OpenBSD
(A full list of supported wireless devices may be obtained by searching OpenBSD's online manual pages, i.e. by typing apropos wireless in the console. For information on development methodologies, see Theo de Raadt's 2006 presentation on Open Documentation for Hardware.)
| Driver | Chipset | Integration | Non-free firmware required | License | Original/Primary developer | Development | Free software |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| acx | Texas Instruments ACX100/ACX111 | Integrated | Yes | BSD | Ported from DragonFlyBSD | Reverse engineering | Yes |
| an | Aironet 4500/4800, Cisco Aironet 340/350 | Integrated | BSD | Yes | |||
| ath | Atheros AR5210/ AR5211/ AR5212 | Integrated | No | BSD | Reverse engineering | Yes | |
| athn | Atheros AR5416/AR9160/AR928X | Integrated (since 4.7) | No | BSD | Damien Bergamini | Partly based on the ath9k driver for Linux | Yes |
| atu | Atmel AT76C503/ AT76C503A/ AT76C505/ AT76C505A | Integrated | Yes | BSD | Reverse engineering | Yes | |
| atw | ADMtek ADM8211 | Integrated | BSD | Documentation based | Yes | ||
| awi | BayStack 650 | Integrated | BSD | Yes | |||
| bwi | Broadcom BCM430x/4318 | Integrated | Yes | BSD | Sepherosa Ziehau | Ported from DragonFly BSD | Yes |
| cnw | NetWave AirSurfer | Integrated | BSD | Yes | |||
| ipw | Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 | Integrated | Yes | BSD | Damien Bergamini | Reverse engineering | Yes |
| iwi | Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG/ 2225BG/ 2915ABG | Integrated | Yes | BSD | Damien Bergamini | Reverse engineering | Yes |
| iwn | Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965/ 5000/ 1000/ 6000 | Integrated | Yes | BSD | Damien Bergamini | Reverse engineering | Yes |
| malo | Marvell 88W8335/ 88W8310 | Integrated | Yes | BSD | Marcus Glocker and Claudio Jeker | Reverse engineering | Yes |
| otus | Atheros AR9170 | Integrated (since 4.6) | Yes | BSD | Damien Bergamini | Based on source code released by Atheros for Linux under the ISC | Yes |
| pgt | Conexant/Intersil Prism GT Full-MAC ISL3877, ISL3880, and ISL3890 chips | Integrated | Yes | BSD | Ported from FreeBSD | Reverse engineering | Yes |
| ral/ural | Ralink RT2500, RT2501, RT2600, RT2700, and RT2800 (ral), RT2500USB (ural) | Integrated | No | BSD | Damien Bergamini | Based on partial documentation | Yes |
| ray | Raytheon Raylink/WebGear Aviator IEEE 802.11FH | Integrated | BSD | Yes | |||
| rsu | Realtek RTL8188SU/RTL8191SU/RTL8192SU | Integrated (since 4.9) | Yes | BSD | Damien Bergamini | Reverse engineering | Yes |
| rtw | Realtek RTL8180L | Integrated | BSD | Ported from NetBSD | Documentation based | Yes | |
| rum | Ralink RT2501USB/ RT2601USB | Integrated | No | BSD | Niall O'Higgins and Damien Bergamini | Based on partial documentation | Yes |
| run | Ralink RT2700U/ RT2800U/ RT3000U | Integrated | No | BSD | Damien Bergamini | Based on partial documentation | Yes |
| uath | Atheros AR5005UG/ AR5005UX | Integrated | Yes | BSD | Damien Bergamini | Reverse Engineering | Yes |
| upgt | GW3887 (Conexant/Intersil PrismGT series) | Integrated | Yes | BSD | Marcus Glocker | Reverse engineering | Yes |
| urtw | Realtek RTL8187L | Integrated | BSD | Weongyo Jeong (FreeBSD) | ? | Yes | |
| urtwn | Realtek RTL8188CU/RTL8192CU | Integrated (since 4.9) | Yes | BSD | Damien Bergamini | Reverse engineering | Yes |
| wi | Lucent Hermes (WaveLAN/ ORiNOCO); Intersil PRISM-2, PRISM-2.5, PRISM-3; Symbol Spectrum24 | Integrated | Yes for Spectrum24 and N/A for others | BSD | Bill Paul | Documentation based | Yes |
| wpi | Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG | Integrated | Yes | BSD | Damien Bergamini | Reverse engineering | Yes |
| zyd | ZyDAS ZD1211/ZD1211B | Integrated | Yes | BSD | Florian Stoehr, Damien Bergamini and Jonathan Gray | Documentation based | Yes |
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