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The driver provided support for a series of Intel wireless cards:
 
The driver provided support for a series of Intel wireless cards:
* [[ipw2100]] for the IPW2100 mini-PCI cards
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* [[ipw2100]] for the [[Intel PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B Mini PCI Adapter]]
* [[ipw2200]] for the IPW2200 and IPW2915 mini-PCI cards
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* [[ipw2200]] for the [[Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Mini-PCI Adapter]] and [[Intel PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Mini-PCI Adapter]]
* [[ipw3945]] for the IPW3945 mini-PCIe card
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* [[ipw3945]] for the [[Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Mini-PCI Express Adapter]]
* [[ipw4965]] for the IPW4965 mini-PCIe card
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* [[ipw4965]] for the [[Intel PRO/Wireless 4965AGN Mini-PCI Express Adapter]]
  
 
== See also ==
 
== See also ==

Revision as of 03:51, 1 March 2008

The Intel PRO/Wireless (IPW) cards are Intel's WiFi hardware for the Centrino platforms. The cards come in various formats (mini-PCI, mini-PCIe), and capabilities (802.11b, 802.11b/g, 802.11a/b/g, 802.11a/g/n...).

The cards have built-in RISC CPUs (used as MAC processors) and a firmware that does all of the stuff that the USA FCC regulations won't allow a vendor to distribute in a way the user could easily modify and run). This makes them Linux-friendly since it allows the vendor to publish GPL drivers without risking any issues with the FCC.

The driver provided support for a series of Intel wireless cards:

See also