Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 10 SP2 - DEPLOYMENT GUIDE 08-05-2008 Deployment Manual page 580

Table 29.1
Name
802.11
802.11b
802.11a
802.11g
Additionally, there are proprietary standards, like the 802.11b variation of Texas Instru-
ments with a maximum transmission rate of 22 Mbit/s (sometimes referred to as
802.11b+). However, the popularity of cards using this standard is limited.
29.1.1 Hardware
802.11 cards are not supported by SUSE Linux Enterprise®. Most cards using 802.11a,
802.11b, and 802.11g are supported. New cards usually comply with the 802.11g
standard, but cards using 802.11b are still available. Normally, cards with the following
chips are supported:
• Aironet 4500, 4800
• Atheros 5210, 5211, 5212
• Atmel at76c502, at76c503, at76c504, at76c506
• Intel PRO/Wireless 2100, 2200BG, 2915ABG, 3945ABG
• Intersil Prism2/2.5/3
• Intersil PrismGT
• Lucent/Agere Hermes
564 Deployment Guide
Overview of Various WLAN Standards
Band (GHz)
2.4
2.4
5
2.4
Maximum Trans-
mission Rate
(Mbit/s)
2
11
54
54
Note
Outdated; virtually no end
devices available
Widespread
Less common
Backward-compatible with
11b