Panda WirelessPAU09 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

Dear Future Buyers : If you are doing anything related to cyber security with the use of Kali Linux or a Linux OS in general, this is the right adapter for you. It has Monitor Mode ( Promiscuous Mode ) an much more, also when I use a public Wi-Fi not only do I get a much clearer connection, but I can also run certain cyber defenses an firewall apps that I can not run threw the wifi adapter built into my laptop. Also I believe this is made in America buy a smaller company an the quality speaks for itself. For those of you just getting into cyber security, you can install Kali Linux live on a USB drive instead of your actual device, works like a charm. BUY THE PAU09 NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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.

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.

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.

Excellent range, and the fact that it worked with my Linux (Mint) box without extra drivers -- awesome.It also works with my Linux OpenSUSE Tumbleweed. Honestly, it probably works with all Linuxii and all Mac and Windows. It's just basically plug-and-play: Ideal.I must admit I get a glance here or there when at coffee shops (looks a little geeky), but once or twice I've heard comments as people nearby talk, and they've actually been complimentary. I think people are envious! I mean, who hasn't had wifi problems?Also, I love that it is dual-band: Sometimes my local coffee shop gets a bit of traffic congestion on the normal 2.4GHz (b/g/b) band when there are too many people in the shop.. But the 5GHz band is always open, and probably only myself and at max 2 or 3 others using it. Mua hahahah!!! ;-)This thing has also been a lifesaver, since the built-in wifi radio on my HP laptop (a RealTek Semiconductor RTL8723DE) does not (yet) have reliably Linux kernel driver support. I just pack this in my laptop bag. And, though not necessary, I do use the extension USB wire (instead of plugging directly into laptop), since it looks less geeky, and I can kind of slide it off to the side.Yes, I have seen that similar-looking models are available for maybe $10-15 less on Amazon. But I went with the little extra money because this manufacturer is obviously a cut above and takes extra care in a few ways: A) They actually make a box with their name on it B) They go out of their way to advertise that it works with Linux and without need for extra drivers (quite rare, as we know), C) the comments indicate they are reachable for tech support (not just a one-way production line that doesn't want to hear from you).Thank you, Panda.