TP-Link TL-WN823N N300 Mini USB Wireless WiFi network Adapter for pc, Ideal for Raspberry Pi,Black

This works for a system that uses Peppermint OS 3 very well. I plugged it in and it ran. No need to install the drivers from the CD that came with this adapter. It gets a strong signal. It doesn't even get warm like my older adapters. It does not disconnect while using the Peppermint OS 3 system. I tried to load the drivers and wireless manager from the CD and it just kept freezing on the XP system so I just installed the drivers. Although, XP had drivers for a 300Mbps wireless adapter already to be used when I plugged this in. So maybe you don't need them with XP. I have been using it for a week. I have 2. One for my laptop and one for my Desktop and both run well on Peppermint OS 3. My Desktop is a dual boot Linux Peppermint and XP. Now I can use both and have faster downloads and uploads.I purchased this because I had a wireless adapter that kept getting disconnected when using the Peppermint OS 3 operating system. The XP system on the same machine used the adapter just fine but the Linux side didn't. I read that some adapters just didn't stay connected if using a Linux system and to try a kind that did. I saw a list of adapters that were reportedly operating well with Linux and one of them was the TP-Link brand. I had a 54 megabyte adapter before and thought I would try something with more capacity. Yes, it says 300 megabytes per second. I am not sure if it reaches that speed as the router that I have only goes to 150Mbps. (yeah, only, that is fast for my casual emails and YouTube, I am not a gamer.) I am in another room from the router and I am getting 144.5mbps and 3 out of 4 bars for connection. It works better than my old adapter and it works on my Linux system. I am using Peppermint 3 and a 2005 desktop computer with XP pro. I also use it on a 2003 Laptop running Peppermint 3 and it works great. I had to put a usb card into the side of the old Dell Inspiron 4150 to get USB2. Now I can use Linux with a fast USB wireless adapter. Nice! I recommend this adapter. The price is good and it is half the size of my old adapter. I am not as nervous like I was with my old adapter sticking out so far. This one is much shorter. And it works better. 5 stars for Linux users and Dual booters like me!

My internal wifi adapter went down a few weeks ago. Since I had a few projects to work on, I couldn't afford to take it to the Mac store and have it checked out and repaired. So I was content with using an ethernet cable in the meantime while at home.I finally had some time last week to take it to the Apple store and have it checked out and possibly repaired. Long story short, they eventually came to the conclusion that my logic board would need to be replaced and that would cost me about $900-1200 to get it replaced, and it would take about 3-5 business days. At that point, it almost makes sense to just buy a new Macbook.Saddened, by that news, I decided to try some cheap alternatives to get my wifi back on. So I checked out some USB wifi adapters, and found good reviews on this, but they were mostly Windows. It listed it was okay for Mac's, so I decided to give it a try and ordered one. After looking on their website, and here, I couldn't get it to work with my Mac. After a quick Google search, I found a driver you can download and install to have this work just perfectly on Mac. I have the latest update for the Mac OSX, so I was relieved to find this worked perfectly. And now I can go back around places and have my wifi working just fine.I like how small it is, but I would not recommend just leaving it in there while bringing the laptop around since it does protrude about an inch out. Since it does come with a cover, be sure not to lose that. I have yet to use the WPS button and connection to test if that works with Mac, since my router doesn't have one. This also comes with a mini cd which I would not use in my Macbook's cd drive or any cd drive for that matter, unless you have the kind that pops out.I would definitely recommend this for it's small and perfect travel size, and fast connections as well. The site for the Mac driver is listed below.[...]Just hit the download button on the top. Since this is for a Mac and the USB adapter chip is V3, that's the one you will need.