drivers
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Drivers
Chipset | Linux Drivers | Windows driver (monitor mode) | Note |
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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 | drivers | 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.
drivers.1170192391.txt.gz · Last modified: 2007/01/30 22:26 (external edit)