Comparison of open-source wireless drivers#FreeBSD

| style="text-align: left" | Atheros AR2413, AR2414, AR2417, AR2425, AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, AR5213, AR5413, AR5414, AR5423, AR5424

| a/b/g

| {{Yes}} (since 2.6.25)

| {{n/a}}The card doesn't have a host CPU and so it doesn't require a firmware [http://kerneltrap.org/node/4118 source] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060620051155/http://kerneltrap.org/node/4118 |date=June 20, 2006 }}

| Dual GPL/BSD

| style="background: black; color: white; " | Reverse-engineered

| style="text-align: left" | Atheros AR6003, AR6004 (SDIO), AR6004 (USB)

| a/b/g

| {{Yes}}

| {{No|Yes}}

| ISC

| Written by Atheros

| style="text-align: left" | Atheros chips with 802.11n support

| a/b/g/n

| {{Yes}} (since 2.6.27)

| {{n/a}} proprietary blob only required for Bluetooth ([https://forums.puri.sm/t/free-firmware-for-intel-wifi-cards/18770/6 Purism] / [https://blog.josefsson.org/2022/12/10/trisquel-11-on-nv41pz-first-impressions/#comment-2285668 NovaCustom])

| ISC

| Written by Atheros

| style="text-align: left" | Atheros AR9271, AR7010 (USB-PCIe bridge with AR928x chips)

| b/g/n

| {{Yes}} (since 2.6.35){{cite web|url=https://wiki.debian.org/ath9k_htc|title=ath9k_htc|work=debian.org|access-date=1 May 2015}}https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08 commit of ath10k to kernel 2.6.35

| {{Yes|No}}{{cite web|url=https://github.com/qca/open-ath9k-htc-firmware|title=qca/open-ath9k-htc-firmware|work=GitHub|access-date=1 May 2015}}

| ISC

| Written by Qualcomm Atheros

| style="text-align: left" | Qualcomm Atheros chips with 802.11ac support

| a/b/g/n
/ac

| {{Yes}} (since 3.11)https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5e3dd157d7e70f0e3cea3f2573ed69fb156a19d5 commit of ath10k to Kernel 3.11

| {{No|Yes}}[https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/ath10k/firmware 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)]

| ISC

| Written by Qualcomm Atheros

| style="text-align: left" | Qualcomm Atheros chips with 802.11ax support

| a/b/g/n
/ac/ax

| {{Yes}} (since 5.6)https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=d5c65159f2895379e11ca13f62feabe93278985d ath11k: driver for Qualcomm 802.11ax devices

| {{No|Yes}}[https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ath11k The chipsets do require a non-free firmware]

| ISC

| Written by Qualcomm Atheros

| style="text-align: left" | Qualcomm Atheros chips with 802.11be support

| a/b/g/n
/ac/ax/be

| {{Yes}} (since 6.0)

| {{No|Yes}}

| ISC

| Written by Qualcomm Atheros

| style="text-align: left" | Atheros AR9170 (802.11n USB)

| a/b/g/n

| {{Yes}} (since 3.0)

| {{Yes|No}}{{cite web |url=https://wireless.docs.kernel.org/en/latest/en/users/drivers/carl9170.fw.html |title=en:users:drivers:carl9170 [Linux Wireless] |work=kernel.org |access-date=1 May 2024}}

| GPL

| Qualcomm Atheros-supported

| style="text-align: left" | Wilocity wil6210, 802.11ad 60GHz

| ad

| {{Yes}}

| {{No|Yes}}

| ISC

| Written by Qualcomm Atheros

| style="text-align: left" | Broadcom BCM4313, BCM43224, BCM43225

| a/b/g/n

| {{Yes}} (since 3.2)

| {{no|Yes}}

| ISC

| Written by Broadcom

| {{dunno}}

| {{Yes}} (before 2.6.12)

|

| style="background: black; color: white;"| Reverse-engineered; obsoleted by p54.

| style="text-align: left" | Ralink RT2560

| b/g

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes|No}}

|GPLv2+

|rt2x00.serialmonkey.com

| style="text-align: left" | Ralink RT2561, RT2561S, RT2661

| {{dunno}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No|Yes}}

|GPLv2+

|rt2x00.serialmonkey.com

| style="text-align: left" | Ralink RT2760, RT2790, RT2860, RT2880, RT2890, RT3052, RT3090, RT3091, RT3092
RT3390, RT3060, RT3062, RT3290, RT3562, RT3592, RT5390, RT5392

| {{dunno}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No|Yes}}

|GPLv2+

|rt2x00.serialmonkey.com

| style="text-align: left" | Ralink RT2571 & RT2572

| b/g

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes|No}}

|GPLv2+

|rt2x00.serialmonkey.com

| style="text-align: left" | Ralink RT2571W, RT2573 & RT2671

| {{dunno}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No|Yes}}

|GPLv2+

|rt2x00.serialmonkey.com

| style="text-align: left" | Ralink RT2770, RT2870, RT3070, RT3071, RT3072
RT3370, RT3572, RT5370, RT5572

| {{dunno}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No|Yes}}

| GPLv2+

| rt2x00.serialmonkey.com

| style="text-align: left" | Realtek RTL8187, RTL8187B

| a/b/g

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes|No}}

| GPL

|

| style="text-align: left" | Realtek RTL8192C

| {{dunno}}

| {{Yes}}

|

| GPL

| Written by Realtek et al.

