Supported Hardware/Wireless Network cards
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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
Status | Description |
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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 |
NIC | Chipset | Status | Revision | Comments | Tester | Driver Target OS & Download URL |
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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] |
SparkLAN WPEA-111N | Atheros AR9280 | Works | e85ef79 | the exact pnp id needed to be added to the driver INF but worked fine after that. | Zombiedeth | Windows XP Driver |
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. |
NIC | Chipset | Status | Revision | Comments | Tester | Driver Target OS & Download URL |
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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) |