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Network Adapter Hardware Compatibility List

This is a summary of reports from IPFire users about the network cards they use. It is very important to learn about network cards that don't work or only work with limitations (eg: only 54 MBit). If you can not find any information about your network card on the wiki, please begin a thread in the appropriate forum.

Please help by submitting information about the network cards you use.

Note: This list was restarted with IPFire 2.13 core66. The old version has details for IPFire versions before core66.

HowTo: Identify devices

Wireless network cards are usually not shown during installation, but will be visible and can be configured as a WiFi Access Point after the first reboot.

  1. Open a shell on your IPFire system (either by using the console or using SSH)
  2. Run 
    lspci | grep -ie network -ie ethernet -ie wireless
  3. Copy the hexadecimal identifier at the beginning of the line. (This is called the “PCI Domain” of the device and describes where a device is connected. A PCI Domain could look like 00:19.0 or 02:00.0 or 03:00.0.)
  4. Then run 
    lspci -nn -v -s <paste the PCI Domain from above>
  5. Note the hexadecimal Device ID on the end of the first line, after the name of the device (this is a hexadecimal sequence separated by a colon, for example 10ec:8139 or 10de:054c. Ignore the Device ID of any subsystems on the second line of output, if there are any).
  6. Note the Kernel driver (or “module”) in use, printed at the end of the output

For USB devices, find the required information with: 

lsusb

The loaded kernel modules can be shown with the command: 

grep DRIVER /sys/class/net/*/device/uevent

LAN Cards/Onboard Chips

LAN-Card name Mbit ID Loaded Modules/Drivers tested with Core Notes
Attansic/Atheros
Attansic Technology Corp. L2 100 Mbit Ethernet Adapter (rev a0) 100 1969:2048 atl2 100
AR8131 Gigabit Ethernet (rev c0) 1000 1969:1063 atl1c 66
Broadcom Corporation
NetXtreme BCM5723 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe (rev 10) 1000 14e4:165b tg3 100
D-Link Corp.
DFE-538TX 10/100 Ethernet Adapter (rev 10) 100 1186:1300 8139too 66
Intel Corporation
Intel 82557/8/9/0/1 Ethernet Pro 100 (rev 08) 100 8086:1229 e100 66
Intel 82566DC Gigabit Network (rev 02) 1000 8086:104b e1000e 72+ Built in to OEM motherboard
Intel 82566DM-2 Gigabit Ethernet Connection (rev 02) 1000 8086:10bd e1000e 66
Intel 82574L "Gigabit CT Desktop Adapter" (PCIe) 1000 8086:10d3 e1000e 66,72-74
Intel Corporation I350 Gigabit Network Connection (rev 01) 1000 8086:1521 igb and igbvf 75-101 Built into Intel motherboard. Tested in virtual machine using KVM, works with both pci passthrough of physical function, and with virtual function using SR-IOV
Intel Corporation I211 Gigabit Network Connection (rev 03) 1000 8086:1539 igb 119-123
NVidia Corporation
MCP73 Ethernet (rev a2) 1000 10de:07dc forcedeth 100
Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCIe Fast Ethernet (rev 02) 100 10ec:8136 r8101 100
RTL8139/8139C/8139C+ Fast Ethernet (rev 02) 100 10ec:8139 r8139too 66
RTL8111/8168B PCIe Gigabyte Ethernet (rev 03) 1000 10ec:8168 r8168 100
RTL8111/8168E PCIe Gigabyte Ethernet (rev 06) 1000 10ec:8168 r8169 117
RTL8110SC/8169SC Gigabyte Ethernet (rev 10) 1000 10ec:8169 r8169 100
RTL-8029(AS) 10 10ec:8029 ne2k-pci 66
Super Micro Computer, Inc.
AOC-SGP-I2 Supermicro PCI-e 2-port Intel i350 Gigabit Ethernet LAN card 1000 8086:1521 igb and igbvf 75-101 PCI-Express card. Tested in virtual machine using KVM, works with both pci passthrough of physical function, and with virtual function using SR-IOV
VIA Technologies, Inc.
VT6102 [Rhine II] Embedded Ethernet Controller on VT8235 100 1106:0102 via_rhine 66-85 onboard Mercury PVCLE266M-L V3.0A mainboard