| style="text-align: left" | Realtek RTL8192CE

| {{dunno}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No|Yes}}

| GPL

| Written by Realtek et al.

| style="text-align: left" | Realtek RTL8192CU

| {{dunno}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No|Yes}}

| GPL

| Written by Realtek et al.

| style="text-align: left" | Realtek RTL8192DE

| {{dunno}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No|Yes}}

| GPL

| Written by Realtek et al.

| style="text-align: left" | Realtek RTL8192SE

| {{dunno}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No|Yes}}

| GPL

| Written by Realtek et al.

| style="text-align: left" | Realtek RTL8723AE

| {{dunno}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No|Yes}}

| GPL

| Written by Realtek et al.

| style="text-align: left" | Realtek RTL8188EU (TP-Link TL-WN725N)

| {{dunno}}

| {{Yes}} (since 3.12{{cite web |url=https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b63c05394f3fe9ae547e1fa9df30f1ba0bcdabb4|title=rtl8188eu}}{{cite web |url=https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6ddfa35a4a98d28f9506c1bb25c82927dff9eff2|title=rtl8188eu header files}})

| {{No|Yes}}

| GPL

| Written by Realtek et al.

| style="text-align: left" | Realtek RTL8812AE, RTL8821AE

| a/b/g/n
/ac

| {{Yes}} (since 3.16)

| {{No|Yes}}

| GPL

| {{dunno}}

| style="text-align: left" | Realtek RTL8822BE

| a/b/g/n
/ac

| {{Yes}}

| {{No|Yes}}

| Dual GPLv2 and BSD

| Written by Realtek et al.

| style="text-align: left" | Realtek RTL8821CE

| a/b/g/n
/ac

| {{Yes}}

| {{No|Yes}}

| Dual GPLv2 and BSD

| Written by Realtek et al.

| style="text-align: left" | Realtek RTL8723DE

| b/g/n

| {{Yes}}

| {{No|Yes}}

| Dual GPLv2 and BSD

| Written by Realtek et al.

| style="text-align: left" | Realtek RTL8822CU

| a/b/g/n
/ac

| {{Yes}}

| {{No|Yes}}

| Dual GPLv2 and BSD

| Written by Realtek et al.

| style="text-align: left" | Realtek RTL8822BU

| a/b/g/n
/ac

| {{Yes}}

| {{No|Yes}}

| Dual GPLv2 and BSD

| Written by Realtek et al.

| style="text-align: left" | Realtek RTL8821CU

| a/b/g/n
/ac

| {{Yes}}

| {{No|Yes}}

| Dual GPLv2 and BSD

| Written by Realtek et al.

| style="text-align: left" | Realtek RTL8723DU

| b/g/n

| {{Yes}}

| {{No|Yes}}

| Dual GPLv2 and BSD

| Written by Realtek et al.

| style="text-align: left" | Realtek RTL8852BE

| a/b/g/n
/ac/ax

| {{Yes}}

| {{No|Yes}}

| Dual GPLv2 and BSD

| Written by Realtek et al.

| style="text-align: left" | Realtek RTL8852CE

| a/b/g/n
/ac/ax

| {{Yes}}

| {{No|Yes}}

| Dual GPLv2 and BSD

| Written by Realtek et al.

| style="text-align: left" | Texas Instruments TI wl1271, wl1273, wl1281 and wl1283

| {{dunno}}

| {{Yes}} (Only up to 3.2{{cite web |url=http://e2e.ti.com/support/low_power_rf/f/307/p/324365/1130399.aspx#1130399 |title=Configuring WL1271 for a 3.13 kernel (devicetree) - WiLink WiFi + Bluetooth Forum - Wireless Connectivity - TI E2E Community |work=ti.com |access-date=1 May 2015}})

| {{No|Yes}}

| GPL

| Written by Nokia and Texas Instruments

| style="text-align: left" | Texas Instruments TI WiLink 8

| {{dunno}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No|Yes}}

| GPL

| Written by Texas Instruments

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| PCI, Mini PCI,
PC card, USB

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{dunno}}

|

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| PCI

| {{Yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

|

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| USB

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| PCI, Mini PCI,
PC card, AHB

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}
(2.6.31)

| {{yes}}

|

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| PCI, Mini PCI,
Mini PCIe, AHB

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

| [https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ath9k_htc ath9k_htc]

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| USB

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| PCI, Mini PCI,
AHB, Mini PCIe

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| PCI, Mini PCI,
SDIO ?

