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BrosTrend Professional Linux WiFi Adaper for PC / Raspberry Pi 2+ / Odroid / Virtual Box
By plugging this BrosTrend AC5L Linux Wireless Adapter for PC to any USB ports of your Linux desktop or laptop PC, you can get Wi-Fi speed of 433Mbps on 5GHz WiFi band or 200Mbps on 2.4GHz. You can use the 5GHz Wireless band for smooth gaming and HD streaming, and the 2.4GHz band for video calls and shopping online. Taking advantage of the latest 802.11 ac Wi-Fi technology, this Ubuntu WiFi adapter works with the latest 802.11ax WiFi 6 routers, it also backward compatible with the previous 802.11ac/a/b/g/n routers.
*Note:
- To get full 200Mbps WiFi speed on 2.4GHz Wi-Fi, you have to make sure your existing WiFi router / gateway supports 256QAM modulation, and setup the 256QAM modulation on it.
- Supports latest Linux Kernel 6.9 and below version.
- This Linux usb WiFi adapter supports these mode: Monitor mode, IBSS, Managed, AP, P2P-client, P2P-GO.
- Supported architectures: x86_64/x86_32 (PCs, VirtualBox..), aarch64/armhf (Raspberry Pi 2+, Odroid...). It works on desktop computers, laptops, single-board computers like Raspberry Pi 2+, Odroid, RockPro64, and even virtual machines like VirtualBox, KVM, QEMU, VMWare.
- To install the driver on Linux OSes, an Internet connection is required at the time of installation, so as to be able to download the driver and its dependencies. That means that you might have to use a wired connection, i.e. a LAN cable.
BrosTrend AC5L 650Mbps Linux WiFi Adapter for PC Desktop Laptop
Works with Linux and Comes with Professional Linux Support
This Linux WiFi adapter works with desktop or laptop or Raspberry Pi 2+ or Virtual Box with Linux OSes of:
- Ubuntu 24.04 ~ 16.04 (all flavors: Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Xubuntu, MATE, GNOME, Budgie, Kylin, Studio, Unity, Cinnamon);
- Raspberry Pi OS 12 ~ 8; Debian 12 ~ 8;
- Linux Mint 21 ~ 18; LMDE 6 ~ 1;
- Zorin OS 16 ~ 11; elementary OS 6.1 ~ 0.4.1;
- MX Linux, Linux Lite, KDE neon, SparkyLinux, Peppermint OS, Q4OS, Parrot, Devuan, PureOS, Bodhi Linux
NOTE:
1. Currently NOT compatible with Arch Linux, Fedora Workstation, Kali Linux, deepin, Pop! OS, antiX, Manjaro, RHEL, CentOS, openSUSE Leap, OpenWrt, Guix, Puppy, Tails, Endless OS, LibreELEC, OSMC, SteamOS.
2. When installing the driver on Raspberry Pi 2+, the installation may take over 10 minutes. Please keep waiting and do not shut down the power.
High Performance AC650 WiFi Chip
Latest 802.11ac WiFi chip brings wireless network speed of 1.5 times faster than that of Wireless-N 2.4GHz WiFi.
**Note:The chipset model number is Realtek RTL8811CU
Adjustable High Gain WiFi Antenna
5GHz WiFi Antenna is 180 degrees horizontally or 90 degrees vertically rotate-able so that you can get optimal wireless signal connection in your spot by using this 5ghz WiFi adapter linux.
AC650 Dual Band USB WiFi Adapter for Linux PC
Long Range WiFi Antenna for Best WiFi Range
High Gain 5 ghz Linux WiFi antenna which comes with 5dBi external high gain WiFi antenna, it is able to receive better WiFi signal strength than other one only comes with 3dBi external WiFi antenna or olny comes with internal WiFi antenna.
Advanced WiFi Security
BrosTrend Linux Ubuntu WiFi adapter secures your devices and network privacy by supporting the wireless encryption: WPA2/WPA/WEP, AES/PSK/TKIP, 802.1x
*Note: this Linux WiFi usb does NOT support WPS function.
Works with Any WiFi Routers / Gateways
UNIVERSAL COMPATIBILITY, works with latest 802.11AX WiF Routers and previous 802.11AC / Wireless-N WiFi Routers, our BrosTrend long range 5GHz Linux USB WiFi adapter is the good option for your whole-home WiFi.
Universal Compatibility for Windows
This Linux USB WiFi adapter also works with Windows including:
Windows 11/10/8.1/8/7, 32 Bit or 64 Bit OS
Users can access BrosTrend official website to download the latest Driver for this BrosTrend Linux compatible WiFi adapter.
Save your investment and you can have one 5GHz USB WiFi adapter working with various OSes.
James Fisher
Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2025
Works perfectly with raspberry pi with no setup need. Monitor mode also works well.
Customer
Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2025
Advertised as working with various distributions of Linux. What this should mean is that the hardware is recognized by drivers shipped by default with the Linux kernel. I bought this brand in spite of it being frequently returned because it advertised being specifically Linux compatible. It arrived today, but was not recognized by my stock and recent Ubuntu system. The instructions shipped with the item told me to go to their website to download the Linux driver - not what was advertised. I did go to the website, but they had no download available - only another copy of instructions telling me to go to the same website.
