Wireless card compatibility list

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This is very much a work in progress. Unless noted, the "working or not" designations are "out of the box".

Probably the best thing is to go to WifiDocs/WirelessCardsSupported on Ubuntu's site.

Also, there's an excellent list of card/chipset/driver info at this site.


PCI Cards

CARD UBUNTU DEBIAN CHIPSET NOTE
Azio AWD154B Lucid yes works out of box. $16 from enu
Netgear 108 Mbps Wireless PCI WG311T Dapper yes atheros There are other cards in the WG311 series that use Texas Instrument chips and do not work.
D-Link AirPlus DWL-520+ Hardy yes
Needs
ACX 100
D-Link Air DWL-520 Hardy No Prism 2.5
Linksys WMP54G Hardy No See Linksys Wireless-G PCI Model WMP54G
D-Link WDA-1320 Hardy yes
SMC EZConnect Wireless SMC2602W Dapper yes this is a PCMCIA card in a PCI card holder

PCMCIA and CardBus Cards

CARD UBUNTU DEBIAN CHIPSET NOTES
Netgear Wireless PC Crad 32-bit Cardbus MA521 Dapper yes no Realtek RTL8180L
D-Link DWL-650 11 Mbps WLAN Card Dapper yes yes Intersil Prism there are other cards in the DWL-650 series with ADM8211 chips
http://seattlewireless.net/DlinkCardComments

USB sticks

Asus USB-N13 Wireless-N Adapter: advertises itself as having Linux Support on the box but see its wiki page.