Comm view Supported Adapters

802.11b/g/n and 802.11a/b/g/n Adapters

Adapter  802.11 Bands  Form Factor  Supported OS  Limitations or Comments  Sensitivity on a 1-5 scale  Atheros AR5008, AR5009, AR92xx 2.4 GHz or 2.4/5 GHz Integrated XP or higher Not rated * Atheros AR9380, AR9382, AR9390 2.4 GHz/5 GHz Integrated Windows 7 or higher Recommended Not rated * Atheros AR9485 2.4 GHz only Integrated Windows 7 or higher Not rated * Atheros AR9462 (aka WB222, AR5BMD222) 2.4 GHz/5 GHz Integrated Windows 7 or higher Recommended Not rated * Atheros AR958x 2.4 GHz/5 GHz Integrated Windows 7 or higher Recommended Not rated * Broadcom 802.11n 2.4 GHz or 2.4/5 GHz Integrated Vista or higher See tech. notes Not rated * Buffalo AC866 (WI-U2-866D) 2.4 GHz/5 GHz USB Windows 7 or higher See tech. notes 4 D-Link DWA-160 v.A1 and v.A2 2.4 GHz/5 GHz USB XP or higher 4 D-Link DWA-160 v.B2 2.4 GHz/5 GHz USB Windows 7 or higher Recommended 5 D-Link DWA-182 2.4 GHz/5 GHz USB Windows 7 or higher See tech. notes 4 D-Link DWA-542 2.4 GHz only PCI XP or higher 3 D-Link DWA-547 2.4 GHz only PCI XP or higher 3 D-Link DWA-552 2.4 GHz only PCI XP or higher 3 D-Link DWA-556 2.4 GHz only PCIe XP or higher 2 D-Link DWA-642 2.4 GHz only PC Card XP or higher 4 D-Link DWA-643 2.4 GHz only ExpressCard XP or higher 3 D-Link DWA-645 v.A1 2.4 GHz only PC Card XP or higher 4 D-Link DWA-652 2.4 GHz only PC Card XP or higher 4 Dell Wireless 1505, 1510, 1515, 1520, 1530 2.4 GHz/5 GHz Integrated Vista or higher See tech. notes 4 Dell Wireless 1702 2.4 GHz only Integrated XP or higher 4 Edimax EW-7733UnD 2.4 GHz/5 GHz USB Windows 7 or higher Recommended 4 Intel 1000 2.4 GHz only Integrated Vista or higher See tech. notes 4 Intel 4965 2.4 GHz/5 GHz Integrated Vista or Windows 7 See tech. notes 5 Intel 5100, 5150, 5300, 5350 2.4 GHz/5 GHz Integrated Vista or higher See tech. notes 5 Intel 6200, 6250, 6300, 6350 2.4 GHz/5 GHz Integrated Vista or higher See tech. notes 5 Linksys AE2500 2.4 GHz/5 GHz USB Vista or higher See tech. notes 5 Linksys AE3000 2.4 GHz/5 GHz USB Windows 7 or higher 4 Linksys WEC600N 2.4 GHz/5 GHz ExpressCard Vista or higher See tech. notes 4 Linksys WUSB600N 2.4 GHz/5 GHz USB Vista or higher See tech. notes 3 NEC AtermWL300NC 2.4 GHz/5 GHz PC Card XP or higher 5 NETGEAR A6200 2.4 GHz/5 GHz USB Windows 7 or higher See tech. notes 4 NETGEAR WN111 v2 2.4 GHz only USB XP or higher See tech. notes 5 NETGEAR WNDA3100 v1 2.4 GHz/5 GHz USB XP or higher 4 NETGEAR WNDA3100 v2 2.4 GHz/5 GHz USB Vista or higher See tech. notes 4 Proxim ORiNOCO 8494 2.4 GHz/5 GHz USB XP or higher Recommended 5 SMC Networks SMCWUSB-N2 2.4 GHz only USB XP or higher Recommended 5 Sony UWA-BR100 2.4 GHz/5 GHz USB Windows 7 or higher See tech. notes 4 TP-Link TL-WDN3200 2.4 GHz/5 GHz USB Windows 7 or higher Recommended 5 TP-Link TL-WN721N and WN722N 2.4 GHz only USB Windows 7 or higher See tech. notes 4 TP-Link TL-WN811N 2.4 GHz only PC Card XP or higher 4 TP-Link TL-WN821N v1 and v2 2.4 GHz only USB XP or higher 5 TP-Link TL-WN821N v3 2.4 GHz only USB Windows 7 or higher See tech. notes 4 TP-Link TL-WN822N v1 2.4 GHz only USB XP or higher 5 TP-Link TL-WN822N v2 2.4 GHz only USB Windows 7 or higher See tech. notes 4 TP-Link TL-WN910N 2.4 GHz only PC Card XP or higher 4 Ubiquiti SR71C 2.4 GHz/5 GHz PC Card XP or higher Recommended 5 Ubiquiti SR71X 2.4 GHz/5 GHz ExpressCard XP or higher Recommended 5 Ubiquiti SR71-USB 2.4 GHz/5 GHz USB XP or higher Recommended 5 CACE AirPcap Nx USB 2.4 GHz/5 GHz USB XP or higher See tech. notes 4

