ASUS USB-N14

bgn (N300)
Wireless-N300 USB Adapter
Homepage	Product page
WikiDevi.wi-cat.ru	ASUS USB-N14
Platform
Brand • Model • Rev	ASUS USB-N14
Interface	USB 2.0
Connector	Female Micro-B
Form factor	corded (modular) adapter
ID:0b05:17e8 Windows: USB\VID_0B05&PID_17E8
FCCID	none specified
Chip1	Ralink RT5372
OUI: none specified
Antenna Connection	RP-SMA
MIMO status	2x2:2
Wireless Standards	IEEE 802.11b/g/n
802.11n	up to 300 Mbps
802.11g	up to 54 Mbps
802.11b	up to 1 Mbps
Operating Frequency	2.4 GHz
Probable Linux driver rt2800usb (experimental, in backports) or rt5370sta USB ID first seen in kernel v3.17 (2014-10-05) (see also passys)
Windows driver seems to have been removed from MTK's site older Ralink drivers have been removed. see the Wayback Machine for some older driver sets (filter by EXE/ZIP)
Retail
Availability	common
(Est.) release date	2014
ASIN	B00J1BGB2K
Country of manuf	China

For a list of all currently documented Ralink chipsets with specifications, see Ralink.

For a list of all currently documented ASUS device with specifications, see ASUS.

• 300 Mbps - 2SS 2.4GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan.) = N300 class

Overview

Per ASUS's driver source for this device, it's using RT5372.

The USB ID for this device would appear to be 0b05:17e8.

Review of Linux Compatibility

Asus USB-N14 is a WiFi USB stick, which is equipped with 5dBi antennas

and supports connections according to 802.11n standard.

The stick has the USB ID 0b05:17e8:

Bus 006 Device 005: ID 0b05:17e8 ASUSTek Computer, Inc.

and bases on the Ralink RT5372 chipset.

The stick is recognized by the Linux kernel:

usb 6-2: new high-speed USB device number 4 using ehci-pci
usb 6-2: New USB device found, idVendor=0b05, idProduct=17e8
usb 6-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
usb 6-2: Product: 802.11 n WLAN
usb 6-2: Manufacturer: Ralink
usb 6-2: SerialNumber: 1.0

but not automatically supported (see list of devices supported by the rt2800usb driver).

However, Asus provides a Linux driver for download.