USB LAN-Dongle

LAN-Card name Typ ID Loaded Modules/Drivers tested with Core Notes
ADMtek
AN8515 Pegasus II 100/USB2.0 07a6:8515 pegasus 100
ASIX
ASIX Electronics Corp. AX88178 1000/USB2.0 0b95:1780 asix 67-70
ASIX Electronics Corp. AX88772 100/USB2.0 0b95:7729 asix 100
ASIX Electronics Corp. AX88772 100/USB2.0 0b95:772a asix 66-75 250 mA max
D-Link Corp.
D-Link DUB-E100 HWVer.: B1 (Fast Ethernet USB 2.0 Adapter) 100/USB2.0 2001:3c05 asix 67
Kronton
DM9601 Fast Ethernet adapter 100/USB2.0 0b95:772b dm9601 96-99 from DX.com
Logilink
UA0144 10/100 Mbps Ethernet adapter 100/USB2.0 0b95:772b asix 72
Delock 62121 (AX88179) 1000/USB3.0 0b95:1790 asix 100
MosChip Semiconductor
MCS7830 10/100 Mbps Ethernet adapter 100/USB2.0 9710:7830 mcs7830 100
SMSC
Standard Microsystems Corp. 2202 Ethernet [pegasus] 100/USB2.0 0707:0200 pegasus 75 160 mA max
SMSC 9512 USB2.0LAN + USB HUB 100/USB2.0 0424:9512 smsc95xx 66
Netgear
FA120 100Mbit Ethernet adapter 100/USB2.0 0846:1040 asix 72

(m)PCI(e) WLAN-Cards

LAN-Card name ID Loaded Modules/Drivers tested with Core Notes
Atheros Communications, Inc
AR5212/AR5213 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01) 168c:0013 ath5k 66
AR2413/AR2414 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01) 168c:001a ath5k 66
AR242x/AR542x Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01) 168c:001c ath5k 66
AR928x Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01) 168c:002a ath9k 66 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz “N” works
AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01) 1028:0209 ath9k 75 Dell DW1703, 2.4Ghz “N” works
AR9287 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01) 168c:002e ath9k 66-101 Caps string used : [HT20][HT40+][HT40-][SHORT-GI-40][TX-STBC][RX-STBC1][DSSS_CCK-40]
AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01) 168c:0032 ath9k 66,67 PCI-E, low profile
AR5416/AR5008 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01) 168c:0023 ath9k 66
AR922x Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01) 168c:0029 ath9k 79 Caps string used : [HT40-][SHORT-GI-40][DSSS_CCK-40][TX-STBC][RX-STBC1]
AR9382 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01) 168c:0030 ath9k 74-76
AzureWave
AW-NE773 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless Half-size Mini PCIe Card [AR9280] 168c:002a ath9k 86 works out of the box 2.4 and 5Ghz
Compex
WLE350NX [7A0000] (miniPCIe, AR9580) 168c:0033 ath9k 72+ 3 Antenna (MIMO). Tested as 802.11gn Access Point using Mini-PCI to PCIe adaptor. Note: currently does not work with 5GHz! HT Caps (MCS) used: [HT40-][TX-STBC][RX-STBC1][SHORT-GI-20][SHORT-GI-40][DSSS_CCK-40][HT-20][OFDM][BPSK][QPSK][16-QAM][64-QAM][DSSS][DBPSK][DQPSK][CCK][LDPC][U-APSD]
WLM200NX miniPci 802.11a/g/n AR922X rev 01 168c:0029 ath9k 87 Works out of the box with 2.4 GHz & 5 GHz
