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Reddit mentions of Panda 300Mbps Wireless N USB Adapter - Windows Vista/7/8/8.1/10, Mint, Ubuntu, Fedora, openSUSE, Centos, Lubuntu, Zorin, Kali Linux and Raspbian Wheezy

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We found 30 Reddit mentions of Panda 300Mbps Wireless N USB Adapter - Windows Vista/7/8/8.1/10, Mint, Ubuntu, Fedora, openSUSE, Centos, Lubuntu, Zorin, Kali Linux and Raspbian Wheezy. Here are the top ones.

Panda 300Mbps Wireless N USB Adapter - Windows Vista/7/8/8.1/10, Mint, Ubuntu, Fedora, openSUSE, Centos, Lubuntu, Zorin, Kali Linux and Raspbian Wheezy
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Works with any 2.4Ghz wireless g/n routers. Max. wireless connection speed: 300Mbps. Supports both infrastructure and ad-hoc modes. Security: WEP 64/128bit, WPA, WPA2, 802.1x and 802.11i, Cisco CCS V1.0, 2.0 and 3.0 compliant.Multi-OS support: 32-bit and 64-bit Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10, MX LInux, Manjaro, Linux Mint, Ubuntu, Lubuntu, OpenSUSE, RedHat, Fedora, CentOS, Kali Linux, Raspbian. NO Mac support for Panda Wireless PAU05.The Panda Wireless PAU05 adapter is designed to run on an Intel/AMD based PC or Raspberry Pi 0/1/2/3/4. It doesn't work with any Digital Media Players like Roku, Digial Video Recorders, Netwok-Attached Storage devices like Synology and QNAP, Playstations, Security Cameras, etc. Please consult Panda Wireless if you want to use Panda Wireless PAU05 on any non Intel/AMD-based systems.If you want to use Panda Wireless PAU05 with a guest OS like Kali in a Virtual Machine, please contact Panda Wireless for more info. In general, we recommend our customers to use Panda Wireless PAU05 on a computer running a supported operating system in the list above.Technical Support and Warranty - Please email or call Panda Wireless Technical Support or your seller if you have any problems or warranty issues about your Panda Wireless PAU06 adapter, we will respond to your email/call within 24 hours.
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Found 30 comments on Panda 300Mbps Wireless N USB Adapter - Windows Vista/7/8/8.1/10, Mint, Ubuntu, Fedora, openSUSE, Centos, Lubuntu, Zorin, Kali Linux and Raspbian Wheezy:

u/RatherNott · 6 pointsr/linuxhardware

Going by this article, this Panda USB Wifi Dongle appears to be fully compatible.

This thread from the Linux Mint forums also has some promising results if you require something faster. :)

u/neurobomber · 5 pointsr/HowToHack

I actually did this! If you want something that runs processes for a long time that you can walk away from (and is easy to remove the evidence), then it's a great option.

One caveat: If you want to do any kind of wireless hacking, I wouldn't get their suggested USB wifi. It didn't work for me. Instead grab this: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EQT0YK2

I'm not techy enough to explain the why but it's the only model I could find at a reasonable price that could handle wireless monitoring required for hacking wifi signals.

u/K900_ · 3 pointsr/archlinux

Then something like this probably - it's not Atheros, but it's Ralink (aka MediaTek), and works fine. It's probably as much as you're going to get for ten bucks.

u/[deleted] · 3 pointsr/SolusProject

I've used Panda wireless adapters in the past with Ubuntu and they've worked well. Never tried it with Solus, but one would assume it should work the same.

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https://www.amazon.com/Panda-300Mbps-Wireless-USB-Adapter/dp/B00EQT0YK2/

u/nburgin · 3 pointsr/linuxquestions

Either there is no built-in wireless adapter at all, or Linux can't see it.

You may have to buy one. In my experience, WiFi adapters can be hit-or-miss on linux. If you're lucky, you can go to the store and buy one and it will work out of the box. If not, you may have to return it to the store and try a different model, as many times as necessary until you find one that works.

I know on my old Dell laptop, it had a builtin wireless adapter that worked fine. When we needed to hook up a desktop computer at home to WiFi, we bought a cheap one from the store, and again it works out of the box.

Then the next time we needed to hook up an additional desktop to Wifi, we bought another adapter and it didn't work. That time we had to try at least 3 different ones before we found one that worked right.

Your mileage may vary. But whatever you do, don't waste time trying to get it to work if it doesn't do so out of the box. This is utterly futile; most mainstream distributions ship with all wireless drivers preinstalled have all wireless drivers readily available in the repository, so if you don't already have the driver available by default can't easily install the driver using the package manager, then it simply doesn't exist. Just take the thing back to the store for a refund and try a different one if it doesn't work.

Just make sure you buy from a store with a good return policy.

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EDIT: correction. Ubuntu actually seems to package firmwares individually, so you might have to find and install the proper firmware for your adapter. Or, if you don't know which one is the right one, just install all of them just to be safe, that should work fine too. Either way, they should be easily installable like any other package, if they exist at all. If you find yourself thinking you might need to do some kind of complicated workaround, don't. Just take it back to the store and try a different one.

