Are you asking about 802.11(a/b/g/n/ac)? My router has a Linksys 802.11g card that I bought about seven or eight years ago and it still works really well. I'm using it with pfSense which is based on FreeBSD. I also have a couple of TrendNet 802.11g USB adapters that are decent, but won't operate as an access point. I use these with Windows 10 and Linux. I use my wireless adapters because it's easier than trying to run Cat5e cable everywhere.
If you are asking because you are thinking about buying some wireless adapters, it's really more important to take notice of the chipset manufacture than the card manufacturer. Atheros, Ralink, and Broadcom make good chips.
Since we are talking about wireless adapters, always use WPA2 CCMP/AES for encryption. NEVER use WEP or go without encryption. Also, consider setting up a VPN server and having all wireless clients connect over the VPN for improved security. OpenVPN and L2TP/IPsec are good choices. NEVER use point to point tunneling protocol (PPTP) because the data security it provides is horribly broken.