802.11b/g and 802.11a/b/g Adapters

Adapter  802.11 Bands  Form Factor  Supported OS  Limitations or Comments  Sensitivity on a 1-5 scale  Atheros AR5001-AR5007 2.4 GHz or 2.4/5 GHz Integrated XP or higher Not rated * Broadcom 802.11 b/g or a/b/g 2.4 GHz or 2.4/5 GHz Integrated Vista or higher See tech. notes Not rated * Cisco Aironet 802.11a/b/g 2.4 GHz/5 GHz PC Card XP or higher 5 D-Link WNA-2330 2.4 GHz only PC Card XP or higher 5 D-Link DWL-G680 2.4 GHz only PC Card XP or higher 5 D-Link DWL-AG660 2.4 GHz/5 GHz PC Card XP or higher Recommended 5 D-Link DWL-AG530 2.4 GHz/5 GHz PCI XP or higher 4 D-Link DWL-AG650 2.4 GHz/5 GHz PC Card XP or higher 4 D-Link DWL-AG520 2.4 GHz/5 GHz PCI XP or higher 4 D-Link DWL-G630 2.4 GHz only PC Card XP or higher H/W Rev. C or Rev. D only 4 D-Link DWL-G520 2.4 GHz only PCI XP or higher 3 D-Link DWL-G650 2.4 GHz only PC Card XP or higher See tech. notes 4 D-Link DWA-120 2.4 GHz only USB Vista or higher See tech. notes 3 Dell Wireless 1390 2.4 GHz only Integrated Vista or higher See tech. notes 4 Dell Wireless 1395 2.4 GHz only Integrated Vista or higher See tech. notes 4 Dell Wireless 1397 2.4 GHz only Integrated Vista or higher See tech. notes 4 Intel 3945ABG 2.4 GHz/5 GHz Integrated Vista or higher See tech. notes 5 Linksys WPC55AG 2.4 GHz/5 GHz PC Card XP or higher 4 NETGEAR WAG511 2.4 GHz/5 GHz PC Card XP or higher 4 NETGEAR WG511T 2.4 GHz only PC Card XP or higher 4 NETGEAR WG511U 54AG+ 2.4 GHz/5 GHz PC Card XP or higher 5 NETGEAR WG511U 2.4 GHz/5 GHz PC Card XP or higher Recommended 5 NETGEAR WPN311 2.4 GHz only PCI XP or higher 3 NETGEAR WPN511 2.4 GHz only PC Card XP or higher 5 Proxim ORiNOCO 8480 2.4 GHz/5 GHz PC Card XP or higher 4 Proxim ORiNOCO 8481 2.4 GHz/5 GHz PC Card XP or higher 4 Proxim ORiNOCO 8482 2.4 GHz/5 GHz PCI XP or higher 3 Proxim ORiNOCO 8470 2.4 GHz only PC Card XP or higher 4 Proxim ORiNOCO 8471 2.4 GHz only PC Card XP or higher 4 SMC 2336W-AG v2 2.4 GHz/5 GHz PC Card XP or higher 3 TRENDnet TEW-501PC 2.4 GHz/5 GHz PC Card XP or higher 4 Ubiquiti SRC 2.4 GHz/5 GHz PC Card XP or higher Recommended 5 CACE AirPcap Ex 2.4 GHz/5 GHz USB XP or higher See tech. notes 5

^* There are a number of different adapters with the same name; sensitivity varies and cannot be estimated.