// Wi-Fi Adapter Database // // by bland, cxi, dual, jawga, kondor, logan5, mut3, rax // // http://www.oldskoolphreak.com The following information was compiled from real-life testing by the authors. If you have experience with an adapter not listed here, send any information about the adapter to dual[at]oldskoolphreak[dot]com. Apple Airport ------------- Interface: Proprietary Internal Chipset: Lucent Ext Ant: No (antennas built into Mac computer hardware) Mac OS Support: Mac OS9, Mac OS X Linux Support: Yellow Dog Wardriving Support: MacStumbler, KisMac Comments: Internal proprietary interface, compatible only with Apple computers introduced before Jan. 2003. Belkin F5D6020 -------------- Interface: PCMCIA Chipset: PRISM2 Ext Ant: No Linux Support: Knoppix, Red Hat Wardriving Support: Untested Cisco AIR-PCM352 ---------------- Interface: PCMCIA Chipset: Cisco Ext Ant: No Linux Support: Red Hat, SuSE Wardriving Support: Client app (ACU), Kismet Comments: Use ACU with aphopper for effective ghettodriving. Compaq HNW-200 -------------- Interface: USB Chipset: Unknown Ext Ant: N/A Linux Support: Unknown Wardriving Support: Client app Dell Axim X3i (PDA) ------------------- Interface: Integrated Chipset: Unknown Ext Ant: N/A Linux Support: N/A Wardriving Support: Client app D-Link DWL-120 -------------- Interface: USB Chipset: Unknown Ext Ant: N/A Linux Support: Unknown Wardriving Support: Aerosol, client app D-Link DWL-650+ --------------- Interface: PCMCIA Chipset: PRISM2 Ext Ant: No Linux Support: Unknown Wardriving Support: Unknown Comments: Should work w/ Aerosol, but has yet to. HP iPAQ 5455 (PDA) ------------------ Interface: Integrated Chipset: Unknown Ext Ant: N/A Linux Support: N/A Wardriving Support: MiniStumbler HP WLAN 54g W450 ---------------- Interface: Integrated Chipset: Broadcom 54g Ext Ant: N/A Linux Support: With Linuxant DriverLoader Wardriving Support: NetStumbler Linksys WPC11 Version 3 ----------------------- Interface: PCMCIA Chipset: PRISM3 Ext Ant: No Linux Support: Red Hat 8.0 (w/ wlan-ng rpms) and 9 Wardriving Support: Untested Microsoft Wireless Notebook Adapter ----------------------------------- Interface: PCMCIA Chipset: Prism Ext Ant: No Linux Support: None Wardriving Support: NetStumbler Orinoco PC Card Gold/Silver --------------------------- Interface: PCMCIA Chipset: Hermes Ext Ant: Yes Linux/BSD Support: All Linux, FreeBSD Wardriving Support: dstumbler, Kismet, NetStumbler Comments: Older firmware allows MAC spoofing. SanDisk Connect Wi-Fi SD Card ----------------------------- Interface: SDIO Chipset: Intersil Prism/Prism2 (highly probable) Ext Ant: N/A Linux Support: Unknown (highly improbable) Wardriving Support: MiniStumbler v0.4.0 Comments: Looks a lot like the Socket SD card.