Ubiquiti SRC
Driver : Madwifi-ng
Chipset : Atheros AR5212 a/b/g
FCC ID: SWX-SRC
http://www.ubnt.com/products/
NetGear WG511v2
Chipset : Marvell
lspci : Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88w8335 [Libertas] 802.11b/g Wireless (rev 03)
lspci -n : 11ab:1faa (rev 03)
FCC ID : PY3WG511V2H1
CANADA ID : 4054A-WG511V21
CE : 0470
Senao NL-2511CD PLUS EXT2
Driver : HostAP (wlan-ng drivers have been removed from BT2 final. See here to use HostAP driver)
Chipset : Prism 2.5
Firmware : 1.74 is suggested, check [here] for instructions.
FCC ID: NI3-2511CD-PLUS3
For Kismet, edit your Kismet.conf to "source=hostap,Wlan0,Prism2"
To raise the output of this card to 250mw Not verified
Caution! This might destroy your card if you do not know exactly what your doing!
The change in readmif seems stable only in Master mode.
ifconfig wlan0 up
iwpriv wlan0 alc 0
iwpriv wlan0 readmif 116 [-> actual powertx value]
iwpriv wlan0 writemif 62 49 [-> I've no idea at all why "49"]
iwpriv wlan0 readmif 116 [-> now showing something around 252]
With a Spectran HF-2025E spectrum RF analyzer from elektrosmog.de
Here are the results:
Force the card to give the maximum txpower.
iwpriv wlan0 alc0
iwpriv wlan0 writemif 62 128
Force the card to give the somewhat minimum txpower.
iwpriv wlan0 writemif 62 127
Zyxel ZyAIR G-100 PCMCIA Card (FCC ID:N89-WE601l)
Driver : prism54
Chipset : Conexant PrismGT FullMAC
NetGear WG111v2
Driver : rtl8187/prism54(?)
Chipset : Realtek RTL-8187L / Intersil-Conexant GW3887
FCC ID : PY305400026 / PY3WG111V2
Be careful not all wg111v2 sticks have the realtek chipset the v2 with the word netgear set into the stick. To verify the differences, type `lsusb' when you have the device connected. Apparently, older versions of this card is equipped with Conexant and the later versions are with Realtek. There has been no easy way of identifying the difference between the two apart from checking the FCC ID or via plugging it in.
USB ID: 0846:6a00 is Realtek RTL-8187L chipset
USB ID: 0846:4240 is Intersil/Conexant GW3887 chipset (source)
RTL8187L users : Drivers are available on the forum however the range on this card in my opinion is poor.
GW3887 users : There has been some drivers floating around but the results shows that the driver is having difficulty communicating with any other wireless devices. It is possible to monitor (unverified), but any transmission may not work and/or causes system to do a hard lock. Ndiswrapper may help for the time being until kernel version 2.6.24 comes out with the p54 driver. For the eager ones, wireless-2.6 git may work with such cards but this again is not verified.
Driver : Madwifi-ng
Chipset : Atheros AR5212 a/b/g
FCC ID: SWX-SRC
http://www.ubnt.com/products/
NetGear WG511v2
Chipset : Marvell
lspci : Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88w8335 [Libertas] 802.11b/g Wireless (rev 03)
lspci -n : 11ab:1faa (rev 03)
FCC ID : PY3WG511V2H1
CANADA ID : 4054A-WG511V21
CE : 0470
Senao NL-2511CD PLUS EXT2
Driver : HostAP (wlan-ng drivers have been removed from BT2 final. See here to use HostAP driver)
Chipset : Prism 2.5
Firmware : 1.74 is suggested, check [here] for instructions.
FCC ID: NI3-2511CD-PLUS3
For Kismet, edit your Kismet.conf to "source=hostap,Wlan0,Prism2"
To raise the output of this card to 250mw Not verified
Caution! This might destroy your card if you do not know exactly what your doing!
The change in readmif seems stable only in Master mode.
ifconfig wlan0 up
iwpriv wlan0 alc 0
iwpriv wlan0 readmif 116 [-> actual powertx value]
iwpriv wlan0 writemif 62 49 [-> I've no idea at all why "49"]
iwpriv wlan0 readmif 116 [-> now showing something around 252]
With a Spectran HF-2025E spectrum RF analyzer from elektrosmog.de
Here are the results:
Force the card to give the maximum txpower.
iwpriv wlan0 alc0
iwpriv wlan0 writemif 62 128
Force the card to give the somewhat minimum txpower.
iwpriv wlan0 writemif 62 127
Zyxel ZyAIR G-100 PCMCIA Card (FCC ID:N89-WE601l)
Driver : prism54
Chipset : Conexant PrismGT FullMAC
NetGear WG111v2
Driver : rtl8187/prism54(?)
Chipset : Realtek RTL-8187L / Intersil-Conexant GW3887
FCC ID : PY305400026 / PY3WG111V2
Be careful not all wg111v2 sticks have the realtek chipset the v2 with the word netgear set into the stick. To verify the differences, type `lsusb' when you have the device connected. Apparently, older versions of this card is equipped with Conexant and the later versions are with Realtek. There has been no easy way of identifying the difference between the two apart from checking the FCC ID or via plugging it in.
USB ID: 0846:6a00 is Realtek RTL-8187L chipset
USB ID: 0846:4240 is Intersil/Conexant GW3887 chipset (source)
RTL8187L users : Drivers are available on the forum however the range on this card in my opinion is poor.
GW3887 users : There has been some drivers floating around but the results shows that the driver is having difficulty communicating with any other wireless devices. It is possible to monitor (unverified), but any transmission may not work and/or causes system to do a hard lock. Ndiswrapper may help for the time being until kernel version 2.6.24 comes out with the p54 driver. For the eager ones, wireless-2.6 git may work with such cards but this again is not verified.