Supported Hardware/Wireless Network cards

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Supported Hardware

Overview

Attention

Please update this page with the status of each wireless NIC that is tested. Try to test a Windows XP driver and if that fails try a Windows 2000 driver (but be sure to mention the failure of the XP driver in your comments). AS YOU CAN SEE, THE LIST IS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER. PLEASE KEEP IT THIS WAY.

You have just to use the wlanconf tool to configure the WLAN adapter, but before you will need to install the XP driver of the card.

ReactOS does not support WPA/WPA2 wireless networks yet, only Open and WEP. Tracked in CORE-11924.

"wlanconf -c <SSID>" connects to an infrastructure network. Adding the "-a" option connects to (or creates) an ad-hoc network. Adding "-w <WEP>" will enable WEP encryption using the supplied key. "wlanconf -s" will scan and display a list of the surrounding networks and various attributes like signal strength, SSID, BSSID, network mode, and supported rates "wlanconf" will display the current WLAN configuration details if the adapter is connected.

The DHCP service will detect network changes and refresh its state accordingly when associating with a new wireless network https://www.reactos.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=10394

Tested NICs

Possible statuses
Status Description
Works Works without any major problems
Not tested No test has been performed
Failed Fails to work or crashes ReactOS
Run w/o result Run without fundamental functionality
Current state
NIC Chipset Status Revision Comments Tester Driver Target OS & Download URL
MSI Wireless Lan 6894 / Realtek RTL8187SE Realtek RTL8187SE (MS-6894) Works b217d8b 0.4.15-dev-1051 Works ok installed manually, WEP and no pass works stable. Also, parameters could be set in the driver panel. julenuri Windows XP Driver 5.9095.032
ALFA AWUS036H Realtek RTL8187L Works 2d1a6b2 0.4.14-dev-22 Everything works. See last comment in CORE-6331 binarymaster Windows XP Driver 5.117.05.0825 (Netrtuw.inf + RTL8187.sys)
Realtek RTL8191SE Realtek RTL8191SE Works 5ee1dc6 0.4.15-dev-6997 Installer says operating system is unsupported, but will helpfully extract the files needed to add the device via device manager. No password works, unfortunately I don't have any devices that support WEP anymore so WEP is untested. 8787PCsandVMS Windows XP Driver 1093.2.1217.2010 (RTL8192se.sys)
Intel PRO/Wireless Drivers Intel 3945 Failed 0.4.12 Installer broken. Can extract files from it, but hangs system when installing driver from device manager Chewie Windows XP Driver v11.5.0
Intel® Wireless Wi-Fi Link 4965AGN Intel 4965AGN Failed cefc378 0.4.14-dev-842 Installer broken. Can extract files from it, but hangs system when installing driver from device manager, see bug CORE-12703 jadet Windows XP Driver
Intel® Wireless Wi-Fi Link 4965AGN Intel 4965AGN Works 4d0d22a copying the driver files to there locations in ReactOS before second stage allows them to work and avoid a fault in device manager Zombiedeth Windows XP Driver
Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N 1030 Intel 1030N Failed cefc378 0.4.14-dev-842 Installer broken. Can extract files from it, but hangs system when installing driver from device manager, see bug CORE-12703 jadet Windows XP Driver
Intel® Centrino® Advanced-N 6200AGN Intel 6200AGN Failed cefc378 0.4.14-dev-842 Hangs system when installing driver from device manager, see bug CORE-12703 jadet Windows XP Driver
TP-LINK TL-WN725N Realtek RTL8188EU Works 977c129 0.4.15-dev-3875 With an outdated driver for other similar device, the driver works. However, the original driver is not working CORE-18064 julenuri Working one: [1] Failing one: [2]
Dell Wireless 1515 WLAN MiniCard Atheros AR9280 Failed cefc378 0.4.14-dev-842 Hangs during boot. Installer doesn't run - extract .INF from Dell driver, patch into xp3264-10.0.0.274-whql.zip and install. Vanilla Qualcomm driver causes BSOD 0x0000001E in ntoskrnl instead of hang. jadet Extract .inf from DELL's driver, patch into Qualcomm's driver to recognise the hardware.
Archival
NIC Chipset Status Revision Comments Tester Driver Target OS & Download URL
Broadcom 802.11b/g WLAN (VEN_14E4&DEV_4318) Broadcom BCM94318 (Also known as BCM4318) Works r75314 0.5-SVN Works excellent! Scans available networks and connects to open ones. Didn't test WEP. Driver version is 3.130.16.0. gunt3er
Atheros AR5007EG Wireless Network Adapter Atheros AR5007EG Wireless Network Adapter Works r74533 0.4.5 Gives BSOD on reboot unless I select Reactos (Screen) from the boot menu. Petkih Windows XP driver ver 5.3.0.45 supplied with the computer
Linksys WMP54G v4.1 PCI Ralink RT2560/RT2525 Not tested r70774 Installs fine with XP drivers once you sanitize the manufacturer/vendor in the INF, however couldn't test further without a mouse. morbip Windows XP driver
Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN MiniCard Broadcom BCM94311 (Also known as BCM4311) Works r66606 Dell Latitude D531, ReactOS Official laptop, network since r66512, wlan since r66514 Christoph_vW Driver from manufacturer's website
NB (3890) Intersil ISL3890 Failed r66514 See bug CORE-9363 Menuhin Windows XP Driver
Realtek RTL8188CU Failed r64656 The driver installs, but when I reboot, Device Manager says it's installed but when opening up the device properties page there is no driver installed. Pi_User5 Windows XP
Generic Bluetooth Radio Cambridge Silicon Radio Failed r61930 BSOD upon logging in. Can't even install a driver. I packaged up the Windows XP driver generic bluetooth driver in case any one wants to try. Pi_User5 Windows XP Driver
3COM Parallel Tasking 40-0282 ??? r5XXXX Add the DriverVer line to the INF and it works fine. SomeGuy Windows 2000
3COM Parallel tasking II Performance 40-0336-004 ??? r4XXXX See bug 2 below, you need to use expand.exe on EL90XND5.SY_ and copy it to %windir%\system32\drivers. gabriel_it Multisection INF (Windows 2000/Windows XP)


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