Penguin Wireless G USB Adapter for GNU / Linux (TPE-G54USB2)

With the Penguin Wireless G USB Adapter for GNU / Linux, connecting to the Internet is easy. Just plug it in, connect, and surf. Genuinely Penguin friendly with all recent Linux kernels supported out of the box.

• Experience video streaming and Internet calls with speeds up to 54Mbps


• Connect to WEP and WPA networks


• Support for most popular and libre (free) distributions


• Not dependent on NDISWrapper, binary blobs, or proprietary drivers-firmware


• Vetted and certified by the Free Software Foundation under the RYF program

Fast shipping: Most customers will receive this item within 1-5 business days when selecting our "Standard Shipping" option or our USPS shipping option if within the US. Most others in populated regions will generally get it within 6-10 business days. (* large quantities may take longer to deliver)
Category	Specification
Chipset	Realtek RTL8187B
Standard	IEEE 802.11b/g
Frequency	IEEE 802.11b: 2.4~2.497GHz. IEEE 802.11g: 2.4~2.4835GHz
Modulation Method	IEEE 802.11b: DBPSK / DQPSK / CCK. IEEE 802.11g: BPSK / QPSK/ 16QAM / 64QAM
Data Transfer Rate	IEEE 802.11b: 1, 2, 5.5, 11Mbps. IEEE 802.11g: 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54Mbps
Security	WEP (64/128/256bit). WPA, WPA-PSK, WPA2, WPA2-PSK, TKIP/AES *
Operating Channel	Channel 1~11 (U.S. and Canada). Channel 1~13 (Europe and other regions)
Power Consumption	Transit mode: <350ma. Receive mode: <270ma
Dimension	80 x 30 x 12 mm (3.1 x 1.2 x 0.5 inches)
Supported Kernels	Linux 2.6.27 and newer
Compatible With	Win 98SE/ME/2000/XP/x64/Vista/7/Mac v10.3/Mac v10.4/Freebsd 8+/PC-BSD 8+/OpenIndiana build 151a8 OpenBSD 5.8+ (note: there may be a regression with regard to WPA2-PSK in 6.2, earlier versions are most likely also compatible, contact us for details)
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Supported distributions:

