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  2. Comparison of open-source wireless drivers - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Operating system Wi-Fi support - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. IEEE 802.11n-2009 - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Ralink - Wikipedia

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    Some of Ralink's 802.11n RT2800 chipsets have been accepted into the Wi-Fi Alliance 802.11n draft 2.0 core technology testbed. They have also been selected in the Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) and Wireless Multimedia Extensions Power Save (WMM-PS) testbeds. Ralink was a participant in the Wi-Fi Alliance and the IEEE 802.11 standards committees. [1]

  6. Wi-Fi Direct - Wikipedia

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    Wi-Fi Direct devices can connect to a notebook computer that plays the role of a software Access Point (AP). The notebook computer can then provide Internet access to the Wi-Fi Direct-enabled devices without a Wi-Fi AP. Marvell Technology Group, [14] Atheros, Broadcom, Intel, Ralink, and Realtek announced their first products in October 2010. [15]

  7. Wireless network interface controller - Wikipedia

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    A wireless network interface device with a USB interface and internal antenna A Bluetooth interface card. A wireless network interface controller (WNIC) is a network interface controller which connects to a wireless network, such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or LTE (4G) or 5G rather than a wired network, such as an Ethernet network.

  8. List of wireless network protocols - Wikipedia

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    For wider area communications, wireless local area network (WLAN) is used. WLANs are often known by their commercial product name Wi-Fi . These systems are used to provide wireless access to other systems on the local network such as other computers, shared printers, and other such devices or even the internet.

  9. Wireless tools for Linux - Wikipedia

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    Wireless tools for Linux is a collection of user-space utilities written for Linux kernel-based operating systems to support and facilitate the configuration of device drivers of wireless network interface controllers and some related aspects of networking using the Linux Wireless Extension.