# Driver Support

**URL:** https://community.ipfire.org/c/hardware/driver-support/29.md

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## [About the Driver Support category](https://community.ipfire.org/t/about-the-driver-support-category/6494)

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**Author:** [@ms](https://community.ipfire.org/u/ms)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [20 October 2021 16:36 UTC](https://community.ipfire.org/t/about-the-driver-support-category/6494 "2021-10-20T16:36:57Z")

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Get help with NICs, Wi-Fi cards, and other hardware drivers

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## [IPFire on Raspberry 5](https://community.ipfire.org/t/ipfire-on-raspberry-5/11150)

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**Author:** [@crazyfire2](https://community.ipfire.org/u/crazyfire2)\
**Replies:** 26\
**Last updated:** [18 October 2026 15:57 UTC](https://community.ipfire.org/t/ipfire-on-raspberry-5/11150 "2026-10-18T15:57:28Z")

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Hi guys, so I after testing IPFire in another system and getting it up and running, I saw the potential of running IPfire on a Raspberry Pi 5 for being small and compact (less space in my room). But… after flashing the l…

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## [Sophos XGS 136- No Interfaces](https://community.ipfire.org/t/sophos-xgs-136-no-interfaces/15960)

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**Author:** [@meganlmiller92](https://community.ipfire.org/u/meganlmiller92)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [31 August 2026 03:33 UTC](https://community.ipfire.org/t/sophos-xgs-136-no-interfaces/15960 "2026-08-31T03:33:40Z")

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I did some looking but found no threads that matched. IPFire is detecting my NIC on the Sophos XGS 136 Rev 2 I bought, but for some reason it won’t detect any interfaces when I go to setup the Green+Red network connectio…

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## [Issue with CU200](https://community.ipfire.org/t/issue-with-cu200/15556)

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**Author:** [@diver](https://community.ipfire.org/u/diver)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [9 March 2026 09:15 UTC](https://community.ipfire.org/t/issue-with-cu200/15556 "2026-03-09T09:15:24Z")

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Hi since I have installed CU200 I have some strange issues with my green interface. The eth driver is a Inter e1000e. The issue I have is, that after some minutes or hours the interface suddenly doesn’t respond anymore.…

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## [CPU Frequency Adjustment](https://community.ipfire.org/t/cpu-frequency-adjustment/14509)

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**Author:** [@vitalibertas](https://community.ipfire.org/u/vitalibertas)\
**Replies:** 49\
**Last updated:** [12 August 2025 08:29 UTC](https://community.ipfire.org/t/cpu-frequency-adjustment/14509 "2025-08-12T08:29:39Z")

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Anyone know why my CPU speeds would more than double with this release? The increase specifically aligns to when I upgraded from CU195 to CU196. Nothing else has changed. “model\_string”: “Intel(R) N100”

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## [USB WiFi adapter not working](https://community.ipfire.org/t/usb-wifi-adapter-not-working/14460)

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**Author:** [@samiram](https://community.ipfire.org/u/samiram)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [6 August 2025 06:00 UTC](https://community.ipfire.org/t/usb-wifi-adapter-not-working/14460 "2025-08-06T06:00:18Z")

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Hi All, Just wanted to check if anyone managed to get a “Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8188EUS 802.11n Wireless Network Adapter” to work. This is an usb passthrough device from proxmox to ipfire vm. Drivers seems to be…

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## [E1000e green0 - Detected Hardware Unit Hang](https://community.ipfire.org/t/e1000e-green0-detected-hardware-unit-hang/6324)

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**Author:** [@ipfireuser87](https://community.ipfire.org/u/ipfireuser87)\
**Replies:** 30\
**Last updated:** [12 November 2024 19:29 UTC](https://community.ipfire.org/t/e1000e-green0-detected-hardware-unit-hang/6324 "2024-11-12T19:29:35Z")

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after 1 month and 6 days uptime the error reappeared Even after the last update, the network card error is still there 17:19:27 kernel: e1000e 0000:00:19.0 green0: Detected Hardware Unit Hang: 17:19:27 kernel: TDH \<3…

