Panda Wireless PAU0E AC1200 Wireless AC USB Adapter - w/High Gain Antenna - Win 7/8/10/11, Zorin, Mint, Ubuntu, MX Linux, Manjaro, Fedora, Kali Linux, openSUSE, Rocky and Raspbian

The only place I can connect my router in my house is in the furthest spot in the living room away from all the bedrooms. Since I haven't braved crawling through the attic to attach wired options throughout the house just yet I decided to get this little adapter since it was cheap and I figured if I ever got unlazy it wouldn't be a big waste of money. I am entirely glad I got this over one of the other more expensive products. This works phenomenally. I am in the back room of the house (furthest possible spot away from the router) and I still get a full 5 bars whether my door is open, closed, people are home, etc. My connection never gets interrupted and it runs strong. My download speed has increased an INSANE amount over the adapter this one was replacing which just couldn't manage to hold a stable connection over three bars. I was super happy with this product and will probably be buying a few more for the other PCs in the house until we get something more permanent set up. Hell, I may decide just to keep it wireless since I haven't experienced any of the issues that I normally have with wireless adapters. GREAT GREAT GREAT buy. Just remember that when installing you only install the driver on Windows 7 otherwise it acts a little wonky. Other than that its practically plug and play. I just stuck it in and ran through the driver install with the disc they provided, only using the drivers, and it was working within a minute or two and going strong ever since.

****Functions FLAWLESSLY on Ubuntu, Pi, Kali, in monitor, inject, flood, and hotspot sharing. It literally does it all and it's plug and play. Works on gf's hackintosh. Works on SkyWave Linux 3.1.1. This is MY first-hand experience.**** For 'regular use': This is a great adapter. After 6 months though, the signal will slow down, about 25%, and a quick unplug and plug back in (all in under a second) fixes it for hours. I suspect I MIGHT have a computer virus though, and I have no way to test it on anything other than a (possibly infected) laptop I have. Different antennas make a BIG difference and the antenna they send works best, and quite well. I'm shooting right at 1/2 nearly straight shot (maybe 15 degrees of straight), clear line-of-sight, and 10ft from WiFi modem I'm getting 15Mbs ( 12-16 Mbs is the max availible- I'm extremely rural) and at the half mile + location the adapter is deployed, I'm getting 9-13 Mbs.....with absolutely NO mods and only a pane of glass in-between by the base and a pane of glass in-between by the adapter. For this situation, it works amazingly well. ****It also functions FLAWLESSLY on Ubuntu, Pi, Kali, in monitor, inject, flood, and hotspot sharing. It literally does it all and it's plug and play.****

Works out of the box with no drivers needed on Manjaro Linux. That’s exactly what I was looking for, and it’s cheap. Build quality seems solid and doesn’t feel cheap. But you need to be aware of what you’re buying. This is a single band wireless N device restricted to 2.4ghz. Depending on your router and internet package from your ISP, that may not matter. I was getting up to 50-70mbps download speed, and that works well for most applications. And this seems reliable, it never cut out on me. However, wireless N is outdated and has its limitations, mostly seen when downloading large files. If you’re able/willing to install drivers, you can get an 802.11ac dual band device that can leave this thing in the dust as far as speed is concerned. I replaced it with a USB 3 device like this and am now getting over 200mbps. If you need something that works out of the box, your router or ISP package are limited to the slower speeds, or those speeds are just fine for what you plan on doing then by all means buy it. It’s a great little adapter and works exactly as you would expect. Just know that there are better options out there for a similar price if that’s what you’d prefer.

[edit 8 January 2017] I'm still using this today and it works great! Plug-n-play :D ---------------------------------------- I actually haven't even received mine yet, but I received an email from the seller (Panther One) that I already appreciate and thought I would share: Hello, *** JUST REPLY TO THIS EMAIL IF YOU WANT TO GET OUR HELP ***** For Windows Users: (Every package includes a mini CD along with the user's manual) Panda Bluetooth 4.0 adapter is a Plug and Play adapter on any Windows computer. Panda Mini and Long Range Wireless N adapters are Plug and Play adapters on any Win 7 & Win 8/8.1 computer. Panda 300Mbps, Ultra and Mid Range Wireless N adapters are Plug and Play adapters on any Win 8/8.1 computer. For any other Windows XP/Vista/7 computers on which the Panda adapter is not a Plug and Play adapter, you need to install the driver from the installation CD. For Linux Users: Panda Bluetooth 4.0 adapter is a Plug and Play adapter on any Mint 14/15, Ubuntu 12.04/12.10/13.04, Fedora 17/18, openSUSE 12.1/12.2/12.3, Lubuntu 12.10/13.04, Kubuntu 12.04/12.10/13.04, BackTrack5 R3 and Kali Linux computer. Panda Mini and Long Range Wireless N adapters are Plug and Play adapters on any Mint 13/14/15/16/17, Ubuntu 11.10/12.04/12.10/13.04/13.10/ 14.04 and Fedora 15/16/17/18/19/20 computer. Panda Ultra and Mid Range Wireless N USB adapters are Plug and Play adapters on any Mint 14/15/16/17, Ubuntu 12.04/12.10/13.04/13.10/14,04 and Fedora 17/18/19/20 computer. Panda 300Mpbs Wireless N adapter is a Plug and Play adapter on any Mint 14/15/16/17, Ubuntu 12.10/13.04/13.10/14.04 and Fedora 18/19/20 computer. You need to compile and install the Linux driver for the Panda adapter if you are running an older version of Mint, Ubuntu, Fedora and other Linux distributions on your computer. For Mac users: (The mini CD in the package is not for Mac with CD-ROM drive) Panda Bluetooth 4.0 adapter doesn't work on any Mac. Panda Wireless-N USB Adapters: The Panda Wireless-N USB Adapters support any Mac running OS X 10.4, 10.5, 10.6, 10.7, 10.8, 10,9 and 10.10. Please download the latest Mac OS installer from our web site and follow instructions in the "Quick Start Guide for Mac Users" to run the Mac OS installer and install the Mac driver on your Mac. We will support the Panda Wireless-N USB adapter through email. Please feel free to contact us if you have any question(s). How to get the Mac installer? 1) You can download the Mac installer directly onto your Mac. 2) If the Mac on which you wish to run the installer doesn't have direct access to internet, you can either find internet access somewhere else and download the installer onto a flash drive before using it on your Mac or ask us for an installation CD. Please contact us immediately if you have any question(s) about our Panda Wireless-N USB adapters. We appreciate your business. Best regards, Joan Panda Wireless Technical Support Our contact info: You can call, text or email us if you need technical help. You can find our technical support phone number or email address on the back of the package. (Technical support will usually reply support emails/phone calls within 3-6 business hours) For Your Information: To help arbitrate disputes and preserve trust and safety, we retain all messages buyers and sellers send through Amazon.com for two years. This includes your response to the message above. Amazon.com uses filtering technology to protect buyers and sellers from possible fraud. Messages that fail this filtering will not be transmitted. We want you to buy with confidence anytime you purchase products on Amazon.com. Learn more about Safe Online Shopping (http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=551434) and our safe buying guarantee (http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=537868). [commMgrTok:A39GHNDF1OTUSK]