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Wireless network cards for computers require control software to make them function (firmware, device drivers). This is a list of the status of some open-source drivers for 802.11 wireless network cards. Location of the network device drivers in a simplified structure of the Linux kernel.
At the January 2007 Macworld Expo, Apple announced that their computers would begin shipping with Draft 802.11n support. Apple produces the operating system, computer hardware, accompanying drivers, AirPort Wi-Fi base stations, and configuration and management software.
IEEE 802.11n is an amendment to IEEE 802.11-2007 as amended by IEEE 802.11k-2008, IEEE 802.11r-2008, IEEE 802.11y-2008, and IEEE 802.11w-2009, and builds on previous 802.11 standards by adding a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system and 40 MHz channels to the PHY (physical layer) and frame aggregation to the MAC layer.
Dell Wireless LAN Card Utility [11] Dell N/A N/A WEP, WPA,WPA2 ver 3.0 Free Windows Only for Cisco Aironet products Desktop, Workstation, Server, Windows users Broadcom WLAN Utility [12] Broadcom N/A N/A WEP, WPA,WPA2 ver 6.0 Free Windows Only for Broadcom wireless modules Desktop, Workstation, Server, Windows users
Ralink RT2560F on a Wi-Fi Mini PCI Card Ralink RT63365E on a Wi-Fi router and access point from Huawei. Ralink Technology, Corp. is a Wi-Fi chipset manufacturer mainly known for their IEEE 802.11 (Wireless LAN) chipsets. Ralink was founded in 2001 in Cupertino, California, then moved its headquarters to Hsinchu, Taiwan.
Xpress technology is Broadcom's standards-based frame-bursting approach to improve 802.11 wireless LAN performance. It is a software-based implementation of the frame-bursting originally in the IEEE 802.11e draft specification, and is found in the Wireless Multimedia Extensions (WME) specification.
The driver for the Dell Wireless 1505 Draft 802.11n WLAN Mini-Card that comes with the Windows 10 64-bit installation is a Microsoft driver (v5.100.245.200, dated 212–03–14). This driver works but is not very stable and suffers from frequently disconnects. This Wi-Fi adapter uses a Broadcom BCM43xx chip.
Broadcom STA wireless driver being installed on Ubuntu Linux, 2008. Some free and open source drivers are available and included in the Linux kernel source tree for the 802.11b/g/a/n family of wireless chips that Broadcom produces. [44]