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{Yes}}

|

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| PCI, Mini PCI,
Cardbus, PC card

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{dunno}}

|

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| USB, SDIO,
PCI Express

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| Exp. {{cite web|url=https://github.com/seemoo-lab/nexmon|title=seemoo-lab/nexmon|website=GitHub|access-date=23 March 2018}}

| {{Yes}} {{cite web|url=https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/brcm80211#fullmac_driver_specifics|title=Supports SoftAP|work=kernel.org|access-date=19 Sep 2017}}

| {{No}}

|

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| PCI, Mini PCI,
Mini PCIe

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}} https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=492b71e8d468102372969705b65845f5e57038c5 2013-03-27 brcmsmac: activate AP support

| {{Yes}} {{cite web|url=https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/?id=c55b3766054d3db7a9732c6c8a1c81afac2cfaa6|title=kernel/git/next/linux-next.git - The linux-next integration testing tree|work=kernel.org|access-date=1 May 2015}}

|

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| PCI, Mini PCI,
PC card

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}} Requires station firmware 1.7.4 or later.

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

|

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| Mini PCI

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| Mini PCI

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

|

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| Mini PCI

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{dunno}}

|

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| Mini PCI,
Mini PCIe

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

|

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| PCI, USB

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{No}}

| {{dunno}}

|

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| Mini PCI,
Mini PCIe,
M.2

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| 2.4 GHz only
Exp.{{cite web |url=https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/iwlwifi/?p=iwlwifi#Features |title=en:users:drivers:iwlwifi [Linux Wireless] |work=kernel.org|access-date=1 May 2015}}{{cite web |url=https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/iwlwifi?do=diff&rev2%5B0%5D=1457423283&rev2%5B1%5D=1459173464&difftype=sidebyside |title=en:users:drivers:iwlwifi [Linux Wireless] |website=wireless.wiki.kernel.org |access-date=23 March 2018}}

| {{Yes}}

|

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| USB, CF, SDIO

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{No}}

| {{dunno}}

|

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| PCI, PC card,
Mini PCI

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

|

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| PCIe, USB

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

|

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| USB

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| Mini PCI,
PC card

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}} 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.

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{Yes}}

|

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| Mini PCI, USB,
Cardbus

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

|

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| PCI

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{dunno}}

|

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| USB

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

|

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| PCI, USB,
Mini PCI

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}} except for the rt2400 chipset; only the rt2500 chipset and the rt2570 chipset are supported

| {{Yes}} {{cite web|url=http://my.opera.com/CrazyTerabyte/blog/2009/10/23/wi-fi-with-master-mode-finally |title=one user reported that WPA2 works with rt61pci |publisher=My.opera.com |access-date=2012-12-09}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}} http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071026062447/http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers |date=2007-10-26 }} and also at least two users reported success with master mode [http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?p=33498#p33498] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205012719/http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?p=33498#p33498 |date=2014-12-05 }} [http://my.opera.com/CrazyTerabyte/blog/2009/10/23/wi-fi-with-master-mode-finally]

| {{Yes}}

|

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| PCI, PC card,
Mini PCI

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{dunno}}

|

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| USB

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| USB

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{Yes}} {{cite web |url=https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230428150833.218605-18-martin.kaistra@linutronix.de/ |title=[PATCH v4 17/18] wifi: rtl8xxxu: Declare AP mode support for 8188f |publisher=lore.kernel.org |access-date=2024-01-08}}

| {{No}}

|

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| M.2, USB

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

|

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| M.2

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

|

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| USB

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}} {{cite web|url=http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5631 |title=Bug 5631 – zd1201 and wpa support |publisher=Bugzilla.kernel.org |access-date=2012-12-09}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{dunno}}

|

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| USB

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{dunno}}

|

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| USB

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}} {{cite web |url=https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ab419e9bda10efced0db980478c3e40a1ad18ba3 |title=Master mode supported in zd1211rw since 2.6.39 |publisher=Git.kernel.org |access-date=2018-09-15}}

| {{Yes}}

|

| Texas Instruments
ACX100/ACX111

| Separate project

| {{No|Yes}}

| BSD

|

| style="background: black; color: white; " | Reverse
engineering

| Aironet 4500/4800,
Cisco Aironet 340/350,
Xircom Wireless Ethernet

| Integrated

| {{included|On Device}}

| BSD

| Bill Paul (FreeBSD)

|

| Aironet Arlan 655

| Integrated /
Removed in 8.0

| {{included|On Device}}

| BSD

|

|

| Atheros AR5210/ AR5211/ AR5212/
AR5416 /AR9130 /AR9160 /AR9280
/AR9285 /AR9287 /AR9565 (and derivatives)

| Integrated

| {{Yes|No}}

| BSD

| Originally by Atheros via
Sam Leffler (FreeBSD);
supported by
the community

| style="background: green; color: yellow;" | Documentation
based

| AMD PCnetMobile

| Integrated /
Removed in 8.0

| {{included|On Device}}

| BSD

| Bill Sommerfeld (NetBSD),
Atsushi Onoe (NetBSD)

|

| Broadcom BCM43xx/4318

| Integrated since 8.0

| {{No|Yes}}

| BSD

| Sepherosa Ziehau
(DragonFly BSD),
Andrew Thompson (FreeBSD),
Sam Leffler (FreeBSD)

| Ported from
DragonFly BSD

| Broadcom
BCM43xx/4318 v4 firmware

| Integrated since 8.1

| {{No|Yes}}

| BSD

| Weongyo Jeong

| ?

