Supported Hardware/Wireless Network cards

⇐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]
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.

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)

See Also

• PC ROS Rigs