Figini Daniele
Reviewed in Italy on February 4, 2025
Buon prodotto, funziona bene.Funziona con linux, bisogna scaricare i driver e seguire le istruzioni sono facili.
Dirk Duran
Reviewed in Belgium on February 16, 2025
Gebruikt met Linux,werkt perfect
Yellow C.
Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2025
Yes, this antenna worked on a recent Linux Mint installation. Mint found the right driver, so essentially no effort to set up.
Peter Thiessen
Reviewed in Canada on December 8, 2024
This unit works great on Linux. Tested on MX and Mint, and was recognized immediately. On OpenSUSE, it worked once I booted into the OS. It appeared not to connect during the install, but worked as expected after installation completed. With Q4OS, I had to tether to my phone, with USB tethering, and was then able to download the software from the BrosTrend web site. It was an easy install, and it worked after a reboot. Great signal strength too! Great value and product.
Sorel
Reviewed in France on December 23, 2024
Conforme au descriptif, fonctionne parfaitement sur Linux et très facile à installer 🙂👌 impeccable
Roy
Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2024
I don't usually write product reviews but this BrosTrends wifi adaptor deserves one. I am assembling a new desktop computer to dual boot Win11 and Linux Debian. A new motherboard with a Wifi-7 chip on board. Works great for Win but no drivers available for Linux. Thus the need for a USB wifi adaptor. This is the fourth usb adaptor I purchased. The other three....no Linux drivers.So, I selected this AC5L adaptor because the description said it "works with Linux". If you are considering one of these because of the "works with Linux", go to BrosTrends website to verify that your particular Linux distribution is shown as compatible. Most are but there are some aren't yet compatible. As these drivers make it into more kernels, I believe more and more distributions will work with this adapter.So, I received this late Friday afternoon and began the installation and testing. Win11 setup was easy and it connected to my router. In Linux it was not immediately recognized. After doing all that I knew how to do, I decided to contact their Customer Service. This was about 10:00 pm Friday evening. I expected to get a response Monday or Tuesday. I got a response in about 10 minutes! I followed their instructions, we emailed back and forth a few times and by Saturday noon it was working just like I wanted. BrosTrend Customer Service is the best I have ever worked with.Now, for you guys who bought an 870e Crosshair Hero motherboard and are finding out the wifi-7 onboard will not work with Linux, this adapter is a nice workaround.By the way, my installation is working fine with Secure Boot and Fast Boot enabled.A big THANK YOU to the BrosTrend customer service team that helped me!
Fernanda
Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2024
Only reason that I did not rate 5-star is the build quality is not great. It gets good signal in my outside shed around 50ft away from my house on my 2.4GHz channel. Download speed around 15-20Mbps. Streams YouTube videos fine, which is what I use the computer for. I didn't feel like creating a key for secure boot to work, so I had to disable secure boot in order for the driver to install which I'm ok with. It wouldn't connect using WPA3 Wi-Fi security, so I had to use WPA2 encryption (other devices on my network utilize WPA3). Make sure you have an ethernet port on your computer to install the driver online, I wish there was a driver installer on the instruction disc that came with the adapter so that internet connection isn't required. The reason why I bought the adapter is because I do not have ethernet where I plan to use the computer and a driver installer on the disc would have been nice. The antenna only pivots 90 degrees on one axis, luckily, I could turn it in a good direction on my PC. There are some helpful instructions on their website. It works as intended, so overall I'm satisfied.
kcmtnbiker
Reviewed in the United States on April 26, 2023
I installed this on a Zima single board computer that is running OpenMediaVault on a Debian distro. I followed the instructions on the included installation guide card that came in the package. The install went without issues and it works great. This solved a backup issue for a wifi connected laptop. So far it is very stable and has a good transfer rate (I have not measured it, but it is on par with expectations for the time it takes.)Update: This suddenly stopped working on my OpenMediaVault installation. I have done everything I can to get it working, including wiping and reinstalling the OMV distro. No luck. I tested it on a windows laptop and it worked great. So, am not sure what the issue is, but I don't think it's the Wifi device. So, just be aware.2nd Update: I reinstalled the driver (linux.brostrend.com) and got an error. Per the instructions on their troubleshooting page, I ran dpkg --configure -a This corrected the issue and it is working perfectly again. I can only assume an update to my OMV instance caused the issue, not the BrosTrend WiFi adapter.
Cesar velazquez
Reviewed in Mexico on June 28, 2021
El producto lo compré porque a mi computadora Lenovo con Fedora no admitía usb wifi. Buscando llegué a esta opción y después de tres días de uso la recomiendo bastante. La instalación es súper rápida y si no sabes cómo en el correo de soporte te ayudan, son bastante amables. Una vez instalados los drivers no necesitas preocuparte porque se actualice el kernel ya que ellos le dan mantenimiento.
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