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Ubiquiti Inc. manufactures and sells wireless and wired networking products for enterprises and homes. Learn about its history, products, brands, software, and security issues.
OpenWrt is a project for embedded operating systems that run on various devices to route network traffic. It is configured using a command-line interface or a web interface, and has many optional software packages available via opkg.
This web page provides a comprehensive list of vendors who produce network hardware, such as routers, switches, access points, and network interface cards. It also includes the names of the router SoC, wireless, and Ethernet controller manufacturers.
This is changing with the adoption of utilities such as NetworkManager and wicd that allow users to automatically switch between networks, without root access or command-line invocation of the traditional wireless tools. But some distributions include a large number of preinstalled drivers, like Ubuntu. FreeBSD has Wi-Fi support similar to Linux.
SoftAP is a term for a device that can act as a wireless access point using software, without being a router. Learn about the history, purpose, and platform support of SoftAP, and see examples of commercial vendors and related technologies.
LWAPP is a protocol that can control multiple Wi-Fi wireless access points at once. It was proposed by Airespace and standardized by IETF, but it is not widely used beyond Cisco products.
Wireless network cards for computers require control software to make them function (firmware, device drivers). This is a list of the status of some open-source drivers for 802.11 wireless network cards. Location of the network device drivers in a simplified structure of the Linux kernel.
A wireless access point (AP) is a device that allows Wi-Fi devices to connect to a wired or wireless network. Learn about the wireless data standards, limitations, security and types of APs.