PAU09 N600 Dual Band (2.4GHz and 5GHz) Wireless N USB Adapter W/Dual 5dBi Antennas - Windows 7/8/10/11, Zorin, Mint, Ubuntu, openSUSE, Fedora, Centos, Kali and Raspbian

For Linux users. I bought this adapter instead of a standard adapter because we have a very large old house with 12" walls, and I have trouble with wireless range on most usb adapters. I have been pleasantly surprised by the performance of the adapter, but I have actually been amazed with the performance of the Panda support team. I have been in touch with them several times because I initially had trouble with my 5GHz band performance. They reply at once, and the information they request is cogent and the solutions that they offer are sensible and they work.The adapter is plug and play for Linux. You do need to install the proper firmware for your distribution, but that is true of any adapter that you purchase. The installation disk only has Fedora files, so you will have to find the firmware necessary for your distribution. For Debian Jessie, for instance, it is firmware-ralink, and for Debian Stretch it is firmware-misc-nonfree. In any event, after you install the proper firmware, the adapter is plug and play. It is also worth mentioning here that if you run PCLinuxOS, the firmware will already be in place and the adapter is truly plug and play. Just configure your internet connection and away you go.Performance. Ironically, the reason that I initially contacted Panda support is because I was having trouble with stability on the 5GHz channel. I had no such problems with the adapters that I was using, so I was confused that this one would be less effective. It turns out that the extended range of the adapter also meant that interference from a neighbor's connection caused the occasional signal drop. Alex from Panda's support team picked up the problem immediately, and I have had no trouble since.I can absolutely recommend this adapter for Linux installations.RLF

Build is of high quality, I have been using this product for quite some time already and absolutely not issues.Device works well in Linux and Windows a like. Card is capable of entering promiscuous mode which is great for wifi mapping and seeing conflicting signals.

It was an ordeal trying to get it installed! It works fine now, but there are so many details about this for Linux that could be really good to know.* It took some force to make the USB plug go into the hole!* There's a green LED on the antenna that lights up if the wifi connection is made, and flashes when it's transmitting or receiving* In Linux apparently it's an ongoing struggle to work with the manufacturers of the chipsets to make the wireless antenna compatible with Linux. Open source software is sometimes available. Software from the manufacturer is sometimes more or less compatible and workable. And this particular gadget works with Ubuntu and Dell in 2025. I'm not recalling the details of the chipset. Amazon might not be the best place to get this from.* I had to install two or three packages and start a service to get it to run in Ubuntu.* Support team supported me very well, emailing back and forth.Overall this solved the problem of having an older, smaller panda antenna that was dropping out whenever the zoom call started to get exciting.

I have tried to install this 5 times on my Windows 8.1 and I get nothing. All I get after installing it is IEEE802.11 WLAN Not exist. I click on Launch Config Utility (after right clicking on their icon), and once again I get absolutely nothing.Since I know it's not a Plug and Play on Windows 8.1, I don't plug it into the computer until the drivers and utilities are fully installed (of course after nothing has happened once they're installed). I only bought this thing because I can't get 5G from my Netgear Nighthawk AC1750 Smart Dual Band Wi-Fi Router because of my Windows 8.1 and someone suggested this.Edit:I just found out my Kaspersky Antivirus is apparently the problem. Unfortunately one of the best antiviruses in the world trumps a $23 adapter. I went without the 5G for this long, it's not going to kill me to be without it. I'm sure this adapter works fine, but beware if you have Kaspersky. I'm too uneasy about completely uninstalling my antivirus just to see if this adapter does work. Even if it does work, does it stop working once I re-install Kaspersky? I'm not about to find out, thank you very much.I'm changing from 1 star to 4 stars based on Panda's help in this matter.