Penguin Wireless N USB Adapter for GNU / Linux (TPE-N150USB)

Penguin Wireless N USB Adapter for GNU / Linux (TPE-N150USB)

With the Penguin Wireless N USB Adapter for GNU / Linux, model TPE-N150USB, 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 150Mbps

No dependencies on NDISWrapper, binary blobs, or proprietary drivers-firmware & works with most distributions out of the box

Support for most popular and libre (free) distributions

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Category	Specification
Fast shipping: In Europe or the United States? Get it in just 1-5 business days! And within 6-10 for most other major destinations world wide
Chipset	AR9271
Kernels Supported	Mainline 2.6.38+ / linux-libre 3.0+
Frequency	USA: 2.400 ~ 2.483GHz Europe: 2.400 ~ 2.483GHz Japan: 2.400 ~ 2.497GHz China: 2.400 ~ 2.483GHz
Interface	Universal Serial Bus (USB) revision 2.0
Supports	Master Mode (/w hostapd) Station Mode Monitor Mode AP Mode IBSS Mode Legacy (11g) operation HT support TX/RX 11n AMPDU aggregation HW Encryption Suspend/Resume
Modulation Technique	DSSS with CCK, DQPSK, DBPSK OFDM with BPSK, QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM
Channel Spacing	5MHz
Data Rate	802.11b: 1, 2, 5.5 and 11Mbps 802.11g: 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54Mbps 802.11n: 20MHz channel: 1Nss: 65Mbps @ 800GI, 72.2Mbps @ 400GI (Max.) 40MHz channel: 1Nss: 135Mbps @ 800GI, 150Mbps @ 400GI (Max.)
Operating Channels	USA/Canada: 11 (1~11) Major European Countries: 13 (1~13) France: 13 (1~13) Japan: 14 for 802.11b (1~13 or 14th), 13 for 802.11g (1~13) China: 13 (1~13)
Power Consumption	For throughput Tx mode: 300mA For throughput Rx mode: 280mAFor 6M continuous Tx mode: 310mA For HT40 MCS0 continuous Tx mode: 310mA For HT20 MCS0continuous Tx mode: 300mA For HT40 MCS7 continuous Tx mode: 300mA For HT20 MCS7 continuous Tx mode: 300mA
Transmit Power Settings	target power tolerance ±2dBm 802.11b: +18dBm 802.11g: +17dBm @ 6, 9, 12,18,24,36,48Mbps +15dBm @ 54Mbps 802.11n HT20: +16dBm @ MCS 0/8 +16dBm @ MCS 1/9 +16dBm @ MCS 2/10 +16dBm @ MCS 3/11 +16dBm @ MCS 4/12 +16dBm @ MCS 5/13 +16dBm @ MCS 6/14 +15dBm @ MCS 7/15 802.11n HT40: +16dBm @ MCS 0/8 +16dBm @ MCS 1/9 +16dBm @ MCS 2/10 +16dBm @ MCS 3/11 +16dBm @ MCS 4/12 +16dBm @ MCS 5/13 +16dBm @ MCS 6/14 +15dBm @ MCS 7/15
Dimension	30(L)x 17(W) x 8.5(H) mm
Security	64/128/152-bit WEP encryption 802.1x authentication AES-CCM & TKIP encryption WPA/WPA2
Operation Temperature Range	0 C 40 C
Operation Distance	Outdoor: with 802.11n can get about 250m (about .15 miles) in good conditions
Operating Humidity	15% ~ 95%, non-condensing
Environment-Friendly Compliance	RoHS
Operation Voltage	5.0V ± 5%
Compatible With	MS Windows XP/Vista/7and GNU/Linux.
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Supported distributions:

Trisquel 6.01
Parabola GNU/Linux 2013.04.27+
Ubuntu 11.04, 11.10, 12.04, 12.10, 13.04, 13.10, 14.04
Kubuntu 11.04, 11.10, 12.04, 12.10, 13.04, 13.10, 14.04
LXLE 12.04, 12.04.3, 12.04.4
LinuxMint 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 14.1, 15, 16, 17
Fedora 18, 19, 20
OpenSuSE 12.3, 13.1
Zorin OS 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 7, 7.1, 8, 8.1
Tails .20, .21, .22, .22.1, .23
PCLinuxOS 2013.7, 2013.715, 2013.10, 2013.12, 2014.04
Kali 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4, 1.0.5, 1.0.6
* Raspbian 2013-07-26 Wheezy
* BackTrack has been 'reborn' as Kali

Many other recently released distributions are compatible.

Trisquel 6, Scientific Linux 6.4, RHEL 6.4, CentOS 6.4, and Debian 7 currently require the installation of a driver, firmware, and/or kernel upgrade. See our support documentation for details.

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