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PlayGround
Compatibility
| Chipset | Supported by airodump for Windows | Supported by airodump for Linux | Supported by aireplay for Linux |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atheros | CardBus: YES PCI: NO (see CommView) | YES | YES (driver patching required) |
| Atmel | UNTESTED | UNTESTED | UNTESTED |
| Broadcom | Old models only (BRCM driver) | YES | IN PROGRESS (Forum thread) |
| Centrino b | NO | PARTIAL (ipw2100 driver doesn't discard corrupted packets) | NO |
| Centrino b/g | NO | YES | NO (firmware drops most packets) ipw2200inject |
| Centrino a/b/g | NO | YES | NO |
| Cisco Aironet | YES? | YES | NO (firmware issue) |
| Hermes I | YES | YES | NO (firmware corrupts the MAC header) |
| NdisWrapper | N/A | Never | Never |
| Prism2/3 | NO | YES | YES (PCI and CardBus only, driver patching required) |
| PrismGT | YES | FullMAC: YES SoftMAC: NOT YET | YES (driver patching recommended) |
| Ralink | NO | YES (rt2500 / rt2570 / rt61 / rt73 driver) | YES, see rt2500, rt2570, rt61 and rt73 |
| RTL8180 | YES | YES | UNSTABLE (driver patching required) |
| RTL8187L | UNTESTED | YES | YES (driver patching recommended) |
| TI (ACX100/ACX111) | NO | YES | NO |
| ZyDAS 1201 | NO | YES | NO |
| Others (Marvel…) | NO | UNKNOWN | NO |
For driver details see also Drivers and Which is the best card to buy ?
If you don't know what kind of chipset you have, take a lot at this list for resources.
Drivers
| Chipset | Linux Drivers | Windows driver (monitor mode) | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atheros | Madwifi | v4.2 or v3.0.1.12 or AR5000 (see this page for more information) | USB is not supported by madwifi atm |
| Atmel | Atmel 76c503a | AT76C503/505A based USB WLAN adapters | |
| Broadcom | bcm43xx | Broadcom peek driver | Windows: Old models only Linux: always use latest -rc kernel |
| Centrino b | ipw2100 | 802.11b only | |
| Centrino b/g | ipw2200 | See IPW2200 and RF-Mon | |
| Centrino a/b/g | ipw2915 ipw3945 | playground | ipw2915 uses ipw2200 driver |
| Cisco/Aironet | airo-linux | Cisco PCX500/PCX504 peek driver | 4500/4800/340/350 series firmware 4.25.30 recommended |
| Hermes I | Orinoco Orinoco Monitor Mode Patch | Agere peek driver | 802.11b only |
| Ndiswrapper | ndiswrapper | N/A | Using windows drivers in linux. It will never work with aircrack |
| prism2/2.5 | HostAP wlan-ng | LinkFerret or aerosol | Use STA firmware >=1.5.6 (see Prism2 flashing) 802.11b only |
| prismGT | prism54 | PrismGT by 500brabus | only FullMAC cards works with aircrack on Linux |
| Ralink | rt2x00 | Only rt2500, rt2570, and rt73 can inject and monitor | |
| Realtek 8180 | rtl8180-sa2400 | Realtek peek driver | 802.11b only |
| Realtek 8187 | rtl8187 | Supports all attacks including fragmentation and ska | |
| TI | ACX100/ACX111/ACX100USB | ||
| ZyDAS 1201 | zd1211 |
See also Compatibility
If you don't know what kind of chipset you have, take a lot at this list for resources.
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