Gigabyte GN-WB32L 802.11n USB WLAN Card. Works with the rt2800usb driver.
GMYLE
Wireless 11n USB Adapter. Uses RTL8188CUS chipset – cheap on eBay. Installs and works using the install-rtl8188cus-latest.sh script.
IOGear
USB ID 0bda:8172, r8712u staging driver, included on Fedora Remix & Arch, must for Debian Squeeze and install firmware-realtek from non-free squeeze repo. No need to download firmware when using Debian Wheezy (B)
Linksys
Linksys (Cisco) WUSB100 ver.2 1737:0078, tested on raspbian; follow instructions; not stress tested but works without issues for light network load.
Linksys (Cisco) WUSB600N, test on raspbian, details
Linksys WUSB54GC (manufactured 07/2008) No issues! needs powered hub on version 1.0 boards.
LogiLink
Wireless LAN USB 2.0 Nano Adapter 802.11n LogiLink is working even usb powered.
Micronet
Micronet SP907NS, 11N Wireless LAN USB Adapter (uses Realtek RTL8188CUS) works plugged directly into R-Pi USB (B) IMPORTANT: read the instructions first to avoid problems, and . The script has been used to install other adapters using the RTL8188CUS chip. that handles the latest rpi-updates that kill the original driver, download for manual installation, automatically installed by the Auto-install script.
MSI
0db0:6861 MSI-6861 802.11g WiFi adapter (US54G): works with external powered USB hub, requires firmware from , power management must be disabled: iwconfig wlan0 power off
Mvix
Mvix Nubbin (MS-811N): works out of the box on Raspbian “wheezy” and does not need a powered USB hub.
Netgear
N150: Reported as WNA1100 device, uses the Atheros ar9271 chipset. On Debian, requires thefirmware-atheros package from the squeeze-backports non-free repository (!)
N150: Some versions reported as Realtek RTL8188CUS device. Read Micronet entry above and use RTL8188CUS script for installation. Works best plugged into powered USB hub.
WG111v1: Prism54 chipset. Needs powered hub. Follow info for Prism54 chipset on Debian wiki.
WG111v2: Realtek rtl8187 chipset. Seems to draw a lot of power; e.g. I can’t power this and a USB thumb drive simultaneously.
WNA1000M works with Raspberry Pi Model B Board v. BS1233.However when downloading torrents, when torrent pick up speed system become unresponsive.
OvisLink
Evo-W300USB: USB ID 148f:2270 Ralink Technology RT2770. apt-get install firmware-ralink
Patriot Memory
Wireless 11N USB adapter (uses Realtek RTL8188CUS) Install using Micronet script. Works only through powered usb hub.
Wireless 11N USB adapter (uses Realtek RTL8191SU chip) Installed using r8712u Kernel module
Ralink
inner 02 joggler wifi usb RT2770F USB-ID 148f:2770 (firmware-ralink required) (only got dhcp on powered hub)
USB-ID 148f:2070 firmware is already loaded into Raspbian. For Debian, the firmware must be installed ( ). Needs a powered USB hub.
RT3070 USB-ID 148f:3070 firmware is already loaded into Raspbian.
USB-ID 148f:2573 (firmware-ralink required) (B)
RT5370 USB-ID 148f:5370 ( ) (B). An image of an adapter with this chip can be found .
Rosewill
RNX-N180UBE Wireless B/G/N Adapter
Realtek RTL8191SU chipset, USB-ID 0bda:8172
Tested in Arch, works out of box. Powered USB hub required.
Tested in Raspbian, used wicd to configure network settings. Powered USB hub Required.
Tested in Raspbmc. Needs package firmware-realtek and used wicd-curses to configure. Powered USB hub required
RNX-G1 Wireless B/G Adapter
Realtek RTL8187 chipset, USB-ID 0bda:8187
Tested in Arch, works out of box. USB hub required.
Sagem Wireless USB stick XG-760N : USB ID 079b:0062, Module is not shipped in Debian image, but can be “sudo apt-get install zd1211-firmware”
Sempre
Sempre Wireless USB stick WU300-2: USB ID 0bda:8172, Realtek r8712u driver + firmware-realtek package. Module is shipped in Raspbian image. If you need to build it for other distros, read this:
SL
SL-1507N: USB 802.11n 150M WiFi Wireless Lan Network Card Adapter SL-1507N Black
I bought this on on eBay for $4.19 (free shipping) @
It worked out of the box on Raspbmc RC4, with the network manager add-on; seems to be an rt2800usb
dmesg output “usbcore: registered new interface driver rt2800usb”
SMC
SMCWUSBS-N : Hardware detected as rt2800 but missing firmware; “sudo apt-get install firmware-ralink” fixed it
Sony UWA-BR100 802.11abgn Wireless Adapter [Atheros AR7010+AR9280] (Vendor ID: 0411, Product ID: 017f) – Tested with Raspbian. Needs package firmware-atheros.(B)
Tenda
USB 11n adapter on a G network: Ralink 2870/3070 driver (!)
Tenda W311MI Wireless N Pico USB Adapter (identified as Ralink RT5370 Wireless Adapter; USB-ID: 148f:5370) – Works out-of-the-box for Raspian 2012/09/18 or later. An earlier version gave me problems.
Tenda W311U Mini 11N Wireless USB Adapter (USB-ID 148f:3070): Ralink 2870/3070 driver; needs powered hub.
Tenda W311U+ Wireless USB Adapter – Tested with Raspian.
The Pi Hut
USB 802.11n WIFI adapter (from )
TP-Link
TL-WN422G v2 (ath9k_htc) Works OOTB in Debian Wheezy Beta. Runs without powered Hub when plugged into running RasPi, but the RasPi won’t boot while the stick is plugged in.
TL-WN721N (ath9k_htc device with htc_9271.fw file from ); needs powered USB Hub (B) | works OOTB with wheezy raspbian (2012-08-16) connected directly to raspberry pi (B) and AP functionality tested with hostapd.
TL-WN722N (ath9k_htc device with htc_9271.fw file from ); needs powered USB Hub (B)
TL-WN723N (RTL8188SU); works OOTB with raspbian 2012-09-17, (B) stable with 1A PSU and without powered USB hub on r2.0.
TL-WN821N v3 (ath9k_htc, htc_7010.fw); works out of the box on ArchLinuxARM and on OpenElec (>r11211), Problems with prior OpenElec; needs powered USB Hub (B)
TL-WN823N Works out of box on Raspian using powered USB Hub
Widemac
RT5370 Wireless Adapter from runs without powered hub. Follow these but go to and pick the latest firmware-ralink_0.xx_all.deb
ZyXEL
USB ID: 0586:341e, RT3070 chipset, rt2800usb driver (B)
model 0586:3410 ZyXEL Communications Corp. ZyAIR G-202 802.11bg using zd1211rw kernel module and zd1211-firmware package
