File name
Windows® 10 (64-bit)	Driver, Intel® PROSet, ANS, and SNMP	PROWINX64.exe
Windows® 10 (32-bit)	Driver, Intel® PROSet, ANS, and SNMP	PROWIN32.exe

Windows Server 2016*

Free Network Card Drivers

Operating system	Download type	File name
Windows Server 2016*	Driver, Intel® PROSet, ANS, and SNMP	PROWINX64.exe

Windows 8.1* and Server 2012 R2* drivers

Operating system	Download type	File name
Windows 8.1* (64-bit)	Driver, Intel® PROSet, ANS, and SNMP	PROWINX64.exe
Windows 8.1* (32-bit)	Driver, Intel® PROSet, ANS, and SNMP	PROWIN32.exe
Windows Server 2012 R2*	Driver, Intel® PROSet, ANS, and SNMP	PROWINX64.exe

Windows 8* and Server 2012* drivers

Operating system	Download type	File name
Windows 8* (64-bit)	Driver, Intel® PROSet, ANS, and SNMP	PROWINX64.exe
Windows 8* (32-bit)	Driver, Intel® PROSet, ANS, and SNMP	PROWIN32.exe
Windows Server 2012*	Driver, Intel® PROSet, ANS, and SNMP	PROWINX64.exe

Network Card Drivers For Windows 10

Windows 7* and Server 2008 R2* drivers

Operating system	Download type	File name
Windows 7* (32-bit)	Driver, Intel® PROSet, ANS, and SNMP	PROWIN32.exe
Windows 7* (64-bit)	Driver, Intel® PROSet, ANS, and SNMP	PROWINX64.exe
Windows Server 2008 R2* (64-bit)	Driver, Intel® PROSet, ANS, and SNMP	PROWINX64.exe
Windows Server 2008 R2* for Intel® Itanium® Processor-based systems	Driver, Intel® PROSet, ANS, and SNMP	PROWIN64.exe

Windows Vista* and Server 2008* drivers

Operating system	Download type	File name
Windows Vista* (32-bit)	Driver, Intel® PROSet, ANS, and SNMP	PROWIN32.exe
Windows Server 2008* (32-bit)	Driver, Intel® PROSet, ANS, and SNMP	PROWIN32.exe
Windows Vista* (64-bit)	Driver, Intel® PROSet, ANS, and SNMP	PROWINX64.exe
Windows Server 2008* (64-bit)	Driver, Intel® PROSet, ANS, and SNMP	PROWINX64.exe
Windows Server 2008* for Intel® Itanium® Processor–based systems	Driver, Intel® PROSet, ANS, and SNMP	PROWIN64.exe

Windows XP* and Server 2003* drivers

Operating system	Download type	File name
Windows XP* (32-bit)	Driver, Intel® PROSet, ANS, and SNMP	PROWIN32.exe
Windows Server 2003* (32-bit)	Driver, Intel® PROSet, ANS, and SNMP	PROWIN32.exe
Windows XP* (64-bit)	Driver, Intel® PROSet, ANS, and SNMP	PROWINX64.exe
Windows Server 2003* (64-bit)	Base, Intel® PROSet, ANS, and others	PROWINX64.exe
Windows Server 2003* for Intel® Itanium® Processor–based systems	Driver, Intel® PROSet, ANS, and SNMP	PROWIN64.exe
Windows XP Pro* for Intel® Itanium® Processor–based systems¹	Driver, Intel® PROSet, ANS, and SNMP (Final Release)	PROXP64.exe

Older Windows* and Linux* drivers, utilities, and other downloads

Operating system	Download type	File name
Windows 2000*	Driver, Intel® PROSet, ANS, and SNMP (Final Release)	PRO2K.exe
Windows Server 2003* Windows Server 2008*	Intel® I/O Acceleration Technology (Intel® I/O AT) Driver and Utility	IOATDMA.EXE
DOS, DOSODI	NDIS 2, ODI	PRODOS.EXE
Various	Boot Utility (PXE, iSCSI, FCoE, UEFI)	PROBOOT.EXE
Mac* Platform and Mac* OSX Drivers²	Mac* Platform and Mac* OSX Drivers	Small Tree Website
OS/2	NDIS2, ODI	PROOS2.EXE
Linux* kernel versions 2.4.18 through 2.6.x	Base Driver for 82563/6/7-, 82571/2/3/4/7/8-, 82583-based network connections (PCI Express*)	e1000e-x.x.x.tar.gz
Linux* kernel versions 2.4.18 through 2.6.x	Gigabit Base Driver (PCI, PCI-X network connections) Evolution mk 361c driver for mac. SNMP – Intel MIBs
Linux* kernel versions 2.4.18 through 2.6.x	Base Driver for 82575/6- 82580-, and I350-based network connections (PCI-Express*)	igb-x.x.x.tar.gz
Linux* kernel version 2.2.20 through 2.4.16	Base Driver SNMP - Intel MIBs	inic-snmp-1.2.9.tar.gz
FreeBSD* Release 7.x and greater	Base Driver (Except for 82575/6/80- and I350-based network connections)	em-x.x.x.tar.gz
FreeBSD* Release 7.x and greater	Base Driver for 82575/6/80- and I350-based network connections	igb-x.x.x.tar.gz
NetWare* 6.x³	Base and ANS (Final ANS Driver)	ANSNWARE.EXE
SCO* UnixWare*	See SCO* for Intel Gigabit Network Adapter drivers.	SCO Website

¹Final drivers and software versions validated for Windows XP* for Intel® Itanium® Processor-based systems. Download PROWS64.EXE for the latest drivers and software for Windows Server 2003* for Intel® Itanium® Processor-based systems.

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