| Netwave AirSurfer

| Integrated /
Removed in 8.0

| {{included|On Device}}

| BSD

| Imported from NetBSD

|

| Intel PRO/Wireless 2100

| Integrated

| {{No|Yes}}

| BSD

| Damien Bergamini
(OpenBSD/ FreeBSD)

| style="background: black; color: white; " | Reverse
engineering

| Intel PRO/Wireless
2200BG/ 2225BG/ 2915ABG

| Integrated

| {{No|Yes}}

| BSD

| Damien Bergamini
(OpenBSD/ FreeBSD)

| style="background: black; color: white; " | Reverse
engineering

|Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC
3160 / 3165 / 7260 / 7265 / 8260

|?

|?

|

|?

|?

| Intel PRO/Wireless 4965 ABGN/
5100/ 5300/ 5350/ 1000

Intel Centrino 6000/ 6150/
6200/ 6205/ 6230/ 6250/ 6300

| Integrated since 8.0 /
Available for 7.1 and
above as separate patch

| {{No|Yes}}

| BSD

| Damien Bergamini,
Benjamin Close,
Sam Leffler
(OpenBSD/ FreeBSD)

| style="background: black; color: white; " | Reverse engineering

| Marvell 88W8335

| Integrated

| {{No|Yes}}

| BSD

| Weongyo Jeong (FreeBSD),
Sam Leffler (FreeBSD)

|

| Marvell 88W8363

| Integrated since 8.0

| {{No|Yes}}{{cite web |url=http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base/head/sys/contrib/dev/mwl/LICENSE?view=markup&pathrev=193240 |title=[base] Contents of /head/sys/contrib/dev/mwl/LICENSE |publisher=Svn.freebsd.org |access-date=2012-12-09}}

| BSD

| Sam Leffler (FreeBSD)

| ?

| Ralink RT2500/ RT2501/
RT2600/ RT3090/ RT3592

| Integrated

| {{included|On Device}}

| BSD

| Damien Bergamini
(OpenBSD/ FreeBSD)

| style="background: yellow;" | Based on partial
documentation

| Raytheon Raylink/
Webgear Aviator

| Integrated /
Removed in 8.0

| {{included|On Device}}

| BSD

| Imported from NetBSD

|

| Realtek
RTL8188SU/ RTL8192SU

| Integrated since 10.0

| {{No|Yes}}

| BSD

| Damien Bergamini
(OpenBSD),
Imported from OpenBSD
by Rui Paulo

| ?

| Ralink
RT2501USB/ RT2601USB

| Integrated

| {{Yes|No}}

| BSD

| Niall O'Higgins,
Damien Bergamini

| style="background: yellow;" | Based on partial
documentation

| Ralink RT2700U/
RT2800U/ RT3000U

| Integrated since 8.1

| {{Yes|No}}

| BSD

| Damien Bergamini
(OpenBSD),
Imported from
OpenBSD by
Akinori Furukoshi

| style="background: yellow;" | Based on partial
documentation

| Atheros
AR5005UG/ AR5005UX

| Integrated since 8.0

| {{No|Yes}}{{cite web|url=http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base/head/sys/contrib/dev/uath/ar5523.bin.uu?view=markup&pathrev=190688 |title=[base] Contents of /head/sys/contrib/dev/uath/ar5523.bin.uu |publisher=Svn.freebsd.org |access-date=2012-12-09}}

| BSD

| Weongyo Jeong (FreeBSD),
Sam Leffler (FreeBSD)

| ?

| GW3887 (Conexant/
Intersil PrismGT series)

| Integrated since 8.0

| {{No|Yes}}

| BSD

| Imported from OpenBSD

| style="background: black; color: white; " | Reverse
engineering

| Ralink RT2500USB

| Integrated

| {{included|On Device}}

| BSD

| Damien Bergamini
(OpenBSD/ FreeBSD)

| style="background: yellow;" | Based on partial
documentation

| Realtek
RTL8187L/ RTL8187B

| Integrated since 8.0

| {{n/a}}{{cite web|url=http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base/head/sys/dev/usb/wlan/if_urtw.c?view=markup&pathrev=192873 |title=[base] Contents of /head/sys/dev/usb/wlan/if_urtw.c |publisher=Svn.freebsd.org |access-date=2012-12-09}}

| BSD

| Weongyo Jeong
(FreeBSD)

| ?

| Realtek RTL8188CU/
RTL8188EU/ RTL8192CU

| Integrated since 10.0

| {{No|Yes}}

| BSD

| Damien Bergamini
(OpenBSD / FreeBSD)

| style="background: black; color: white; " | Reverse
engineering

| Lucent Hermes (WaveLAN/ ORiNOCO);
Intersil PRISM-2, PRISM-2.5, PRISM-3;
Symbol Spectrum24 802.11b
(Symbol support removed in 8.0)

| Integrated

| {{included|On Device}}

| BSD

| Bill Paul (FreeBSD)

| style="background: green; color: yellow;" | Documentation
based

| Intel PRO/ Wireless 3945ABG

| Integrated

| {{No|Yes}}

| BSD

| Damien Bergamini,
Benjamin Close

| style="background: black; color: white; " | Reverse
engineering

| ZyDAS ZD1211/ ZD1211B

| Integrated

| {{Yes|No}}

| BSD

| Florian Stoehr,
Damien Bergamini,
Jonathan Gray
(OpenBSD)

| style="background: green; color: yellow;" | Documentation
based

| 802.11a?, 802.11b, 802.11g

| Cardbus, PCI

| {{Yes}}

| ?

| ?

| ?

| ?

| {{Yes}}

| 802.11b

| Cardbus, PCI, ISA

| {{Yes}}

| ?

| ?

| ?

| ?

| {{Yes}}

| N/A

| ISA

| ?

| ?

| ?

| ?

| ?

| ?

| 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n

| Cardbus, PCI, Mini PCI

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| N/A

| PC Card

| ?

| ?

| ?

| ?

