Wireless USB dongle & MINI PCI support list [Dec 04, 2009]

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Created On: Jun 20 2008 03:37 AM

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USB DONGLE

Thecus supports the following tested 802.11 b/g USB wireless dongles in AP mode. And it has to be installed before NAS booting up, no PnP.

N0204 / N2200 / N3200 / N3200PRO / M3800 / N4100+ / N4100PRO / N5200 / N5200PRO / 1U4500 / N7700 series / N8800 series

[ZyDAS ZD1211]

  1. 3Com 3CRUSB10075 WL-545 (Manufacture ID: 6891, Device ID: A727)
  2. Zyxel ZyAIR G-220 (Manufacture ID: 0586, Device ID: 3401)
  3. PCI GW-US54mini (Manufacture ID: 14EA, Device ID: AB13)

[ZyDAS ZD1211B]

  1. Zyxel ZyAIR G-220 V2 (Manufacture ID: 0586, Device ID: 340F)

N199 / N299 / N1200 / N2100

[ZyDAS ZD1211]

  1. 3Com 3CRUSB10075 WL-545 (Manufacture ID: 6891, Device ID: A727)
  2. Zyxel ZyAIR G-220 (Manufacture ID: 0586, Device ID: 3401)
  3. PCI GW-US54mini (Manufacture ID: 14EA, Device ID: AB13)

[ZyDAS ZD1211B]

  1. Zyxel ZyAIR G-220 V2 (Manufacture ID: 0586, Device ID: 340F)
  2. TP-LINK TL-WN322G+ (Manufacture ID: 0ACE, Device ID:1215)


Above USB dongle base on ZD1211/ZD1211b, which means following link model should supported : http://www.linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/zd1211rw/devices , but Thecus would recommend choose the WEB camera form tested.


MINI PCI CARD

Thecus supports the following tested mini PCI wireless card only. And it has to be installed before NAS booting up, no PnP.

N1200 / N2100 / N4100

Supports Ralink RT2561 wireless mini PCI card. The following will work well on N1200 / N2100 / N4100.

  1. MSI MS-6833B
  2. CNet CWM-854
  3. Gemtek WMIR-174G
  4. Gigabyte GN-Wl01GS