Raspberry Pi Dual-Band 5GHz/2.4GHZ USB WiFi Adapter with Antenna

Raspberry Pi Dual-Band 5GHz / 2.4GHz USB Wi-Fi Adapter with Antenna

If the on-board Wi-Fi on your Raspberry Pi isn't giving you enough range, this dual-band 2.4GHz/5GHz USB 2.0 Wi-Fi adapter is a solid upgrade.

The antenna supports both 2.4GHz and 5GHz networks, along with the 802.11ac standard (up to 3× faster than 802.11n).

Features

• Up to 150 Mbps at 2.4GHz and 433 Mbps at 5GHz
• External high-gain, adjustable, detachable antenna for wide coverage
• Backward compatible with 802.11a/b/g/n
• LED status light

Tech Specs

• Chipset: Realtek RTL8811CU
• Interface: USB 2.0
• Wireless transmit power: 20 dBm
• Network speed: up to 600 Mbps (max)
• Network mode: Dual-band
• Operating systems: Windows Vista/XP/2000/7/8/10, Linux, macOS
• USB adapter size: 4.5 × 2 × 1.2 cm
• RP-SMA antenna length: 10.8 cm
• Net weight: 12 g

Package Includes

• 1 × Dual-band 2.4G/5G USB Wi-Fi adapter
• 1 × Antenna
• 1 × Driver CD

Note: Raspberry Pi not included.

Installation for old kernels

This installation step is NOT for the current 6.12 kernels. If you are using an up to date Raspberry Pi OS Bookworm or Trixie image (dated December 2025 or newer), PLEASE SKIP.

 Driver install takes about 5 minutes. See the installation guide. Consider updating the driver source periodically.

• Raspberry Pi OS 32-bit Bookworm tested (Add arm_64bit=0 to config.txt)
• Raspberry Pi OS 64-bit Bookworm tested

Tested and approved with Raspberry Pi 3B+, Pi 4 / Pi 400, and Pi 5 by the PiShop Team! 

Resources

• Raspberry Pi documentation — The Linux kernel
• Raspberry Pi forum — “After apt upgrade my 32-bit OS runs on a 64-bit kernel and now I can't compile an external module.”
• Raspberry Pi forum — Kernel source for 5.15.61-v8+
• GitHub issue — raspberrypi-kernel-headers 32-bit lacks ARMv8 support