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| 802.11b, 802.11g

| Cardbus, PCI

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| N/A

| Cardbus

| ?

| ?

| ?

| ?

| ?

| ?

| 802.11b

| Mini PCI

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g

| Mini PCI

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n

| Mini PCI

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| 802.11b, 802.11g

| PCI

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n

| PCI

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g

| Cardbus, PCI, Mini PCI

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| N/A

| PC Card

| ?

| ?

| ?

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g

| USB

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g

| USB

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| 802.11b, 802.11g

| USB

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| 802.11b, 802.11g

| USB

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| 802.11b, 802.11g

| USB

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| 802.11b, 802.11g

| USB

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| 802.11b

| PC Card, Cardbus, PCI

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}} (since 8.0)

| {{Yes}} (since 8.0)

| {{Yes}} (since 8.0?)

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g

| Mini PCI

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| 802.11b, 802.11g

| USB

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

! Driver

! Chipset

! Integration

! Free firmware'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

! License

! Original/Primary developer

! Development methodologies

! Free softwarein 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

| Aironet 4500/4800, Cisco Aironet 340/350

| Integrated

| {{n/a}}

| BSD

| Bill Paul (FreeBSD)

| Ported from FreeBSD

| {{yes}}

| Atheros AR521*/ AR2413/ AR2417/ AR5413/ AR5416/ AR5424/ AR9160

| Integrated

| {{n/a}}

| BSD

| Sam Leffler (FreeBSD)

| Binary blobs ported from FreeBSD

| {{yes}}

| Atheros AR5008 up to the AR9287

| Integrated

| {{n/a}}

| BSD

| Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD)

| Ported from OpenBSD

| {{yes}}

| Atmel at76c503/ at76c503a/ at76c505/ at76c505a

| Integrated

| {{n/a}}

| BSD

| Dan Vreeken (FreeBSD)

| Ported from OpenBSD

| {{yes}}

| ADMtek ADM8211

| Integrated

| {{n/a}}

| BSD

| David Young (NetBSD)

|

| {{yes}}

| AMD PCnetMobile

| Integrated

| {{n/a}}

| BSD

|

|

| {{yes}}

| Broadcom BCM430x/4318

| Integrated

| {{n/a}}

| BSD

| Sepherosa Ziehau (DragonflyBSD)

| Ported from Dragonfly BSD

| {{yes}}

| Netwave AirSurfer

| Integrated

| {{n/a}}

| BSD

|

|

| {{yes}}

| Intel PRO/Wireless 2100

| Integrated

| {{No}}

| BSD

| Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD)

| Ported from OpenBSD

| {{yes}}

| Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG/2915ABG

| Integrated

| {{No}}

| BSD

| Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD)

| Ported from OpenBSD

| {{yes}}

| Intel Wireless WiFi 7260, 7265, 3160

| Integrated

| {{No}}

| BSD

| Antti Kantee (NetBSD)

|

| {{yes}}

| Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965/ 5000/ 1000/ 6000

| Integrated

| {{No}}

| BSD

| Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD)

| Ported from OpenBSD

| {{yes}}

| Marvell 88W8335/88W8310

| Integrated

| {{No}}

| BSD

| Claudio Jeker (OpenBSD)

| Ported from OpenBSD

| {{yes}}

| Atheros AR9001U

| Integrated

| {{No}}

| BSD

| Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD)

| Ported from OpenBSD

| {{yes}}

| Ralink RT2500/ RT2501/ RT2600/ RT2500USB/RT3592

| Integrated

| {{n/a}}

| BSD

| Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD)

| Ported from OpenBSD

| {{yes}}

| Raytheon Raylink / WebGear Aviator

| Integrated

| {{n/a}}

| BSD

| Christian E. Hopps (NetBSD)

|

| {{yes}}

| Realtek RTL8180L

| Integrated

| {{n/a}}

| BSD

| David Young (NetBSD)

|

| {{yes}}

| Realtek RTL8188CE and RTL8192CE

| Integrated

| {{n/a}}

| BSD

| Stefan Sperling (OpenBSD)

| Ported from OpenBSD

| {{yes}}

| Ralink RT2700U, RT2800U and RT3000U

| Integrated

| {{n/a}}

| BSD

| Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD)

| Ported from OpenBSD

| {{yes}}

| Conexant/Intersil PrismGT SoftMAC USB IEEE 802.11b/g

| Integrated

| {{n/a}}

| BSD

| Marcus Glocker (OpenBSD)