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EDIT 2: Or, you could just buy one specifically labeled as being supported under linux, that would definitely take the guesswork out of it. Like this one: https://www.amazon.com/Panda-300Mbps-Wireless-USB-Adapter/dp/B00EQT0YK2/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1482805974&sr=8-3&keywords=linux+wireless+usb+adapter

If you want one that's guaranteed to work with Linux, you'll probably have to order online. Most that you buy in stores are only labeled as working with Windows and maybe Mac; they might work just fine with Linux anyway but it's sort of a crapshoot. In those cases it's nearly impossible to know from the packaging, since sometimes even adapters that are marketed as the exact same product may actually use different chipsets internally.

I've always taken my chances with the in-store purchases due to convenience of not having to wait for shipping, but buying a specifically Linux-oriented one online would certainly take the guesswork out of it.

u/SMRNS2017 · 3 pointsr/Kalilinux

Here is a basic one for 14$. It will support all monitor and injection mode, it's still still pretty good for a basic wifi adapter.

Panda 300Mbps Wireless N USB Adapter

But if you to go to the top notch level and get the best of best wifi adapters. I suggest go with this one. It's super powerful with the fast Atheros chip, supports all the necessary modes, and it's still not an outrageous price.

Alfa Awus036nha

u/zardvark · 3 pointsr/SolusProject

Life is too short and USB adapters are cheap. Stop fighting with the EW-7811 and get something that is known to work: https://www.amazon.com/Panda-300Mbps-Wireless-USB-Adapter/dp/B00EQT0YK2

This installs the latest 64-bit Nvidia binary:

$ sudo eopkg it nvidia-glx-driver

If you wish to use Steam, you will also want to install the latest 32-bit version of the driver:

$ sudo eopkg it nvidia-glx-driver-32bit

u/doc_willis · 2 pointsr/linux4noobs

you need to determine the exact chipset the device is using, the brand of the maker does not matter much. Its the Chipset that is critical.

It is Possible the maker, kept the same model name, and changed the chipset. the lsusb command may give some more info about the device.


From my Quick research.

https://www.amazon.com/Panda-300Mbps-Wireless-USB-Adapter/dp/B00EQT0YK2

  • Compatible with 32-bit and 64-bit Windows 8/7/Vista, Mac OS 10.4/10.5/10.6/10.7/10.8/10.9 and the latest version of
    32-bit and 64-bit Mint, Ubuntu, Fedora, openSUSE, etc.

    Several comments mention it has plug and play support (it just works) on Openelec and xibian. and Ubuntu 18.04

    One comment mentions it has a --> Ralink RT-2870. Chipset. Another mentions a rt3070 chipset, so the maker seems to change the chipset every so often.

    So it Should work in Ubuntu, but it is possible its defective.

    run dmesg -wH and plug it in, and monitor for any error or other unusual messages in the kernel logs.
u/teppec · 2 pointsr/Ubuntu

You should look for Wifi adapter which at the very least explicitly lists "Linux" as compatible OS. There are enough of them out there, for example this one. If you want to be 100% sure just use UTP cable, it's the ultimate trouble-free solution.


Haven't heard about trouble with AMD cpu, but if you are looking to do gaming with that integrated Radeon HD 7540D, I've always heard gaming on Linux (at this moment) is a bit better/easier on nvidia. Though from what I can see that 7540D is not "great" for gaming anyway (529 passmark score), which is about the same as Intel HD4400.

u/m1stertim · 1 pointr/techsupport

so I don't normally recommend off-brand stuff, but these have been working very well for my mom and grandma for months.

u/CodeShaman · 1 pointr/raspberry_pi

It was actually the wifi dongle: https://www.adafruit.com/products/1012

It's a piece of garbage. It drops connection every few minutes. It won't even work on my PC, ssh just keeps timing out.

Swapped it out with this one that I had laying around and it's working beautifully.

How insanely frustrating to deal with this all week thinking it was a fault on my part.

u/buzzmandt · 1 pointr/Ubuntu

I've purchased three of these over the last couple months. Excellent, fast, and fully compatible with Linux and windows.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EQT0YK2

u/Bearowolf · 1 pointr/pcmasterrace

Well the network name is Netgear-2.4-G, so I would guess so.

[This] (https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EQT0YK2/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1) is the wifi card I have, and it worked well enough at the last location I had it set up at. Strangely the bar strength doesn't seem to have changed.

u/NerfMePleaze · 1 pointr/Windows10

It is a desktop, custom built. I'll link to you the products to save you some time.

Motherboard
CPU
GPU
HHD
Power Supply
RAM (2 stick, 16GB total)
Wireless Adapter

u/grandzooby · 1 pointr/linuxquestions

This one worked for me: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EQT0YK2/

I didn't use it much so I can't say if it worked well.