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## [Compiling error due to patched kernel drivers](https://community.ipfire.org/t/compiling-error-due-to-patched-kernel-drivers/11790)

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**Author:** [@lexuspolaris](https://community.ipfire.org/u/lexuspolaris)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [9 July 2024 17:55 UTC](https://community.ipfire.org/t/compiling-error-due-to-patched-kernel-drivers/11790 "2024-07-09T17:55:24Z")

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Greetings, because I want to test IPFire (Mini Appliance) with more recent wifi-modules (also Qualcomm Atheros Chipsets), I need to patch the ath11k and ath12k driver within the linux-kernel. The patched versions of the…

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## [Hostapd TL-WN722N with custom driver?](https://community.ipfire.org/t/hostapd-tl-wn722n-with-custom-driver/10079)

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**Author:** [@jean46](https://community.ipfire.org/u/jean46)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [18 March 2024 09:56 UTC](https://community.ipfire.org/t/hostapd-tl-wn722n-with-custom-driver/10079 "2024-03-18T09:56:20Z")

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Hi, I just got a TP-link TL-WN722N v2/v3 (2357:010c). The driver is RLT8188EUS. The webGUI does not show this interface. I play arround with the hostapd config file to force using this NIC. When trying /etc/init.d/hosta…

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## [3Com 3c59x driver](https://community.ipfire.org/t/3com-3c59x-driver/6454)

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**Author:** [@kalb](https://community.ipfire.org/u/kalb)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [20 October 2021 15:57 UTC](https://community.ipfire.org/t/3com-3c59x-driver/6454 "2021-10-20T15:57:16Z")

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Hi guys, I’m running Ipfire on an old HP hardware. It worked fine for me, since a network card (3Com 3c900-COMBO) broke. I replaced it with a 3Com 3c905B 100BaseTX (that is reported here https://fireinfo.ipfire.org/drive…

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## [Driver BCM43602 wifi](https://community.ipfire.org/t/driver-bcm43602-wifi/6356)

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**Author:** [@ilichtaranenko](https://community.ipfire.org/u/ilichtaranenko)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [29 September 2021 15:30 UTC](https://community.ipfire.org/t/driver-bcm43602-wifi/6356 "2021-09-29T15:30:01Z")

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Hello, I would like to know if there is support for the BCM43602 driver of the Raspberry 4 model B wifi card. When installing the wlanap plugin everything seems correct but the wifi network is not created. Thanks

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## [Intel Corporation Wireless-AC 9560 \[Jefferson Peak\] \[8086:a370\]](https://community.ipfire.org/t/intel-corporation-wireless-ac-9560-jefferson-peak-8086-a370/2199)

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**Author:** [@dansky](https://community.ipfire.org/u/dansky)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [11 May 2020 09:07 UTC](https://community.ipfire.org/t/intel-corporation-wireless-ac-9560-jefferson-peak-8086-a370/2199 "2020-05-11T09:07:27Z")

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Hi Can somebody please point me in the right direction for hostapd settings for this card: lspci -nn -v -s 00:14.3 00:14.3 Network controller \[0280\]: Intel Corporation Wireless-AC 9560 \[Jefferson Peak\] \[8086:a370\] (re…

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## [Dell SAS 6 driver support](https://community.ipfire.org/t/dell-sas-6-driver-support/3104)

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**Author:** [@tstammler](https://community.ipfire.org/u/tstammler)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [31 August 2020 13:04 UTC](https://community.ipfire.org/t/dell-sas-6-driver-support/3104 "2020-08-31T13:04:17Z")

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Hey I’m wanting to install on a dell power edge 410. The storage controller is a SAS 6 but the installer is not detecting a hard drive. Anyone know if this storage controller is supported?

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## [Kernel soft lockup](https://community.ipfire.org/t/kernel-soft-lockup/1154)

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**Author:** [@manatec](https://community.ipfire.org/u/manatec)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [11 February 2020 14:38 UTC](https://community.ipfire.org/t/kernel-soft-lockup/1154 "2020-02-11T14:38:03Z")

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Hello IPFire community At first sorry for my bad English. We have a 2 years old all time good running IPFire systems and since the last version (139), we have a problem with this. So that she stop working after a while…
