Panda Wireless® Ultra WiFi (b/g/n) 150Mbps Wireless-N 2.4GHz USB Adapter - Windows 7/8/10/11, Zorin, Mint, Ubuntu, Fedora, Centos, Kali Linux and Raspbian

Had my internal wifi card start giving me sass on a Lenovo x230 running Linux Mint 22 (Wilma). Got this thing same day shipping and it plugged in and worked without a single command; terminal or gui. Very nice. I did already have the internal card removed when I plugged this in fwiw.

I give this device 5 out of 5 stars, since it completely and fully works with all three of my OS's. I triple boot OSX 10.7.5, Windows 7 Home Premium and Debian Linux 6.0 (Squeeze).The Linux driver on the install CD, as well as the one on the support website works flawlessly, although I did have to recode the config.mk to build properly. **SEE LINUX README BELOW FOR DETAILS AND HOW-TO*** Basically, add this to the config to allow for proper build on linux kernel. Tested on Crunchbang Linux (Statler, BPO and Testing), and Debian Linux (Squeeze/Wheezy/Sid) :### INSTRUCTIONS TO ALLOW FOR SUCCESSFUL COMPILE ON DEBIAN LINUX (SQUEEZE) OR ANY OTHER LINUX THAT DOES NOT SUPPORT THIS DEVICE OUT OF THE BOX. KERNEL 3.0+ HAS NATIVE SUPPORT BTW on ANY LINUX. USEFUL FOR 2.6 AND BELOW KERNEL. #####This device uses the RT5370 kernel module..******** READ ME LINUX COMPILE KERNEL 2.6.34.13 and BELOW ******HOW TO COMPILE AND LOAD ****** Ralink RT5370 ***** usb device support.Code:This is the changes needed in the config.mk located in the WiFi Driver\Linux directory on the install CD. I used the archive utility on Linux to unpack the directory, which is named ( "2011_0719_RT3070_RT3370_RT5370_RT5372_Linux_STA_V2.5.0.3_DPO" )The config.mk file is located in the OS directory.# Support Wpa_SupplicantHAS_WPA_SUPPLICANT=nNow change the "n" to a "y" (Without quotes of course!)Now scroll down again until you find(should be right under last one):Code:# Support Native WpaSupplicant for Network MagangerHAS_NATIVE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_SUPPORT=nLike before, change "n" to a "y".Save.Now, we have to blacklist some other conflicting drivers.Open Terminal again.Type:Code:sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf**You could also use nano just in case you don't have a GUI installed as of yet, or VIM. Any text editor will work for this.NOTE: you can open the blacklist file with you preferred text editor besides gedit if you like.Scroll down to the very bottom of the blacklist file.Type:blacklist rt2800usbblacklist rt2870staI'm not sure if blacklisting rt2870sta does anything, but I do it just in case.Save.Reboot (IMPORTANT TO UNLOAD/LOAD NEW CONFIGS!!)Once back in at the desktop, open Terminal."cd" to your Desktop.Code:cd /home/YOURUSERNAME/DesktopReplace your "YOURUSERNAME" with your Linux username.Once you are "cd" in to your desktop, you need to "cd" again to your ralink folder.Code:cd ralinkYou can change the name "ralink" to whatever you named the folder.*****Code:AS ROOT: apt-get install module-assistant (needed to pull in kernel headers and relevant compile tools for build)AS ROOT: m-a update (this will update module assistantAS ROOT: m-a prepare (this will install gcc compiler 4.3, make, and relevant kernel headers for proper compiler setup)AS ROOT: EXIT module assistant (return to build directory)su (to switch to root user...enter password for root at prompt for password)make cleanmakemake installmodprobe rt5370staexitDuring "make", if you get warnings, don't freak out. It's ok, just basic compiler warnings..no biggie.Now, if it worked correctly, Network Managershould be able to find networks and connect to them. Congrats! You got your net working!You may or may not need to reboot after you do the modprobe of the kernel moduel, as I found a reboot unneccessary for Crunchbang and Debian Squeeze.Happy browsing!

Quite satisfied, using it on Rocky 8.

I have an 11 year old Windows XP laptop which I connect to the internet via a 10 year old NetGear WG511v2 card.When I recently moved and Verizon Fios upgraded my wireless router to their latest and greatest router, all of a sudden my old laptop would not connect to my wireless network.After some frustration, tech calls, and intense Google-ing, I discovered the reason was that my old WG511v2 card did not support WPA2 network encryption, and only supported the older, less secure, WEP encryption protocol's. I was left with two options... upgrade to a wireless card that can handle WPA2, or manually switch my new router to the older WEP protocol.Sooo I tossed my old card in the trash and ordered this one which stated it works with WPA and WPA2 encryption.When it came in the mail, I installed the drivers as per the instructions on the CD it came with. I plugged in this little guy, and BOOM! I was back online within minutes. I even got a friendly email the manufacturer (through amazon) saying to contact them if I have any questions. Since set up was so easy I didnt need to call, but it was nice they did that.The only negative I have noticed thus far is signal strength. My Verizon Fios plan gives me 50Mbps/25Mbps-Upload/Download speeds. So I should be able to acheive 25Mbps since this states it can handle up to 150Mbps.. however even when I am right next to my router I get 10-15 max. This is still by far enough to browse the web, download MP3's, stream youtube, etc. However if I try to stream and browse at the same time, or while downloading MP3's, things slow down a bit. And if I am a couple rooms over or outside the signal gets even worse.I dont mind the slightly weaker signal, especially since it is a small unit and it so cheap. Plus I only use this old laptop for web-browsing and updating my iPod. All of my gaming and streaming is done on consoles or my iPad anyways. So I just needed something to connect my old dinosaur of a laptop and this did the trick.If the signal strength was better I would have given 5 stars, but all in all as long as it doesnt break, Im happy.If you want an easy, inexpensive, way to connect to networks with the latest protocols, this little adapter should do the trick.EDIT: I fixed my weak signal problem by enabling "Windows Zero Configuration" in XP. This solved my weak signal issue and now this little bad boy is giving me 70+ Mbps, which is more than enough. It also maintains good strength in adjacent rooms from where my router is. So I upped this from 4 stars to 5.Now I can keep rocking my 10+ year old XP Laptop!

The on-board wifi adapter with this model of Pi was badly dropping connections in Raspberry Pi OS, requiring a reboot each time. I tried another USB Wifi Dongle with the Pi. The connection was stable but throughput was anemic & very slow. I heard that Panda adapters worked well with Linux distros, so I tried this one. This device has given my Raspberry Pi 4 new life. I can now video stream at 1080p & 720p instead of 360p, and file downloads & transfers are 10 times faster than before, though transfers can be a bit sluggish at times. This Panda model is highly recommended.Let me add that you still have to turn off the drivers for the Pi's onboard wifi card. Of course, backup your system and Google this for more information so that you understand what you're doing before adding this code to your Raspberry Pi OS system. Also note that this code only works for Raspberry Pi OS, as far as I know. To turn off the drivers for the onboard wifi card, create a text file using the following sudo command:sudo mousepad /etc/modprobe.d/raspi-blacklist.confIn that file, add & save these 2 lines:blacklist brcmfmacblacklist brcmutilShutdown, plug in the Panda wireless adapter, and power on. The new adapter worked for me automatically, on a plug-and-play basis.