Review on 📶 Edimax Wi-Fi 4 802.11n Adapter for PC - Latest Version - Wireless N150 Nano USB Adapter Dongle, 150Mbps, Mini Wi-Fi 4 Dongle, Compatible with Windows, Mac OS, Linux, EW-7811Un V2 by Ken Vargas

TL; DR, if you bought this for a Linux machine, skip the official Edimax drivers (they are outdated). and doesn't work) and search for "github lwfinger rtl8188eu". Follow the instructions on this website and reboot, and you should be up and running in no time. I bought it because Edimax claims to push drivers onto the Linux kernel and was hoping for a simple plug and play device for my Ubuntu server. Not this one. Okay, okay, I'll just call the driver. Well, there is no guide on how to get the driver in Linux distros. Fortunately, the package includes instructions for Windows and Mac, but not Linux. However, with a little searching, you can find and download the driver from the Edimax website. Once downloaded (the website still has no instructions, the only way I can install it was actually a Q/A here where Edimax says first "make" and then "sudo make install" in the directory according to the drivers that Edimax posted on their website are horribly outdated (from 2018 or so) and don't even compile on the latest Linux kernel (kernel included in 20.04, kernel version 5.4). If you know how to working with gcc and by compiling the c files one can get it to compile but the installation then silently fails as some directories are not properly copied to the driver folders I finally gave up on the hosted Edimax drivers (technically they don't support once kernel later than 4.14 for this device, and that's probably why it's not easy to compile and install) and someone in the open source world ge found that supports this. The actual network device in this USB adapter is It comes with Realtek 8188eu and with a quick web search using the terms listed above you can find someone who will host an open source driver specifically for this device and get it up and running quickly.