| Ported from OpenBSD

| {{yes}}

| Realtek RTL8187B/L

| Integrated

| {{no}}

| BSD

| Weongyo Jeong (FreeBSD)

| Ported from FreeBSD

| {{yes}}

| Realtek RTL8188CUS, RTL8188CE-VAU, RTL8188EUS, RTL8188RU, and RTL8192CU

| Integrated

| {{no}}

| BSD

| Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD)

| Ported from OpenBSD

| {{yes}}

| Lucent Technologies WaveLAN/IEEE and PRISM-II 802.11

| Integrated

| {{no}}

| BSD

| Bill Paul

|

| {{yes}}

| Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG

| Integrated

| {{no}}

| BSD

| Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD)

| Ported from OpenBSD

| {{yes}}

| ZyDAS ZD1211/ ZD1211B

| Integrated

| {{no}}

| BSD

| Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD)

| Ported from OpenBSD

| {{yes}}

| Texas Instruments ACX100/ACX111

| Integrated

| {{No}}{{cite web|url=https://man.openbsd.org/acx.4#FILES |title=Manual Pages: acx |publisher=Openbsd.org |date=2012-09-17 |access-date=2012-12-09}}

| BSD

| Ported from DragonFlyBSD

| style="background: black; color: white; " | Reverse engineering

| {{yes}}

| Aironet 4500/4800, Cisco Aironet 340/350

| Integrated

| {{n/a}}

| BSD

|

|

| {{yes}}

| Atheros AR5210/ AR5211/ AR5212

| Integrated

| {{n/a}}

| BSD

|

| style="background: black; color: white; " | Reverse engineering

| {{yes}}

| Atheros AR5416/AR9160/AR928X

| Integrated (since 4.7)

| {{yes}}{{cite web|url=https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/dev/usb/if_athn_usb.c#rev1.49 |title="Move athn(4) USB devices to the open source atk9k HTC firmware." |publisher=Openbsd.org |date=2018-02-05 |access-date=2018-02-05}}

| BSD

| Damien Bergamini

| Partly based on the ath9k driver for Linux

| {{yes}}

| Atmel AT76C503/ AT76C503A/ AT76C505/ AT76C505A

| Integrated

| {{Yes}}{{cite web|url=http://bxr.su/OpenBSD/sys/dev/microcode/atmel/atu-license |title=atu-license |website=BSD Cross Reference, OpenBSD}}

| BSD

|

| style="background: black; color: white; " | Reverse engineering

| {{yes}}

| ADMtek ADM8211

| Integrated

| {{n/a}}

| BSD

|

| style="background: green; color: yellow;" | Documentation based

| {{yes}}

| BayStack 650

| 2.7 to 4.3

| {{n/a}}

| BSD

|

|

| {{yes}}

|Broadcom and Cypress IEEE 802.11a/ac/ax/b/g/n wireless network device

|6.3+

|

|BSD

|Patrick Wildt

|

|Yes

| Broadcom BCM430x/4318

| Integrated

| {{No}}

| BSD

| Sepherosa Ziehau

| Ported from DragonFly BSD

| {{yes}}

| NetWave AirSurfer

| 2.6 to 6.0

| {{n/a}}

| BSD

|

|

| {{yes}}

| Intel PRO/Wireless 2100

| Integrated

| {{No}}{{cite web|url=https://man.openbsd.org/ipw.4#FILES |title=Manual Pages: ipw |publisher=Openbsd.org |date=2012-09-17 |access-date=2012-12-09}}

| BSD

| Damien Bergamini

| style="background: black; color: white; " | Reverse engineering

| {{yes}}

| Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG/ 2225BG/ 2915ABG

| Integrated

| {{No}}{{cite web|url=https://man.openbsd.org/iwi.4#FILES |title=Manual Pages: iwi |publisher=Openbsd.org |date=2012-09-17 |access-date=2012-12-09}}

| BSD

| Damien Bergamini

| style="background: black; color: white; " | Reverse engineering

| {{yes}}

| Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965/ 5000/ 1000/ 6000

| Integrated

| {{No}}{{cite web|url=https://man.openbsd.org/iwn.4#FILES |title=Manual Pages: iwn |publisher=Openbsd.org |date=2012-09-17 |access-date=2012-12-09}}

| BSD

| Damien Bergamini

| style="background: black; color: white; " | Reverse engineering

| {{yes}}

| Intel Wireless WiFi Link 3160ac/ 7260ac/ 7265ac

| Integrated (since 5.8)

| {{No}}{{cite web|url=https://man.openbsd.org/iwm.4#FILES |title=Manual Pages: iwm |publisher=Openbsd.org }}

| BSD

| Antti Kantee,{{cite web|url=http://beastie.pl/deweloperzy-netbsd-7-0-antti-kantee/|title=I was contracted to write a driver for the Intel 3160/726x wireless chips, a driver which became iwm(4)|publisher=beastie.pl|date=2015-10-14|access-date=2016-02-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160222082127/http://beastie.pl/deweloperzy-netbsd-7-0-antti-kantee/|archive-date=2016-02-22|url-status=dead}} Stefan Sperling

