Wireless Adapters

Supported wireless adapters

rt8192cu chips are required for wifi on Raspberry A/A+

Realtek rtl8192cu Tested

• Edimax EW-7811Un 150Mbps Wireless 11n Nano $8 Amazon
• Airlink AWLL5099 150Mbps Ultra Mini $10 Amazon
• Rosewill RNX-MiniN2

Realtek rtl8192cu Assumed

• Bosvision BV-150N 150Mbps Wireless Nano $9 Amazon
• Bolse 300Mbps Wifi Wireless-N Mini $14 Amazon
• TP-LINK TL-WN823N 300Mbps Wireless Mini $15 Amazon
• D-Link DWA-121 150Mbps Wireless Nano $15 Amazon

Realtek rtl8192eu

Install the rtl8192eu-firmware package for devices with a rtl8192eu chipset. You can do this by going to System -> Software and entering rtl8192eu in the 'Download and install package' text field.

LinkMeter v11 and above

Ralink RT5370 (rt2800usb) Tested

• RIF6 Mini 150Mbps
• WU715N 150Mbps Mini (found on eBay)
• Panda Ultra Wireless N 150Mbps PAU03 $11 Amazon
• EDUP EP-N8531 Nano 150Mbs $7 Amazon
• LOTEKOO CT-29992 150Mbps USB WiFi Adapter $8 Amazon

Ralink RT5370 Sometimes

• Generic "niceEshop" 150Mbps with antenna $7 Amazon Note that many of these look alike and most will ship from China, some have RT5370 chipset, and if they do not they will not work.

Ralink RT5370 Assumed

• NONE

LinkMeter v14 and above

Broadcom (brcmfmac) Tested

• Raspberry Pi 3 / Zero W integrated wifi module (bcm4334)

Do not work

• TP-LINK TL-WN725N Wireless N Nano USB Adapter (8188eu does not support cfg80211)
• Panda Mid-Range 150Mbps $14 Amazon (Fails to connect?)