Trisquel 3.5, 4.01, 4.5, 5, 5.5, 6, 6.01, 7, 8
Parabola GNU/Linux 2011.09.01, 2012.10.17, 2013.04.27, 2013.09.01, 2014.06.01, 2014.10.07, 2015.02.21, 2015.02.28, 2015.05.01, 2015.07.01, 2015.08.01, 2015.11.11, 2016.03.17, 2016.06.01, 2016.11.03, 2017.05.28, 2017.09.30, 2018.02.06, 2018.06.02, 2018.06.04, 2018.06.11, 2019.03.10
gNewSense 3.1, 4
Ubuntu 9.04, 9.10, 10.04, 10.10, 11.04, 11.10, 12.04, 12.10, 13.04, 13.10, 14.04, 14.10, 15.04, 15.10, 16.04, 16.10, 17.04, 17.10, 18.04, 18.10, 19.04
Lubuntu 9.04, 9.10, 10.04, 10.10, 11.04, 11.10, 12.04, 12.10, 13.04, 13.10, 14.04, 14.10, 15.04, 15.10, 16.04, 16.10, 17.04, 17.10, 18.04, 18.10, 19.04
Peppermint Linux OS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 9 Respin-2, 10
Kubuntu 9.04, 9.10, 10.04, 10.10, 11.04, 11.10, 12.04, 12.10, 13.04, 13.10, 14.04, 14.10, 15.04, 15.10, 16.04, 16.10, 17.04, 17.10, 18.04, 18.10, 19.04
Debian 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
LXLE 12.04, 12.04.3, 12.04.4, 14.04, discontinued
LinuxMint 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 14.1, 15, 16, 17, 17.1, 17.2, 17.3, 18, 18.1, 18.2, 18.3, 19, 19.1, 19.2
Fedora 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30
OpenSuSE 11.3, 11.4, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 13.1, 13.2, Leap 42.1, 42.2, 42.3, 15.0, 15.1
elementary OS .1, .2, .3, .3.1, .3.2, .4, .4.1, 5.0
PCLinuxOS 2010, 2010.1, 2010.7, 2010.10, 2010.12, 2011.6, 2011.9, 2012.2, 2013.2, 2013.4, 2013.6, 2013.7, 2013.715, 2013.10, 2013.12, 2014.04, 2014.05, 2014.07, 2014.08, 2014.12, 2016.03, 2016.07, 2017.04, 2017.05, 2017.07, 2017.11, 2018.06, 2019.03, 2019.05, 2019.08
Mageia 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5.1, 6, 6.1, 7, 7.1
Slackware 13.1, 13.37, 14, 14.1, 14.2
* Raspbian 2013-07-26 Wheezy+
Tails .6, .7.2, .16, .19, .20, .21, .22, .22.1, .23, 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.1, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.2, 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3, 1.3, 1.3.1, 1.3.2, 1.4, 1.4.1, 1.5, 1.5.1, 1.6, 1.7, 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.7.1, 2.9.1, 2.10, 2.11, 2.12, 3.0, 3.0.1, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.5, 3.6, 3.6.1, 3.6.2, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 3.9.1, 3.10.1, 3.11, 3.12, 3.12.1, 3.13, 3.13.1, 3.13.2, 3.14, 3.14.1, 3.14.2, 3.15
CentOS 8 Series 8.0
CentOS 7 Series 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7
CentOS 6 Series 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 6.9, 6.10
CentOS 5 Series 5.10, 5.11
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8 Series 8.0
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7 Series 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 Series 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 6.9, 6.10, 6 ELS+
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 Series 5.10, 5.11, 5.11+
Scientific Linux 7 Series 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, (discontinued by its developers)
Scientific Linux 6 Series 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 6.9, 6.10, (discontinued by its developers)
Scientific Linux 5 Series 5.10, 5.11, (discontinued by its developers)
Arch 2009.02, 2009.08, 2010.05, 2011.08.19, 2012.07.15, 2012.08.04, 2012.09.07, 2012.10.06, 2012.11.01, 2012.12.01, 2013.01.04, 2013.02.01, 2013.03.01, 2013.04.01, 2013.05.01, 2013.06.01, 2013.07.01, 2013.08.01, 2013.09.01, 2013.10.01, 2013.11.01, 2013.12.01, 2014.01.05, 2014.02.01, 2014.03.01, 2014.04.01, 2014.05.01, 2014.06.01, 2014.07.03, 2014.08.01, 2014.09.03, 2014.10.01, 2014.11.01, 2014.12.01, 2015.01.01, 2015.02.01, 2015.03.01, 2015.04.01, 2015.05.01, 2015.06.01, 2015.07.01, 2015.08.01, 2015.09.01, 2015.10.01, 2015.11.01, 2015.12.01, 2016.01.01, 2016.02.01, 2016.03.01, 2016.04.01, 2016.05.01, 2016.06.01, 2016.07.01, 2016.08.01, 2016.09.03, 2016.10.01, 2016.11.01, 2016.12.01, 2017.01.01, 2017.02.01, 2017.03.01, 2017.04.01, 2017.05.01, 2017.06.01, 2017.07.01, 2017.08.01, 2017.09.01, 2017.10.01, 2017.11.01, 2017.12.01, 2018.01.01, 2018.02.01, 2018.03.01, 2018.04.01, 2018.05.01, 2018.06.01, 2018.07.01, 2018.08.01, 2018.09.01, 2018.10.01, 2018.11.01, 2018.12.01, 2019.01.01, 2019.02.01, 2019.03.01, 2019.04.1, 2019.05.1, 2019.06.1, 2019.07.1, 2019.08.1, 2019.09.1
Kali 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4, 1.0.5, 1.0.6, 1.0.7, 1.0.8, 1.0.9, 1.09a, 1.1.0, 1.1.0a, 2.0, 2016.1, 2016.2, 2017.1, 2017.2, 2017.3, 2018.1, 2018.2, 2018.3, 2018.4, 2019, 2019.1a, 2019.2
* BackTrack has been 'reborn' as Kali

All recently released distributions are compatible.

* The Raspberry Pi may require additional power for the adapter to work. Testing was done with a powered USB hub.