WLE600VX 168c:003c ath10k See here 95 It works out of the box for 802.11n, both 2.4 and 5 GHz. For 802.11ac it needs vht_capab set in hostapd.conf (see linked thread). Use this for HT caps: [HT40+][LDPC][SHORT-GI-20][SHORT-GI-40][TX-STBC][RX-STBC1][DSSS_CCK-40][SMPS-STATIC]. You might need to use also [HT40-] in place of [HT40+]
Intel Corporation
PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] (rev 02) 8086:4222 iwl3945 66 No AP support
Centrino Advanced-N 6205 (rev 34) 8086:0085 iwlwifi 66 only Channel 1-11 usable in AP Mode because card is set to “World 00” in EEPROM.
Centrino Advanced-N 6205 [Taylor Peak] (rev 34) 8086:0082 iwlwifi 81 Channel 1-13 (2,4Ghz), Channel 36-48 (5GHz), Caps string used : [HT40-][SHORT-GI-20][SHORT-GI-40][DSSS_CCK-40][SMPS-STATIC][GF]
Centrino Advanced-N 6235 (rev n/a) n/a iwlwifi 75 only Channel 1-11 (2,4Ghz) usable in AP Mode because card is set to “World 00” in EEPROM.
Centrino Advanced-N + WiMAX 6250 (rev 5f) 8086:0087 iwlwifi 76 Channel 1-13 (2,4Ghz), Channel 36-48 (5GHz) hostapd HT Caps string used : [DSSS_CCK-40][HT40-][SHORT-GI-20][SHORT-GI-40][SMPS-STATIC][GF]
Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260 (rev 73) 8086:08b1 iwlwifi 76 only Channel 1-11 (2,4Ghz) usable in AP Mode because card is set to “World 00” in EEPROM. Config: DE, 802.11gn, channel 6, wpa2, [HT40+][SHORT-GI-20][SHORT-GI-40][DSSS_CCK-40][RX-STBC1][TX-STBC][RXLDPC][U-APSD]
Intersil Corporation
ISL3886 [Prism Javelin/Prism Xbow] (rev 01) 1260:3886 p54pci 66,67 needs extra firmware
Longshine
LCS-8031G3 802.11g (rev20) [RTL-8185] 10ec:8185 rtl818x_pci 88 PCI-Card, still no AP-Mode
RaLink
RT2500 802.11g Cardbus/mini-PCI (rev 01) 1814:0201 rt2500pci 100
RT2790 Wireless 802.11bgn 1T/2R PCIe 1814:0781 rt2800pci 67
RT3090 Wireless 802.11bgn 1T/1R PCIe 1814:3090 rt2800pci 66
Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n Wifi Adapter (rev 01) 10ec:8176 rtl8192ce 66
RTL8723BE 802.11b/g/n Wifi Adapter 10ec:b723 rtl8723be 100
TP-Link
TP-Link TL-WN350G 802.11 bg (rev01) 168c:001d ath5k 88 PCI-Card, works out of the box
TP-Link TL-WN781ND (rev 1) ath9k 72 PCI-E, low profile. Tested as Access Point only.
TP-Link TL-WN781ND (rev 2) 168c:0032 ath9k 66,67 PCI-E, low profile
TP-Link TL-WN751ND (rev 2) ath9k 67 PCI
TP-Link TL-WN851ND (rev 01) 168c:002d ath9k 68 300 Mbps Wireless N PCI Adapter
TP-Link TL-WN881ND (rev 01) 168c:002e ath9k 75-101 300 Mbps Wireless N PCI-E Adapter, in lspci identified as Atheros AR9287. Used as Access Point. hostapd HT Caps string used : [HT20][HT40+][HT40-][SHORT-GI-40][TX-STBC][RX-STBC1][DSSS_CCK-40]
TP-Link TL-WDN4800 (rev 01) 168c:0030 ath9k 74 450 Mbps Wireless N DualBand PCI-E Adapter - used with [HT40-][SHORT-GI-20][SHORT-GI-40][DSSS_CCK-40][RX-STBC1][TX-STBC][RXLDPC][LDPC]
AzureWave
BCM4352 Wireless 802.11abgn+ac Adapter (mini PCI express) (rev 01) 14e4:43b1 n/a 75 Model AW-CE123H unsupported, no drivers