It's possible you can get your wireless working. It looks like there might be a kernel patch, and possibly an issue of secure boot keeping the kernel from using the chip: https://askubuntu.com/questions/765584/is-it-possible-to-use-broadcom-bcm43142-wifi-in-ubuntu-16-04

u/BizmoeFunyuns · 1 pointr/buildapc

I have 100 MB/S internet speed but my computer only gets 10. I am using this 300 MB/S USB adapter

I have an Archer C7 Router and don't believe it is the fault of the router, because my phone gets 90 MB/S when connected to the same wifi.

How can I speed this up?

u/PKGMan · 1 pointr/techsupport

Oh hadn't thought of that. I will have to shift it over to Ethernet after work to check.

I am using this adapter for wifi

u/tight-lines · 1 pointr/tails

You'll need to buy an external wifi dongle - the internal MBP one doesnt work. I just ended up buying this one:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EQT0YK2/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

u/kraftvgs · 1 pointr/Kalilinux

I just picked up a Panda PAU05 to use with Kali in a virtual box via my Macbook Pro and it was totally painless to get running.

u/TuffActinTinactin · 1 pointr/linux4noobs

These are designed to work out of the box with Linux https://www.amazon.com/Panda-300Mbps-Wireless-N-Adapter-button/dp/B00EQT0YK2

u/DanTheMan74 · 1 pointr/raspberry_pi

> That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.

I believe you ;)

> One thing I just came to realize, and I have no idea why I didn't see it before, but this PiDrive thing doesn't have an opening for the network cable, meaning I'd have to get a wireless dongle thing.

That's something I said as well in this reply:

>> On the other hand, the enclosure makes it a lot more difficult to connect other USB devices or an ethernet cable to the Pi.

The downside of the PiDrive enclosure, at least of the 6x6 inch one you've chosen, is that it doesn't expose any of the USB or ethernet ports directly to the outside. You have to insert the cable into the enclosure first and there's only one narrow opening for the power cable. You can see that in the official product overview video you linked to earlier (if you click on this link, it'll start at the relevant passage). I'm sure you can use that for a second cable, but after that it might be too narrow for more.

> I'd consider perhaps buying something as simple as a TP-Link TL-WN725N

I think the last point has already made this superfluous but I'll reply anyway.

Don't buy a nano adapter like that unless you put a device, if not directly next to the router, then at least in the same room. The wifi quality will probably be better than Raspberry Pi's own, but in many cases you can get extra stability and transfer bandwidth if you use a more substantial adapter. Yeah that may not look as impressive but I take better network performance over better optics any day.

I can suggest this page to you, it has a list of wifi products and how well they work with Linux in general. The link is filtered on USB only, but it has other lists too. Also, just in case you find this misleading, a "green" value means the adapter works well on Linux, not that it works out-of-the-box. Another important resource for this case is the Raspberry Pi list of verified peripherals USB wifi subpage.

Anyway, I did already mention some good chipsets for wifi adapters in the past (I mentioned that Ralink 3070, Atheros AR9271 and Realtek 8187 were the most common that worked well), but generally speaking you should buy hardware the other way around. Decide on a nice item, then research if it works on Linux and/or how complex it is to set up. If the results are good, great; if not, look for another product. Rinse and repeat until you've found one.

The biggest thing you'll have to learn if/when you become a Linux user yourself is that you've been incredibly spoiled in terms of driver support on Windows. On Linux that's a lot slower to come for your average consumer device/component and this often means you won't be able to buy the newest product. There's a high chance it won't work out-of-the-box and may even require some extra work of you.

If I had to choose myself, I'd either take the Panda PAU05 which is a bit bigger than its nano adapter version but still reasonably compact, or the Panda PAU09 if a stronger network quality is desired. The latter can either be directly attached to the USB port of the target device or the antenna placement can be freely chosen if the stand is used.

u/Wundermaus · 1 pointr/linuxmint

Do you have a spare USB wireless adapter you could temporarily use to facilitate Internet access for the 17.x install? Seems odd that both your existing wireless and wire access do not work with Linux Mint 17.x drivers. Even with my (almost 10 year old) stock Acer Aspire 1 Netbook, I had internet access right away. In fact, every flavor of Linux (from Puppy to Open Suse) I tried worked with my hardware. You could purchase at a wireless adapter for under $15. https://www.amazon.com/Panda-300Mbps-Wireless-USB-Adapter/dp/B00EQT0YK2/ or borrow one from a friend. What is your PC hardware build profile?

u/Abhishreknado · 1 pointr/bangalore

Panda 300Mbps Wireless-N USB Adapter https://www.amazon.in/dp/B00EQT0YK2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_7vP4CbW7M6XZY

This is the one I bought.

u/psyche77 · 1 pointr/Surface

Yeah, that's when I switched also. One of these would probably be your easiest solution.

u/nhasian · 1 pointr/linuxquestions

unfortunately, it is not automatic. you have to download the source packages from tp-link via the link I provided and unzip it, then install the solus development group via the terminal command sudo eopkg it -c system.devel

once that is done you can follow the instructions within the tp-link source code to compile it. hopefully it will work for you. If you are unable to compile the drivers you can always pick up a $15 linux compatible usb adapter from amazon such as:

https://www.amazon.com/Panda-300Mbps-Wireless-USB-Adapter/dp/B00EQT0YK2