| Based on iwn, and iwlwifi driver released by Intel for Linux under dual GPLv2/BSD license{{cite web|url=http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/dev/pci/if_iwm.c?rev=1.1&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup|title=Add iwm(4), a new driver for Intel 7260 wifi cards.|publisher=Openbsd.org |date=2015-02-06 |access-date=2016-02-21}}

| {{yes}}

| Marvell 88W8335/ 88W8310

| Integrated

| {{No}}{{cite web|url=https://man.openbsd.org/malo.4#FILES |title=Manual Pages: malo |publisher=Openbsd.org |date=2012-09-17 |access-date=2012-12-09}}

| BSD

| Marcus Glocker and Claudio Jeker

| style="background: black; color: white; " | Reverse engineering{{cite web|url=https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20061120180656 |title=Developer Blog – mglocker@: New WLAN drivers on the upswing |publisher=Undeadly.org |access-date=2012-12-09}}

| {{yes}}

| Atheros AR9170

| Integrated (since 4.6)

| {{No}}{{cite web|url=https://man.openbsd.org/otus.4#FILES |title=Manual Pages: otus(4) |publisher=Openbsd.org |date=2012-09-17 |access-date=2012-12-09}}

| BSD

| Damien Bergamini

| Based on source code released by Atheros for Linux under the ISC

| {{yes}}

| Conexant/Intersil Prism GT Full-MAC ISL3877, ISL3880, and ISL3890 chips

| Integrated

| {{No}}{{cite web|url=https://man.openbsd.org/pgt.4#FILES |title=Manual Pages: pgt(4) |publisher=Openbsd.org |date=2012-09-17 |access-date=2012-12-09}}

| BSD

| Ported from FreeBSD

| style="background: black; color: white; " | Reverse engineering

| {{yes}}

| Ralink RT2500, RT2501, RT2600, RT2700, RT2800, RT3090, RT3292, RT3592 and RT5390 (ral), RT2500USB (ural)

| Integrated

| {{Yes}}{{cite web|url=http://bxr.su/OpenBSD/sys/dev/microcode/ral/ral-license |title=ral-license |website=BSD Cross Reference, OpenBSD}}

| BSD

| Damien Bergamini

| style="background: green; color: yellow;" | Documentation based

| {{yes}}

| Raytheon Raylink/WebGear Aviator IEEE 802.11FH

| 2.7 to 5.4

| {{n/a}}

| BSD

|

|

| {{yes}}

| Realtek RTL8188SU/RTL8191SU/RTL8192SU

| Integrated (since 4.9)

| {{No}}

| BSD

| Damien Bergamini

| style="background: black; color: white; " | Reverse engineering

| {{yes}}

| Realtek RTL8180L

| Integrated

| {{n/a}}

| BSD

| Ported from NetBSD

| style="background: green; color: yellow;" | Documentation based

| {{yes}}

| Realtek RTL8188CE/RTL8192CE

| Integrated

| {{No}}{{cite web|url=https://man.openbsd.org/rtwn.4#FILES |title=Manual Pages: rtwn |publisher=Openbsd.org }}

| BSD

| Stefan Sperling

| Based on urtwn driver.

| {{yes}}

| Ralink RT2501USB/ RT2601USB

| Integrated

| {{Yes}}{{cite web|url=http://bxr.su/OpenBSD/sys/dev/microcode/rum/rum-license |title=rum-license (covers rum-rt2573 for rum(4), as well as run-rt2870 and run-rt3071 for run(4)) |website=BSD Cross Reference, OpenBSD}}

| BSD

| Niall O'Higgins and Damien Bergamini

| style="background: green; color: yellow;" | Documentation based

| {{yes}}

| Ralink RT2700U/ RT2800U/ RT3000U

| Integrated

| {{Yes}}

| BSD

| Damien Bergamini

| style="background: green; color: yellow;" | Documentation based

| {{yes}}

| Atheros AR5005UG/ AR5005UX

| Integrated

| {{No}}{{cite web|url=https://man.openbsd.org/uath.4#FILES |title=Manual Pages: uath |publisher=Openbsd.org |date=2012-09-17 |access-date=2012-12-09}}

| BSD

| Damien Bergamini

| style="background: black; color: white;" | Reverse Engineering{{cite web|url=https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20060917020241 |title=OpenBSD reverse engineers more wireless drivers |publisher=Undeadly.org |date=2004-04-02 |access-date=2012-12-09}}

| {{yes}}

| GW3887 (Conexant/Intersil PrismGT series)

| Integrated

| {{No}}{{cite web|url=https://man.openbsd.org/upgt.4#FILES |title=Manual Pages: upgt(4) |publisher=Openbsd.org |date=2012-09-17 |access-date=2012-12-09}}

| BSD

| Marcus Glocker

| style="background: black; color: white; " | Reverse engineering

| {{yes}}

| Realtek RTL8187L

| Integrated

| {{n/a}}

| BSD

| Weongyo Jeong (FreeBSD)

| ?

