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Intel Wireless WiFi Link drivers for Linux, or '''iwlwifi''', which provides official, Open support for wireless Intel adapters.  Initially, it only supported [[Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Mini-PCI Express Adapter]] and [[Intel PRO/Wireless 4965AGN Mini-PCI Express Adapter]]. The iwl3945 driver <!-- already works to some extend but it still in early stage --> was integrated into Linux-2.6.24 and works out of the box with a hardware firmware replacement. Full documentation and source is available on this newer driver.
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Intel Wireless WiFi Link drivers for Linux, or '''iwlwifi''', which provides official, Open support for wireless Intel adapters.  Initially, it only supported [[Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Mini-PCI Express Adapter]] and [[Intel PRO/Wireless 4965AGN Mini-PCI Express Adapter]].   The driver works out of the box '''with''' a hardware firmware replacement. Full documentation and source is available on this newer driver.
  
  
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== Availability ==
 
== Availability ==
* [[:Category:Ubuntu 8.04 | Ubuntu 8.04]] (Hardy Heron) base repository
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The iwl3945 driver <!-- already works to some extend but it still in early stage --> was integrated into Linux-2.6.24<!-- at least?  Maybe as early as 2.6.22 or 2.6.23.  Unable to find documentation to verify. -->.
  
 
== External links ==
 
== External links ==
 
* [http://intellinuxwireless.org/ Official website]
 
* [http://intellinuxwireless.org/ Official website]

Revision as of 05:38, 27 February 2008

Intel Wireless WiFi Link drivers for Linux, or iwlwifi, which provides official, Open support for wireless Intel adapters. Initially, it only supported Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Mini-PCI Express Adapter and Intel PRO/Wireless 4965AGN Mini-PCI Express Adapter. The driver works out of the box with a hardware firmware replacement. Full documentation and source is available on this newer driver.


Notes

The previous Intel Wifi driver was named "ipw".

Availability

The iwl3945 driver was integrated into Linux-2.6.24.

External links