FreeBSD
| Driver | Chipset | Integration | Non-free firmware required | License | Original/Primary developer | Development |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| acx | Texas Instruments ACX100/ACX111 | Separate project | Yes | BSD | Reverse engineering | |
| an | Aironet 4500/4800, Cisco Aironet 340/350, Xircom Wireless Ethernet | Integrated | BSD | Bill Paul (FreeBSD) | ||
| arl | Aironet Arlan 655 | Integrated / Removed in 8.0 | BSD | |||
| ath | Atheros AR5210/ AR5211/ AR5212/ AR5416 /AR9130 /AR9160 /AR9280 /AR9285 /AR9287 (and derivatives) | Integrated | BSD | Originally by Atheros via Sam Leffler (FreeBSD); supported by the community | Documentation based | |
| awi | AMD PCnetMobile | Integrated / Removed in 8.0 | BSD | Bill Sommerfeld (NetBSD) and Atsushi Onoe (NetBSD) | ||
| bwi | Broadcom BCM43xx/4318 | Integrated since 8.0 | Yes | BSD | Sepherosa Ziehau (DragonFly BSD), Andrew Thompson (FreeBSD), Sam Leffler (FreeBSD) | Ported from DragonFly BSD |
| cnw | Netwave AirSurfer | Integrated / Removed in 8.0 | BSD | Imported from NetBSD | ||
| ipw | Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 | Integrated | Yes | BSD | Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD/ FreeBSD) | Reverse engineering |
| iwi | Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG/ 2225BG/ 2915ABG | Integrated | Yes | BSD | Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD/ FreeBSD) | Reverse engineering |
| iwn | Intel PRO/Wireless 4965 ABGN/ 5100/ 5300/ 5350/ 1000/ 6000/ 6250/ 6205a | Integrated since 8.0 / Available for 7.1 and above as separate patch | Yes | BSD | Damien Bergamini, Benjamin Close, Sam Leffler (OpenBSD/ FreeBSD) | Reverse engineering |
| malo | Marvell 88W8335 | Integrated | Yes | BSD | Weongyo Jeong (FreeBSD), Sam Leffler (FreeBSD) | |
| mwl | Marvell 88W8363 | Integrated since 8.0 | Yes | BSD | Sam Leffler (FreeBSD) | ? |
| ral | Ralink Technology RT2500/ RT2501/ RT2600 | Integrated | BSD | Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD/ FreeBSD) | Based on partial documentation | |
| ray | Raytheon Raylink/Webgear Aviator | Integrated / Removed in 8.0 | BSD | Imported from NetBSD | ||
| rum | Ralink RT2501USB/ RT2601USB | Integrated | No | BSD | Niall O'Higgins and Damien Bergamini | Based on partial documentation |
| run | Ralink RT2700U/ RT2800U/ RT3000U | Integrated since 8.1 | No | BSD | Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD), Imported from OpenBSD by Akinori Furukoshi | Based on partial documentation |
| uath | Atheros AR5005UG/ AR5005UX | Integrated since 8.0 | Yes | BSD | Weongyo Jeong (FreeBSD), Sam Leffler (FreeBSD) | ? |
| upgt | GW3887 (Conexant/Intersil PrismGT series) | Integrated since 8.0 | Yes | BSD | Imported from OpenBSD | Reverse engineering |
| ural | Ralink Technology RT2500USB | Integrated | BSD | Damien Bergamini (OpenBSD/ FreeBSD) | Based on partial documentation | |
| urtw | Realtek RTL8187L/ RTL8187B | Integrated since 8.0 | BSD | Weongyo Jeong (FreeBSD) | ? | |
| wi | Lucent Hermes (WaveLAN/ ORiNOCO); Intersil PRISM-2, PRISM-2.5, PRISM-3; Symbol Spectrum24 802.11B (Symbol support removed in 8.0) | Integrated | BSD | Bill Paul (FreeBSD) | Documentation based | |
| wpi | Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG | Integrated | Yes | BSD | Damien Bergamini, Benjamin Close | Reverse engineering |
| zyd | ZyDAS ZD1211/ZD1211B | Integrated | No | BSD | Florian Stoehr, Damien Bergamini and Jonathan Gray (OpenBSD) | Documentation based |
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