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PlayGround

Compatibility

Chipset Supported by airodump for Windows Supported by airodump for Linux Supported by aireplay for Linux
AtherosCardBus: YES
PCI: NO (see CommView)
YESYES (driver patching required)
AtmelUNTESTEDUNTESTEDUNTESTED
BroadcomOld models only (BRCM driver)YESIN PROGRESS (Forum thread)
Centrino bNOPARTIAL
(ipw2100 driver doesn't discard corrupted packets)
NO
Centrino b/gNOYESNO (firmware drops most packets) ipw2200inject
Centrino a/b/gNOYESNO
Cisco AironetYES?YESNO (firmware issue)
Hermes IYESYESNO (firmware corrupts the MAC header)
NdisWrapperN/ANeverNever
Prism2/3NOYESYES (PCI and CardBus only, driver patching required)
PrismGTYESFullMAC: YES
SoftMAC: NOT YET
YES (driver patching recommended)
RalinkNOYES (rt2500 / rt2570 / rt61 / rt73 driver)YES, see rt2500, rt2570, rt61 and rt73
RTL8180YESYESUNSTABLE (driver patching required)
RTL8187LUNTESTEDYESYES (driver patching recommended)
TI
(ACX100/ACX111)
NOYESNO
ZyDAS 1201NOYESNO
Others (Marvel…)NOUNKNOWNNO

For driver details see also Drivers and Which is the best card to buy ?

If you don't know what kind of chipset you have, take a lot at this list for resources.

Drivers

Chipset Linux Drivers Windows driver (monitor mode) Note
AtherosMadwifi v4.2 or v3.0.1.12 or AR5000
(see this page for more information)
USB is not supported by madwifi atm
Atmel Atmel 76c503a AT76C503/505A based USB WLAN adapters
Broadcom bcm43xx Broadcom peek driver Windows: Old models only
Linux: always use latest -rc kernel
Centrino b ipw2100 802.11b only
Centrino b/g ipw2200 See IPW2200 and RF-Mon
Centrino a/b/g ipw2915
ipw3945
playground ipw2915 uses ipw2200 driver
Cisco/Aironet airo-linux Cisco PCX500/PCX504 peek driver 4500/4800/340/350 series firmware 4.25.30 recommended
Hermes I Orinoco
Orinoco Monitor Mode Patch
Agere peek driver 802.11b only
Ndiswrapper ndiswrapper N/AUsing windows drivers in linux.
It will never work with aircrack
prism2/2.5 HostAP
wlan-ng
LinkFerret or aerosolUse STA firmware >=1.5.6 (see Prism2 flashing)
802.11b only
prismGT prism54 PrismGT by 500brabus only FullMAC cards works with aircrack on Linux
Ralink rt2x00 Only rt2500, rt2570, and rt73 can inject and monitor
Realtek 8180 rtl8180-sa2400 Realtek peek driver 802.11b only
Realtek 8187 rtl8187 Supports all attacks including fragmentation and ska
TI ACX100/ACX111/ACX100USB
ZyDAS 1201 zd1211

See also Compatibility

If you don't know what kind of chipset you have, take a lot at this list for resources.

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