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mac80211 [2009/03/26 23:22] – Upgrade to aircrack-ng v1.0-rc2 or better (rc3 released) mister_xmac80211 [2010/11/17 02:46] – Add brcm80211. (It is unsupported and known to be broken, but add it for the sake of completeness.) netrolller3d
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 The following drivers use mac80211 (not all have been tested to work with aircrack-ng): The following drivers use mac80211 (not all have been tested to work with aircrack-ng):
  
-  * [[acx1xx]] (Acx)+  * [[acx1xx]] (Texas Instruments ACX1XX series)
   * [[adm8211]] (ADMtek)   * [[adm8211]] (ADMtek)
-  * [[ar9170]] (Atheros xspaN USB, does not support non-xspaN devices) +  * [[agnx]] (Airgo MIMO) 
-  * [[at76_usb]] (Atmel)+  * [[ar5523]] (Atheros A/B/G/Super-G USB) 
 +  * [[ar9170]] (replaced by carl9170) 
 +  * [[carl9170]] (Atheros xspaN USB - AR9001 and AR9002) 
 +  * [[at76c50x_usb]] (Atmel)
   * [[ath5k]] (Atheros A/B/G/Super-G)   * [[ath5k]] (Atheros A/B/G/Super-G)
   * [[ath9k]] (Atheros xspaN)   * [[ath9k]] (Atheros xspaN)
-  * [[b43]] and b43legacy (Broadcom) +  * [[ath9k_htc]] (Atheros AR9001 and AR9002 family) 
-  * [[iwl3945]] (not to be confused with ipw3945/ipwraw) +  * [[b43]] and b43legacy (Broadcom legacy) 
-  * [[iwlagn]] (formerly iwl4965)+  * [[brcm80211]] (Broadcom 802.11n - **does not currently allow capturing data packets!**) 
 +  * [[iwl3945]] (not to be confused with [[ipw3945]]/[[ipw3945|ipwraw]]) 
 +  * [[iwlagn]] (formerly [[iwl4965]])
   * [[libertas_tf]] (Marvell Libertas)   * [[libertas_tf]] (Marvell Libertas)
 +  * [[mac80211_hwsim]] (HW simulator for mac80211 testing)
   * [[mwl8k]] (Marvell TopDog)   * [[mwl8k]] (Marvell TopDog)
-  * [[p54]] (PrismGT in SoftMAC mode, but also supports FullMAC cards) +  * [[orinoco]] (Including USB PCI devices) 
-  * [[rt2x00]] (includes rt2400pci, rt2500pci, rt2500usb, rt61pci and rt73usb) +  * [[p54]] (PrismGT in SoftMAC mode, but also supports FullMAC cards as well as PrismGT dongles. Not to be confused with [[prism54]]) 
-  * [[rtl8180]] (not to be confused with r8180 AKA r8180-sa2400, also supports RTL8185 cards)+  * [[rt2x00]] (includes rt2400pci, rt2500pci, rt2500usb, rt2800usb, rt61pci and rt73usb) 
 +  * [[rtl8180]] (not to be confused with r8180 AKA [[r8180-sa2400]], also supports RTL8185 cards)
   * [[rtl8187]] (not to be confused with r8187 - RTL8187B supported in 2.6.27+)   * [[rtl8187]] (not to be confused with r8187 - RTL8187B supported in 2.6.27+)
   * [[stlc45xx]] (modified PrismGT SoftMAC)   * [[stlc45xx]] (modified PrismGT SoftMAC)
 +  * [[w35und]] (Winbond USB)
 +  * [[wl12xx]] (TI WL125x/WL127x)
   * [[zd1211rw-mac80211|zd1211rw]] (starting with 2.6.25)   * [[zd1211rw-mac80211|zd1211rw]] (starting with 2.6.25)
  
 In general, these drivers will mostly work with aircrack-ng, but there may be exceptions.  Here is a list of drivers (with appropriate patches) that people have reported as working successfully with the aircrack-ng suite: In general, these drivers will mostly work with aircrack-ng, but there may be exceptions.  Here is a list of drivers (with appropriate patches) that people have reported as working successfully with the aircrack-ng suite:
  
-  * [[acx1xx]] (Acx)+  * [[acx1xx]] (Texas Instruments ACX1XX) 
 +  * [[ar9170]] (channel hopping is broken)
   * [[ath5k]]   * [[ath5k]]
   * [[ath9k]]   * [[ath9k]]
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   * For kernels 2.6.24 and 2.6.25, use [[http://www.latinsud.com/bcm/mac80211_2.6.24.4_frag.patch|LatinSuD's fragmentation patch]].   * For kernels 2.6.24 and 2.6.25, use [[http://www.latinsud.com/bcm/mac80211_2.6.24.4_frag.patch|LatinSuD's fragmentation patch]].
-  * For 2.6.26, use [[http://patches.aircrack-ng.org/mac80211_2.6.25-wl_frag.patch|this patch]]. +  * For 2.6.26, use [[http://patches.aircrack-ng.org/mac80211_2.6.26-wl_frag.patch|this patch]]. 
-  * For 2.6.28 and the latest wireless-testing kernel (currently 2.6.28-wl), use [[http://patches.aircrack-ng.org/mac80211_2.6.28-rc4-wl_frag+ack_v3.patch|this updated patch]].+  * For 2.6.28+ and the latest wireless-testing kernel (currently 2.6.30-rc6-wl), use [[http://patches.aircrack-ng.org/mac80211_2.6.28-rc4-wl_frag+ack_v3.patch|this updated patch]].
   * For 2.6.27, use this [[http://patches.aircrack-ng.org/mac80211_2.6.27_frag+ack_v2.patch|backport of the 2.6.28 patch]].   * For 2.6.27, use this [[http://patches.aircrack-ng.org/mac80211_2.6.27_frag+ack_v2.patch|backport of the 2.6.28 patch]].
   * For compat-wireless packages, apply the wireless-testing patch to the compat-wireless package itself. Compat-wireless-2.6 currently needs the 2.6.28 patch, while compat-wireless-old can be used with the 2.6.27 one.   * For compat-wireless packages, apply the wireless-testing patch to the compat-wireless package itself. Compat-wireless-2.6 currently needs the 2.6.28 patch, while compat-wireless-old can be used with the 2.6.27 one.
 +  * For 2.6.29 & 2.6.30, some drivers need [[http://patches.aircrack-ng.org/mac80211-2.6.29-fix-tx-ctl-no-ack-retry-count.patch|an additional patch]] on top of the 2.6.28 patch. This fix is already included in 2.6.31 and newer kernels, so this patch should only be used up to 2.6.30.
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 +**IMPORTANT: The fix-tx-ctl-no-ack patch is NOT a replacement for the fragmentation patch, it is an additional patch that some drivers require in addition to the fragmentation patch.**
  
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mac80211.txt · Last modified: 2017/01/09 21:44 by mister_x