| {{yes}}

| Realtek RTL8188CU/RTL8192CU

| Integrated (since 4.9)

| {{No}}

| BSD

| Damien Bergamini

| style="background: black; color: white; " | Reverse engineering

| {{yes}}

| Lucent Hermes (WaveLAN/ ORiNOCO); Intersil PRISM-2, PRISM-2.5, PRISM-3; Symbol Spectrum24

| Integrated

| style="background: lightgreen;" | Yes for Spectrum24{{cite web|url=http://bxr.su/OpenBSD/sys/dev/microcode/symbol/symbol-license |title=symbol-license |website=BSD Cross Reference, OpenBSD}} and N/A for others

| BSD

| Bill Paul

| style="background: green; color: yellow;" | Documentation based

| {{yes}}

| Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG

| Integrated

| {{No}}{{cite web|url=https://man.openbsd.org/wpi.4#FILES |title=Manual Pages: wpi |publisher=Openbsd.org |date=2012-09-17 |access-date=2012-12-09}}

| BSD

| Damien Bergamini

| style="background: black; color: white; " | Reverse engineering

| {{yes}}

| ZyDAS ZD1211/ZD1211B

| Integrated

| {{Yes}}{{cite web|url=http://bxr.su/OpenBSD/sys/dev/microcode/zydas/zd1211-license |title=zd1211-licence |website=BSD Cross Reference, OpenBSD}}

| BSD

| Florian Stoehr, Damien Bergamini, and Jonathan Gray

| style="background: green; color: yellow;" | Documentation based

| {{yes}}

| 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g

| Cardbus, PCI

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| 802.11b

| PC Card, PCI, ISA

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g

| Cardbus, PCI

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n

| Cardbus, PCI-E, Mini PCIE

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| 802.11b

| USB

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| 802.11b

| Cardbus, PCI

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

|802.11a/ac/ax/b/g/n

|PCI, USB

|Yes

|Yes

|Yes

|Yes

|Yes

|No

| 802.11b, 802.11g

| Cardbus, PCI

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| N/A

| PC Card

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| 802.11b

| PCI

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g

| PCI

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n

| PCI-E, Mini PCIE

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n

| PCI-E, Mini PCIE

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| 802.11b, 802.11g

| Cardbus, PC Card, PCI

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g

| USB

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g

| Cardbus, PCI

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g

| Cardbus, PCI, Mini PCI

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| N/A

| PC Card

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| 802.11b

| Cardbus, PCI

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| 802.11b, 802.11g

| Mini PCIE

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g

| USB

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g

| USB

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g

| USB

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| 802.11b, 802.11g

| USB

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| 802.11b, 802.11g

| USB

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| 802.11b, 802.11g

| USB

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| 802.11b, 802.11g

| USB

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| 802.11b

| PC Card, PCI, USB

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g

| PCI

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| 802.11b, 802.11g

| USB

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| Atheros AR5211/ AR5212/ AR5213/ AR5214

| Integrated with Solaris Nevada build 29

| No firmware required

| Dual GPL/BSD with proprietary HAL

| Port of Madwifi

| {{no}}

| Intel PRO/Wireless 2100

| Community project

| {{no}}

| BSD

| Ported from OpenBSD

| {{yes}}

| Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG

| Community project

| {{no}}

| BSD

| Ported from OpenBSD

| {{yes}}

| Cisco Aironet 340/350

| Community project

| {{n/a}}

| BSD

| Ported from FreeBSD

| {{yes}}

| Lucent/Agere Systems Hermes (WaveLAN/ORiNOCO), Intersil PRISM-2 802.11b

| Community project

| {{n/a}}

| BSD

| Ported from FreeBSD

| {{yes}}

| Ralink RT2500

| Community project

| {{n/a}}

| BSD

| Ported from OpenBSD

| {{yes}}

| Realtek RTL8180L

| Community project

| {{n/a}}

| BSD

| Ported from NetBSD

| {{yes}}

| Marvell 88W8335/ 88W8310

| Community project

| {{n/a}}

| BSD

| Ported from OpenBSD

| {{yes}}

| Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG

| Community project

| {{no}}

| BSD

| Ported from OpenBSD

| {{yes}}

| Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN

| Community project

| {{no}}

| BSD

| Ported from OpenBSD

| {{yes}}

| Atheros 9000

| Community project

| {{no}}

| BSD

| based on ath9k

| {{yes}}

| Ralink RT2561/RT2561S/RT2661

| Community project

| {{no}}

| BSD

|

| {{yes}}

| Ralink RT2700/2800

| Community project

| {{no}}

| BSD

|

| {{yes}}

| Realtek RTL8187L/B USB

| Community project

| {{no}}

| BSD

|

| {{yes}}

| Atmel AT76C50x

| Community project

| {{no}}

| BSD

|

| {{yes}}

| Marvell 88W8363

| Community project

| {{no}}

| BSD

|

| {{yes}}

| Ralink RT2500USB

| Community project

| {{no}}

| BSD

|

| {{yes}}

| ZyDAS ZD1211 chipsets

| Community project

| {{yes}}

| BSD

| Ported from OpenBSD

| {{yes}}

| Intel PRO/Wireless 2100/2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG/3945ABG/4965AGN

| {{no}}

| GPL

| Port from Linux

| Lucent/Agere Systems Hermes (WaveLAN/ORiNOCO), Intersil PRISM-2 802.11b

| {{n/a}}

| BSD

|

| PRISM-GT 802.11b/g

| {{n/a}}

| GPL

|