We currently have a fair number of working drivers that cover most of the available WNICs on the market. However, most don't implement all possible features and many have issues. /download-horse-riding-simulator-3d-2016-for-mac.html. Hardware by companies not providing complete specifications, free firmware and drivers can be more problematic to support. The switching of chipsets by manufacturers without changing model numbers also makes this list less useful to those purchasing new hardware. Except for a handful of WNICs with free software drivers and free firmware, like e.g. the Penguin 802.11N, most available wireless hardware can not be exhausted when used with Linux. Below is an alphabetically sorted list of existent Linux drivers and their current capabilities.
Linux driver for realtek based wlan cards. It's a fork of the inactive rtl8180-sa2400 project. As far as I can tell, at the time of writing this, there is not yet a Wifi Driver for the Realtek RTL8821CE in the official Ubuntu Repositories. Over on github there is a repository with an RTL8821CE driver aimed at kernels 4.14 and above and specifically for Arch Linux with no support provided for other Linux Distros: https://github.com. Installed native realtek driver, need advice to configure wireless: sirius57: Linux - Networking: 0: 08:55 AM: Wireless Realtek RTL8185 Driver; Help installing on Fedora 7? Dunas: Linux - Laptop and Netbook: 2: 02:29 AM: Need driver for Realtek Wireless Nic: DrZin: Linux - Hardware: 3: 11:41 PM: Arch Linux.
See also:
Linux wireless drivers in Wikipedia
NOTE: All drivers can of course run in station mode, but only a few drivers support the other available wireless modes! Support of cfg80211 also offers benefits.
Note: **staging drivers
Notes:
There is support with a special, out-of-tree driver and special firmware, see http://sf.net/projects/ipw2200-ap.
Driver | Manufacturer | PHY modes | BUS | Replaced by | ||||
ZyDAS/Atheros | yes | no | yes | no | yes | A(1)/B/G/N | USB | |
Aironet/Cisco | no | ? | ? | ? | ? | pre802.11 | ISA | - |
Atmel | no | no | no | no | no | B | USB | |
Netwave/Xircom | no | ? | ? | ? | ? | pre802.11 | PCMCIA | - |
ZyDAS/Atheros | no | ? | no | no | no | A/B/G/N | USB | |
Intersil/Conexant | no | ? | ? | ? | ? | A/B/G | PCI / PCMCIA | |
ST/Nokia | yes | no | no | no | no | B/G | SPI | |
Lucent | no | ? | ? | ? | ? | pre802.11 | ISA / PCMCIA | - |