USB WLAN-Adapter

LAN-Card name ID Loaded Modules/Drivers tested with Core Notes
AVM GmbH
AVM Fritz! WLAN USB 057c:62ff - - no open source driver available
AVM GmbH - Fritz!WLAN N v2 150Mbits/s [Atheros AR9271] 057c:8403 ath9k_htc 74 EAN: 4023125024962
AVM GmbH - Fritz!WLAN N v2 300Mbits/s [Ralink RT55XX] 057c:8501 - - no working driver available EAN:4023125025716
Buffalo Inc.
WLI-U2-SG54HG 802.11bg High-Gain Wireless 0411:00f4 rt73usb 66
D-Link Corp.
D-Link go DWA-123 150mbit Wireless 2001:3c17 rt2800usb 66
D-Link DWA-125 N150 rev.A2 802.11bgn 07d1:3c16 rt2800usb 87 works out of the box, also with armv5
D-Link System AirPlus G DWL-G122 Wireless Adapter(rev.E1) 07d1:3c0f rt2800usb 66,78
Edimax
EW-7711UTn nLite Wireless Adapter [Ralink RT2870] 7392:7711 rt2800usb 66
EW-7811Un 802.11bgn [RTL8188CUS] 7392:7811 rtl8192cu 88 works out of the box
FiberLine
FiberLine WL-410U / FiberLine WLAN-G-US1 0ace:1211 zd1211rw 66
Logilink
WL0049 WLAN-N USB-Stick 148f:3070 rt2800usb 66
WL0150 WLAN-N USB-Stick 148f:5372 rt2800usb 95 works out of the box
Hawking Technologies
HWUN3 Hi-Gain Wireless-N USB Adapter 0e66:0013 rt2800usb 72 Works as Wireless Client and with HostAPD
NetGear Inc.
MA101 802.11b USB-Adapter 0864:4102 92 no driver available
Planex
GW-US54mini2 802.11bg Conrad 54MBit-Stick 2019:ab50 rt73usb 88 Due to DMA Problems no reliable AP-Modus
Ralink Technology, Corp.
RT2501/RT2573 Wireless Adapter 148f:2573 rt73usb 66
RT2870/RT3070 Wireless Adapter 148f:3070 rt2800usb 66
RT5370 802.11b/g/n Wireless Adapter 148f:5370 rt2800usb 72
Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
RTL8187 Wireless Adapter 0bda:8187 rtl8187 66,71 No AP Support
Sitecom Europe B.V.
WL-329 Wireless Dualband USB adapter 300N X2 0df6:0041 rt2800usb 66 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz “N” works
WL-345 Wireless USB adapter 300N X3 0df6:0042 rt2800usb 66
TP-Link
TL-WN321G 54M Wireless LAN USB Adapter, 802.11g/b 148f:2573 rt73usb 66
TL-WN721/TL-WN722 150mbit 802.11gn 0cf3:9271 ath9k-htc 66,67 works with core67 but is still experimental
TL-WN821N v3 300mbit 802.11n 0cf3:7015 ath9k-htc 66 unstable, driver hang after some GB Transfer
TL-WN822N v1 300mbit 802.11b/g/n [AR9170] 0cf3:1002 carl9170 88 works out of the box, seems to disable powersaving on some cpu
TL-WN822N v3 300mbit 802.11b/g/n 0bda:8178 rtl8192cu 78 does not work, periodic connection-restarts
TL-WN727N v1 150mbit 802.11b/g/n 148f:3070 rt2800usb 67 based on RT2870/RT3070 Wireless Adapter
TL-WDN3200 N600 802.11a/b/g/n 148f:5572 rt2800usb 88 works out of the box, 2.4 Ghz OK,5Ghz Ch 36-48
Z-COM
Z-Com XG-300 802.11bg Adapter 0cde:0006 p54usb 66 need extra firmware
ZyDAS
ZyDAS ZD1211 802.11g 0ace:1211 zd1211rw 66

DSL Modems (none Ethernet)

Name of the Modem ID Loaded Modules/Drivers tested with Core Notes
Connexant
Connexant Access Runner USB 0572:cb06 cxacru 66 Conexant AccessRunner Seite 67
Netcomm
NB1300 via USB I/F unknown unknown 66 frequent drop-outs on some DSLAM, 80 mA max from USB
TPLink
TPLink TD-8817 via USB I/F 12a7:3160 cdc_ether 75,85 works flawlessly, but limited to 12 Mb/s, 100 mA max from USB

3G/4G (UMTS/LTE) Modems

Name of the Modem ID Loaded Modules/Drivers Device tested with Core Notes
Huawei
E1762 HSPA 7,2mbit USB Stick (Bildmobil Speedstick) 12d1:1446(cd) 12d1:140c option ttyUSBx 66
E173 Model E173u-2 HSPA 7,2mbit USB Stick 12d1:1436 cdc_ether first since 60 up to 66 Same Model as German Lidle Surf Stick too
Huawei ME909u-521 (mPCIe) 12d1:???? ttyUSB0 IPFire 2.15 Core 77 Used USB interface (ttyUSBx), may also work with cdc_ether
Huawei 3276 Telekom Speedstick LTE III 12d1:14fe huawei_cdc_ncm ttyUSB0, ttyUSB1 88 12d1:1506 after switching
Huawei E5377 Wi-fi/USB 3G/LTE Modem Telefonica Movistar Venezuela12d1:14dc 98Switched with command usb_modeswitch
ZTE
ZTE-MF823 19d2:1403 cdc_ether red0 86,87 works out of the box, also with armv5
ZTE-MF668 not found 99 not found by IPFire or Leap42.1
HOT UMTS-Stick - ttUSBx 102 Note 1)

FIXME Add table about network devices which don't show up in lspci/lsusb. This is usually the case for ARM boards.

1)
http://www.linuxmintusers.de/index.php?topic=24461.0
hardware/networking.txt · Last modified: 2018/09/18 22:29 by Jon

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